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Zuora’s CIO Alvina Antar on IT for success at scale
Grow & Tell Sep 7 2017
Zuora’s CIO Alvina Antar on IT for success at scale

Whatever you might have heard about tech’s tenure problem doesn’t apply here: Alvina Antar spent seventeen years at Dell, starting out as an engineer and eventually heading up IT’s Mergers & Acquisitions department. There, she built global technology teams from . . .

George Xing shares the data strategy behind Lyft’s explosive growth
Data  / Grow & Tell Aug 17 2017
George Xing shares the data strategy behind Lyft’s explosive growth

When it comes to talking data strategy, George Xing doesn’t mince words: “Data analysts do more than just produce ‘interesting insights.’’’ Companies should be able to measure the performance of their data and analytics teams quantitatively. Like any other employee, . . .

With product data integrity, the truth is relative
Data Jun 26 2017
With product data integrity, the truth is relative

While giving a talk on how to build data integrity as a product manager, Rob Versaw, the Director of Mobile Apps at Overstock.com, showed a picture of green rolling hills in front of Utah’s snow-capped Mount Timpanogos. How would you . . .

Why this BCG Digital Ventures leader is product-managing himself
Product Feb 2 2017
Why this BCG Digital Ventures leader is product-managing himself

2017 is where thought becomes action. My New Year’s resolution is to maintain a personal KPI dashboard, in the hopes that it might even sharpen my professional acuity as a PM.

Andrew Chen on building systems of growth
Innovators Sep 30 2016
Andrew Chen on building systems of growth

When you finally get the chance to shake Andrew Chen’s hand, it’s thrilling to learn that he’s not just the friendly Twitter account curating the best insights in tech. Putting a face to the handle is a great reminder that . . .

Ken Norton's Discipline of No
Innovators Sep 20 2016
Ken Norton's Discipline of No

The discipline of no is about sticking to what’s important and clearing away obstacles so the real priorities gain momentum. Looking back on what has made him effective over the years, Ken shares the times where he had to sweat through uncomfortable yet necessary conversations and set boundaries. Committing to a discipline of no has paradoxically fueled Ken’s career trajectory, and it’s his go-to drill when managing teams, and even, confronting decision-makers.

Bo Ren's framework for creative thinking in product management
Product Aug 31 2016
Bo Ren's framework for creative thinking in product management

Bo Ren shares the ways in which constraint has been the well of creativity she’ll always go back to, and how a nontraditional path to product has set her apart from the rest.

The Career Dilemma: Hunter Walk’s advice to product managers
Product Jul 28 2016
The Career Dilemma: Hunter Walk’s advice to product managers

It took Hunter Walk 15 years to realize he didn’t have to be a director of product to be a product leader. Being a product exec didn’t necessarily equate to “progress” in his career, either.


Sean Ellis on growth hacking, company-wide
Growth  / Innovators Jul 13 2016
Sean Ellis on growth hacking, company-wide

In Part 2 of our profile, Sean Ellis talks about building his first growth model at LogMeIn and his days as marketing hire #1 at Dropbox.

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