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Yardley Ip’s lessons for stand-out PMs and the teams who need them

Product Advice Feb 15 2018

Yardley Ip’s lessons for stand-out PMs and the teams who need them

Yardley Ip is the General Manager at Trulia, a Zillow Group brand, and co-founder of Women in Product, an organization that supports women builders and leaders in product through mentorship, events, and community-building. She joined us at our Women in . . .

With the right data and communication strategy, companies can keep the focus on customers

Growth Jan 30 2018

With the right data and communication strategy, companies can keep the focus on customers

By now, most of us have at least heard a synopsis of the 5,000-word blog post written about Google’s failure to innovate. In it, former Google employee Steve Yegge laments that the company has become too obsessed with its competitors and, . . .

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

Customer Stories  / 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.

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