(This post originally appeared on Keith’s blog and is reposted here with his permission. Thanks, Keith!) I talk to a lot of people who want to become product managers. What it takes to become a product manager depends on your background and the specific team you’re interested in joining. But there are some very clear […]
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Startup Career Advice Links for 1/8/14
Prasad Thammineni lists a couple of books that every entrepreneur should read for Startable. Dharmesh Shah writes about how to launch a startup without writing any code for OnStartups. Chris Pomeroy writes about doing sales at a startup, and why he joined Stackdriver.
Startup Jobs and Career Advice Links for 1/6/14
Hunter Walk advises against starting a job search without asking yourself the question, “What am I optimizing for?” Brad Feld thinks management by objectives (MBOs) is not all it’s cracked up to be. Phreesia is looking for a talented and highly motivated product manager with a strong technical background and good communication skills.
Startup Career Advice Links for 12/30/13
Book Review: Alexis Ohanian’s Without Their Permission, a brief and entertaining history of the sites Reddit and Hipmunk (written by Albert Wenger of Union Square Ventures). Alex Turnbull asks if startup life has to be a 24/7 grind, and talks about the possibility for flexibility within the startup workplace. Dave Balter talks about balancing entrepreneurship and marriage, and […]
Learn how this startup executive became a startup founder
Today I’m please to welcome my former VMware colleague Izzy Azeri to startupcareeradvice.com. In this guest post he shares the story of how he cofounded cloud computing startup Stackdriver and gives some advice for aspiring startup business development professionals. What made you make the leap from startup executive to founder? What was your thought process […]
10 Great Startup Product Management Links
Startup product management is a different beast than product management at an established company. Below are links to some of the best startup product management resources I could track down. I hope you enjoy them! Josh Siegel shares video product management career tips Paul Gray discusses product management with brainmates.com Jake Rocheleau shares product managing […]
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