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Helen Sims, PM Lead for Host Growth @ AirBnB. Pt 3

June 24, 2019 Product Thinking

PMs will normally come up with the goals. But designers will be better at coming up with solutions. They’re trained…

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Filed under: airbnb, designers, goals

Michael Gribben, PM @ Google. Pt 3

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When I first started as a PM, I didn’t think I was contributing anything. The designers designed the product. The…

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Filed under: google, intangibles, output

Casey Allen, Director of Product @ ZirMed. Pt 3

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Managing PMs is harder than managing engineers. You can’t measure them on a metric like successful lines of code. It…

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Filed under: managing PMs, zirmed

James Mayes, CEO @ Mind the Product. Pt. 2

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PM has changed. 10 years ago, PM was newer. PMs were in their 20s-30s. When they came together, they shared…

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Filed under: Chief Product Officers., mind the product

Cyrus Stoller, PM @ Plaid. Pt 2

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I keep a status log of work across the team. Of my conversations. Of all of my questions and answers…

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Filed under: organization, plaid

Helen Sims, PM Lead for Host Growth @ Airbnb. Pt 2

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There was no iPhone 10 years ago. You shouldn’t have a rigid product roadmap for the next few years. It…

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Filed under: airbnb, mission

Keren Baruch, Principal PM for Salary @ LinkedIn. Pt 2

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I assume expertise. I try to give people as much freedom as possible. I trust them. It started because I…

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Filed under: expertise, linkedin, trust

Edward Chiang, Director of PM @ Google. Pt 2

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Some PMs think that their job is to be a router. They take notes. They organize meetings. They connect people.…

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Filed under: google, role, router

Michael Gribben, PM @ Google. Pt 2

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There’s a narrative that engineers don’t like PMs. I’ve heard stories back from the early days of Google. Larry Page…

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Filed under: engineers, google, larry page

Casey Allen, Director of Product @ ZirMed. Pt 2

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Being an exceptional PM boils down to the quality of your questions. Do you have a lens on the user…

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Filed under: questions, user, zirmed

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