TechCrunch
JUNE 10, 2022
That’s painful, but for perspective: TechCrunch tracked more than 100,000 tech layoffs between August and December 2008. For below-the-line employees, however, unexpected layoffs can be life-changing: One former product manager I used to work with now sells residential real estate, and another works in public health.
CIO
MAY 10, 2024
If you have experience in any of these 10 skills, it might be worth upskilling to expert proficiency to gain a competitive edge in the market. What Dice found is that experts in certain domains could earn anywhere from $10,000 to $30,000 more than those who use that skill on a regular basis but are not considered experts in the craft.
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TechCrunch
MAY 27, 2022
The cannabis industry is doing very well in the United States: More than 75% of the population lives in a state where access is permitted, and the legal market is expected to generate $33 billion this year. “The team told me that its market analysis and financial projections were commercially sensitive,” wrote Haje Jan Kamps.
TechCrunch
JULY 7, 2021
F ormer Affirm product manager Trisha Kothari and C larence Chio founded Unit21 in 2018 with the goal of giving risk, compliance and fraud teams a way to fight financial crime via a “secure, integrated, no-code platform.” . It’s also eyeing expansion in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) and Europe/Middle East (EMEA) markets.
TechCrunch
JANUARY 25, 2022
Tribevest founder Travis Smith went on a fishing trip with his brothers in 2008 that he says they couldn’t afford. We really had to look at the market and think about what we would have done differently. It was then that he realized their “good jobs with 401ks” would never be enough for them, he told TechCrunch.
TechCrunch
AUGUST 12, 2022
E-commerce aggregators work in much the same way by purchasing smaller brands, then optimizing their manufacturing and sales channels to boost market share. To wit: Five Flute, an issue-tracking platform for hardware product managers, recently raised a $1.2M SAFE note to ramp up its marketing and hire more technical talent.
Lead on Purpose
DECEMBER 6, 2010
Product managers hold a unique position in the company: they depend on people from other groups, but they do not have managerial authority over those people (in most cases). Therefore, a product manager must earn the trust of people in the organization and influence them to do their jobs effectively and efficiently.
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