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Nov 2, 2020

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This year, I’m interested in writing more but focusing the content. So I’ve moved my writing to a newsletter, where I can deliver shorter, more frequent articles focused on career advice. On occasion I might draft larger works here on Medium, but if you’re interested for my latest work, join…

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Jul 3, 2020

The skills product managers need to become a Director, VP, or CPO

If you work in product management (PM) for a tech company, you may be asking yourself, “I am manager today–how do I advance to a director, a VP, or a chief product officer (CPO)?” For most of you, your first ten years are fairly programmed: you learn product management; you…

Product Management

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The skills product managers need to become a Director, VP, or CPO
The skills product managers need to become a Director, VP, or CPO
Product Management

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Jul 3, 2020

Crafting Your Product Team at Every Stage

I really appreciated the opportunity to work with the First Round Capital team on this article on how to shape Product teams. Before joining Facebook last December, I met with dozens of companies, CEOs and product leaders and they kept hitting the same challenges around establishing product teams, scaling companies…

Product Management

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Crafting Your Product Team at Every Stage
Crafting Your Product Team at Every Stage
Product Management

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Dec 25, 2018

Six tips to help you interview

Lessons learned from 300+ Product interviews — In my product team at Credit Karma, we interviewed nearly 300 people in 2018 and hired over 40 new people across product management, design, content and research. It was a huge team effort and terrific to grow so rapidly in the competitive bay area job market. There are clear patterns…

Interview

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Six tips to help you interview
Six tips to help you interview
Interview

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May 28, 2018

Wichita Collegiate Commencement Address

Class of 2018 high school graduation speech from May 27, 2018 — Below is the commencement address I gave for my alma mater, Wichita Collegiate School. I traveled back to Wichita with the family to show them where I grew up and return to the wonderful city and school where I spent my childhood. Special thanks to Tom Davis (Headmaster), Chris Ashbrook…

Graduation

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Wichita Collegiate Commencement Address
Wichita Collegiate Commencement Address
Graduation

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Aug 20, 2017

Eight tips for first time managers

Inevitably, as you gain career confidence and experience, you will start managing people. Management gives us a way of guiding, teaching and increasing impact. It means you are trusted and have figured things out. And it’s expected for senior roles. But how do you learn to manage people? There are…

Management

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Eight tips for first time managers
Eight tips for first time managers
Management

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Feb 19, 2017

Advice for the next generation

What I wish I knew about tech jobs when I was 25 — Yeah, the title makes me feel old, especially for a mid-40s guy. But I want to help you shape your technology career. So this article is a collection of lessons, refined over the years, that I repeat to 20–35 year olds in technology. I say tech…

Product Management

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Advice for the next generation
Advice for the next generation
Product Management

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Jan 3, 2017

Improving your presentations

I sit in presentations pretty much all day long. Or more accurately, people try and communicate something complicated in a short period of time, every hour on the hour. It’s part of my job, and if I didn’t like it, I should have chosen a different line of work long…

Public Speaking

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Improving your presentations
Improving your presentations
Public Speaking

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Dec 29, 2016

Choosing your next company

When I left Google 2 years ago, I took a few months to decide my next move. I had started three companies, so naturally considered starting a fourth. I also really enjoyed working at scale and learned a ton — Google was so different than a startup yet it put…

Product Management

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Choosing your next company
Choosing your next company
Product Management

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Dec 10, 2016

Competitive to a fault

As my company grows, I often repeat the mantra from Marshall Goldsmith, “what got you here isn’t what gets you there.” It’s a good reminder that we have much to learn and that change is not only valuable, but necessary. Some of my stories are inspired by these changes, starting…

Product Management

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Competitive to a fault
Competitive to a fault
Product Management

3 min read

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