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What is it like to transition from Product Management in Tech to being the Founder of your own company? What skills are transferrable and what skills do you need to learn afresh? How do you hone these skills on the job? 

​Learn about all this and more in this discussion with Israel Shalom, former Product Leader at Google and Dropbox, who has now started his own company (currently in Stealth mode).

Israel is also taking applications for those interested in joining a startup! You can reach out to him at iz@goodones.app if you have questions!

Here are the Product Management resources curated by the LED team: https://www.learneducatediscover.com/shop 

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[126] Transitioning from Product Manager to Founder, Israel Shalom, Product Leader @Google, Dropbox

Annie Liu, Global Consulting Director at OgilvyRED, the consulting arm of the well known advertising and marketing agency Ogilvy & Mather, talks about what working in Brand Consulting is all about.

Annie has a Bachelor of Science, Economics from Carnegie Mellon University and MBA from The Wharton School.

Some of the areas Annie touches upon in this episode include:

1. What is a brand and what is brand consulting
2. Type of projects that a brand consultant might work on
3. How brand consulting is a mix of creativity and analytics
4. Examples of methodologies used by brand consultants for research
5. Difference between brand and management consulting
6. Interesting and challenging aspects of the job
7. Suggested resources for interested candidates

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Ep 85: Brand Consulting, Annie Liu, Global Consulting Director @Ogilvy & Mather

Jordan Kong, Director of Business Operations and Board Observer at FoodTech startup Ando, talks about what working in Business Operations is like.

Some of the areas that Jordan touches upon in this episode include:
1. What's a venture studio (eg: Expa) and how it's great for people who want to work at a startup but dont have an idea
2. What does someone in Biz Ops do
3. Examples of projects someone in Biz Ops may work on 
4. How this can be a highly cross-functional role and requires working with teams across the organization
5. How this is a data heavy role
6. How this role can take on either a strategic finance bent or an operations bent
7. How Biz Ops can be similar to an internal consulting role at times
8. Interesting and challenging aspects of the job
9. How this is a relatively new function and so the career path is not very clear
10. How to assess the importance of the function on the outside/while recruiting
11. Qualities in someone who would enjoy this job
12. How to stand out in a cold mail
13. Recruiting and interviewing tips for interested candidates

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Ep 93: Business Operations in Tech, Jordan Kong, Director Biz Ops @Ando

Leah Burnett, Former Senior Director for Strategy & Planning @Viacom, shares her thoughts on what's involved in working in a Strategy function at a large company. Prior to Viacom, Leah has worked in consulting at BCG and Finance at UBS and Citigroup.

Leah has a BS in Electrical Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology and MBA from The Wharton School.

Some of the areas that Leah touches upon in this episode include:
1. Why Leah moved from finance to consulting to strategy
2. Examples of projects you might work in a Strategy team
3. Stages in a typical Strategy project
4. Sample team scructures
5. What to look for in a Strategy team
6. Interesting and Challenging aspects of the job
7. What Leah does not like as much about working in strategy
8. Skills needed to do well in Strategy
9. Typical background found in strategy teams
10. Recommended resources

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Ep 110: Strategy & Planning, Leah Burnett, Former Senior Director Strategy @Viacom

Nereyda Espraza, Customer Success Manager at Amazon (Amazon Business), shares her insights on what working as a Customer Success Manager is like. CSM is a relatively new but up and coming function, found in a lot of tech companies today.

Nereyda has a BA in Latin American Studies from Smith College, and M.Phil from University of Oxford.

Some of the areas that Nereyda touches upon in this episode include:

1. Nereyda's background and career path
2. What is customer success management
3. Difference between customer success management and account management
4. How customer success is a relatively new role in tech
6. Example of a project Nereyda worked on as a CSM, and examples of activities Nereyda undertook on the project
7. Skills you need to do well in this function
8. Advice for interested candidates and recommended resources

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Ep 114: Customer Success Management, Nereyda Esparza, Customer Success Manager @Amazon Business

Nitin Julka, Group Product Manager @LinkedIn, describes how he went about getting his first PM job, and was able to get one in just 5 weeks.

Here are some things that Nitin talks about in this episode:
1. How Nitin prioritized getting meetings in the beginning, as opposed to getting a job
2. How Nitin got these meetings - from introductions, to cold mails, to even trying LinkedIn ads!
3. How he chose which companies to apply to
4. What worked for him during the job search process and what didn't
5. Advice for aspiring candidates

Ntin has also written a post on this topic: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/20141004134541-9712645-how-i-got-my-first-valley-based-product-management-job-in-5-weeks/

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Ep 115: How I Got My First PM Job In 5 Weeks, Nitin Julka, Group Product Manager@LinkedIn

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