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Vishal Srivastav, Product Marketing Manager with Microsoft, shares what his job is all about. In this episode, you will learn:

1. What do Product Marketing Managers do?
2. What kind of problems do they work on?
3. Impact created by someone in this role
4. Challenges faced in this role
5. How to get into this role

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Ep 1: Product Marketing Management with Vishal Srivastav, Microsoft

In our third podcast, Stephen Wang and Dan Grover, product managers at WeChat, talk about the core values and key decisions made in the early days of WeChat’s creation that continue to drive key decision making around the product to this day.

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Core Product Values and Product Management

Vinod Khare, Graduate from IIT Kanpur and Ohio State University, and today a Research Engineer with DNV GL, shares what a job in Research Engineering is all about. In this episode, we will touch upon:

1. What is the Classification and Certification industry?
2. Type of activities done by a company in this space
3. The role of a Research Engineer
4. Examples of projects that a Research Engineer may work on
5. Qualities in someone who would enjoy working in this space
6. Interesting and challenging aspects of working as a Research Engineer

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Ep 5: Research Engineering in Oil & Gas with Vinod Khare, DNV GL. WARNING: Fairly Technical!

In this 2 mins snippet from our 5th episode, Vinod Khare, Research Engineer with DNV GL, talks about how IoT can transform Oil & Gas industry.

Ep 5: 2 mins snippet - How IoT will impact Oil & Gas industry, Vinod Khare, DNV GL

In this 2 mins snippet from our 5th episode, Vinod Khare, Research Engineer with DNV GL, shares how he's experimenting with sensors to apply in the Oil & Gas industry.

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Ep 5: 2 mins snippet - How sensors are being applied in Oil & Gas, Vinod Khare, DNV GL

Christine Fok, Product Manager with LinkedIn,  shares what a role in Product Management is all about. In this episode, we will touch upon:

1. What is Product Management
2. What a Product Manager does through the Product Lifecycle
3. What makes Product Management a highly competitive role in Silicon Valley
4. What the best Product Managers do
5. Interesting and challenging aspects of the job
6. What to expect in Product Management interviews
7. How to prepare for interviews
8. Useful resources for interested candidates

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Ep 7: Product Management with Christine Fok, LinkedIn

In this 2 mins snippet from our 7th episode, Christine Fok, Product Manager with LinkedIn, shares what makes the best Product Managers stand out.

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Ep 7: 2 mins snippet - What the best Product Managers do, Christine Fok, LinkedIn

In this 2 mins snippet from our 7th episode, Christine Fok, Product Manager with LinkedIn, shares the 3 kind of PMs you can expect to find.

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Ep 7: 2 mins snippet - Three kind of Product Managers, Christine Fok, LinkedIn

Jennifer Royer, Director Product Marketing at the high-growth Silicon Valley company, DocuSign, describes in detail what the role of a product marketer in tech entails.

Some of the areas we touch upon in this episode include:

1. What does DocuSign do
2. Role of a Product Marketer at a high-growth company in Tech
3. Types of projects that Jennifer has worked on
4. Interesting and challenging aspects of the job
5. Examples of marketing campaigns that are creative and effective
6. Recruiting tips for MBA candidates
7. How can MBA candidates get jobs in Silicon Valley

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Ep 43: Product Marketing In Tech, Jennifer Royer, Director Product Marketing @DocuSign

This is a section of the discussion with Jennifer Royer, Director Product Marketing at DocuSign (Ep 43), where she talks about her experiences when recruiting for tech roles while she was at Business School at Wharton.

Jennifer shares a number a very helpful tips and stories including:
1. Challenges she faced when recruiting
2. Her strategy for recruiting
3. How she reached out to companies
4. Interview tips
5. Qualities needed to succeed in a Product Marketing role in Tech

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Ep 44: Tech Recruiting For MBAs, Jennifer Royer, Director Product Marketing @DocuSign & Wharton MBA

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During this week’s radio show you will learn about:
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- Creating authentic connection with anyone
- Sabrosura – what it is &  how to get it
- The power of seduction

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This week, I sit down with Matt LeMay, product coach and consultant, and author of "Product Management in Practice." We talk about the four guiding principles of product management, what he has learned about himself as a product manager, and how to conduct meaningful research.

Matt LeMay on the Four Principles of Product Management

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Jeremy Schifeling, Founder of BreakInto.Tech, a startup that helps people with non-technical backgrounds land jobs in Tech, shares numerous tips on how candidates can structure their job search and improve chances of success. 

BreakInto.Tech has helped candidates land jobs at well known Tech companies such as Amazon, LinkedIn, Microsoft, etc. Jeremy has a BA in Political Science & Education from Swarthmore College and MBA from Ross School of Business,  Michigan University.

Some of the areas that Jeremy touches upon in this episode include:
1. Why Jeremy started Break into Tech
2. How Jeremy realized that a technical background is not needed to work in Tech
3. Jeremy's recommendation for how to structure your job search process - Identify what role, position yourself, systematic approach to your applications, and interview prep
4. Examples of roles that are open to non-technical profiles
5. How non-technical roles tend to lie on a spectrum of super analytical (Eg: Business Analyst), to super relationships oriented (eg: Sales)
6. How to assess fit with a role - talk to people + volunteer for projects/gigs
7. Positioning yourself - focus on your LinkedIn profile and resume
8. How to optimize your LinkedIn profile - keywords and where to include them, good summary, and experience
9.  Examples of how to phrase resume points differently depending on the function you are applying for
10. Don't wait for a referral when applying. You can add it to your application later
11. Resources - Google Alerts, Techmeme, Wikipedia, read 10K, https://www.breakinto.tech/, AngelList, LinkedIn , PMinterview.com 
12. Don't hide your quirks and edges - they will help you stand out!

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Ep 103: Breaking Into Tech Without Technical Background, Jeremy Schifeling, Founder @BreakInto.Tech

Product launches are exciting, culminating with the rush of joy and fear as you finally share your creation with the world. More importantly, launches are one of your best opportunities to drive brand awareness, and ultimately generate new customers. It’s worth taking the time to get them right.

Chapter 9: Mastering a successful product launch

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

Nkem Nwankwo, Senior Product Manager at BetterCloud, describes what he does to excel as a Product Manager. Nkem has over 5 years of experience as a PM. His educational background consists of a B.S. in Computer Science from Georgia Tech and MBA from Ross School of Business.

Some of the areas that Nkem touches upon include:
1. What Nkem focuses on - Ruthless prioritization, Time Management, Stakeholder management, Personal management
2. For prioritization, Nkem uses a whiteboard that forces him to focus on only the most important items each day
3. How he comes to office 3 hours before everyone else to get work done
4. How he does not go for meetings unless explicitly asked to
5. How having an understanding of the informal networks in your organization can really help get things done - since a lot of this job requires influencing people
6. Communication - bad news should flow faster in an organization than good news
7. Staying up to date with the industry and exposing himself to new ideas through reading and listening to podcasts
8. Mistakes Nkem sees business school candidates make when recruiting for PM roles
9. How you can add value in a variety of ways as a PM - being technical is not necessary. Eg: You can excel at communication and a thorough understanding of the user.

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Ep 113: What I Do To Excel As A Product Manager, Nkem Nwankwo, Senior PM @BetterCloud

<p>Every product manager knows the importance of running experiments. But as your company scales, managing hundreds of those experiments – and democratizing access to their learnings –&nbsp;becomes increasingly difficult. Claire Vo, VP of Product Management at Optimizely, shares her best practices for maintaining a culture of experimentation as you grow.</p>

Claire Vo, VP of Product Management at Optimizely

<p>Product-first thinking has been the north star for many teams when it comes to product development, but it comes with hidden traps as your organization grows -- especially when it comes to marketing. Brian Donohue explains the stumbling blocks that product-first teams commonly run into and the best ways for marketing and product teams to come together as one to build a product that actually gets used. </p>

Brian Donohue, Director of Product Management at Intercom

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

Product marketing is about getting people to understand not just what you're building, but why they should care about what you're building. Matt joined Intercom in 2014 and immediately saw the need to tell a better Intercom story, one that captures people's attention and motivates action. He shared his experiences at last year's Inside Intercom World Tour.

Matt Hodges on being Intercom's first product marketer

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