Carlos Gonzalez-Cadenas is an entrepreneur, founder and executive focused on growth-stage tech businesses. Until recently Carlos was the Chief Product Officer at Skyscanner, the travel search engine. Previously he was founder and CEO at Fogg, a hotels metasearch startup that was acquired by Skyscanner. He also served as deputy CEO of the IT service firm Netfocus, where he led digital security before the company was acquired by Hewlett-Packard.
 
Speaking with Seedcamp partner Carlos Eduardo Espinal, Carlos provides an unparalleled insight into the art of product management and scaling tech businesses, as well as a first-hand view of the acquisition process – a process he went through at both Skyscanner and Netfocus.
 
Carlos addresses some of the biggest scaling challenges he faced when helping grow Netfocus, and discusses how at Skyscanner he saw just how important it was to empower product managers by removing obstacles and giving them freedom to meet goals – a tendency not, he argues, second-nature for engineers used to controlling all variables.
 
Learn more about product management as a discipline, and what sets it apart from engineering and design roles – and why ‘Running Team Operations’ and ‘The Rhythm of the Business’ would be essential chapters in any book on product management.

Show notes from the episode:
Carlos Espinal Website: www.carlosespinal.com
Seedcamp: www.seedcamp.com
Skyscanner: www.skyscanner.net

Related bio links:
Carlos Espinal: uk.linkedin.com/in/carloseduardoespinal / twitter.com/cee
Carlos Gonzalez-Cadenas: linkedin.com/in/carlosgonzalezcadenas

Mastering the art of product management with Carlos Gonzalez-Cadenas

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