Product Manager Cindy Alvarez Gives Advice For Startups

“Validate your assumptions about how you’re going to make money now.” By Heather McGough (Associate Producer, FailCon) I interviewed Cindy Alvarez, a talented product manager who turns understanding the customer into competitive advantage. She is a regular...

3 New Year's Resolutions Of A Startup Product Manager

By Katie Corner (Product Manager, BOKU) There is no doubt about it: 2011 has been quite a whirlwind. About a year ago today, I was feverishly packing up my life in Colorado to move out to San Francisco and begin work at a mobile payments startup called BOKU. It’s been...
3 New Year’s Resolutions Of A Startup Product Manager

3 New Year’s Resolutions Of A Startup Product Manager

By Katie Corner (Product Manager, BOKU) There is no doubt about it: 2011 has been quite a whirlwind. About a year ago today, I was feverishly packing up my life in Colorado to move out to San Francisco and begin work at a mobile payments startup called BOKU. It’s been...
The Product Managers: Women Who Have Shipped Products

The Product Managers: Women Who Have Shipped Products

By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) At A Field Guide To Female Founders, Influencers & Deal Makers is a list of product managers: “Behind every good product is a good product manager. It has been said that there are no exceptions....
Hiring And Interviewing Product Managers

Hiring And Interviewing Product Managers

By Cindy Alvarez (Senior Product Manager & User Experience, Yammer) The biggest risk in hiring product people is… THE UNKNOWN. What if we hire this person and they aren’t able to execute? What if they can’t negotiate with our engineers? What if they can’t operate...