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Tune in to listen to Susan Stavitzski, Senior Product Manager @ CarMax, share the stories behind some of her best product wisdom & career tips for new and aspiring product managers.Susan's product wisdom & career tips discussed in this episodeHow to develop customer empathy? Go talk to as many people as possible every single day.3 buckets of PM specialties; customer-focused, tech-focused, business-focusedYou can stand out as an aspiring PM by taking on personal projects, put your idea...

Tune in to listen to Greg, Product Manager at Veygo UK, share the stories behind some of his best product wisdom & career tips for new and aspiring product managers.Greg's product wisdom & career tips discussed in this episodeNever underestimate the value of networkingTake a step back and never forget the goal you are there to deliver ... meaningful solutions to customer problemsThere are two sides to the product coin, discover problems and deliver against themit's way more difficult ...

Tune in to listen to Avinoam Zelenko, Senior Product Manager of Feed at LinkedIn, share the stories behind some of his best product wisdom & career tips for new and aspiring product managers.Avinoam product wisdom & career tips discussed in this episodeTry to solve the problem any way you can, don't wait for a perfect solutionWorry less about looking the role and trying to check the boxes of like what a PM should be doingDuring change, you have to bring people along for the journey- a...

Tune in to listen to Jess Sudo, Product Manager at Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, share the stories behind some of her best product wisdom & career tips for new and aspiring product managers.Jess's product wisdom & career tips discussed in this episodeWhen pivoting to product, It's important to understand how your previous experience ties into being a product managerI would say with a great opportunity as a product manager comes great ambiguityYour performance is going to be evaluated o...

Tune in to listen to Merlin Woodman, former Senior Product Manager at QorusDocs.com, share the stories behind some of his best product wisdom & career tips for new and aspiring product managers.Merlin's product wisdom & career tips discussed in this episodeYou need to understand the market, and not just the marketingBe comfortable with the unknownAggregate the tribal knowledge that you've accrued and present it in such a way that other teams respect the decisions that you make,Get fro...

Tune in to listen to Lauren Lee, Founder & CEO ProductLivity, share the stories behind some of her best product wisdom & career tips for new and aspiring product managers.Lauren's product wisdom & career tips discussed in this episodeSet aside 10 minutes a week to journal what are the top three things that I really did that added value, or what did I learnBe mindful of your comms strategy when you change something in your product, your end users are people too and if they are on t...