58 min
TSPPB: Dave interviews Sandi Lin, CEO and co-founder of Skilljar The SaaS Product Power Breakfast with Dave Kellogg and Thomas Otter
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- Technology
Sandi has had a remarkable career so far. She trained as a civil engineer at MIT, did an MBA at Stadford, moved into product management at Amazon, and now runs a very successful SaaS company, Skilljar. Skilljar, founded in Seattle in 2013, is a fully distributed, ~150-person company that provides a customer education platform to over 400 customers.
We discuss:
Why do product managers make great founders?
How has your product planning process evolved from founder to startup to scaleup stages?
As CEO with a product background, how do you interact with your product team now? Has it been challenging to pull back?
You used to work at Amazon. What are key similarities and differences in product management from a large company to a startup?
What have you found as your blind spots as a former Product Manager?
Sandi has had a remarkable career so far. She trained as a civil engineer at MIT, did an MBA at Stadford, moved into product management at Amazon, and now runs a very successful SaaS company, Skilljar. Skilljar, founded in Seattle in 2013, is a fully distributed, ~150-person company that provides a customer education platform to over 400 customers.
We discuss:
Why do product managers make great founders?
How has your product planning process evolved from founder to startup to scaleup stages?
As CEO with a product background, how do you interact with your product team now? Has it been challenging to pull back?
You used to work at Amazon. What are key similarities and differences in product management from a large company to a startup?
What have you found as your blind spots as a former Product Manager?
58 min