Path into Product

009: How Failure is Better than an MBA for Product Managers

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Justin Knutson, senior product manager at O.C. Tanner, is no stranger to failure. After dropping out of high school (and never completing a GED), Justin started and failed eight small businesses. Yet he credits those failures with teaching him to approach business, product management, and life with an insatiable curiosity, humility, and willingness to learn.

Justin shares his insights on questions like:

  • What is at the core of being a good product manager?
  • Do you need a formal education to be a successful product manager?
  • What non-traditional learning experiences prepared Justin to be a product manager?
  • Why should someone not choose to be a product manager?
  • And so much more!

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    Path into ProductBy Aaron Airmet
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