The Hard Part with Evan McCann

Corey Pollock, Full-Stack Human


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Corey Pollock is the Head of Product at Pixel Union and Co-Founder of numerous companies like Uptime (acquired by WeCommerce), ListingAI (acquired), Google Meet Enhancement Suite (acquired) and more.

In this episode, we discuss...

  • What he learned about building product from Robleh at Tiny Hearts
  • What made Tiny Hearts unique when building product and the acquisition by Shopify
  • His work at Shopify and helping launch the Arrive (now Shop) app
  • Going from an Apprentice role to Lead and what it takes to scale as a product person
  • Building solo, in small teams and large organizations
  • The importance of timing when launching a product
  • Why empathy is crucial as a product manager
  • Why ideas are becoming so saturated
  • My podcast supporter!

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