Here are some relevant links from the conversation:

• siilo.com where Drashti currently leads marketing and brand
• Drashti Patel on LinkedIn
• First Round Review by First Round Capital
• "Today's CMO" article on Google Think

Show notes:

• 1:05 Interning at Tom's shoes
• 3:19 Transition from individual contributor to manager
• 5:03 How Drashti explains her role
• 6:06 What is product marketing?
• 7:26 Product marketing at Microsoft
• 10:51 Drashti's process for nailing down brand
• 15:23 What shaped Drashti growing up?
• 16:19 Favorite book as a child
• 17:11 Moving from the US to the Netherlands
• 18:56 Work-life balance
• 20:01 How Drashti landed her job at Microsoft
• 23:24 Bootcamp at Microsoft
• 25:50 Still in touch with bootcamp mates
• 26:37 Takeaways from her time at Microsoft
• 27:53 Moving to an agency then startups
• 33:00 In-person vs virtual conferences
• 35:25 Influential people in Drashti's career
• 37:44 How to go about seeking a mentor
• 39:00 What she used to insist on that she's now flexible about
• 40:42 What she used to be flexible about that she now insists on
• 41:48 Life now as compared to envisioned a decade ago
• 44:15 Can she believe she's in Amsterdam?
• 43:48 Collecting hobbies as a hobby
• 46:04 Writing a children's book: Hamsterdam
• 46:48 What would a perfect day look like?
• 48:49 Drasthi's preferred tea
• 49:28 A bicycle work desk
• 50:34 Recommended blogs and reading