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"I try to never hire someone who has been a product manager before."

On this episode of Seeking Wisdom, Dave dives into David's approach for hiring product managers and why he thinks experience rarely matters when it comes to hiring PMs.

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If you liked this episode, we bet that you’ll love our blog content. blog.drift.com/#subscribe Subscribe to never miss a post & join the 20,000+ other pros committed to getting better every day. --- Three for one this week. We talked about: 1. Should you send your kids to college? 2. The difference between rich friends and poor friends (7:00) 3. Why you need to surround yourself by people who are going places and escape the crabs in the pot (14:00) Here’s the post we mentioned that David wrote about whether or not his kids should go to college: https://medium.com/life-tips/should-my-kids-go-to-college-i-don-t-think-so-88a2d0b30ca Learn more at http://seekingwisdom.io/ Follow David on Twitter: https://twitter.com/dcancel Follow Dave on Twitter: https://twitter.com/davegerhardt

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Three for one this week. We talked about:

1. Should you send your kids to college?

2. The difference between rich friends and poor friends (7:00)

3. Why you need to surround yourself by people who are going places and escape the crabs in the pot (14:00)

Here’s the post we mentioned that David wrote about whether or not his kids should go to college:

https://medium.com/life-tips/should-my-kids-go-to-college-i-don-t-think-so-88a2d0b30ca

Learn more at http://seekingwisdom.io/

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Follow Dave on Twitter: https://twitter.com/davegerhardt

If you liked this episode, we bet that you’ll love our blog content. blog.drift.com/#subscribe Subscribe to never miss a post & join the 20,000+ other pros committed to getting better every day. --- You are the average of the people you surround yourself with. But everyone is always on a mission to find a mentor. Why spend so much time and effort finding someone that you’ll only learn from once a month or once a quarter? Role models are the people that open up the possibilities in your life and your career. We talk about why you need more role models on this episode of Seeking Wisdom. Want to spend 15 minutes on the phone or Skype talking about your business with David? Leave a review for Seeking Wisdom on iTunes, take a screenshot and send an email to [email protected]. Have a question for David? Send it in to [email protected] and we’ll answer your question on a future episode of Seeking Wisdom. Catch all of the previous episodes at http://seekingwisdom.io/

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You are the average of the people you surround yourself with. But everyone is always on a mission to find a mentor. Why spend so much time and effort finding someone that you’ll only learn from once a month or once a quarter? Role models are the people that open up the possibilities in your life and your career. We talk about why you need more role models on this episode of Seeking Wisdom.

Want to spend 15 minutes on the phone or Skype talking about your business with David? Leave a review for Seeking Wisdom on iTunes, take a screenshot and send an email to [email protected].

Have a question for David? Send it in to [email protected] and we’ll answer your question on a future episode of Seeking Wisdom.

Catch all of the previous episodes at http://seekingwisdom.io/

If you liked this episode, we bet that you’ll love our blog content. blog.drift.com/#subscribe Subscribe to never miss a post & join the 20,000+ other pros committed to getting better every day. --- The HubSpot product team was designed around autonomy (employees were given a lot of freedom). The result? Off the charts employee happiness, productivity and NPS. On this episode of Seeking Wisdom, David breaks down why autonomy is so important, and the five key ingredients so you can put this in place at your company.

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The HubSpot product team was designed around autonomy (employees were given a lot of freedom). The result? Off the charts employee happiness, productivity and NPS. On this episode of Seeking Wisdom, David breaks down why autonomy is so important, and the five key ingredients so you can put this in place at your company.

If you liked this episode, we bet that you’ll love our blog content. blog.drift.com/#subscribe Subscribe to never miss a post & join the 20,000+ other pros committed to getting better every day. --- Want to outsmart Ivy League MBA's and accelerate your learning? David teaches you how on this episode of Seeking Wisdom. But fair warning: there are no hacks, tips or tricks mentioned. Here’s a list of some of the books David mentions on this episode: http://bit.ly/DC-Reading-List Subscribe on iTunes: bit.ly/SW-Podcast

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Want to outsmart Ivy League MBA's and accelerate your learning? David teaches you how on this episode of Seeking Wisdom. But fair warning: there are no hacks, tips or tricks mentioned.

Here’s a list of some of the books David mentions on this episode:

http://bit.ly/DC-Reading-List

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If you liked this episode, we bet that you’ll love our blog content. blog.drift.com/#subscribe Subscribe to never miss a post & join the 20,000+ other pros committed to getting better every day. --- Agile and waterfall just don't cut it anymore. Here's how a modern product team should work, why small, autonomous teams are the future, and how you can apply this model to your business today.