Today’s guest is Muneera Qureshi, VP of Product at Ezra. In this episode, Muneera sits with Abdul to discuss about her product management experience in ed tech products, how ed tech as an industry has evolved and what are the traits a product manager should aspire to adopt to thrive and grow.

About the Speaker

Muneera is the VP of Product at Ezra. She has over 20 years of expertise leading small and medium enterprises, strategizing software products, transitioning teams to agile frameworks, and generating year-over-year revenue increase. As a major supporter of the Toronto and Canadian startup and tech ecosystems, Muneera also mentors/coaches/advises professionals aspiring to get into the product discipline. Muneera also serves as a mentor in the “Women in Product” community.

Episode Chapters

0:00 Muneera’s Introduction

1:58 Muneera’s journey growing up

6:44 Product Management in Ed Tech

10:50 How had Ed Tech evolved?

18:47 Challenges in distributing Ed Tech products

26:18 Getting the “system” on board with Ed Tech

30:45 Traits of a great Product Manager

35:05 Role as a mentor in “Women in Product”

39:02 Muneera’s book recommendations

Recommended Books

Inspired by Marty Cagan

Empowered by Marty Cagan

Escaping the Build Trap by Melissa Perri

Hooked by Nir Eyal

Trillion Dollar Coach by Alan Eagle, Eric Schmidt, and Jonathan Rosenberg

Podcast: Diary of a CEO by Steven Bartlett

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-diary-of-a-ceo-with-steven-bartlett/id1291423644

Steven’s episode with Galloway:

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/e190-the-number-one-reason-this-generation-is/id1291423644?i=1000584049023

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