Without a Roadmap

No guest this week, but the guys sit down to give some updates on Parlor and to talk through the product adoption process! From best practices to biggest struggles to what to do even after the initial adoption phase, Cam and Yonas cover everything a product manager needs to know about product adoption.

Maggie Crowley is a Senior Director of Product Management at Drift and the host of their podcast, "Build with Maggie Crowley." After a few years in Consulting, Maggie attended Harvard Business School where she received her MBA and learned about the great world of Product Management. Since then, she's worked her way up the Product career ladder at Boston-based companies like TripAdvisor and Drift. 

Lilli Kulak has been a Senior Data Analyst at GrubHub for over a year now, and she received her Bachelors degree in Mathematics and Economics from Northeastern University. She previously worked at LevelUp, a platform that creates personalized guest experience for restaurants, which was acquired by GrubHub in 2018. She chats with the guys about collaborating cross-functionally as a data analyst, her experience with LevelUp and GrubHub, and best practices when enlisting the help of a data analyst. Check it out!

Stephanie Roulic is the Founder and Lead Organizer of Startup Boston, an organization driven to strengthen the New England startup ecosystem by connecting, educating, and celebrating the people in the tech community. She's also a co-founder of nDash, a CSM at Goldcast, and was named one of Boston Business Journal's Power 50 for 2020.

Cam and Yonas welcome Teri Harwood to the podcast this week! Teri is a proven strategic leader with over a decade of experience in product leadership at companies such as Nike, TabbedOut, and Affinipay. She's currently working as a consultant to provide tech companies with expert product management advice that makes a measured business impact and solves customer needs through a focus on user experience. She chats with the guys about the difference between consulting and in-house product management, what to look for in a product position, and how networking can be the best path to breaking into product. Check it out!

Cam and Yonas welcome Jordan Perry to the podcast this week! Jordan is the Founder & CEO of SimpMe, a digital education platform that provides individuals with helpful analogies to explain complex concepts. He is also an MBA Candidate at the NYU Stern School of Business where he is studying Product Management & Entrepreneurship. He chats with the guys about his MBA experience, what he's learned from starting his own company, and the future of digital learning. Check it out!

Cam and Yonas welcome Ashlee Jeannot to the podcast this week! Ashlee is the founder of letsSTARTtogether LLC and the author of Knowing How to Talk About Race in the Classroom, a guidebook for White educators to develop racial literacy and the tools needed to engage in conversations and discussion centered around race. Ashlee received her M.A. from Tufts University in Diversity and Inclusion Leadership and is currently working at Salsify as their Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Educator. She chats with the guys about the importance of not just diversity but equity in a company culture, her inspiration to join the field, and offers advice on how companies can do better in the fight for equality.

This week's guest may sound a bit familiar to our loyal listeners- Marc Hurdle is back! Your favorite product manager from Indiegogo rejoins Cam and Yonas to discuss imposter syndrome within Silicon Valley tech, diverse hiring, and a company's political/social justice responsibility.

This week, Cam and Yonas welcome Ekow Essel to the podcast! Ekow began his product journey at financial firms like American Express and Goldman Sachs. Following a recent stint in the Silicon Valley big tech scene, he found his way back East at the New York media company, Endeavor, where he's currently a Product Lead. He chats with the guys about how his education at MIT and Tufts University helps him in product, and the differences between product management in both startups and large companies.

As product folks, we're always figuring it out as we go, and the only way to do that is to learn and reflect, which is exactly what today's episode is about! Cam and Yonas take some time to look back on the Customer Success 101 series they just wrapped up to pull out some key insights and learnings to bring with them going forward as product managers.