Main takeaways: - Expand your mind: expand mental model for what makes for a "Product role" at a "tech company". There's more than just working at FAANG - Purpose-driven Product management: finding ways to instill purpose in your work, top-down – from the company mission to your everyday role - Lessons learned about Product from Uber, Dropbox and FiscalNote

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6. Daniel Liem
T O N I G H T ’ S S P E A K E R

7. Daniel Liem
Expanding the Product
Management Universe

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12. Three core competencies of a PM:
Vision, Execution, and People.
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15. Ops & Legal
(Product Ops,
Project Mgr)
Designers
Business
(BD, PA, BO)
EngineerEngineer
Engineer
Marketing
(PMM,
Social, PR)
PM
(you!)
Eng
Manager
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16. Building great user experiences as a
product manager can be hard.
The system is incentivized to move
quickly, experiment and encourage
short-termism.
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17. The dangerous
rise of
“hustling” as a
PM
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20. At the same time, we are forced to keep up
the pace, especially at startups... it seems like
being a PM is getting harder.
The question becomes: what does
the modern day PM look like?
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21. Purpose-driven
product
management
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22. I interviewed 30+ PMs and the consensus
is clear: long-term thinking matters.
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23. Let’s take the best parts of “hustling” (i.e.
working hard and smart), and combine it with
thoughtfulness and purposefulness.
That’s how we can build product experiences
that deliver long-term value.
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24. What can
possibly go
wrong?
How might
we build
responsibly?
(i.e. remain
compliant)
How might we
be inclusive?
(from who we
hire to the users
we build for)
Am I
personally
aligned with
the mission?
How might we
encourage
empathy-led
product
building + build
a brand?
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27. Now, four core competencies of a PM:
Vision, Execution, People & Purpose.
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28. Expand
your
mind!
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36. Become a purpose-driven PM.
Find your dream job today:
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37. Daniel Liem
Expanding the Product
Management Universe

38. www.productschool.com
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and
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