Austin VOP #98: Sarah King of Molecula | The Challenges of Product Discovery
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I met Sarah at a product meetup about three years ago and struck up a conversation about how she can grow her career since she had just become a PM. I am amazed to see how she has grown in this time and psyched to share her story.
Read more: Product Leaders See Around Corners
What I’m Reading
As I continue to hone my product discovery craft, I always appreciate a good primer: Addressing The Challenges of Product Discovery by Saeed Khan.
I hope we are well past the ‘If you build it, they will come” world. We live in a complex and dynamic world. How can anyone build successful products that people will use and love without really understanding needs, problems and opportunities? It’s either discovery or it’s luck.
Austin Product Events
April 5 — The Product League & UX in ATX
Panel: Breaking Down Silos Between Product & UXApril 19 — The Product League
Stepping Stones to Product ManagementMay 3 — The Product League & Women in Product
Understanding and Addressing Imposter Syndrome
More events on the Austin Product Events page.
In The Community
Nicole Salzman Page recently spoke at Girl Geek X Community Elevate 2021 conference about Communications Strategies for Remote Teams. Read Nicole’s interview: Product Managers Network.
Sam Heywood, who I interviewed back in 2017, was promoted to VP of Product Marketing at Cloudera. Read his interview: Product Managers Make Decisions with Low Data and High Risk.
Austin Product Positions
I share product positions posted by product leaders I know. Feel free to reach out to me for an intro or share with others.
BigCommerce is hiring a Product Manager for Web Onboarding.
Molecula is hiring a Senior Product Manager to build their Cloud product
FloorFound is hiring a Head of Product to build their “Recommerce” product
Tasktop is hiring a Senior Product Manager to lead their Integration Hub product.
Yours in product,
Reza