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Ronke Majekodunmi has had an impressive career in Product working in the legal, eCommerce, and finance industries all leading up to her current role at Paypal. In this episode, we chat about a key product skill, coalition building and why that
Brylan is one of the cofounders of 7th Ave, a knowledge-sharing platform for Black professionals, creatives, entrepreneurs, and students. Brylan has a background in Product Management and has used the skills he developed as a PM, building 7th A
Laide is a Product Management consultant with a wealth of experience. She has a background in Electrical and Computer Engineering and worked as a Product Leader developing consumer audio technology. We discuss her recent article, "Power Users:
Black Epics Season 2 is kicking off this week. Stay tuned for more exciting interviews with amazing Product Managers.
Tonya is currently a Senior Product Manager at MongoDB. We discuss her career path from Computer Science teacher to Product Manager. Tonya recently made a career transition to a new Product Management role so we discussed in-depth how she prep
Vince is currently a Product Manager at Mcdonald’s Corporation. Prior to his current role, he studied at Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London, and founded his own company. We discuss turning failure into a positive, building kio
Rafael Balbi Jr. is a Principal Product Manager at Vimeo. Prior to his current role, he’s worked in Product at Squarespace and LiveAuctioneers, empowering creators and small businesses. We discussed key learnings in becoming a Principal Product
Ayo Omojola is currently the VP or Product at Carbon Health. Prior to his current role, he built core capabilities for Cash App and founded several companies. We discuss how he knew it was time for his startup to pivot, quick product feedback l
Sasha Kai Parker is currently the Head of Product at Seed&Spark. She’s worked at startups, agencies, and large corporations on a variety of types of products so we chatted about how she approaches product strategy, what a good strategy looks l
Darrel Frater is an entrepreneur building TheClub. TheClub is a livestreaming platform for live djs and virtual parties. We discuss his path to building multiple products and what’s up next in his founder journey. If you would like to chat with
Kasha Stewart is currently Head of Product at The Walt Disney Company where she’s focused on their Movies Anywhere product. Kasha studied fine arts at Howard University and has a MFA from Chapman’s film program. She began her career working in
Jammal Dorsey is currently working on the Covid-19 response for a nonprofit organization, Resolve to Save Lives. Jammal has many years of healthcare experience so we discuss what it’s like to be a PM working in healthcare, some of his favorite
Quadri Oshibotu is currently a Senior Product Manager at eCompliance. In today’s episode, we discuss how his martial arts background has helped him as a Product Manager and his teaching experience at General Assembly and the Bootcamp he develop
Jeremy Browning is a Product Manager focused on the Notifications experience at Twitter. We discuss his path from Pre-law to Product and walk through a problem his team is currently tackling. In addition, we chat about some of the skills that a
Sefunmi Osinaike is a Product Manager, author of How to Product, and Co-founder of Co.Lab. We discuss how aspiring PMs can overcome the challenge of getting that first role in Product. We also chat about writing and successfully launching his f
Here are 5 of my favorite resources that I used to prepare for recent Product Management (PM) interviews. In this episode, I wanted to experiment with a different format. This is a mini episode where I’ll quickly cover a single PM topic. The to
Adam Thomas is a Product leader based in Harlem, New York with a passion for social justice. Adam has founded several companies, worked as a director of product, and writes and speaks about Product. In this episode, we read an excerpt from his
David Hooker is a transplant in a lot of ways. He’s from the east coast and has a background in Theater Arts and Education. He transitioned to working in QA for Disney’s mobile games and is now working as an Associate Product Manager for Disney
Breana Jones is currently a Director of Product, Web at VICE Media. We discuss how Breana prepared for Product leadership, learning how to lead people when you don’t yet have direct reports, and how working in Product Leadership is different fr
Sherika is currently a Manager of Product and Strategy at Covalent Solutions, a Product Management instructor, and the CoFounder and Managing Partner of Thomas & Wynter R&D. We discuss how Sherika got into Product Management, cofounding an R&D
Amber Kearney is a Product Manager at Capital One. We talk with Amber about how she developed technical fluency to transition from business consulting to Product Management. We also discuss how she prioritizes personal development and the launc
Justin Maddox is a Product Manager at Google on a team responsible for all of the crawling at Google. If that sounds like a big responsibility it's because it is. We discuss his path from finance and startup founder to Product Management. We al
Shantell Williams is a Product Manager in the Facebook RPM Program. We discuss her path to product, how studying economics has been helpful in her product thinking, and her exciting rotation in AR/VR. Follow us on twitter @blackepics and send u
Cassandra Lewis is a Product Leader at Open Table. Prior to working at Open Table she built products at Amazon, LivingSocial, and Microsoft. We talk with Cassandra about the importance of developing your personal brand, building products that b
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