Description

Corey Pollock is the Head of Product at Pixel Union and Co-Founder of numerous companies like Uptime (acquired by WeCommerce), ListingAI (acquired), Google Meet Enhancement Suite (acquired) and more.

In this episode, we discuss...

• What he learned about building product from Robleh at Tiny Hearts
• What made Tiny Hearts unique when building product and the acquisition by Shopify
• His work at Shopify and helping launch the Arrive (now Shop) app
• Going from an Apprentice role to Lead and what it takes to scale as a product person
• Building solo, in small teams and large organizations
• The importance of timing when launching a product
• Why empathy is crucial as a product manager
• Why ideas are becoming so saturated

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