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Daniele Conserva – Meet the Mentor

Business Intelligence developer with over 8 years experience in several industries, and 4 countries across 2 continents. My main focus is developing reports and dashboards that give insightful views

How to build a strong profile for the tech job (engineering) market

Learn the key ingredients to grow your career

Career Pivoting for Engineers

How engineers can take that leap of faith out of their coding comfort zone

Feature and backlog prioritization in product management

Learn how to create successful products using the right techniques for effective feature and backlog prioritization. This is a crucial process that helps you get your priorities straight before launching a new product.

Andrei Gavrila – Meet the Mentor

Hello, I'm Andrei! I am a CTO, Technical Advisor, Agile Coach, Mentor with 16+ years in the custom software development industry.

The C in CEO stands for Confidence

Being a CEO or Founder is hard. The pressure, the expectations, and the responsibility are all overwhelming. If I had listened to my fears and doubts, and stayed there, I wouldn't be here today sharing with you my path. Here are three things that helped me develop my confidence along the way:

Career change at 30: how to put your daydreams into action

Changing careers at 30 can feel incredibly daunting, especially when you’ve already spent many years in a previous field. Perhaps a career which once inspired you is no longer fulfilling, or you want to finally take that leap of faith into your dream field. Either way, changing careers is something to consider deeply, no matter what age you are.

How Do I Become a Lead Engineer?

With over 100,000 vacancies in the US alone, it's safe to say the role of a lead engineer is in high demand. As technology becomes more complex, businesses need people capable of managing and overseeing the entire engineering process.

From Design to Product Management

While this jump might seem intimidating, it is more than attainable. Learn how to smoothen this transition, use your existing skills to your advantage, and acquire new competencies.

Application of growth 🚀 strategy frameworks in product management

As a product leader, you are tasked with the difficult job of growing your company or product. There are many different growth strategy frameworks out there, each with its own advantages and disadvantages. In this blog post, we will take a look at six popular growth strategy frameworks and when you should apply each one 🛫

How To Build Your Go-To-Market Strategy Step by Step

A practical guide to help you launch your product on the market and attract your first clients.

Nick Roberts – Meet the Mentor

My journey began back in 2008 when I built a website as part of a Media Studies course at Sixth Form college and dabbled with code during an IT course. This cemented my choice of career in Web Design & Development. I then completed a City & Guilds qualification in Web Design gaining a Distinction. This provided me with an excellent base for the next step in my career journey.

Overcoming a challenging career change with grit, determination, and the right mentor

Joris Zierold had been working in the media and publishing industry for many years as a founder, engineer, and managing director when he decided to transition into blockchain technology in 2021.

Startup advisor compensation best practices

Commonly, startup advisors are given around 1% equity. This is the amount paid to an advisor who does not work over two days per month and has no other method of receiving payment.

Tanner Barlow – Meet the Mentor

I started my career with three internships, the last two at Microsoft while finishing my Bachelors Degree in Computer Science at the University of Utah.

Adding crucial hard skills to a new business with a mentor

Building a business and a well-structured team is one of the hardest undertakings you could do in your professional life. It’s an event that comes with huge benefits, but sometimes also immense costs both on a financial, personal and mental level.

Building confidence and foundational skills during a career change

Kyle first found a passion for web development when he had to set up a website for his online teaching business. To get the website up, he taught himself the basics of software engineering, leading to a new-found interest in the topic and a desire to transition into this career.

Mentor Agreement: Best Practices & Template

A mentor agreement can help establish the key tasks, objectives and goals throughout the duration of a mentoring relationship. At MentorCruise, we’ll explain what it is, why it’s important, and some best practices that you can apply to make sure that the mentorship becomes a success.

Types of mentoring and why you should learn them

What types of mentoring are there for your needs? Are you mentee looking for the right mentor to achieve your goals? Or are you a mentor who wants to learn the ins and outs of mentoring? Perhaps, you’re a company wanting to start a mentoring program and learn what the options are and how to measure them.

How to Become a Data Analyst with No Experience or Degree

With an average salary of $69,945 per year in the US, data analysis can be a lucrative career for those with strong skills in maths, statistics, and problem-solving. But how do you get a foot in the door? And what if you don’t have a degree or prior work experience?

Product Advisors: Job Description & How to become one

Becoming a product advisor can be a great way to help companies assess and improve their products. But what does it take to become one? What do they do on the job? And how can you make sure that you have the skills necessary to land this type of role?

Data-informed product management: How to Use Data to Build Better Products

In order to be an effective product manager, you need to be able to use data to inform your decisions. Too often, we see products fail because the product manager was not able to get buy-in from stakeholders or customers. By using data, you can back up your decisions with evidence and show that you are making the best choices for the company and its customers. So let's dive in!

Juliette Weiss – Meet the Mentor

👋 Hello!! I am a Design Manager at Microsoft with a proven track record of bringing version-0 products to life. I currently lead the Dynamics 365 Connected Spaces and Mixed Reality design teams.

Darrin Johnson – Meet the Mentor

With 15+ years of experience in a variety of large and small companies, I have been influential in driving significant increases in cost savings, revenue, and efficiencies.

Rui Bom – Meet the Mentor

Have been building startups since before ‘startup’ was a word. 5-star mentor with 🥇 accelerator (25+ unicorns) in the 🌎, for whom I’ve built and mentored several programs.

Richie Wong – Meet the Mentor

👋 Hi! I’m Richie, currently developing data & analytics capabilities @ Checkout.com. I’ve been building scalable data product in tech for 6+ years, and have helped teams set the bar for best practices.

Felix Gerlach – Meet the Mentor

Felix Gerlach is the co-founder and Chief Product Officer of Passbase, a privacy focused identity verification tool. Launched in 2018, Passbase has since raised over $17 million in funding.

8 Major Areas of Product Management

Every product has an interesting life cycle, starting from the development to launch. This life cycle, in turn, has been a lot of areas, steps, and parts, and this all controls product management.

The Future of the Nintendo Switch

Nintendo achieved something truly amazing with the launch of the Switch. It was able to disrupt itself and the entire gaming industry while saving itself from doom. How exactly was Nintendo able to do it and what comes next in that story?

Fiodar Sazanavets – Meet the Mentor

I am an experienced lead software engineer whose main area of expertise is Microsoft stack, which includes ASP.NET (Framework and Core), SQL Server, Azure, and various front-end technologies.