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MentorCruise summary
Sam is VP of Product Management at Turing. He has worked in product leadership, founded a startup, and held roles at Google, Intel, and Glassdoor. He helps product managers clarify career strategy, tackle technical and influence challenges, and grow as product leaders.
Based on 6 verified mentee reviews
- Two reviewers value his career strategy guidance, which helped them clarify where to focus during career decisions and transitions.
- Several reviewers praise his product management knowledge, including practical guidance on AI, data, and startup-related challenges.
About
Having many varied roles on my own path to product management (engineering, sales, marketing, co-founder) I was lucky enough to have great mentors and coaches that guided me along my journey.
From the initial CTOs/GMs at Intel that advised me to understand marketing and sales (beyond engineering), to really learning a ton on the job about management and leadership at running a startup, while also learning a great deal on product process at different stages of companies (Kenshoo, Glassdoor, Sendoso) to more recently becoming Head of Product at Turing, a Series D Startup focused on accelerating AGI advancement and deployment. where I am able to leverage all my learnings to scale the product process effectively.
I am also very much focused on the coaching mentality with all of my direct reports as you'll see from some of the recommendations left on my LinkedIn profile:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/samho/details/recommendations/?detailScreenTabIndex=0
Gabriel Brown - Group PM
"Sam’s expertise in product runs deep... Whether it be suggesting a fresh approach, introducing a new framework, or challenging the convention, our team was consistently evolving how we managed, communicated, and documented. It’s not an exaggeration when I say I learned something new in every meeting with him."
Uday Marapalli - Product at Upwork
"As a people leader, Sam believes in taking bets on people from unconventional backgrounds, empowers PMs to take complete ownership of their product area and creates opportunities for their growth."
Daniel Kent - Director of PM, Personalization at Dow Jones
"As a manager and mentor, Sam was supportive, both personally and in elevating the work of his team within Glassdoor... I left each session feeling empowered and ready for the next."
What mentees say
5 out of 5 stars
I met with Sam regularly for a couple of years while navigating a career transition. He is very dedicated to the mentorship experience. He is knowledgeable about product, startups, and AI, staying up-to-date with current trends and regularly testing new products himself. He provided helpful suggestions and feedback about career strategy and the various projects I worked on along the way, even when some drifted outside of his primary domain.
Corey
Standard Plan • 3 years
5 out of 5 stars
Sam was a helpful thinking partner on career strategy. His questions and nudges gave me useful direction to explore further and helped me get clearer on where to focus.
Varun
Standard Plan • 3 months
5 out of 5 stars
Knowledgeable and inviting mentor particularly in the area of AI and data. He helped me brainstorm ways to tackle different challenges I faced in my role as a PM, both technical and influence related. I would highly recommend his mentorship!
Ana
Standard Plan • 1 year
Get to know Samuel W (Sam)
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Article 5 min readSam’s Substack | Sam Ho | Substack
My personal Substack. Click to read Sam’s Substack, by Sam Ho, a Substack publication. Launched 8 months ago.
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Article 5 min readHow I Help Product Managers Master AI-Powered Discovery (Without Waiting for Engineering)
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What happens when you start
You tell Samuel W (Sam) your goals. They see exactly what you want to work on before session one.
You meet within days. Samuel W (Sam) reviews your application and books your first session, usually within a day or two.
You leave with a plan. Concrete next steps and a weekly rhythm from your very first week.
