Annie Pearl
Annie Pearl is the Chief Product Officer at Calendly. Previously, she was Chief Product Officer at Glassdoor, as well as Director of Product Management at Box. She was named one of the most influential women in Bay Area business by the San Francisco Business Times.
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Career (separate track) Skills
Breaking into product management is most effectively achieved through internal transfers, formal APM programs, or by joining early-stage startups where cross-functional work is expected.
"I think there's really two paths. I think one is more formal in nature. There are associate product manager programs out there and many scaled companies, Google, Meta. All have APM programs that you c..."
Strategy & Positioning Skills
A robust product strategy is defined by an integrated set of choices that specify exactly where a company will compete and how it intends to win.
"Strategy is really just an integrated set of choices that outline how you're going to win in whatever marketplace you choose. And so, a good product strategy is going to answer questions like what's y..."