The Hard Part with Evan McCann Corey Pollock, Full-Stack Human
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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