Episode 30: Julia Austin - Senior Lecturer at Harvard Business School

Welcome to Episode 30 of The VentureFizz Podcast, the flagship podcast of Boston's most trusted source for startup and tech jobs, news, and insights! For this episode, I interviewed Julia Austin, who wears many different hats these days. She is a Senior Lecturer at Harvard Business School, Board Member, angel investor, and advisor to several emerging tech companies. Julia saw her career skyrocket upon joining Akamai in the early days of the company, where she eventually became VP of Engineering. From there, she went on to hold leadership roles at VMware and was recently the CTO at DigitalOcean. Julia is the definition of someone who knows how to pay-it-forward in terms of her involvement in the Boston tech ecosystem. In this episode, we cover lots of topi: -Julia’s background and the evolution of her career. -What it takes to become a great product manager. -Best practices around hiring and how the first employees define your culture. -The criteria she looks for when she is making investments. -Plus, a lot more. Lastly, if you like the show, please remember to subscribe to and review us on iTunes, or your podcast player of choice!