Growing as a PM and building happy teams | Willie Tran, Dropbox (ex. Mailchimp, Calendly)

We were talking about building happy teams, growing as a Product manager in Growth, how to create the best partnership with product designers, and how to shift the mindset of the company to be more growth-oriented.

Here's what we covered:

[02:34] Willie's story of becoming a Growth PM

[06:02] Coming back to Dropbox and shift to Growth mindset

[16:48] How to keep up the high energy in the team

[26:15] Collaboration between Product Manager and Product designer

[37:20] Successful experiments are not always the most "sexy" solutions

[43:35] Building and defining happy teams

[53:02] Shaping the culture of Core teams to Growth

[1:00:00] Start applying the atomic habits

Where to find Willie Tran:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/willietran/

Where to find Kate Syuma, Head of Growth Design at Miro:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ekaterina-syuma/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/kate_syuma

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/katusyuma/

Website: https://katesyuma.com/

Where to find Oscar Torres, Product Designer at Miro:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/oscartorrestryme/

Website: https://www.oscartorres.me/

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