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Rocketship.fm · Season 7 · Episode · October 17, 2019

What type of Product Manager are you?

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Catherine Ulrich, a Managing Director of FirstMark Capital, invests in a broad range of enterprise and consumer start-ups. She has a deep passion for and expertise in health and wellness, AI, and behavior change. Prior to joining FirstMark, she was the Chief Product Officer at Shutterstock (NYSE: SSTK) where she was responsible for product strategy and execution across all of Shutterstock’s offerings and brands including the company’s move into machine learning/computer vision and creative editing tools. She was also the first Chief Product Officer at Weight Watchers (NYSE: WTW), responsible for their global digital and retail experiences.

Today we talk with Catherine about the six (or seven) types of Product Managers, advantages and disadvantages each face and which products they fit best leading.

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