In this week’s season finale, we are featuring Priyanka who leads PMM at Qualia. Qualia is a company whose mission is to transform and improve real estate transactions. Real estate is a new industry for Priyanka, so tune in to hear how to learn a new space and make a jump into a new domain. You’ll also hear how to think about growing the function beyond 0 to 1 and building not just a team, but a product that lasts. It’s likely that your team will change - you’re bound to lose and gain people who you consider key players. At the end of the day though, your product will likely survive your team. So, how do you approach this and build a product that solves real life problems?

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Questions covered in this interview:

1. What is it like to own product marketing?
2. What do you look for in a company/team/role?
3. How did you evaluate the risk of a new role?
4. What are some of the challenges early on? What about now?
5. What are some of the thrills (highs) and chills (lows) of your product marketing career?

Kevin leads the product marketing function at Retool, an early stage startup and platform for developers to build internal tools. In this interview he and JD discuss growing your personal career and how to identify areas that both challenge and energize you. They discuss what it’s like to be a hands-on builder and learn by doing, how to accelerate your career and the company’s narrative while being both the strategist and executer.

Connect with Kevin on LinkedIn.
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Questions covered in this interview:

1. What is it like to own product marketing?
2. What do you look for in a company/team/role?
3. How did you evaluate the risk of a new role?
4. What are some of the challenges early on? What about now?
5. What are some of the thrills (highs) and chills (lows) of your product marketing career?

Wondering what it’s like to join series A startup and establish the PMM function? Blake is the very first product marketer at Process Street, a workflow management tool. In this interview JD and Blake discuss his journey from content marketing to product and what it’s been like strategically building something completely from scratch and being product marketer #1. They also discuss how to amplify your work, keep up with the pace of the organization, and how to loop in peers and mentors when evaluating your new opportunity or move. Also, they're hiring!

Connect with Blake on LinkedIn and Twitter.
Join Blake on Sharebird.

Questions covered in this interview:

1. What is it like to own product marketing?
2. What do you look for in a company/team/role?
3. How did you evaluate the risk of a new role?
4. What are some of the challenges early on? What about now?
5. What are some of the thrills (highs) and chills (lows) of your product marketing career?