In today’s episode of “Inside the Product Marketing Mind,” Senior Product Marketing Manager Lena Shenkarenko talks about working at a hyper-growth startup as a PMM.

Tune in to learn more about:

~ Difference between startups and scale-ups for a PMM

~ Characteristics of a great founding PMM

~ One thing to avoid as a PMM

Timestamps

• (00:00) - Intro
• (02:00) - How Lena got into product marketing?
• (08:04) - Characteristics of a great founding PMM of a hyper-growth startup?
• (14:50) - Difference between startup and scale-up for a PMM.
• (24:05) - Mistakes first-time PMMs make at early-stage startups.
• (28:56) - Learnings from today's episode
• (29:19) - Lena's advice for PMMs to succeed.
• (30:35) - Outro

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On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shenkarenko/

Mentioned in the Episode

Mavenoid - https://www.mavenoid.com/

React.js Agency for Startups - https://reactsquad.io/

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Kristina Terziyska

On LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/kristina-terziyska

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In today’s episode of “Inside the Product Marketing Mind,” Senior Product Marketing Manager Peter Kortvel talks about the power of storytelling in product marketing.

Tune in to learn more about:

~ Why is storytelling important, and how to use it in product marketing?

~ The Old World vs. New World Framework for impactful positioning.

~ Things to know before joining the startup world as a PMM.

Timestamps

• (00:00) - Intro
• (01:00) - Peter's career highlights.
• (04:50) - Why is storytelling important in Product Marketing?
• (07:43) - How can companies use storytelling to showcase products?
• (13:23) - What is the Old World vs. New World Framework?
• (16:42) - How Peter develops storyboards for a brand?
• (21:03) - Peter's experience in hiring PMMs.
• (25:59) - Advice for people who want to jump into the startup world as PMM.
• (28:34) - Biggest learnings from the episode.
• (30:49) - Outro

Follow Peter Kortvel

On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/peterkortvel/

On Twitter: https://twitter.com/PeterKortvel

Mentioned in the Episode

Peter’s Product Marketing Newsletter: https://productmarketingnewsletter.com/

Animated Oreo Ad: https://youtu.be/kI41Fh9RSi0

React.js Agency for Startups - https://reactsquad.io/

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Kristina Terziyska

On LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/kristina-terziyska

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In today’s Inside The Product Marketing Mind episode, Career Coach Yi Lin joins us with her incredible advice for people looking for no-code tech roles.

Tune in to learn more about:

~ How to climb the Product Marketing ladder?

~ The ins and outs of the Product Marketing world.

~ How and when to hire your first Product Marketer?

Timestamps

• (00:00) - Intro
• (00:53) - How Yi Lin Got Into Product Marketing?
• (03:54) - Her Experience As A First-Time Product Marketing Hire
• (07:48) - Advice For Those Who Are Curious About Product Marketing
• (13:00) - How Anyone Can Become A Product Marketer?
• (15:48) - Yi's Learning As First Product Marketer In An Early-Stage Startup.
• (19:16) - What A Product Marketer Shouldn't Focus On?
• (23:45) - Advice For Founders Looking For Their First Product Marketer.
• (29:20) - Yi's Biggest Takeaways On Product Marketing
• (32:00) - Outro

Links & Mentions:

Yi Lin

On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yilinpei/

Website - https://www.techgrowthcoach.com/

Mentioned In The Episode

React.js Agency for Startups - https://reactsquad.io/

Sign up for the SaaS Operator Newsletter - https://earlynode.com/subscribe/

Kristina Terziyska

On LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/kristina-terziyska

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In today’s Inside The Product Marketing Mind episode, Anthony Pierri joins us from Fletch PMM. Anthony helps early-stage PLG B2B startups market their products with clear messaging and product positioning along with his partner Rob Kaminski under Fletch PMM.

Tune in to learn more about:

~ 8 Product Messaging Elements.

~ When to Hire A Product Marketer as an Early-stage Startup?

~ How to Know if A Founder is Right Fit For You as a Product Marketer?

~ Why Product Marketers From Google Can’t Help Early-stage Startups?

~ Should A Product Marketer be Writing Copy and Doing Social Media?

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Anthony Pierri

On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthonypierri/

Fletch PMM

Website: https://www.fletchpmm.com/

Kristina Terziyska

On LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/kristina-terziyska

EarlyNode

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Mentioned In The Episode

• 9 Product Marketing Principles for Early-stage Startups
• Common Homepage Mistakes
• ReactSquad.io - React.js Agency for Startups
• EarlyNode.com/subscribe - Sign up for the SaaS Operator Newsletter

• (00:59) - How did Anthony stumble upon product marketing?
• (06:44) - Product marketing breakdown: 8 messaging elements.
• (11:18) - Sample product marketing plan for an early-stage startup
• (15:04) - When to hire a product marketer as an early-stage startup?
• (19:07) - What challenges does an early-stage product marketer face?
• (24:32) - What Anthony learned as an early-stage product marketer?
• (28:19) - Anthony’s future plans for his PMM agency, Fletch?