The Difference Between Being a Founder and Leader – with David Wang, Founder at Product Academy
How does one become a Group Product Manager at one of the fastest growing Tech companies in Australia?
Let's demystify this journey. We will explore David's first steps into Leadership, mistakes he made early on, how he manages the demands of a Leadership role today, and what advice he has for other aspiring and ambitious leaders.
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About David Wang
David Wang is an experienced Product Leader with over 17 years of global product experience across start-ups, scale-ups, and corporates. He is currently the Founder of Product Academy, where he has taught more than 4,000 students worldwide with General Assembly, Harvard Innovation Labs, and Melbourne Business School. Dave has a proven track record of helping countless students get job offers and promotions in Product Management.
Before founding Product Academy, Dave worked as the Group Product Manager at Linktree, where he coached and managed a team of excellent Product Managers across the US and AU. He has built products for some of the biggest household brands, including CommBank, Expedia, Airtasker, and Westfield Australia. Dave has also founded multiple start-ups such as a tutoring marketplace – Begyn, and a book summary site, 5-minute-knowledge.
David believes that great leaders not only tell you what to do, but they also show you how it's done. They lead from behind during times of success but ahead when the times are tough. You can find success stories and more information about David on his website at www.productdave.com.
About Benjamin F. Wirtz
With 8 years of experience in building companies and leading teams in Product, Design and Engineering, Benjamin F. Wirtz has helped numerous people in tech become accomplished leaders in their own right. He has learned from world class leaders at organisations such as Google and Atlassian, as well as many established coaches and executives.
While sharing his strategies and processes of building products that generated over $100,000,000, he recognised the pressure on Tech teams and their Leaders to excel without adequate support.
Based on his experience of working with over 50 leadership teams at over 50 Tech companies, he crafted the Scalable Leader program, addressing the challenges that tend to overwhelm Leaders in Tech during their leadership transition and growth.
About Scalable Leaders
Our mission at Scalable Leaders is to provide the fastest way for Leaders in Tech to level up.
The Scalable Leader program is grounded in 15 years of experience building and leading diverse Teams in Tech (Product, Design, Engineering and beyond), as well as the latest research into effective and inclusive Leadership.
It was carefully put together with the insights and support from people who worked in Leadership positions at Google, Atlassian, CultureAmp, Zip, Sendle and various startups.
From bootstrapped startups to VC funded scaleups and Fortune 500s, the Scalable Leader approach has consistently delivered results and increased team engagement.
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