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Karen Kim

Personal Growth

Don’t Be a One-Man Wolfpack: Building Rapport with Your Designers and Engineers

Starting out as a Product Manager, there will be a lot to soak in. It might be daunting. It might be nerve-wracking. But you probably didn’t break into PM thinking that it’s easy (at least I hope you didn’t). It would have been far better to have found at least Read more…

By Karen Kim, 2 years2 years ago
Product Management

How Video Games Built Modern Product Thinking

An American online game platform geared towards kids has been valued at nearly $30 billion, more than seven times the $4 billion it was valued at in its Series G round 11 months ago. Now, Roblox is joining the likes of Slack and Spotify by announcing to go public by a Read more…

By Karen Kim, 2 years2 years ago
Personal Growth

The ABCs of Product Management

A love letter to Product Management from one product geek to another Hope everyone’s having as happy a holiday as possible! Here’s to a more hopeful 2021! Despite the challenges this year has rung in, we’ve seen moments of breathtaking compassion and brilliant technological breakthroughs, and we’ve gone through all Read more…

By Karen Kim, 2 years2 years ago
Personal Growth

Do’s and Don’ts Of PM Networking

A summary of inspiring and (sometimes) hard lessons learned over the summer The pandemic’s flipped over our lives. If we’re lucky (“lucky” being a relative term here), the big problem we face is the loss of face-to-face experiences. I may be an introvert, but I don’t function as well without Read more…

By Karen Kim, 2 years2 years ago
Brand

Building Your Product Community If You’re Looking to Break In

Some points for wondering and wandering into your future professional network Looking into Product but don’t know where to start? Like with a lot of industries (but even more so with Product Management), your greatest assets may well be your people. Your connections. Your community. The reality of things? Usually, Read more…

By Karen Kim, 2 years2 years ago
Product Management

If Disney Characters Were Product Managers

Product Management roles are getting snatched up like hotcakes! In a world of finite problems, the tech industry is bursting with ideas. Who better to try and tend to the pain points with potentially infinite solutions than a well-coordinated team of PMs, designers, and engineers? What makes it really cool Read more…

By Karen Kim, 2 years2 years ago
Design

Breaking Down Zoom UX and Features: A Product Manager’s Perspective

Author: Karen Kim Pandemic times are strange indeed. Use cases have changed left and right- most of us are working from home. Many companies scrambled for the 100% remote lifestyle, facing growing pains and even operational existential crises. How could traditionally on-the-ground product teams connect away from brick and mortar (or Read more…

By Karen Kim, 2 years2 years ago
Product Manager as Designer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhyjP-WL_mA
How to Be a Great *Remote* PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMTUQqMwJ6g&t=426s
7 Habits of a Highly Effective PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ijqOtdNojk

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