Podcast
Need to Know
Hosted by The Commons · EN
Welcome to Need to Know - a podcast by the Commons.
The Commons helps you get the skills and connections you need to land - and thrive in - a business role in tech. That includes roles like Strategy, Business Operations, Product and more.
To do that, we’ve created a community where you learn what you need to know, directly from who you need to know - business operators at top tech companies like DoorDash, Instacart and Uber.
Need to Know is a podcast where Luis, our host, interviews these people - the operators, founders and investors who you need to know about.
21episodes
Episodes
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David Yakobovitch - Global Product Lead at Google
Sep 8, 202300:58:39Tap to summarizeDavid Yakobovitch is the Global Product Lead at Google. Our host, Luis Martinez-Moure, had a conversation with David about his experience operating and investing at the same time. David spent the last decade working at early and late stage startups, and is currently a General Partner at Data Power Ventures. At the same time, David continues to work on internal products for users at Google which utilizes the largest suite of internal tooling in the world. The Commons brings together the power of continuous learning, mentorship and community to help top talent develop hyper-specific skills and powerful networks to be successful on-the-job. Learn more and level up with us here
Transcribe →Dave Perry - Sales and Business Development at Adobe
Aug 25, 202300:37:21Tap to summarizeDave Perry is the author of Game of Sales, a #1 Best Selling Book on Amazon, designed to help you navigate career transitions and a life in sales and business development. He sat down with our host, Luis Martinez-Moure, to talk about his behind-the-scenes experience at Adobe, Amazon, Google, and IBM. Dave shares insights on what it takes to build a career in business development, including tools, strategies, and techniques required for successful and scalable growth in tech. The Commons brings together the power of continuous learning, mentorship and community to help top talent develop hyper-specific skills and powerful networks to be successful on-the-job. Learn more and level up with us here
Transcribe →Matt Hammel - Co-Founder at Airops
Aug 11, 202300:27:39Tap to summarizeMatt Hammel sits down with our host, Luis Martinez-Moure, to talk about his journey as a Co-Founder of Airops. AirOps makes technical work easier for less or non-technical people using AI. We talk about Matt's experience pivoting from consulting to tech, scaling a BizOps team from Series A through Series C, and the many challenges (and successes) experienced along the way. The Commons brings together the power of continuous learning, mentorship and community to help top talent develop hyper-specific skills and powerful networks to be successful on-the-job. Learn more and level up with us here
Transcribe →Rajat Sharma - Founder of Ingreendients
Jul 28, 202300:44:24Tap to summarizeRajat Sharma sits down with our host, Luis Martinez-Moure, to talk about Rajat’s journey as the Founder of Ingreendients. Ingreendients is an anti-greenwashing brand that detoxes personal care routines from head to toe by pioneering high-performing beauty products made from 100% plants. Rajat talks about the impacts of COVID on supply chains, testing for product-market fit, and how they took an unconventional approach (slowing sales velocity) in the early days of their CPG net-carbon neutral company. The Commons brings together the power of continuous learning, mentorship and community to help top talent develop hyper-specific skills and powerful networks to be successful on-the-job. Learn more and level up with us here
Transcribe →Rachel Nazhand - VP of Business Operations at Zelis
Nov 30, 202200:34:40Tap to summarizeJoin host & mentor Luis as he sits down with Rachel Nazhand - VP of Business Operations at Zelis, a platform bridging the gaps of financial systems in the healthcare space. As a tenured operator, Rachel shares her take on handling failure, and gives candid advice on the importance of experimentation, identifying your areas of impact through passion and more! There’s so much to unpack here. We hope you enjoy the episode.
Transcribe →Sid Agarwal - CFO at Incredible Health
Oct 13, 202200:34:41Tap to summarizeJoin Luis as he sits down with an old friend Sid Agarwal, CFO at Incredible Health - a platform connecting health care professionals to hospitals. Together Sid and Luis explore the challenges and complexities of marketplaces and what characteristics and approaches make for great functional leaders. We hope you enjoy the conversation!
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Mentor Lounge: Meet Brody, Himani & Max
Sep 26, 202200:40:58Tap to summarizeJoin us for a special edition of Need to Know where we meet with a panel of incredible Mentors here at the Commons (fka as Skillful): Max, GM at DoorDash for Dashpass, Himani Sr. Manager of Crypto Operations at Wealthsimple and Brody, VP of Operations at Flashfood. Together, our mentors explore a handful of topics - from better understanding your passions, and translating them into the work you do and the roles that you are seeking to how to stand out to a hiring manager during an interview. This isn't an episode to be missed. We can't wait for you to meet three awesome voices of our community.
Transcribe →Dasha Sivkov - VP Product Marketing at WealthSimple
Jul 22, 202200:41:23Tap to summarizeJoin Luis as he sits down with Dasha Sivkov, VP of Product Marketing at WealthSimple, Canada’s fintech unicorn. Dasha brings us into her day-to-day in Product Marketing and shares takeaways and stories from her career journey. We hope you enjoy the episode!
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Salmaa Elshanshory - VP of Market Expansion at Medly
May 18, 202200:40:47Tap to summarizeKris sits down with Salmaa Elshanshory, VP of Market Expansion at Medly, a full-service, digital pharmacy that offers free same-day prescription delivery for all types of medications. Salmaa shares how she broke into tech from a background in public policy, why the best companies celebrate failure and how she thinks about career opportunities.
Transcribe →Gary Yang - Head of Product & Operations at Placeholder
Apr 13, 202200:48:38Tap to summarizeJoin Kris as he sits down with Gary Yang, Head of Product & Operations at Placeholder, an online marketplace that connects those with unused space with fast-growing companies. Gary candidly shares his insights on BizOps and Product, what it takes to succeed in the ever growing world of start-ups and his journey from management consulting into tech.
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