When U Grow Up Podcast

When U Grow Up: You want to be a "Burn-the-Boats" Tech Disruptor

November 05, 2021 When U Grow Up Media Season 1 Episode 3
When U Grow Up Podcast
When U Grow Up: You want to be a "Burn-the-Boats" Tech Disruptor
Show Notes

Mohamad Elgendi, a graduate student in Engineering Management and startup entrepreneurship, speaks with Sarah Pierce,  a startup veteran and Director of Product at Better.com.   Sharing what led her to fall in love with "disrupting a boring industry," Mohamad and Sabrina take a memory roadtrip of her wealth of experience in trying, risk-taking, succeeding, failing, and learning all along the way

01:23   Doing everything wrong in Product Management
03:52   "You cross the river, then you burn the boats so you can't go back"
14:15   Problem-solving as art
21:04   Employers HATE this one weird interview answer!
25:11   The excitement of disrupting a boring industry