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Lesley Grossblatt
Lesley Grossblatt

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Apr 19, 2021

It’s Not Who You Know, It’s Who Knows You

I recently met a woman who is interested in changing careers and wanted to hear about the various shifts I’ve made over the years from law, to politics, to technology, to real estate and back to technology. …

Product Management

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It’s Not Who You Know, It’s Who Knows You
It’s Not Who You Know, It’s Who Knows You
Product Management

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Apr 2, 2021

The Manager vs The Coach

Growing up, I never understood why the person in charge of running a Major League Baseball team was called a “manager” instead of a “coach.” They seemed to do all the things a coach in any another sport would do . . . …

Management And Leadership

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The Manager vs The Coach
The Manager vs The Coach
Management And Leadership

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Oct 21, 2020

The Myth of the Technical Product Manager

I started mentoring a young product manager who’s super talented: a great communicator, strategic and resourceful. …

Product Management

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The Myth of the Technical Product Manager
The Myth of the Technical Product Manager
Product Management

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Mar 20, 2020

Working From Home While Crisis Homeschooling

Your kids’ schools are closed indefinitely. Your work has gone fully remote. Now that you’re all in the house, how will you manage to keep it all together? This is a challenging and unprecedented situation to be sure. But many homeschool parents have balanced working from home and have developed…

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Working From Home While Crisis Homeschooling
Working From Home While Crisis Homeschooling

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Jan 10, 2018

Eulogy for My Father

You might not have known this, but my father spoke Spanish fluently. This was always surprising to people when I was growing up, like when he’d go to Taqueria San Jose in San Francisco to order our favorite steak tacos. …

San Francisco

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Eulogy for My Father
Eulogy for My Father
San Francisco

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Nov 19, 2015

The Viable Alternative

Imagine this: you’re trying to solve an incredibly complex, thorny problem for your customers. They’ve told you the solution is to give them A, which is something that you can build pretty easily right now. And they want their problem solved now. But (there’s always a “but,” right?) … you’ve…

Startup

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The Viable Alternative
The Viable Alternative
Startup

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Jul 27, 2015

Pause

I mentor a woman who has great instincts, judgment and ideas. She’s recently been given some feedback that she needs to speak up more in meetings — to assert herself more. The funny thing is, I’ve been in lots of those meetings and have always seen her speak up. …

Public Speaking

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Pause
Pause
Public Speaking

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Jun 9, 2015

Ideas are Cheap

I spend a lot of time talking to people who have ideas. It’s part of my job, but it’s also something I do just as a hobby. I like riffing and expanding, clarifying and strategizing. I also like giving away my ideas. A friend and I were talking through a…

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Ideas are Cheap
Ideas are Cheap

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·Jun 9, 2015

Write Down Everything

An amazing thing happened this week. My beloved Golden State Warriors played in the NBA Finals for the first time in 40 years (and they happened to win game 1 in OT). The accomplishment is even more notable because they were led to the best record in the league this…

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Write Down Everything
Write Down Everything

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Jun 5, 2015

What Really Gives You Energy?

Lately, I’ve been spending a lot of time networking and meeting people for informational interviews. A couple of the people I’ve talked to recently have been in similar situations; they’re in careers that they don’t really like and want to do something different, but since they’re so entrenched in their…

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What Really Gives You Energy?
What Really Gives You Energy?

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Lesley Grossblatt

Lesley Grossblatt

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I'm a product innovator and mama to 2 awesome kids.

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