Black Epics

23. Ronke Majekodunmi - How to build strong coalitions

Ronke Majekodunmi has had an impressive career in Product working in the legal, eCommerce, and finance industries all leading up to her current role at Paypal. In this episode, we chat about a key product skill, coalition building and why that skill is so important for PMs to develop. You can learn more about Ronke on her website [https://www.ronkepm.com/] and I recommend you tune in to her podcast, Product Magic [https://www.ronkepm.com/productmagic].

22. Brylan Donaldson - Raising a $2.5 Million Seed Round for his startup 7th Ave

Brylan is one of the cofounders of 7th Ave, a knowledge-sharing platform for Black professionals, creatives, entrepreneurs, and students. Brylan has a background in Product Management and has used the skills he developed as a PM, building 7th Ave. In this episode, he shares so many gems on entrepreneurship, product development, and funding. You can learn more about 7th Ave at http://www.pullupon7th.com/. Download 7th Ave in the app store today: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/7th-ave-learn-share-grow/id1550600474

21. Laide Olambiwonnu - How to Distill Signal from the Noise

Laide is a Product Management consultant with a wealth of experience. She has a background in Electrical and Computer Engineering and worked as a Product Leader developing consumer audio technology. We discuss her recent article, "Power Users: Distill Signal from the Noise [https://penchantforproduct.com/power-users-distill-signal-from-the-noise/]."

Season 2 Teaser - We're Back

Black Epics Season 2 is kicking off this week. Stay tuned for more exciting interviews with amazing Product Managers.

20. Tonya Edmonds - How to Successfully Navigate Career Transitions

Tonya is currently a Senior Product Manager at MongoDB. We discuss her career path from Computer Science teacher to Product Manager.  Tonya recently made a career transition to a new Product Management role so we discussed in-depth how she prepared for her career transition.