During the worst economic downturn, realization set in, I was a sole founder and my business wasn’t going to thrive. My background consisted of sales, strategy, and operations yet I had this yearning to combine those skills with an understanding of the tech world.

 

I joined a friend’s development agency where I learned the ins and outs of mobile and desktop. Now that I was armed with some “tech speak” I had to figure out how to jump into product management. I had the business acumen and I was a natural hustler from being an entrepreneur for 7 years. But, what do I do next?

 

It was 2013 and there wasn’t much on product management, but I consumed everything I could from blogs, to meetups, and workshops. To my disbelief, as an entrepreneur, I was dabbling in product management all along and I didn’t even know it. I realized the only way I was going to make it in product was if I could harness my present skills and articulate my own product story. I could hear my mom’s voice in the background, “You’ve been in sales, now you need to sell your skill set - just like selling a product.” Ma was right!

 

With all my heart; I believe it's never too late to learn something new and even take a risk by changing paths.

 

Not only do I teach product management at General Assembly, my goal as your mentor is to help you start a new career in product management by taking your present skills and helping you craft your own product story.