129. Becky Flint, Founder and CEO of Dragonboat

Becky Flint is the founder and CEO of Dragonboat, the world’s 1st platform for outcome-focused product leaders and their teams. With over 20 years of experience in the PM industry, Becky has built and scaled products and technology teams at Fortune 500 and fast-growing startups - such as Feedzai, Bigcommerce, Shutterfly, and PayPal. Join host Andre Marquet as he uncovers Becky's inspiring journey through the tech industry, from breaking into PayPal to revolutionizing product portfolio management. This episode dives into key topics: **Navigating a career shift into tech at PayPal **Crafting effective product portfolio management in scale-ups **Strategies for overcoming organizational hurdles as a PM **Measuring success through an outcome-focused approach **Lessons learned, and challenges conquered as a CEO **Predictions and advice for aspiring product managers Highlighted books: **Escaping the Build Trap, Melissa Perri **Product Operations: How successful companies build better products at scale, Melissa Perri & Denise-Tilles **How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci: Seven Steps to Genius Every Day, Michael Gelb. In this episode, we cover: (01:40) Shifting from medical studies to the Tech industry (07:29) Scaling PayPal’s international expansion (12:10) Managing conflicting goals & metrics at PayPal (16:57) Product portfolio management and resource allocation (22:06) Product management strategies for limited resources (24:42) Product management skills and organizational challenges (29:23) Measuring success in outcome-focused organizations (35:42) Applying past career lessons in building Dragonboat (40:29) Challenges faced as a CEO at Dragonboat (46:12) Future predictions for the product management field (48:00) Becky's advice for entry-level product managers. Where to find Becky Flint: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/beckyflint Dragonboat Website: https://dragonboat.io/ Where to find us: Website: https://productized.co/ Newsletter: http://bit.ly/3aMvWn2 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/school/produ… Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/productized.co/ Where to find Andre: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marquet/