How to Build Things Faster as a Product Team | Maria Cuasay, Director of Product Growth @ Ancestry

Most growth teams move too slowly.In today’s episode, we find the why behind this.Maria Cuasay breaks down the three pillars of velocity in growth teams and shares her contrarian approach to experimentation, user research, and landing top growth roles.Maria has been in tech since 2012 as a venture capitalist and has product growth at places like Lyft and OpenCare. Currently, she is the Director of Product Growth at Ancestry.In today's episode, we cover:How to Move Fast | 07:34Growth PMs | 46:24Growth Product Leadership | 01:05:10Opportunity Solution Trees | 01:14:06Growth Partnerships | 01:20:18Referrals | 01:25:42Job Searching | 01:43:12Brought to you by:Attio: The next generation CRMDovetail - The Fastest Way to Understand Your CustomerEnterpret - Transform customer feedback into product growth with custom AIAnvil - The fastest way to build software for automating documentsWhere to find Maria:LinkedInTo advertise in the podcast, email productgrowthppp at gmail dot com.We have some great podcasts coming from Shubham Khoker, Henry Schuck, and Vineeth Madhusudanan. I’m so excited to share them with all of you. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.news.aakashg.com/subscribe