Data Mining: Text Mining, Visualization and Social Media. Twitter Spectrum. Twistori. Blocks. Juice Analytics. Much of what makes a great product manager is empathy and a desire to serve others. Tulsi demonstrates these qualities better than most I’ve come across. As you will see below, her passion for design as part of product management is only surpassed by that for her customers, products and causes. Oh, and there is usually much laughter involved. Enjoy and feel free to reach out to her at Even after years of product management experience at several companies, I still get frustrated when folks frequently say “So, you are a Project Manager”. I usually respond with a vehement “No!” With this in mind, let’s begin this discussion by describing what a Product Manager is. As Catherine Shyu, Product Manager at Send Grid puts so nicely: “Much of a Product Manager’s responsibility is to juggle multiple streams of conversation and move them towards closure.”
In the words of Gary Tan “The ideal startup team consists of: a designer, a hustler, and a hacker.”