Robbie Allan gives a frank account of what it takes to succeed, as a product manager, at some of the world’s best product companies, including: Why did Robbie create virtual unicorns at Zynga and what impact did they have? How does a product manager achieve great outcomes without direct control? Why should you care about jobs users are doing that are not central to your product? ====== Who is Robbie Allan? Robbie was, until recently, a Group Product Manager at Intercom, the world’s leading business conversation platform, where he was responsible for a product portfolio worth over $100 million in ARR. Prior to joining Intercom, Robbie led the mobile product team at Survey Monkey. Robbie holds an MBA from UC Berkley and his writing on Product Management has been featured in Forbes, Fortune, AdWeek, USA Today, and on the front-page of Reddit. ====== Find Robbie here: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robbieallan/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/robbiedigi Blogs: https://www.intercom.com/blog/author/robbieallan/ ====== Thank you for tuning in! If you liked what you saw and want more ... ... please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts (or wherever you listened). You can also follow us on our other social channels for more great UX and product design tips, interviews and insights! LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-space-in-between/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thespaceinbetw__n/ ====== Host: Brendan Jarvis https://www.linkedin.com/in/brendanjarvis/

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