Joel Polanco Senior product leader with experience in B2B, enterprise IoT, edge computing, and analytics. Joel specializes in customer discovery for tech companies. He is currently a segment manager at Intel and is a product management advisor at two startups. He lives in Chandler, AZ with his wife and son.

Stories by Joel Polanco

From Rides To Riches: How Uber Masters The Product Profit Game

From rides to riches: How Uber masters the product profit game

Product Management

2023 has been the “year of efficiency.” Interest rates are rising and tech companies have retrenched and focused on core products.

Joel Polanco
Aug 17, 2023 ⋅ 5 min read
First Impressions Of Twitter's New Competitor Threads By Meta

Can Threads overtake Twitter? First impressions of Twitter’s new competitor

Product Management

This past Wednesday, Meta released Threads, a Twitter-like service that allows the more than three billion Instagram users to sign up.

Joel Polanco
Jul 7, 2023 ⋅ 5 min read
Is Product Management Going Away Why Airbnb Got Rid Of Its PMs

Is product management going away? Why Airbnb got rid of its PMs

Product Management

Brian Chesky sent ripples through product and design communities, leaving a lot of folks wondering about the future of product management.

Joel Polanco
Jun 30, 2023 ⋅ 5 min read
Product Sense: Harnessing Your Natural Power As A PM

Product sense: Harnessing your natural power as a PM

Product Management

Product sense is one of the five natural powers of a product manager but like any power, you need to cultivate and practice it to develop it.

Joel Polanco
Jun 15, 2023 ⋅ 6 min read