Emmanuel Pozo – Medium

Published in Product for the People

·Dec 23, 2020

001 — The Journey

At the end of 2009, I took my first job at a growing tech company. I was fresh out of graduate school and hungry to start applying my computer science skills. I moved from Florida to San Francisco with a suitcase and a dream. Everything else was put aside. This…

Zynga

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Zynga

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Jul 20, 2020

006 — An idea 💡

I write this on July 19th, almost 5months since my work environment shifted from my office to my home. It’s been an adjustment, but a mild one compared to the devastating economic impact the pandemic has had on hourly workers. …

Ideas

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Ideas

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Published in Weekly Thoughts

·Oct 16, 2017

004 — Errybody get choices🤷🏻‍♀️. A simple approach I take to decision making.

TLDR; People constantly need to make decisions. Making decisions is hard. I’m going to share a simple, top of the funnel methodology I use to filter decisions. Facts: Decision volume increases as you get older. Decisions increase in magnitude as you get older. The types of decisions change signficantly…

Decisions

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004 — Errybody get choices🤷🏻‍♀️. A simple approach I take to decision making.

Decisions

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Published in Weekly Thoughts

·Oct 14, 2017

003 — Ticketbye 🎟️ The most important lesson I learned from an acquisition.

Disclaimer: I wrote this about 1.5 years ago and never published it. Since I took last week off, I figured I’d publish this today and follow up with a fresh post tomorrow. About a year and a half ago, WillCall was acquired by Ticketfly. The move made perfect sense; we…

Music

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003 — Ticketbye 🎟️ The most important lesson I learned from an acquisition.

Music

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Published in Weekly Thoughts

·Oct 1, 2017

002 — The Routine 🏋🏻

Three years ago I decided I wanted to excercise more regularly. There are countless benefits to a steady exercise routine, and I won’t bore you with the details. My goals were to be physically stronger and increase my mental focus at work. …

Fitness

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Fitness

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Published in Weekly Thoughts

·Sep 25, 2017

001 — Build Useless Things 🚀

Quick context: In an effort to get back into writing, I’m going to start sharing some unfiltered notes every Sunday. They will be simple posts that cover topics on my mind during the week. Feel free to call me out on anything. For the past few years SV has been…

Startup

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Startup

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Published in EMMANUEL’S LIFE EXPERIENCES

·Aug 4, 2014

LES ROCHERS SCULPTÉS DE ROTHÉNEUF

A Day in Saint-Malo (Brittany, Northwestern France) WE FOUND THE SPOT! On this day, we were in search of The Sculptures of Rothéneuf. After a brief foray into town to get coffee, we started out driving in the direction of Rothéneuf, which is a small commune in Saint-Malo. Saint-Malo is a small port city…

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Published in Short Essays

·Apr 12, 2013

The Pair

I was sitting outside of a cupcake shop in SoHo, next to a pair of elderly people. I could not tell what their relationship was yet, but it was certainly familial. A few minutes later I learned that the two were mother and son. Few words were uttered between the…

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Published in Short Essays

·Apr 12, 2013

Why my first startup in the Valley flopped

On May 1, 2011, I exchanged stability for variability: I quit my job at Zynga and began the journey of building a product and a company with my good friend Ben Bloch. We had good momentum and an excellent support team. We took a small friends-and-family round and began crafting…

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