50 Takeaways from Silicon Valley Practitioners
And thanks from Tradecraft
As we approach graduation of the first Tradecraft cohort, we’re grateful for the generosity of everyone who invested their time and help. Over the 12-week program, more than 50 startup practitioners and thought leaders visited to share their insights and mentor 27 hungry, talented students. Here are some of the key insights & takeaways as recounted by our students:
Adam Fishman — Director of Growth, Lyft
Alex Baldwin — Designer, thoughtbot
Aliisa Hodges — Growth Manager, MixPanel
Alison Hadden — Director of Product Marketing, Glassdoor
Andrew Goldner — VP Global Audience, BrightTALK
Barry Trailer — Co-Founder, Partner CSO Insights
Brian Burnett — Regional Sales Director, West at Cloudera
Brian Ma — CEO, Weave
Brian Rothenberg— Sr. Director of User Growth, Eventbrite
Camille Ricketts— Editor, First Round Capital
Casey Winters — Growth Marketing, Pinterest
Chris Nicholson — Communications, Celery
Chris Wong — SVP of Business Development, Ooyala
Courtney Hemphill — Technical Lead, Carbon Five
Cristina Cordova — Business Development, Stripe
Dan Martell — Founder & CEO, Clarity
David Bland — Principal Advisor, Neo
Doug Landis — VP of Sales Productivity, Box
Elay Cohen — Founder, SalesHood
Gagan Biyani — Co-founder & CEO, Sprig
George Dy — Propeller Labs
Hiten Shah — Co-founder, KISSmetrics & Crazy Egg
Ivan Kirigin — CEO, YesGraph
Jamie Quint — Product Marketing & Growth
Jared Fliesler — Venture Partner at Matrix
Jason Evanish — Customer Driven Product Guy, formerly KISSmetrics
Jason Putorti — VP of Design, Causes
Jeff French — Lead Designer, WellnessFX
Jesse Avshalomov — Head of Growth, Teespring
Joe Robinson — Designer, Circle Financial
John Tough — Head of BD, Choose Energy
Karl Dotter — UX Designer, GoodReads/Amazon
Katja Battarbee— Design Researcher, IDEO
Kevin Yien — Head of Customer Dev & Product, Launchpad Central
Mair Dundon— Lean Product Consultant, quietAction
Matt Hudson — Product Manager of Analytics, YouTube
Mary Lemmer — Director of Business Development, SoFi
Phyllis Davidson— Senior Dir. of Global Integrated Marketing, Oracle
Sean Harris — Senior Marketing Manager, Hotel Tonight
Sunita Mohanty — Head of BD & Strategic Partnerships, Lumos Labs
Trae Stephens — Principle, Founders Fund
Tyler McNally — Head of Operations & Business Development, Fixer
Zack Onisko — Head of Growth, Creative Market
And BIG thanks to many others not mentioned here! We appreciate your support.
If you’re interested in becoming an awesome grad and accelerating your career in growth, sales & bd, or UX alongside top Silicon Valley practitioners, we accept 8 to 12 new students every four weeks, visit Tradecraft to apply.
