The Hard Part with Evan McCann
The Hard Part with Evan McCann
Corey Pollock, Full-Stack Human
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Corey Pollock, Full-Stack Human

Insights into building great products

Corey Pollock⁠ is the Head of Product at ⁠Pixel Union⁠ and Co-Founder of numerous companies like ⁠Uptime⁠ (acquired by WeCommerce), ⁠ListingAI⁠ (acquired), ⁠Google Meet Enhancement Suite⁠ (acquired) and more.

In this episode, we discuss...

  • What he learned about building product from Robleh at Tiny Hearts

  • What made Tiny Hearts unique when building product and the acquisition by Shopify

  • His work at Shopify and helping launch the Arrive (now Shop) app

  • Going from an Apprentice role to Lead and what it takes to scale as a product person

  • Building solo, in small teams and large organizations

  • The importance of timing when launching a product

  • Why empathy is crucial as a product manager

  • Why ideas are becoming so saturated

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⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Fasken's Emerging Tech and Venture Capital⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ practice is comprised of 80+ dedicated legal professionals across the Canadian market. We're deeply involved in the startup ecosystem and have worked closely with founders from startup to scale-up to exit. Our team is a leading Canadian law firm for VC financings and tech M&A and act for many of the best-in-class startup and scale-up innovation-based companies and entrepreneurs in Canada.

Given this experience we understand market trends and can assist in guiding your company forward as you scale – we take a holistic and strategic approach to helping our clients achieve their goals and provide the full suite of services including corporate, corporate finance, M&A, commercial, IP, data and compliance, employment, tax and beyond. We are excited to help the next generation of unicorns! 

The Hard Part with Evan McCann
The Hard Part with Evan McCann
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