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ME
● Building the operating
system for Venture
Capital at Carta
● Lead the Product
Management and Design
team on Investor
Services
● Loves Luca Pacioli
ALSO ME
● Loves dogs, especially my
dog, Mowgli
● Spends too much time
watching home renovation
videos and shows
● Drinks a lot of tea
Graduated from
college
First job
Consultant -> IC PM
Second job
Product Manager
Third job
IC PM -> Director
Fourth job
Director -> VP
Problem
ME
● Building the operating
system for Venture
Capital at Carta
● Lead the Product
Management and Design
team on Investor
Services
● Loves Luca Pacioli
ALSO ME
● Loves dogs, especially my
dog, Mowgli
● Spends too much time
watching home renovation
videos and shows
● Drinks a lot of tea
Graduated from
college
First job
Consultant -> IC PM
Second job
Product Manager
Third job
IC PM -> Director
Fourth job
Director -> VP
Internal mobility
● Good for business.
● Edge in the steep
competition for the best
talent.
● Advantage of asymmetric
information about the
candidate.
● Can keep tabs on people
with PM mindsets: systems
thinkers, structured
communicators, creative
problem solvers.
ME
● Building the operating
system for Venture
Capital at Carta
● Lead the Product
Management and Design
team on Investor
Services
● Loves Luca Pacioli
ALSO ME
● Loves dogs, especially my
dog, Mowgli
● Spends too much time
watching home renovation
videos and shows
● Drinks a lot of tea
Graduated from
college
First job
Consultant -> IC PM
Second job
Product Manager
Third job
IC PM -> Director
Fourth job
Director -> VP
Invest in problem solvers
Invest in:
● Progress not activity
● Teams doing a lot with a
little instead of a little of a
lot
● Internal problem resumes
(ConfirmHR)
ME
● Building the operating
system for Venture
Capital at Carta
● Lead the Product
Management and Design
team on Investor
Services
● Loves Luca Pacioli
ALSO ME
● Loves dogs, especially my
dog, Mowgli
● Spends too much time
watching home renovation
videos and shows
● Drinks a lot of tea
Graduated from
college
First job
Consultant -> IC PM
Second job
Product Manager
Third job
IC PM -> Director
Fourth job
Director -> VP
1. 2.
Job Description vs. Problem Description
Focuses on problem not
qualifications
Represents the team and
company in an authentic
way
Removes language that
has shown to filter out
URMs
Doesn’t give people a
sense of what they’d
actually be doing
Doesn’t give people a
sense of what it would be
like to work at Carta
URM candidates too
often filter themselves
out if they don't meet all
the criteria
Make success problem-oriented
1 Find the right problems to solve
2 Solve the problem
3
Tell people you solved the
problem
Building problem oriented teams

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Building problem oriented teams

  • 1.
  • 2. ME ● Building the operating system for Venture Capital at Carta ● Lead the Product Management and Design team on Investor Services ● Loves Luca Pacioli ALSO ME ● Loves dogs, especially my dog, Mowgli ● Spends too much time watching home renovation videos and shows ● Drinks a lot of tea Graduated from college First job Consultant -> IC PM Second job Product Manager Third job IC PM -> Director Fourth job Director -> VP
  • 4. ME ● Building the operating system for Venture Capital at Carta ● Lead the Product Management and Design team on Investor Services ● Loves Luca Pacioli ALSO ME ● Loves dogs, especially my dog, Mowgli ● Spends too much time watching home renovation videos and shows ● Drinks a lot of tea Graduated from college First job Consultant -> IC PM Second job Product Manager Third job IC PM -> Director Fourth job Director -> VP
  • 5.
  • 6. Internal mobility ● Good for business. ● Edge in the steep competition for the best talent. ● Advantage of asymmetric information about the candidate. ● Can keep tabs on people with PM mindsets: systems thinkers, structured communicators, creative problem solvers.
  • 7. ME ● Building the operating system for Venture Capital at Carta ● Lead the Product Management and Design team on Investor Services ● Loves Luca Pacioli ALSO ME ● Loves dogs, especially my dog, Mowgli ● Spends too much time watching home renovation videos and shows ● Drinks a lot of tea Graduated from college First job Consultant -> IC PM Second job Product Manager Third job IC PM -> Director Fourth job Director -> VP
  • 8. Invest in problem solvers Invest in: ● Progress not activity ● Teams doing a lot with a little instead of a little of a lot ● Internal problem resumes (ConfirmHR)
  • 9. ME ● Building the operating system for Venture Capital at Carta ● Lead the Product Management and Design team on Investor Services ● Loves Luca Pacioli ALSO ME ● Loves dogs, especially my dog, Mowgli ● Spends too much time watching home renovation videos and shows ● Drinks a lot of tea Graduated from college First job Consultant -> IC PM Second job Product Manager Third job IC PM -> Director Fourth job Director -> VP
  • 10. 1. 2.
  • 11. Job Description vs. Problem Description Focuses on problem not qualifications Represents the team and company in an authentic way Removes language that has shown to filter out URMs Doesn’t give people a sense of what they’d actually be doing Doesn’t give people a sense of what it would be like to work at Carta URM candidates too often filter themselves out if they don't meet all the criteria
  • 12. Make success problem-oriented 1 Find the right problems to solve 2 Solve the problem 3 Tell people you solved the problem