How to Build Things Faster as a Product Team | Maria Cuasay, Director of Product Growth @ Ancestry

Most growth teams move too slowly.

In today’s episode, we find the why behind this.

Maria Cuasay breaks down the three pillars of velocity in growth teams and shares her contrarian approach to experimentation, user research, and landing top growth roles.

Maria has been in tech since 2012 as a venture capitalist and has product growth at places like Lyft and OpenCare. Currently, she is the Director of Product Growth at Ancestry.

In today's episode, we cover:

How to Move Fast | 07:34

Growth PMs | 46:24

Growth Product Leadership | 01:05:10

Opportunity Solution Trees | 01:14:06

Growth Partnerships | 01:20:18

Referrals | 01:25:42

Job Searching | 01:43:12

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