About Keith Cowing

Keith is an entrepreneur with a passion for building and marketing great products. He currently works on the products team for a social networking site. Before his current position, he was the founder and CEO of Seamless Receipts, which enabled brick-and-mortar retailers to offer digital receipts and personalized promotions. He has also held engineering and business development roles at Goldman Sachs, Lockheed Martin, and Cypress Semiconductor.

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How do I get a job as a product manager?

By on January 8, 2014 in Career Advice

(This post originally appeared on Keith’s blog and is reposted here with his permission. Thanks, Keith!) I talk to a lot of people who want to become product managers. What it takes to become a product manager depends on your background and the specific team you’re interested in joining. But there are some very clear […]

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Startup career changes should measure their progress

Startup career changers: Keep score because you will play harder

By on August 27, 2013 in Job Search Tips

If you are hoping to career change into the startup world you’ll love this article by entrepreneur and StartupCareerAdvice.com contributor Keith Cowing, who shares a great approach to help you achieve that goal. I’d also encourage you to sign up for updates about his upcoming book MBA Madness, which is all about tools and techniques for successful […]

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From startup founder to world class web company

By on March 10, 2013 in Career Advice

Keith Cowing sold his last company to Sailthru and now is a product manager at a social networking company.  Keep reading to hear about what it was like moving to a bigger company after running his own company as well as what it takes for MBA students to position themselves to enter the startup world. […]

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