Ep. 121, From 600 Meatballs to Product Management

Episode #121 of Underserved features Dmitry Grenader. Dmitry left the Soviet Union with his family and landed in Brooklyn. He worked his way up from odd jobs to a master's degree and became a software developer. A mentor saw promise in Dmitry's product management skills and encouraged him to lean in that direction. This has led Dmitry to a decades-long successful career in the Boston software industry. We discuss CES fame, writing a song to lobby for resources, and selling software to low-tech industries.   Links:

• Boston University Late Entry Accelerated Program (LEAP) - https://www.bu.edu/eng/admissions/graduate/leap/
• Lionbridge - https://www.lionbridge.com/
• Sermo - https://www.sermo.com/
• Vlingo, now part of Nuance - https://www.nuance.com/index.html
• NetProspex, now part of Dun & Bradstreet - https://www.dnb.com/
• Luminoso - https://luminoso.com/
• Newmetrix, now part of Oracle - https://www.oracle.com/construction-engineering/construction-intelligence-cloud/#rc30p4
• Marc Andressen "The only thing that matters" - https://pmarchive.com/guide_to_startups_part4.html
• Rob Snyder coaches startup on product-market fit - https://www.linkedin.com/in/rsnyder1/
• Amwell - https://business.amwell.com/