APMC - Ask a Product Manager: Liam and Cyrus, PM @ GoogleMaps and Projekt202

​Everybody has their own journey of breaking into Product. Imagine having no exposure to the field at all and making your way through the industry, learning yourself, practicing, networking, discovering opportunities, and excel at it. That's exactly the story of our APMC - Ask a PM series speakers: Liam and Cyrus!

​What makes this duo special is their bond of starting together in their product journeys, completely unknown, and taking on the industry while owning a startup.

​Our speakers would be talking about: 1. Finding and carving your own PM path - short term and long term, including the first year as a PM. 2. Their path into Product Management, why, how, and practices they found useful. 3. Interviewing Skills 4. Product Spec document overview 5. Product Mindset outside of Tech

​Liam is a Product Manager at Google helping to make Google Maps even more delightful. Outside of work you can find him traveling the world or working on side projects in a coffee shop. Previously he was a Program Manager at Microsoft and founded 3 startups while attending undergrad at Indiana University. He was originally born in Germany and grew up in Connecticut. https://www.linkedin.com/in/liambolling/

​Cyrus is a Product Manager at projekt202 helping entrepreneurs and startups build experiences that span physical and digital mediums. Outside of work you can find him at a concert, sampling some vinyl, or playing around in Ableton. Cyrus attended Indiana University where he founded a startup and recently completed a full-stack web development course at Northwestern University. He currently resides in Chicago. https://www.linkedin.com/in/pooniwala/