It was great speaking at Elevate (first big event post-COVID!) about the circular economy and how consumers and retailers alike can put a higher emphasis on making retail better for the environment.
Author: Sylvia
Former GM at Shopify. Mom of two and wrangler of family obsessed with eating.
Product Growth Through Antifragility
Becoming good at product often requires learning in different fields. One of my fav books is Antifragile by Nassim Nicholas Taleb. What’s the link between antifagility and product growth? I explain it in this talk with Product Faculty!
How To Be An Awesome Product Manager
Becoming a product leader is about focusing on what you want to do, not who you want to be. In this story-based talk from Women In Product 2019, I use my experiences to explain a mental model that you can use to develop your own unique leadership style. I also share tips on how to […]
Growth Team Design: Who Is Leading Your Team?
When building a Growth team, the most important thing is that you have somebody on the executive team accountable for Growth. And not just anyone, but someone who has the passion for it.
My Story on Origins Magazine
I was recently interviewed by Origins Magazine about my career story: how I got started, what I’ve learned along the way, and what advice I’d give to others now. It was great stepping away from my day-to-day to share how I view failure and and success. You can read the full article here.
8 Step Framework for Predictable & Sustainable Startup Growth
As the VP of Product & Growth at 500px I am frequently asked what “Growth” is. A growth mindset is a mindset of learning, experimentation, iteration, failing fast, looking at the full funnel, and leveraging data in decision making. However, this string of words can be easily mis-interpreted, and over time you’ll have to put in more and more effort to manage a tangle of experiments, which can burn out you and your team. So how do you build growth in a sustainable and predictable way? Here are 8 steps to help you and your team.
Just Entrepreneurs Interview & Upcoming Panels
I haven’t had any spare time to be writing for this blog in recent months, but happy to share with you all that I have been featured on the Just Entrepreneurs list of Women In Tech. The interview goes into my background and my stance on women in tech, so check it out! I’ll also […]
Confidence and the Gender Gap: 14 Tips for Women in Tech
14 tips for developing confidence, furthering your career, and hopefully, helping to close the gender gap
Measuring Your Analytics Team’s Success
In my last article on how to set up analytics for your startup to scale, I left off on the topic of how important it is to measure your analytic team’s success. But measuring isn’t necessary an easy thing. Here’s a quick dive into some of the metrics that we’ve considered using at 500px: # […]
Setting Up Analytics for Your Tech Startup to Scale
I’m a huge fan of Brian Balfour (ex-VP of Growth at Hubspot), who maintains that growth is about process first and tactics second. Tactics change and tactics fail. But if you have a process, a “machine” that lets you test and evaluate tactics to reach specific goals, then you’re paving the way to success, and […]
Sylvia Ng 