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Carlos Gonzalez-Cadenas is an entrepreneur, founder and executive focused on growth-stage tech businesses. Until recently Carlos was the Chief Product Officer at Skyscanner, the travel search engine. Previously he was founder and CEO at Fogg, a hotels metasearch startup that was acquired by Skyscanner. He also served as deputy CEO of the IT service firm Netfocus, where he led digital security before the company was acquired by Hewlett-Packard.\n \nSpeaking with Seedcamp partner Carlos Eduardo Espinal, Carlos provides an unparalleled insight into the art of product management and scaling tech businesses, as well as a first-hand view of the acquisition process \u2013 a process he went through at both Skyscanner and Netfocus.\n \nCarlos addresses some of the biggest scaling challenges he faced when helping grow Netfocus, and discusses how at Skyscanner he saw just how important it was to empower product managers by removing obstacles and giving them freedom to meet goals \u2013 a tendency not, he argues, second-nature for engineers used to controlling all variables.\n \nLearn more about product management as a discipline, and what sets it apart from engineering and design roles \u2013 and why \u2018Running Team Operations\u2019 and \u2018The Rhythm of the Business\u2019 would be essential chapters in any book on product management.\n\nShow notes from the episode:\nCarlos Espinal Website: www.carlosespinal.com\nSeedcamp: www.seedcamp.com\nSkyscanner: www.skyscanner.net\n\nRelated bio links:\nCarlos Espinal: uk.linkedin.com/in/carloseduardoespinal / twitter.com/cee\nCarlos Gonzalez-Cadenas: linkedin.com/in/carlosgonzalezcadenas