Sunny Manivannan: Aeronautical Engineer to Entrepreneur, Marketer, Business Leader
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Here are some relevant links from the conversation:
- Braze.com where Sunny currently leads Global SMB
- Sunny on LinkedIn
- Omar Johnson on Wikipedia
- Pedro Martínez on Wikipedia
- Knowledge Project podcast
Show notes:
- 2:02 Most memorable presentation
- 4:36 Immigrating to the United States
- 6:06 Being a Boston sports fan
- 7:35 Chance event that led to studying at WPI
- 11:47 Joining GE as an aeronautical engineer
- 13:47 Decision to pursue an MBA
- 17:56 Why Harvard?
- 20:42 Challenging moments as a founder CEO
- 26:19 The many roles of a founder CEO
- 27:33 Emotional experience of being acquired
- 30:08 Why marketing?
- 33:31 How would you explain product marketing?
- 37:12 What skills Sunny looks for when hiring Product Marketers
- 40:46 Sunny's recent promotion
- 43:59 Role models growing up
- 46:21 Becoming a father
- 48:39 Pivotal moments and best decisions
- 51:26 Rapid fire questions
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