Heidi Wong doesn't wear a mask or a cape, but as the sole product manager responsible for Marvel.com, she's one of the comic giant's truest superheroes.
Before Marvel, Heidi enjoyed a very different type of team structure - as one of nearly fifty managers at XO Group, makers of The Knot.
In this episode, we talk to Heidi about adjusting from a large team to a (very) small one, which marketing skills have proven essential to her journey into product, and why sometimes it's better to just sit back and observe.
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