Perspectives

Perspectives

Hi, I am Deb Liu, former President & CEO of Ancestry and Silicon Valley tech executive (Facebook, eBay, PayPal) of two decades.

I’ve led a number of products throughout the years, including Marketplace, Facebook Payments, Platform, and Games. I founded Women in Product, a non-profit dedicated to bringing more women leaders into technology. I am also a mom to 3 kids and a pup named Wonton. I live in the Bay Area with my husband David and my family.

For the first time, I am stepping off the productivity treadmill and focusing on my health, leaning into doing nothing and exploring the spaces in between ‘now’ and “What’s next?” I’ll be sharing insights I’m learning from navigating these life transitions here on Perspectives and through my upcoming book.

Whether you’re seeking career advice or guidance on navigating your own big transitions, I hope you’ll join our Perspectives community.

Getting Started

When I started Perspectives on New Year’s Day 2021, I was not sure what to expect. At that point, I had coached nearly 1000 people 1:1 over half a dozen years. During those conversations, I heard common themes for those looking for career and personal advice. I decided to write Perspectives as a way to share the lessons I learned along that journey.

Over the years, Perspectives has grown more than I ever imagined: topping over 41,000 subscribers with 250+ published articles and 4,000,000+ views. It has fulfilled and exceeded my goal of becoming “your personal career coach in a newsletter”.

If you’re new around here, welcome! Here are some great pieces to get you started:

👍 Where to Follow Me

• Instagram

• LinkedIn

• Facebook

📖 Top 5 Most Read

• Make the First 90 Days Count

• What They Don’t Tell You About Having Kids And A Career

• A Guide for Onboarding Into A New Role

• Career Myths That Need to End in 2023

• Best Practices for Developing a Product Strategy

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⚕️Health Journey / Navigating Life’s Transitions

• Looking Back And Looking Ahead

• Beyond What’s Next

• Drawing the Cancer Card

• What We Learn from Sickness

• How I’m Improving My Health (and How You Can Improve Yours)

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🤝 Top 5 Guest Posts

• Ten Things I Wish I Learned Before I Started My Career

• Success, Rewritten: My Life Behind the Spotlight

• The Art and Science of Product Marketing

• Forget Networking and Build Your Personal Board of Directors Instead

• Networking as a Superpower

🏢 Guide to Onboarding to a New Job

• A Guide for Onboarding Into a New Role

• Make the First 90 Days Count

• From Listening Tour to State of the Union

• Getting to Yes: Achieving Alignment

• The End of the Beginning: A Look Ahead From Here

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✔️ Developing Your Career 

• Career Development: Tips for Growing Your Career a Bit Every Day

• Escape Velocity: Building a Career Beyond Your Job

• Dealing with a Difficult Manager Relationship

• Building Executive Presence

• Influence Through Connection

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🤓 Especially for Product Managers 

• Best Practices for Developing a Product Strategy

• Growth as a Mindset

• PM Your Career Like You PM Your Product

• Executive Presentations: A Guide to Achieving the Outcomes You Want

• Manage Your Communication Like You Manage Your Product

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🏡 Family + Motherhood

• The 60-60 Relationship

• What They Don’t Tell You About Maternity Leave

• Dealing with Grief

• The Sandwich Generation

• Reigniting the Fire

I hope that these posts are informative and useful to you on your own personal and professional journey. I look forward to sharing more of my thoughts, advice, and observations with you in the coming months!

📝 Paid Subscriptions

Subscribe to get full access to the newsletter. Most content is freely available for everyone, but I added a subscription option for those who want to go deeper and help support this work. All funds are directly paid to my team (of Caroline and Izzy) to make this newsletter possible.

Need to reach me - contact me at debliublog@gmail.com