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Iryna Okhrymenko

I’m Iryna Okhrymenko, a Product Manager, startup mentor, and the founder of a Product Management consultancy called ‘A Jar of Insights’, where we support startups from ideation to product growth. In my role, I’ve had the opportunity to work with teams across the globe, from the USA to South Asia. This experience equipped me with some strategies that build team resilience and drive performance. And I'm eager to share them with you in this article.

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Driving innovation with bold leadership in deeptech startups

What is leadership? Is it a gift or a skill you can develop? Can you learn how to be a leader, or is it a natural way of working? These are the questions I asked myself when I stepped into a managerial position for the first time. But after working with different types of people, I realised that the title of the position has nothing to do with leadership. I met brilliant leaders who were engineers or designers, and I also came across terrible managers at the C-level who had no idea how to build or inspire a team.