What's the vibe on this guy? https://techcrunch-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/techcrunch.com/2018/03/08/uber-brings-on-amazon-voice-exec-assaf-ronen-to-lead-product-team/amp/
He is really bad product person. All he knows is how to grow and hire numbers which is what uber needs to IPO. He is not great at improving producer, has zero vision, super political, and doesn't collaborate with others. He ran Skype to ground and was fired from Amazon (nicely).
Oh, bad product people are a sad thing.
Lvl 80 story teller and exec charmer. That's all.
He is a good story teller for sure and that probably is why Dara fell for him. He has been really toxic for Amazon. He loves to hear his own voice. Has zero product sense. He has ego the size of Empire State. May be Uber will change him but good luck cuz you’r gonna need it
If he is as bad as you claim, how did he grow so fast?
Do you understand the term exec charmer?
I guess but never witnessed it first hand. New grad entering industry. Should I learn to be an exec charmer or rather be a useful PM? What would you do with the benefit of hindsight?
Dude is cancer. He kills everything he touches. Skype then amazon local register and then voice shopping.
From his LinkedIn bio: “History of turning acquisitions into resound successes (Skype...)”
Well, to be fair, it’s a more successful acquisition than most we made.
He was fired from Amazon. He was managed out here.
How does it matter ? He will get into the gutter and become dirty.