Maria Angelidis-Smith: CPTO @Personio, Creating & Maintaining Competitive Advantage | Slush 2024
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Startups often operate in a fiercely crowded market, therefore they need to stand out from the competitors. We think that building a superior product is one of the best and most durable ways to do so. In this talk, we want to examine the angles of how to build a 10x better product in order to be a market leader. Maria is a seasoned product leader, having supported teams of 10, 100, 1000+ and having scaled many products from 0 to 1 and from 1 to 100. She currently serves as the Chief Product & Technology Officer at Personio, an HR tech company with an ambitious mission to unlock the power of people for SMEs. At Personio, Maria leads the functions – from product to engineering to design to product operations and compliance – that come together to build Personio’s product and tech and deliver market-leading solutions to customers. --- Slush is the most founder-focused event on Earth, delivering actionable company-building advice while bringing together the who’s who in startups and tech. Slush will be back on Nov 19–20, 2025 in Helsinki, Finland. Stay in the loop: slush.org linkedin.com/company/slush instagram.com/slushhq x.com/slushhq