Nickolaus Casares
Product Director, Polyient Labs
Nick is a product management instructor at General Assembly. By day, he is the product director at Polyient Labs, where he coaches early-stage startup founders through the product development process.
During nights and weekends, he leads product management courses and workshops at GA and has taught in both San Diego and Denver. Prior to Polyient Labs, Nick led teams in a variety of product and user experience roles at B2C and B2B companies across several industries including cloud storage, law enforcement, marketing analytics, commercial real estate and blockchain.
Nick's skill set in product management and user experience has been developed through constant self-education, relevant industry experience and a network of ongoing mentors. In 2017, Nick served as the managing director for San Diego Startup Week where he lead a team of 80+ volunteer organizers through the process of planning a 3,500 person, five-day educational event.
In his free time, Nick enjoys spending time with his wife and surfing the San Diego coastline.
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Product Management Bootcamp
Discover the basics of product development, product strategy, the product life cycle, and many more fundamental product management concepts in this hands-on PM Bootcamp.
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Intro to Product Management
Gain exposure to all the basic elements and responsibilities of performing the role of a product manager within a digital company.
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A Day in the Life of a Product Manager
Looking to transition into a role as a product manager? Join us for a free event to learn more about what a product manager does day-to-day.
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Introduction to Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies Workshop
Learn how Bitcoin and blockchain work under the hood, explore their brief and fascinating history, and learn how to actually use them.
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Product Management
In this ten-week course, students will learn to navigate the product cycle, from evaluating users and managing a roadmap to creating an MVP and developing metrics.
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