Bo Ren is a product leader, TEDx speaker, and writer. Previously, she was director of product at Bravely, building a behavioral change platform to help people find meaning in the workplace. At Tumblr, she redesigned the core creative tools, and at Facebook she launched Facebook Notes and Instagram monetization tools. She has helped organizations scale from series A to IPO at Sunrun and Opower. She writes and speaks about product management, liberal arts thinking, and diversity and inclusion. Her work has been published in the Atlantic, The New York Times, and Fast Company. She is passionate about leveraging her product background to help founders as an investor and product advisor.
Reenvisioning the Internet: Inject a Sense of Wonder Back into the Tech Industry
“Before we ship a product, we should ask ourselves: Does this app give nutritious value to the end user? Is it introducing a new paradigm that allows users to think and feel differently? And crucially, Are you adding long-term social value instead of shorter term value to VCs and shareholders?” Writer and product leader Bo Ren weighs in on the Soundboard question, “How can we reenvision the internet?”