HOW DO YOU BALANCE INVESTMENT IN TECH DEBT VS CUSTOMER VALUE? Are you a new product leader?  Are you having difficulty finding an approach to keep tech debt at bay and the teams velocity of delivery of value on pace with the demanding expectations of customers and stakeholders?  In this episode, you’ll learn from 5 experienced product leaders: WHEN tech debt is justified to accumulate WHO should be accountable for paying down the debt HOW to educate your leadership team on the impact of tech debt on the company, its goals and teams HOW to align with engineering on the allocation and priorities when paying down technical debt Product leaders featured in this episode with links to their bio videos. Sean Murphy, former VP of Product at Target, and former VP of Product and Engineering at CustomInk Laura Marino, SVP of Product at Lever Troy Anderson, SVP of Product & Technology at SPINS Albert Lee, co-founder and former head of product at MyFitnessPal Nate Walkingshaw, Chief Experience Officer at PluralSight and yours truly, Hope Gurion, Fearless Product (www.fearless-product.com)  Feedback is a gift!  Share what was most useful to you in a review or send me a voice memo.  Have a question suggestion for a future episode?  Contact me on LinkedIn, Twitter or at https://www.fearless-product.com/contact. Episode transcripts can be found at Fearless Product Leadership Podcast.