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Deb Liu

Former CEO of Ancestry and creator of Facebook Marketplace

Ideas

Facebook Marketplace creator Deb Liu on why AI is raising demand for senior engineers

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Former Ancestry CEO Deb Liu explains how she changed Facebook PM hiring

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Former Ancestry CEO Deb Liu explains how she learned to speak up

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What needs to happen for women in tech? A computer science requirement helped shrink product management from 50/50 to under 10% women

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Former Ancestry CEO Deb Liu on how anger fueled her success and then burned her out

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Former Ancestry CEO Deb Liu explains the difference between mentors and sponsors

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Facebook Marketplace creator Deb Liu explains why it took six years to launch

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Former Ancestry CEO Deb Liu explains how AI digitized the 1950 census in 9 days

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Former Ancestry CEO Deb Liu on the motherhood penalty and having help

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Facebook Marketplace creator Deb Liu on trusting your voice

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Former Ancestry CEO Deb Liu explains why queen bee syndrome is mostly a myth

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Former Ancestry CEO Deb Liu: “How do I bring AI in?”

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Former Ancestry CEO Deb Liu explains how she built a virtual team by asking for help

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Former Ancestry CEO and Facebook Marketplace creator Deb Liu: “What can we learn from you?”

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Former Ancestry CEO Deb Liu on how to get a sponsor

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Former Ancestry CEO Deb Liu on how to reframe self-promotion as amplifying your team

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Former Ancestry CEO Deb Liu on reframing self-promotion as educating your manager

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Facebook Marketplace creator Deb Liu on how she overcame imposter syndrome

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Former Ancestry CEO Deb Liu explains why you should hit reset

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Former Ancestry CEO Deb Liu: “You can love something to death”

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Former Ancestry CEO Deb Liu on her 'conscious renegotiation' system

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Former Ancestry CEO Deb Liu explains why you need to understand AI

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Former Ancestry CEO Deb Liu on how to PM your career like a product

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Former Ancestry CEO Deb Liu on treating speaking as a skill

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Former Ancestry CEO Deb Liu explains how she taught her daughter to negotiate quitting piano

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Former Ancestry CEO Deb Liu explains how she treats introversion like a language

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Former Ancestry CEO Deb Liu explains how she built executive presence

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Former Ancestry CEO Deb Liu on making yourself investable

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Former Ancestry CEO Deb Liu explains why public records aren’t enough

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Former Ancestry CEO Deb Liu on the photograph you leave in every meeting

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Former CEO of Ancestry Deb Liu: “Don’t give yourself a free pass”

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Intro

▶️30 Years of Career Advice in 1 Hour | Deb Liu (CEO @Ancestry, VP of Product @meta)1:15:01 · 21 Sep 2026

🎤The David Rubenstein Show: Deborah Liu4 Jan 2024

Deep

📄The inside story of Facebook Marketplace10 min read · 18 Jan 2022

📄Growth as a Mindset15 Mar 2021

🎧Field Notes: Marketplace Tactics with Deb Liu (Part 1)20 min read · 12 Apr 2023

🎧Field Notes: Marketplace Breakout Strategies with Deb Liu (Part 2)15 min read · 14 Apr 2023

🎧Succeeding as an introvert, building zero-to-one, and why you should PM your career like you PM your product | Deb Liu71 min · 22 Aug 2024

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