Jason Costa

Jason Costa leads product management at eBay after seven years at Reddit, where he worked on content and communities. He writes about product management and cross-functional influence.

Career

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Based in: San Francisco

eBay

Mar 2026 — Present

Senior Director of Product Management

Jan 2023 — Mar 2026

Senior Director of Product

Worked on content and communities, including the Discover Tab for finding relevant content and communities through images and video.

Notable Capital

Aug 2016 — Oct 2018

Venture Partner & EIR

Jun 2013 — Jul 2016

Product

Twitter

Apr 2011 — May 2013

Platform

Google

2005 — 2009

Partner Engineer & Dev Advocate

University of Southern California

BS, Computer Science

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

MBA

MIT Sloan School of Management

MBA

Products & media

medium.com

When should a product require sign-up?

His essay weighs registration walls against discovery, activation and retention, using Twitter and Pinterest examples and alternatives to blocking access.

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Jason Costa

eBay

Reddit

Notable Capital

Pinterest

Twitter

Google

University of Southern California

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

MIT Sloan School of Management

Products & media

When should a product require sign-up?

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