Every product team should have a list of principles that guide their decision making.
One of my favorite examples of this is from Instagram's founding team:
Every product team should have a list of principles that guide their decision making. One of my favorite examples of this is from Instagram's founding team:
Collapse the talent stack every chance you get .
As I reflect on the teams I’ve led and hundreds of start-ups I’ve worked with, there is a consistent unfair competitive advantage i’ve witnessed when the talent stack was collapsed - when the lead designer was also the product leader, when the front-end engineer was also a designer, when the designer... See more
As I reflect on the teams I’ve led and hundreds of start-ups I’ve worked with, there is a consistent unfair competitive advantage i’ve witnessed when the talent stack was collapsed - when the lead designer was also the product leader, when the front-end engineer was also a designer, when the designer... See more
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Instagram’s Guiding Principles
- Keep things very simple.
- Don’t re-invent the wheel.
- Use proven, solid technologies when possible.