Ruthless prioritization: A startup’s best friend
6. Great PMs ruthlessly prioritizes, both the team’s work and their own
Lenny Rachitsky • 14 Habits of Highly Effective Product Managers
- How valuable is what I’m doing?
- What makes this hard for others to do?
- Could this get dramatically easier because of what others launch or how the industry evolves?
- If this does get easier, do I have a “Plan B” to create differentiated value?
Note: An early version of this post appeared in my personal blog (still a work in progress). Decided to
Dharmesh Shah • How To Build a Defensible A.I. Startup
In your company, your milestones will be different, but the point is to be critical and strategic in deciding what to include. That’s why it is called the Critical Path. For example, you may think that to reach your traction goal you will need to hire three people, add features A, B, and C to your product, and engage in marketing activities X, Y, a
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