Product strategy
Product strategy is the process of defining what you want to achieve and how you plan to get there.
Tom So and
Product strategy
When we jump into a task without thinking about what we’re trying to accomplish, we can end up with solutions to the wrong problem. We can waste energy that would be better spent determining which direction to take.
When deciding what you’re doing, ask yourself:
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When deciding what you’re doing, ask yourself:
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What before how.
“Force a choice, not a comparison
“Startups need to force a choice, not a comparison.” That’s something that Mike Maples told me recently. If a startup forces a comparison, it will inevitably lose because the incumbent can just RFP you to death with incremental features.
You can’t come in and say, “Hey I’m building a CRM with a more elegant workflow.
... See moreWhen starting out, extreme focus on a specific customer profile can drive faster success. Gong, for example, initially targeted U.S. companies selling software valued between $1,000 to $100,000 via Webex, narrowing their potential customer base to just 5,000 people. This laser focus enabled quicker product-market fit, word-of-mouth growth, a clear ... See more
The six principles are:
(a) build simple solutions
(b) to overlooked problems
(c) that actually need to be solved
(d) deliver them as informally as possible
(e) starting with a very crude version 1
(f) and then iterate rapidly
Let me explain with AirBnB's example 👇 https://t.co/5C3RyfpYY1
Linear example PRD: priority micro-adjust
docs.google.comMany concepts that sound good on paper are infeasible to implement, or simply don’t produce the expected results. It’s frustrating when that happens, of course, but the pace of experimentation and learning at a startup is unparalleled. I think this is an especially important form of rigor for theorycels like me. Building product forces a different ... See more
Jasmine Sun • exit interview
the theory practice divide
How I ship projects at big tech companies
seangoedecke.com
love this visual of the whole product/market fit journey, and what to measure along the way
(h/t @Coeluh) https://t.co/JRVOGckU1h
"I see our customers as partners in a big project, not as crops to be harvested. You can’t have a sustainable long-term relationship when you treat your customers as crops.”
-Tobi Lutke