Kassen Qian

Musicians have sold $70M+ worth of NFTs to date. 63% of sales revenue came from independent/unsigned artists.

About 72% of that music NFT revenue can be attributed to the electronic music genre. Hip hop/R&B/Soul came in second, with Rock/Alternative third.

The typical time horizon for a product team’s north star, or long-term vision, is three to four years out.

We expect every product manager to be actively talking with customers and really spending a lot of time understanding customers. But it’s not just a product management thing. Engineers are expected to be talking with customers as well.

The biggest risk is building the wrong product - a product that doesn’t delight our users, or doesn’t improve success metrics such as user acquisition, user retention, etc. We call this “product risk". The 4-stage model helps us drive down risk and get products out the door quickly.

The King of the Hill at Airbnb has switched from designers to product managers in most parts of the org. Vision-led rather than design-led.

Stripe and Google both have long-term big visions and optimism about the impact technology can have on people’s lives .

4. Strategic Partnering - Company is experiencing rocketship growth, and you're looking to bolster your moat with product bets while designing an organization that will sustain your growth. Your CPO will help set and reinforce that culture for your product organization.Your CPO will take your moonshot vision and lay out the 5 year plan to it,... See more