Kassen Qian

Amazon’s ‘working backwards process’ is a pretty fascinating example of an alternative to Lean Startup that works . It's simple to describe, but difficult to do. Amazon’s method for  betting on new products is to start from the customer experience and working backwards from that by writing a press release that literally announces the product as if... See more

Our core philosophy is: We create innovative products while managing risk by prototyping early and cheaply.

2. Planning - Continually challenge product-market fit and keep the team aligned on a 3-6 month, mid-term vision, of the product. Requires more EQ and stakeholder management.

4. Celebrate wins

You’re the product: The product your team builds and ships is the most faithful representation of your success as a PM.

We don’t launch on date, we launch on quality.

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

I do want to hit mainstream, and I will, but I think I'm more excited about what we’re doing here because it's new soil. We're really planting the seeds of a garden that's gonna prosper.