Kassen Qian

Six concrete tactics product leaders can use to not just build remarkable products, but talented product managers:

How can we understand the different types of value that PMs of different levels bring to the table and use that information to effectively build a PM organization?

Execution & Impact: You know what needs to be done now and what can wait, and you focus the team on the key priorities. You define progress and impact, measure them, and maximize results.

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.

Stripe values quick-thinking, quick-acting people with "taste": if you spend the time and you put a lot of thought into appreciating something, teasing apart what makes it great, and building a thoughtful, opinionated perspective, that’s taste.

Good product managers think about the story they want written by the press. Bad product managers think about covering every feature and being really technically accurate with the press.