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8. Great PMs build a tight leadership triad with their EM and DM

Company Mission is at the top of a Strategy Stack. The Company Mission defines the company's purpose. A good Company Mission is aspirational and has emotional appeal—it motivates your team to come to work every day and your customers to embrace the role your company plays in their lives.

1. You have to prioritize execution over vision/strategy.Web3 instead requires PMs to be more focused on execution: quickly hammering out a spec over Telegram with devs, QA’ing carefully and setting up a smart contract audit given the risk of vulnerabilities, building hype on Twitter, launching—and repeating.

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During the “scale” stage, the original owner may be able to scale with the effort, or it may need to be owned by a more senior person.

It’s not enough to tell one good story; you have to create an entire world that people can step into, familiarize themselves with, and spend time getting to know. Initially you’ll have to walk them around and show them what’s in your world, but your goal is to familiarize them with your world sufficiently, and motivate them to participate, to the... See more

Always start off each meeting with energy and positivity.Find something fun for the team to do regularly—a weekly happy hour, a monthly team-building event.Bring surprise and delight to regular events—a team band at your all-hands, goats on your Zoom calls, birthday surprises at your standup.

Membership is meet-ups. Groups that do a good job of connecting members with one another — virtually or in person — are sticky and grow stronger over time. For example, Poshmark’s Posh ’N Sip local events give sellers the opportunity to share their experiences in inventory management, customer service, photography tips, and other areas and learn... See more

Many teams may not even know they need a product manager. Focus on the value you can offer by working backward from their problems, their goals, and their community ethos, and find alignment in your own interests and experience.