Mila Superstar

Over time, companies typically layer on additional lanes (e.g. Thumbtack adding performance marketing on top of SEO) as they reach diminishing returns on their early growth channels, but in almost every case companies start with just one successful lane.

2. Great PMs build an aura of “I’VE GOT THIS”

Some ways to build this habit:When reviewing new designs, always bring people back to “what problem are we trying to solve here?”When you get a hint that team members are misaligned (e.g. quoting data not everyone has seen, optimizing for different goals, shifting priorities), just say “We may be misaligned on this, what’s your understanding of X?”... See more

Depth in one type of product work → Breadth across multiple types of product work

let’s bring these two frameworks together:

2. Search: Find teams you love

This is what is known Minto Pyramid Principle:

PRODUCT-MARKET FIT SATURATION

As a PM, you have to consider these matters far more directly than in most web2 organizations, where legal is more secondary at this point. You liaise with counsel to understand a fragmented and undefined legal environment, unlike today in web2, where most legal matters have been settled and product counsels are there to enable but not guide busine... See more

There are four key transitions you need to make: Depth in one type of product work → Breadth across multiple types of product workBeing good at your job → training others to be good at theirsSolving with the resources you have → Solving by allocating resources and influencing othersGaining more personal scope → Creating more scope for the organizat... See more