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Building Wiz: the fastest-growing startup in history | Raaz Herzberg (CMO and VP Product Strategy)

Lenny Rachitsky

Wiz hit $100 million ARR within 18 months (the fastest growth in startup history) and, five years in, is generating over $500 million ARR. Raaz was one of the first five employees at Wiz, joining as the first product manager, and helped the team pivot to what may be the most intense PMF in history.

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519: Product verification, most important of the 19 activities of product management – with Nishant Parikh

Product Innovation Educators

Drawing from his 20+ years of technology experience and extensive research, Nishant shared insights about how these activities vary across different organizational contexts – from startups to enterprises, B2B to B2C, and Agile to Waterfall environments.

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How to Develop, Articulate, and Sell Product Strategy

The Product Guy

I became a product manager because I wanted to take a more strategic role at my company. First, I did not know how to frame, develop and present product strategy in a systematic way, and second, as a startup, my company has not historically had a good track record of strategy being developed outside of senior management (read: founder).

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Reconciling Product Management and Product Leadership

The Product Guy

Indeed the role of a product leader is different to that of a product manager. A product leader not only has to manage products but also to guide and direct the overall product strategy and team, and ensure that products are delivered to market. Resource management. Stakeholder engagement.

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Product Strategies for Non-Strategists

The Product Guy

In a recent live stream from one of our mentors of The Product Mentor , Dustin Levy, lead a conversation around “Product Strategies for Non-Strategists”. We are always looking for more product mentors from all around the world. About The Product Mentor. Krishna Madhuvarsu Director of Product Strategy, Oracle Inc.

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527: The truth behind “CEO of the Product” – with Francesca Cortesi

Product Innovation Educators

Traditional View Modern Reality Product manager as primary decision maker Product manager as skilled facilitator Information flows through PM as central point PM enables direct cross-functional collaboration Focus on authority and control Focus on influence and alignment Today’s product management landscape has evolved significantly.

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What Is Product Leadership?

The Product Coalition

This month, we’re focusing on all things Product Leadership. Before we start diving into the ins and outs of leadership in Product Management, it’s important to ask and to understand what we mean by Product Leadership. they’re in a Product leadership role. they’re a thought leader.