People-First Product Leadership

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

I am leveraging my product background in both coaching and advising AI-driven startups. Network Persistently : I stayed in touch with a startup recruiter for six months before landing my first PM-adjacent role. Initiatives like the lunch-and-learn sessions with technical teams helped me bridge gaps and drive innovation.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Then she decided to acquire technical skills in web development to get closer to the product development process. After attending a web development boot camp and working as a web developer at a small startup, she got the opportunity to become a product manager. Unfortunately, there were none. This discouraged her slightly.

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Mind the Product

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

It’s partly because few companies that hire PMs attend university careers fairs and so careers advisers and tutors are not aware of or familiar with the role. Many graduates are keen to work in a startup or technology company, but are not aware of the existence of the Product Manager role, and that it is ideally suited to them.

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Userpilot

MARCH 8, 2022

She advises executives around the world regarding product management. Andrea Saez – Writer, Speaker, Advisor | Sr PMM @ Product School. See more in Lena’s talk about building an innovation team and a “startup” within a larger organization on Product Drive or watch a shorter interview with her on that topic here: 6.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

MBAs from technical and engineering backgrounds will have an edge, so if that’s not you, you should focus on evidencing your abilities to be technical in those interviews. You often see entrepreneurs move into a product management role after their startup. Basically, the strategy is similar. What’s your take?

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Mind the Product

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

As an aside, I think that much-cited startup maxim “fail fast, fail often” makes the wrong emphasis. Technical Feasibility. I would advise that you don’t invest in digitization until the cost of handling processes manually is higher than the cost of developing a digitized solution.

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The Product Coalition

MAY 11, 2022

Finally, “ Building for Business: Product Management in Enterprise Software ” is a truly B2B-focused Product Management book, written by Blair Reeves (Salesforce) and Benjamin Gaines (Adobe) for “all the ones who aren’t part of the Silicon Valley startup bread”. Yet, only a few have this “sense” when coming into Product, they argue.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Often we talk more about the technical skills, like, portfolio management, being more strategic, etc but being good at those things mean nothing if you can’t build a culture conducive to good product management practices. It’s seldom their ability to do the job technically?—?to interpersonal, emotional intelligence, etc?—?that

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Andrew Chen

MARCH 27, 2019

Dear readers, Many of you may have read the recent New York Times article “ Uber and Airbnb Alumni Fuel Tech’s Next Wave ” which is about how alumni of successful startups often split off and start new companies, and how ecosystems of investors/advisors form around these new companies to support them.

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Mind the Product

JULY 10, 2017

For example, a local startup team I consult for are developing their web app in-house while outsourcing their mobile development team of 12 to Poland. I would recommend this model if you have no technical or product management background. A low-hanging fruit for outsourcing is anything that can largely be done in isolation.

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Lenny Rachitsky

AUGUST 13, 2024

Gustaf Alströmer is a Group Partner at Y Combinator , where he has worked with over 600 startups. ” Motivations can be diverse: solving technical problems, proving oneself, having a grand mission, or simply wanting to be successful. If I drill down what makes companies fail, it’s quite simple.

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The Product Coalition

MAY 25, 2021

Bevy’s product was unintentionally incubated through a sister organization, Startup Grind. Startup Grind is a global community that helps to inform, support, and bring together entrepreneurs through local chapters and events. Startup Grind created a product to facilitate and manage the Startup Grind community.

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Intercom, Inc.

JULY 12, 2018

He’s also co-founded Color Genomics and invested in and been an adviser to companies like Airbnb, Coinbase, Instacart, Square, Stripe and more. I stuck around for another year as an advisor, so I really saw extreme growth in both of those cases. You start to see these common patterns in terms of how things tend to evolve.

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Mind the Product

MAY 29, 2018

His startup career includes Tumbleweed, Timestamp, WildPackets, inCode, and many others. Christina has helped to grow companies like LinkedIn, Yahoo, Zynga, and the New York Times, as well as numerous startups throughout Silicon Valley. He has experienced IPO, acquisition, rapid growth, and crushing failure. Get your tickets.

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Ask Benny

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

If you are lucky, there is someone in the company that has thought about your on-boarding, but many times especially if this is a small startup, there isn’t. As a product manager, you need to get fast into all aspects: vision, strategy, business, marketing, sales, product, user experience, technical, development process, etc.

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Mind the Product

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

TalkTalk was fined £400,000 in 2016 for failing to have appropriate technical and organisational measures in place to secure its customers’ personal data, and for keeping their personal data for longer than necessary. Under the GDPR this fine could have risen to £35 million.

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Sachin Rekhi

JANUARY 27, 2013

What I most often advise is to err on the side of fewer features for the benefit of getting the product out sooner to optimize for learning. Or it could be ensuring open product, design, and technical decisions get resolved in an efficient manner.

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Userpilot

AUGUST 18, 2024

He has worked with product managers from small startups to large enterprises and strongly believes that great product teams build great products. For example, rather than prioritize a feature because it’s technically feasible, prioritize it based on how it solves a customer pain point or improves the overall product experience.

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Bain Public

MAY 29, 2020

It is a known fact that startups which are accompanied or coached, view their chances of success as being much higher compared to those that are not. of accompanied startups assess their chances of survival as strong, especially during the current uncertain climate. of startups rate their chances of survival as high, 13.5%

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Amplitude

JUNE 8, 2017

Hailing from a tenured career in product management, she was just super passionate about working with startups. “I I had become pretty active as a mentor and advisor to various startups and really enjoyed it! So I was exploring some ideas of my own and also meeting a lot of startups, typically in an advisory capacity.

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Product Bookshelf

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

OKRs were brought from Intel to Google by John Doerr where the method gained popularity within the high tech and startup communities. The first part of Radical Focus is a story about a startup which sells tea. The story begins with the struggling founders meeting with their top advisor and board member who recommends OKRs.

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Roadmunk

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Most recently, Ellen left Lola to launch her own startup that will make it possible to build a complete scalable app in an afternoon. While her startup is still in very early stages, Ellen is completely in founder mode. While her startup is still in very early stages, Ellen is completely in founder mode.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 21, 2019

As a project manager at an IT company working with many non-technical startup founders, our clients, I often get to resolve a variety of interesting issues that relate to technology and communication. They had spent a lot of time choosing the technological stack and discussing technical solutions with outside consultants.

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Userpilot

JULY 9, 2021

The teams she coaches are from both early-stage startups and multinational enterprises in different industries. She has 7+ years of experience in startups and startup-like teams and most recently led an innovation lab as a product manager in 2019. Challenges of transitioning from a non-technical background. 5 out of 5.

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UX Studio: Product Management

MARCH 28, 2022

Is it technical details, customer insights or revenue and money? As a young startup product we usually have only short roadmaps fixed for the upcoming few weeks and it is reviewed every week. If you want to know what the culture is like in a product team, you should visit one of their product meetings. Who speaks at the meeting?

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UX Studio: Product Management

JULY 14, 2021

As a design thinking consulting firm , we advise on product strategy, lead workshops, and offer customized training to equip your business with the best UX practices. Design thinking companies aim to understand users’ pain points before developing a technically feasible solution that addresses their needs. Sketching your ideas.

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 2, 2023

Still, we have a duty to advise what’s best for the product. I have launched 3 different (successful) companies, I have sold my own products, I have helped 200+ startups launch theirs and I have designed many products for customers. I’m not speaking for all Product Managers but here is my list.

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Andrew Chen

MARCH 27, 2019

Dear readers, Many of you may have read the recent New York Times article “ Uber and Airbnb Alumni Fuel Tech’s Next Wave ” which is about how alumni of successful startups often split off and start new companies, and how ecosystems of investors/advisors form around these new companies to support them.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

If you are lucky, there is someone in the company that has thought about your on-boarding, but many times, especially if this is a small startup, there isn’t. I have just landed into such a situation, starting as a VP product in a small startup. I would advise you differently. Your first meetings should be a ‘get to know’.

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Lenny Rachitsky

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

The framework is based on his experience advising dozens of consumer subscription businesses, as well as his analysis of over 30,000 consumer subscription apps (based on proprietary data provided by RevenueCat ) and interviews with leaders at dozens of top consumer subscription companies. Your tips have been invaluable.

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Andrew Chen

OCTOBER 31, 2016

I gave some my 2 cents based on my experience helping startups and growth folks. It’s not an immediately technical or product-based experience, and yet it’s an interesting question that might actually become more and more relevant. They asked a great question – how do you interview for growth folks? Growth Interview Questions.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

MARCH 26, 2020

Consultant Consultants are in the business of advising people in a specific field. They may find themselves working with privately owned businesses like startups. There exist many non-technical PMs. PMs live and breathe their product as they work iteratively to improve the experience for the end user.

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Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 5, 2023

He’s a keynote speaker, adviser, and co-author of several books on the subject, including the provocatively titled The Best Service is No Service , Your Customer Rules , and his latest The Frictionless Organization: Deliver Great Customer Experiences with Less Effort. Bill: Sure, absolutely. We got acquired by the large U.S.

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Userpilot

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

We generally advise against linear, top-down product tours. But if you want a shortcut that's less technically demanding, read on… Why is product tour software important for SaaS? For non-technical product managers, this is a huge win. Every SaaS startup has to begin somewhere. Get a demo today! Userguiding.

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The Product HQ

JULY 1, 2024

Therefore, it’s advisable to filter your industry when looking for an exact yearly salary figure. It’s possible also to find startup jobs that pay well above the average B2B sales and product manager salary. Other factors that play a role are location and technical expertise.

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Bain Public

AUGUST 22, 2022

Interviewing at Bain Public Phone Screen Interview Communication & Listening skills Interview Business Case Writing Test & Technical & UX exercise Top-grading Interview. We help middle market companies and scrappy startups create new value with design- and technology-based products and strategies. Company Description.

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Bain Public

JANUARY 24, 2022

Interviewing at Bain Public Phone Screen Interview Communication & Listening skills Interview Business Case Writing Test & Technical & UX exercise Top-grading Interview. We help middle market companies and scrappy startups create new value with design- and technology-based products and strategies. Company Description.

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