Main Takeaways:
- Prioritization in big companies is more complex (and across engineering orgs in different geographies)
- Stakeholder management is more than 50% of the PM role in bigger companies compared to startups
- Speed of execution and levels of ownership in startups are higher
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7. 02
Early-stage startups (0 -> 1) :
Growth-stage unicorn (1 -> n) :
Big-tech (n+) :
Background
B2B SaaS & consumer-tech
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8. 03
Agenda
What does a Product Manager do?
What factors differ between
startups & big-tech?
Choose the right fit for you
Core competencies of a PM
10. 05
WHY WHAT HOW
W h a t i s t h e p r o d u c t w e
w a n t t o b u i l d t o s o l v e t h e
p r o b l e m ?
W h o i s g o i n g t o u s e i t ?
W h a t h y p o t h e s i s a r e w e
v a l i d a t i n g ?
H o w d o w e k n o w i f i t i s
s u c c e s s f u l ? I s t h i s p r o d u c t
f e a s i b l e ?
W h a t i s t h e p r o b l e m w e
a r e t r y i n g t o s o l v e ?
H o w b i g i s t h i s p r o b l e m
W h y i s t h i s a p r o b l e m ?
W h y i s i t i m p o r t a n t t o
s o l v e ?
W h y a r e w e b u i l d i n g t h i s
p r o d u c t ?
W h i c h M V P c a n b e b u i l t t o
t e s t i f t h e p r o b l e m c a n b e
s o l v e d ?
W h i c h a r e t h e m o s t i m p o r t a n t
f e a t u r e s t o w o r k o n f i r s t ?
H o w w i l l l a u n c h a n d r e l e a s e
c o m m u n i c a t i o n w o r k ?
D o w e h a v e a r o l l o u t p l a n ?
Problem definition Product definition Development planning