article thumbnail

Being Bold & Making Bets: Capabilities of a Bold Product Manager

BrainMates

The Biggest Bet of My Career In 2004, I left a stable product role at a subscription TV company to start Brainmates. But making bets isnt just about the products we manage; its about how we approach leadership. I know this firsthand because my entire career has been shaped by bets. It wasnt an impulsive decision.

article thumbnail

Tobi Lütke’s leadership playbook: Playing infinite games, operating from first principles, and maximizing human potential (founder and CEO of Shopify)

Lenny Rachitsky

Starting as a snowboard shop in 2004, Shopify has become the leading commerce platform by consistently approaching problems differently. e-commerce. Tobi remains deeply technical, frequently coding alongside his team, and is known for his unique approach to leadership, product development, and company building.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Y Oslo 2024: When It Comes to Discovery, Something is Better Than Nothing

Product Talk

I think that was in 2004. The first big change that we’ve seen is that our delivery cadence has changed. I remember working at a startup where we were striving to get to nightly builds so that we could ship software every day. We’ve come a long way.

article thumbnail

Product Goals in Scrum

Roman Pichler

Background Story : Readers familiar with the history of Scrum—sometimes lovingly referred to as Scrumtorians—will undoubtedly know that it has contained sprint goals at least since 2002 and a (product) vision since 2004 , even though the latter is not mentioned in the Scrum Guide.

article thumbnail

429: Innovation practices of the best companies – with Sally Kay

Product Innovation Educators

The award started in 1988, and in 2004 the OCI committee was asked to write a chapter for the PDMA Handbook of New Product Development about the OCI award. We conducted two more retrospective analyses covering 2004-2013 and 2014-2021. 9:40] What are key innovation practices that winners have in common?

article thumbnail

TEI 225: Create a movement for a product – with Greg Satell

Product Innovation Educators

In 2004, I found myself running a news organization in Kiev, Ukraine, during the Orange Revolution. In 2004, I found myself running a news organization in Kiev, Ukraine, during the Orange Revolution. We always underestimate the transformation. We always underestimate the transformation.

article thumbnail

OKRs and Product Roadmaps

Roman Pichler

If you work with a public product roadmap, then I advise using vague time frames such as in the second half of 2004 or in 2025. [6] See the article The GO Product Roadmap for a roadmap example with multiple goals. [5] 6] OKRs are usually set for a quarter, see Radical Focus , 2 nd ed., 8] Figure 4 shows part of my product strategy model. [9]