The Product Coalition
DECEMBER 19, 2021
The first product manager in a startup is a critical role with immense impact on the startup’s success?—?both Along with the founders (the CEO and CTO), most of the employees in the company at the time were developers. Cultural fit: The one compromise you should never make at a startup is cultural fit. and during?—?the
The Product Coalition
OCTOBER 26, 2020
Whenever I talk to startup CEOs, especially first-timers, the discussion on product goes immediately to UX and wireframes. In the evolution of a startup, the founders initially do whatever they can themselves. But many of them don’t fully understand how, exactly, it is important. They Don’t Understand Your Role as a Product Leader.
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The Product Coalition
FEBRUARY 1, 2021
Photo by Pedro Figueras from Pexels As the importance of product management for business success becomes clearer, many startups give one of the founders the product leadership role. It can be a full-blown CPO responsibility or a CTO who runs both product and technology.
The Product Coalition
SEPTEMBER 29, 2020
You could be a lone PM in a tiny startup with no Product Management team, meaning that you only report to the CEO, or maybe a CTO. This could involve writing an eBook, starting a blog, giving a talk, taking part in an AMA, or building your own side project. Be a keeper of the vision.
ProductPlan
OCTOBER 26, 2021
Some view Product as an equal peer to Marketing, Sales, and Engineering, while others tuck it away under a VP of Product Marketing or a CTO. In a vacuum, your resume or LinkedIn profile might leave people with more questions than answers: Why did you leave Microsoft for some startup that failed?
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