The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 31, 2023

As you might have noticed from reading this blog, I share many stories related to my personal relationships as a means to talk about product leadership. Often it’s because so much of product leadership is about relationships. But the point I want to make today isn’t about relationships, and still, that’s what the story is about.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 18, 2023

It took me time to understand that I need to present myself as a product leadership coach and product strategy expert rather than a consultant. That’s the whole reason VCs invest in startups. I really wanted to coach and mentor and help people think, not take hands-on projects upon myself. We are here to help you.

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Mixpanel

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Tying analytics to business goals in a product-led startup. You might be at a startup, but it’s not the Wild West; you still need to tie your metrics back to bigger business goals. Start by talking to business stakeholders, like your leadership, customer success, marketing and more.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

was the COO of a Series C startup. He was brought in as the startup entered hyper-growth and needed someone to help with all of that scaling. The softer side of product management by the way is very different from the softer side of product leadership. Photo by William Warby on Unsplash L. You don’t really need numbers for that.

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Product Management University

JUNE 5, 2023

Free eBook: Top-Down Customer Discovery – Uncovering THE BIG WHY Sample Portfolio Vision “ To help our customers grow revenue, market share, wallet share and customer retention. Your portfolio vision would be directed at your economic buyer, the CRO (chief revenue officer). “ Let’s give it the acid test.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 18, 2023

Photo by Luis Villasmil on Unsplash As a proud member of the startup nation, startups are all around me. If you are a founder of a startup for product management tools, it’s important that you understand the large ecosystem your tool would live in. It’s no wonder there are many tools that try to resolve this. Here’s why.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 12, 2023

You are looking for a partner to join your team and take a significant leadership role. It’s Not About the Plumbing When we work with startups it’s usually a long-term relationship. Hiring a product leader is never easy. In most cases, you have never been in this position yourself before, so interviewing could be a challenge.

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The Product Coalition

MAY 1, 2022

especially startups on their way to product-market fit, the ARR itself might not be important. But that’s where your leadership comes to a test. an executive’s guide to strategic product management is waiting for you at www.ganotnoa.com/ebook Originally published at [link] on April 26, 2022. It’s not easy to make hard decisions.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 6, 2023

I sat with an entrepreneur who was helping me with market research for the work I do with startup founders and explained to him what I do. In the seed stage, startups are a great promise. Here is how a product strategy can help you create business results, even when the market is not in your favor.

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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. This also fits nicely into your desire to give them enough leadership room. Don’t worry, you are still needed. Here’s why and how.

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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

DECEMBER 19, 2021

The first product manager in a startup is a critical role with immense impact on the startup’s success?—?both As the VP Product at a startup, I knew I had to work hands-on, and hiring a product manager to take the load off of me would happen only when it became absolutely necessary. both in the short and long term. and during?—?the

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 13, 2022

Many startups feel that the only thing preventing them from selling their product is a great demo. And if your product is so innovative that you are aiming to create a new category as many startups do, it’s even worse. The truth is quite different. In fact, if you rely on your demo too much, you won’t be able to sell at all.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 19, 2023

Level 3: Deciding What to Draw When I joined Twiggle — a seed stage startup — as the VP of Product, I thought I was extremely ready. I was super proud of my drawing and thought this is as challenging as it goes until I landed at Twiggle. Are you up for the challenge?

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Photo by Xavi Cabrera on Unsplash When I was head of product at eBay I participated in an executive leadership training program. As a mature startup CEO once told me, “this is a decision I simply cannot make”. It is a slightly different skill to master, but very important for your ability to succeed. Are You a Real Problem Solver?

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 27, 2022

Seeing Revenue From a New Product This is one of the mistakes that I see very often in my work with startup founders: you launch a new product and you put revenue goals for a few months down the road, typically a quarter. Some of the startups absolutely must have these results soon enough in order to be able to raise the next round.

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

They take an opportunity to grow in their career, say as the CPO of a startup or as a Director in a larger company. For example, a small startup company might be fine with homegrown solutions for a variety of problems, but when they become larger?—?50 50 people or so?—?the the problem is now much more severe.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 10, 2022

The CEO, or any of the founders if you are in a startup, seems to rightfully want to set the tone. My free e-book “ Speed-Up the Journey to Product-Market Fit ” — an executive’s guide to strategic product management is waiting for you at www.ganotnoa.com/ebook Originally published at [link] on December 8, 2022. Or do they?

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The Product Coalition

JULY 30, 2023

A generic segmentation like “startups of 50–100 people” is not good enough for two reasons. Our free e-book “ Speed-Up the Journey to Product-Market Fit ” — an executive’s guide to strategic product management is waiting for you at www.infinify.com/ebook Originally published at [link] on July 27, 2023. It’s pivot time.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 13, 2021

In startups, it means building an MVP right away, and in larger companies, it would be yearly goals and initiatives that are pushed down to the people who need to execute on them. whether you are a startup on its way to product-market fit or already in the growth stage. Since product strategy is so hard, many companies simply skip it.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 17, 2021

If you ever worked in a B2B startup, you know that you are chasing opportunities. On a B2B startup, it can look something like this: people are willing to talk to you, and you get a few POCs. But the truth is, that not only will it not result in a positive impact, it can also actually cause you harm. That’s the first 2 A’s.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 16, 2022

In startups, it is actually the company roadmap. an executive’s guide to strategic product management is waiting for you at www.ganotnoa.com/ebook Originally published at [link] on January 12, 2022. As such, it cannot be limited to include only the product-related parts like features and product KPIs. the strategic level that matters.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 13, 2021

If you have worked in an early-stage startup, you have most likely witnessed, participated in, or led this process. It is the basis for the entire lean startup approach, and it explains why product-market fit is so hard to achieve and takes so long. This is a lengthy process that requires multiple iterations.

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 11, 2022

Working in the startup nation, many of the product leaders I coach?—?either an executive’s guide to strategic product management is waiting for you at www.ganotnoa.com/ebook Originally published at [link] on September 7, 2022. The whole point in math is that there is a clear set of rules that defines the universe.

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The Product Coalition

JULY 31, 2022

One of the hardest challenges of any product and any startup is of course reaching product-market fit. an executive’s guide to strategic product management is waiting for you at www.ganotnoa.com/ebook Originally published at [link] on July 27, 2022. You simply don’t know, and therefore don’t know what needs to be done, if at all.

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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.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 11, 2023

My free e-book “ Speed-Up the Journey to Product-Market Fit ” — an executive’s guide to strategic product management is waiting for you at www.ganotnoa.com/ebook Originally published at [link] on August 3, 2022. But understanding what the journey looks like should help you navigate smartly along the way.

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Sequent Learning

MAY 20, 2021

For his leadership at Product Collective, Mike was named one of the top 40 influencers in the field of product management. He’s also a faculty member of Case Western Reserve University in the Department of Design and Innovation, and is co-host of one of the top startup podcasts online, Rocketship.FM. Amazing conference.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 8, 2020

Moreover, in smaller teams who need to move fast, and particularly in startups where there is still a large functional debt to close, allocating a considerable amount of the resources to technical debt prevents you from optimizing the work and delivering value fast enough. My free e-book “ Speed-Up the Journey to Product-Market Fit ”?—?an

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 5, 2021

Product leadership is about finding the right business opportunities to accomplish with the right product. Last month, for example, I met a startup, which had a good indication from the market that their initial product direction was viable. This is especially true for a startup that by definition has limited resources.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 11, 2023

That was the case with Infinify, my product leadership academy, when I decided to “give it a try” while I always have the option to go back to a CPO role in the industry. One area where I see this phenomenon of unrealistic expectations in many startups is regarding the sales process of their product.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Taking risks is an inherent part of product leadership. the CPO of a well-known startup, described the following case to me: she gave the team high-level instructions on a certain feature and she didn’t care how they would take it from there. Here are a few things you can do to help them master this important skill.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 10, 2024

An Israeli startup, Sightful, uses a similar concept of screens displayed in space for another use case — productivity. Our free e-book “ Speed-Up the Journey to Product-Market Fit ” — an executive’s guide to strategic product management is waiting for you at www.infinify.com/ebook Originally published at [link] on March 7, 2024.

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 2, 2020

To survive and succeed, your product leadership must be sharper than ever. We were trying to catch up and close the timeline gaps SARS has created for an important tech transfer project with a Chinese startup. Even after the disease is contained, the resulting economic slowdown will stay here for much longer.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 8, 2023

When I talk to the startups I consult to , or with the CPO Bootcamp participants, I always say that building a solid product strategy isn’t like solving a math equation. When I work with startups on creating their product strategy, I usually leave them with homework to revise the strategy based on today’s discussion before our next meeting.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

the CPO of a startup that has a great product in the market asked me with a sigh. Going all-in into data and measurements is not trivial, and even more so when you are a startup that has good traction and hence a lot of other product investments you want to make. That was the question that S. ,

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The Product Coalition

JULY 17, 2022

Product leadership starts with the ability to really, deeply understand people?—?customers an executive’s guide to strategic product management is waiting for you at www.ganotnoa.com/ebook Originally published at [link] on July 17, 2022. customers as well as everyone else.

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