Are you the first Product Manager at a company? Here's some crowdsourced wisdom for you

https://twitter.com/lennysan/status/1250870043216232448If you’re starting as a Product Manager at a company that’s never had one before, then you should find this Twitter thread super useful. Lenny Rachitsky, former Growth PM @ Airbnb posted a request for advice for first PMs at a company and received lots of interesting replies. Check it out, absorb the insights and bookmark it.

• Internalize the CEO's vision before developing your own

• Get specific guardrails around your responsibilities, as you're likely taking them from someone else

• Spend your first month talking to everyone on the team. Find out what they know about customers, the market etc
— → colin james belyea (@colinjamesb) April 16, 2020

1. Spend time with founders.

2. Understand expectations – Is it to improve execution or to help with product strategy? Start with immediate need & small wins, go broad later.

3. Build trust with team. Company grew without a PM. You need to show they'll benefit from having one.
— Anand George Samuel (@anandgsamuel) April 16, 2020