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The ultimate guide to negotiating your comp

Lenny Rachitsky

Script that worked: When speaking with the CEO, my client shared, “That product launch failure taught me three lessons about market timing that completely transformed my approach. I’m curious—what experiences have most shaped your philosophy toward product leadership?”

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Top PLG Product Manager Roles (+ Candidate Spotlight)

Userpilot

Strong roadmap and product sense: can context switch between detailed work and high-level strategy/vision, ability to PM basic initiatives end-to-end. Customer centricity: to make reasonable product recommendations and have the customer at the center of decisions.

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Taylor Wescoatt – Being the First Product Manager

Mind the Product

In working at Seedcamp and helping over 100 startups understand product thinking, Taylor Wescoatt has learned some valuable lessons he’d like to share, together with some real-world examples to drive the point home! It takes a while to reach that fit to the point that you can optimize business and product strategy independently!

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From Startup to Enterprise Product Manager: Is Bigger Always Better?

Mind the Product

Observations of a B2C startup product manager working in enterprise. A startup, finding its feet and learning how to stand, should by certain logic be less wise, less capable and less developed than its older, wiser counterparts. Here are two of my most notable product take-aways and one piece of advice for survival.

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Startups need dual theories on distribution and product/market fit. One is not enough

Andrew Chen

It’s hard to be a product without a strong theory of distribution Here’s a common startup situation. A team busts their ass for months building the first version of their product. Now a big question emerges — how do you get the first people to use your product? It’s almost done.

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What 14 startup investors and advisors taught us about chasing (and finding) product-market fit

Mixpanel

Once you find product-market fit, it’s not static 6. Don’t invest in growth until you’ve found product-market fit Bonus advice we love Closing thoughts. It’s been a long-held notion in startup circles that lack of product-market fit will doom even the scrappiest of teams to fail. In short, yes.

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11 Types of Product Managers for SaaS Companies

Userpilot

Technical product managers build products with strong technical or engineering elements. A strategic product manager is responsible for developing long-term product vision and strategy. The role of the growth product manager focuses on identifying and maximizing product growth opportunities.