Product managers should follow 5 company metrics
As a product manager, do you follow the company’s financial metrics? Especially if you are a young company. Following the key metrics of your company helps you orient your product strategy. Based on how today’s numbers are moving (or not), you can influence downstream numbers, say 6 months and beyond, by implementing the appropriate product […]
Key Metrics to follow for B2B PMs
How to orient yourself to become a revenue centric PM As a product manager, do you follow the company’s financial metrics? In both my previous jobs, I used to diligently follow the company numbers. Each quarter, our CEO or CFO would present the performance and health of the company. I used to note down these […]
Managing Feature Bloat in Enterprise Products
Not everything is bloat. Some features are meant to be rarely used. Let’s talk about feature usage and adoption. What is common across these household products? That’s right. These are items you rarely or never need and yet you need to have them handy. Pray there is never a fire and you never have to […]
Factoring Opportunity Costs in Product Decisions
Opportunity cost is the biggest cost a PM is responsible for Do you what is opportunity cost? If not, then buckle up. Because this is the most important cost that you are responsible for as a product manager. In this article What is Opportunity Cost Understanding Opportunity Costs as a PM How to determine Opportunity […]
Is it complex or complicated?
It’s important to know the difference between complex and complicated, especially in the age of AI Are Complex and Complicated synonyms? Have you been in a situation where you are trying to explain some logic in your product to stakeholders or executives, or you are listening to an engineer explain something to you. You go […]
What’s the M in product management?
Turns out PMs have to manage a lot If you’ve been keeping up with social media posts from product management experts, you’ve probably noticed a common theme: everyone’s trying to define what product management really is. With no universally agreed-upon definition of PM, two new trends have emerged. First, there’s the famous talk by Brian […]
The conundrum of release planning
Crafting a perfect release plan that is aligned to business objectives. As you plan your work with your engineering for an upcoming release release or upcoming quarter, you will likely be faced with this conundrum of selecting the right set of product priorities. Without a proper framework for prioritization, there will be endless debates on […]
Understanding Different Types of Product Managers
A Guide to Hiring the Right Fit and Finding the Right Fit Role Hey PMs Last week, I had the fortune of giving a talk on competitive analysis at Berkeley Skydeck. The audience was roughly 30 startups who are part of the current cohort. I covered the reasons for doing competitive analysis, what it is, […]
B2B customers need more than a product
Ingredients for successfully working with B2B customers. Let’s discuss the nuances of building product for B2B and Enterprise customers. This is especially helpful for startups building in this space. You are building a B2B product. That’s great.But customers don’t want your product. They want a solution. What’s the difference? Let’s illustrate with an example. Imagine […]
How to do a great product review
Ingredients for a success product review with stakeholders Do you do product reviews with your executives and stakeholders on a regular basis? If not, you will find value in this article where we discuss the details on conducting a successful product review. Why should you do product reviews? As a PM, you are making some […]
