What would you say is the hardest thing about being a product manager? It’s communication. Think about it. You sit in the middle of infinite competing needs and finite resources. The sales team needs this feature. The marketing team wants that one. The ops team just wants to know what’s coming out next, by when, and why. The CEO
Everything has a lifecycle. It is born, it grows, it ages, and it ultimately dies. It’s easy to spot a lifecycle in action everywhere you look. A person is born, grows, ages, and dies. So does a star, a tree, a bee, or a civilization. So does a company, a product, or a market. Everything has a lifecycle. All lifecycles
How familiar are you with Porter’s Five Forces? It’s an excellent model for analyzing your companies market position and strategy. It helps you understand: 📉 New Competitors: How easily can new players join your game? 📉 Supplier Power: Can your suppliers dictate terms, or are you in control? 📉 Customer Power: Are your customers loyal, or always looking for a
I earn my living as a scaling coach to expansion-stage companies. One of the advantages of my position is that I get a deep, inside look into different industries and businesses. While no two situations are exactly alike, I have seen a consistent yet under-reported issue out there that keeps 9 out of 10 companies from getting out of start-up
What’s more important… following the “Four Steps” or experiencing the genuine epiphany? It’s the epiphany, right? Right! I bring this up because I continue to run across product development teams that are so enamored with following a sound lean startup process that they have lost sight of the ultimate objective: building something magical. Where’s the magic? The magic happens at
Navigating your company up the execution lifecycle 1 and keeping it in optimum shape is a great challenge. This article will show you how to do it successfully. The stages of the execution lifecycle become easier to understand with a little pattern recognition. Basically, every business must shape or respond to its environment and it must do so as a
In my previous post, I introduced the product, market, and execution lifecycles and why a successful strategy must align them. Now we’ll take a look at the four key indicators that will tell you if you’re on the right strategic path. The key indicators, which must be taken into account at each lifecycle stage, are Market Growth Rate, Competition, Pricing
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