product co-founders 101 - avi cavale
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P R O D U C T M A N A G E R
S TA R T- U P V S M I C R O S O F T
we make the complex problem of building, testing & deploying
software
frictionless
P R O D U C T M A N A G E R
a person who delivers continuous value to customers/users
I D E A L P R O D U C T M A N A G E R
a person who delivers continuous value to customers/users and wins more paying customers
A N D AT M I C R O S O F T
P R O G R A M M A N A G E R
a person who delivers continuous value to customers/users and wins more paying customers
P R O D U C T M A N A G E R
B U M A N A G E R
resources
impact
time
units
L A R G E C O R P O R AT I O N
resources
impact
time
units
M E D I U M
resources
impact
time
units
S TA R T U P
T O P 5 C H A R A C T E R I S T I C S O F S TA R T- U P P M
5 jack/jill of all trades
works in ambiguity but detail-oriented
can attach debugger to source code
focuses on time to market
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1 creates rather than waits
S O M E S * * * S TA R T- U P P M N E V E R S AY S
5 we need to WOW the competition
that’s on our roadmap
so, should we push the date out?
we can’t do *
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1 I have a to first create a project plan
utopia that a PM needs to strive for
– E L O N M U S K
“any product that needs documentation is broken”