On many teams, either a founder decides what to build or the product team does. This makes sense. In early stage companies, founders are often the product leader. The product […]
Are You Getting Your Growth Goals Right?
In Monday’s post, we outlined our success funnel, identified our points of leverage, and explored a few ways you can set and hit aggressive goals. Some of you, the lucky […]
How to Set Goals That Drive Product Success
Goal setting is hard. And yet, so important. It’s one of the 8 critical decisions involved in building great products. If you get it right, you and your team can […]
Improve These 8 Decisions and Build Great Products Faster
What color should this button be? We can only do x and y, but not z, before the deadline. Can we live with that? Sales requested a, b, and c. […]
The Habit of Feeling Super Human
It’s 3 weeks into the new year, how are your resolutions looking? Have you already fallen off the wagon? Are you starting to slip? Or are you still going strong? […]
Why Most Product Teams Don’t Define a Clear Vision
It wouldn’t surprise me if you read the last two posts (here and here) and thought this seems obvious. Of course, you should define a strong vision. Every company should […]
What a Clear Product Vision Looks Like
On Thursday, we outlined the 9 components of a clear vision. Let’s put it into action and look at an example. A couple of years ago, I worked on a […]
What You Should Clarify and Communicate as a Product Leader
On Monday, I outlined what I think are the three pillars of building great products: a clear vision, sound decision making, and developing the right team. Today, I want to […]