Revenue and Active Users. They are the only two numbers that matter. Tracking a million KPIs is a waste of time if they don't link back to Revenue and Active Users. You want to know if your product is really killing it? Look at those 2 numbers and if they're not...
In 2022 I spent 63 hours on calls mentoring Product Managers and Startup Founders from all over the world looking to develop their teams, prioritise their roadmap, build their product strategy, or grow an existing portfolio. Here’s why I do it and why you should...
Here's my annual post sharing some of the books I've read in the previous year. In 2022 I focused on reading more biographies and it was great to get to see people in action. You can't go wrong with most of these books... 📚 No filter ⭐️...
Product work is hard. It's often a struggle between what you believe is the right course of action and what your team believes is the right thing to do, which can be draining. Having the right people close to you, people you can trust and who will challenge you to...
In the early stages of a Product, you usually spend some time working and building an MVP in private with no public releases until the basics are in place. However, Startups often tend to scope overloaded MVPs instead of building only essential features and start...
Writing the first draft of a Product Requirements Document (PRD) has to be my favourite use of OpenAI's ChatGPT. I've used AI tools (mainly copy.ai and chatGPT) in the last few months for first drafts of documents and to get ideas. Instead of taking 30mins to get to...
Setting boundaries helps to reduce uncertainty. I discovered that putting some rules in place enables Product Managers and the teams they work with to be more creative, flexible, independent, and move faster. These are my 6 rules of Product Leadership: 1. Give...
As a startup product leader, there are many things that you should know in order to drive the success of your product and your company. But beyond the technical skills and business acumen that are essential for the role, there are also a number of less obvious but...
As a Product Manager, you're an integral part of the business. You're responsible for building products and putting together a great team. You need to know how to impact the business and use data. What does all of this mean? Well, let's break it down: 1. How to build...
In the coming few years the real important skill to have will be knowing how to define Strategy (and deal with people?). Most other things will be automated and commoditised. Writing, coding, ads, designing … all will have very good software alternatives. Of course...
Interviewing is a shortcut to learning about an industry. and it's worth keeping recruitment open... even when not actively hiring.
Here's what I think every B2B startup Founder should be doing at the moment.This seems to be a hot topic as I get asked this question a couple of times every week... so here's my current take: Focus on LinkedIn. Organic growth is still good vs Facebook and Insta. And...
This is what I wish someone would have told me at 21 when I finished my first uni degree and had no clue... and it's what you can do to learn something new and become good at it at any point. Claire asks: The thing is, I majored in finance and decided to get into...
Behind every polished video, every perfectly crafted post and every fine tuned presentation there’s THIS. The mess, the spilled coffee, the endless brainstorming, the rooms full of papers, the stuff on the floor... It’s part of it. Keep sharing your work and have a...