How do you really scale a product organisation? This is one of the topics we keep getting back to in our product management community.
Growing pains are familiar in the software business and product management is a key part of taking any product firm from the early stages to the next level.
In a recent member conference call, VP Product Derek Koch from Bay Area-based software firm Pointcare hosted a talk titled “Evolving Product in a Scaling Business”. Based on his vast experience, he shared how to best set the stage to enable and support growth in your company.
Read moreAnyone can learn a framework like OKRs for example, but to be the best product leader you need more than that. You need the strategic skills to lead without authority, to inspire and to empower.
This quote is from a conversation with Berlin-based product manager Lisa Mo Wagner. She talked about what it really takes to be a true product leader, she shared her take on the role of a product manager, being a part of building something super valuable and much more.
Lisa works as Senior product manager at Berlin-based fintech Finiata, is the organiser of Women In Product - Berlin and is our expert of the month.
Read moreRoadmaps. And those problems that we seem to face again and again when creating them. I haven’t met a single product manager - including myself - who has not gotten a paw stuck in the countless traps that are luring just around the corner when setting out as a visionary. Luckily, there are ways to avoid those traps, if we keep aware of the forces - time pressure, expectations and investors - that will influence our decision making.
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