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How do you think about your roadmap and overcoming a competitor’s differentiation when they are just so much further ahead?

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  1. Lizzy Masotta
    Lizzy Masotta

    Shopify Senior Product Lead | Formerly Salesforce, Google, Nest, Cisco Systems • 4y

    It’s important to know your competition, but it’s equally important not to obsess over what they’re doing at a feature level. You should never aim for a feature vs. feature battle with competitors. The focus, instead, should be on the problems you’re solving for your users and what’s most important to them. In order to have productive conversations with your team around where to focus, ensure you are aligned on answers to these questions: Who are we targeting? What segment, industry, persona? Wh ...Read More

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  2. Preethy Vaidyanathan

    Matterport VP of Product • 3y

    Looking at a long list of competitors’ features as a catchup list can definitely be daunting. This is a futile race because while you are playing catchup, the competitor will continue to keep moving ahead. Instead, turn this into an asset by looking at the adoption/usage of your competitor's features by customers. We all know not all features are created equal; leverage the incumbent customer base, and get insights into which features are used the most by customers. It's also important to use th ...Read More

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  3. Kara Gillis
    Kara Gillis

    Cortex VP of Product | Formerly Splunk, Deloitte • 4y

    While it is important to care about your competitors to understand your own market position, DO NOT MAKE THEM THE FOCUS. What should be your focus? Your customers. Their problems. Their needs, their asks, their feedback.  Think of your roadmap like a budget of your resources, the way you would a household budget. Break down the budget by importance.  For a product that has been out in the market a bit, I break down my ideal roadmap budget into the following percentages: 50% feature enhancements ...Read More

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