If you were starting out in a rapidly growing company would you start by embedding some best practice and then start to build out a team or start by building a small but mighty team and tackle it as a group?
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IBM Product Management • 3y
I am a firm believer that what you need to grow and what you need to scale are two different things - including leadership, team processes, and strategy. This means that ...
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JetBrains Head of Product | Formerly GitLab, Jit.io, Cellebrite, Anima • 3y
When starting out in a rapidly growing company with a small team, the main focus should be on building the team. While there may be some best practices that can be embedd...
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Matterport VP of Product • 1y
There's no single right answer; the best approach depends on the urgency of the need and how quickly you can hire.One approach is to start with some foundational, lightwe...
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Volley VP of Product • 2y
I would work on doing both. When you start out in a new role it's important to get quickly up to speed, create a plan and start adding value.Most likely you'll see many o...
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Boxford Capital Managing Partner | Formerly Barracuda, SilverSky, Digital Guardian, OpenPages, Cybertrust • 4y
My bias is always to start building a small but mighty team of A players. A players will make magic happen despite a lack of process. Process is helpful in larger organi...
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