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It’s impossible to get our exec team to focus on one segment. How do I balance prioritizing my roadmap while building for different segments?

Zeeshan Qamruddin
Cloudflare Sr. Director of Product | Formerly Segment, WeWork, Airbnb2y
This is often the case for companies in a hyper-growth state, especially as they look to find a clear fit in the market. Where I've found success with leadership is by he...
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Poorvi Shrivastav
Meta Senior Director of Product Management2y
I think executives in all shape and form need guidance from domain experts. They are looking for product leaders to have confidence in their conviction and share the same...
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Farheen Noorie
Superhuman Head of Product, Enterprise2y
That is a hard situation to be in. Here are some options to try Communicate your roadmap to the executive team organized by segments, showcase what you can prioritize fo...
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Tom Alterman
Notable Head of Product2y
Don't force them to say no, get them to say "Hell Yes!"If the leadership team is not willing to commit to one segment, and you believe that's needed to succeed, then don'...
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Ashwin Arun Poothatta
Green Dot Principal Product Manager | Formerly Narvar, Stamps, Accenture3y
It is natural for leaders to be ambitious and get enticed by potential growth segments. To avoid confusion and inefficiencies with the organization’s limited resources, l...
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Preethy Vaidyanathan
Matterport VP of Product2y
This can happen because your product growth potential is sufficiently broad across multiple customer segments or you may be operating a complex product surface that serve...
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Brandon Green
Buffer Staff Product Manager | Formerly Wayfair, Abstract, CustomMade, Sonicbids3y
I deal with this a fair emount in my current role - Delivery at ezCater to some degree touches all possible users of our multi-sided marketplace (customers, supply & ...
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Mike Arcuri
Meta Director of Product - Horizon Worlds Platform & Creation Tools | Formerly Microsoft, Photobucket, 5 start-ups2y
Executives that can't provide focus for your team can be a common situation when there's early stage market uncertainty and pressure to do customer discovery and find PMF...
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