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?
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Cloudflare Sr. Director of Product | Formerly Segment, WeWork, Airbnb • 2y
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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Meta Senior Director of Product Management • 2y
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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Superhuman Head of Product, Enterprise • 2y
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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Notable Head of Product • 2y
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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Green Dot Principal Product Manager | Formerly Narvar, Stamps, Accenture • 3y
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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Matterport VP of Product • 2y
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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Buffer Staff Product Manager | Formerly Wayfair, Abstract, CustomMade, Sonicbids • 3y
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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Meta Director of Product - Horizon Worlds Platform & Creation Tools | Formerly Microsoft, Photobucket, 5 start-ups • 2y
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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