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1. Not validating the problem statement enough. Is this really a problem? 2. For a B2B product, I think its important to think through early on whether this is a problem they are willing to pay for. Often times, this is an after thought and expensive to pivot. 3. Giving up too soon. Its easier ......Read More
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Hiral Shah
Amplitude Head of Product, Customer Data Platform • March 31
There are several things that you can consider mistakes, but I do view them as learning opportunities. Every PM goes through some of these in their career (including myself). Here are some of the common mistakes I have seen PMs make: * Not talking to customers to validate the problem: A lot of ......Read More
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Ashka Vakil
Mezmo Sr. Director, Product Management • May 3
Building a 0 to 1 product is challenging even for experienced product managers. Here are a few things that can make it challenging to successfully build a 0 to 1 product. * Ignoring market research: It's important to conduct market research to understand the needs and preferences of your tar......Read More
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Brandon Green
Buffer Staff Product Manager • March 11
I think the two most common mistakes in building 0-to-1 products are: 1. Not acknowledging or checking some assumptions about the problem your product is meant to solve 2. Over-investing in the first iteration of that product (the MVP) without having proven out the riskiest of your ass......Read More
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Laura Oppenheimer
Bubble Lead Product Manager • July 29
I might even abstract this out further to answer "What are the top mistakes product managers make when building a product period?" The best advice I've been given — and what I try to follow in my own work — is to be obsessed with the problem and not the solution. It can be really easy to think......Read More
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Deepti Srivastava
Head of Product, VP • December 14
Not focussing on the user. I tend to be pretty heavily user-focussed when building products. I believe strongly that without users, you may have cool technology, but you don’t have a product. The first step towards building a 0-1 product is understanding who you are building it for, why is......Read More
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Lisa Dziuba
LottieFiles Head of Product Marketing • August 18
Hello from ex-founder who built startup and launched 3 products from scratch. Please meet my favorite personal mistakes with the biggest learnings. All coming from my startup Flawless App which we eventually successfully sold: 🥇"Always run user research." Back in 2015, I and Ahmed Sulaiman re......Read More
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