Published in Bootcamp·Pinned5 Diligence Criteria for Web3 Angel Investing in a syndicateWikipedia describes a syndicate as; “a self-organizing group of individuals, companies, corporations or entities formed to transact some specific business, to pursue or promote a shared interest.” Simply put, they’re combined to promote a common interest. In this case, pull funds together and invest in a startup or company with…Web 35 min readWeb 35 min read
Oct 31, 2022My Simple Approach to Setting Your Product StrategyThis is written for my personal consumption but was inspired by Lenny’s newsletter on Strategy and I decided to share mine. First, product strategy does not sit in a silo. …Product Management4 min readProduct Management4 min read
Sep 23, 2022MVP is in the eyes of the beholder #rantAsking a friend what's truly an MVP, he looked at me for awhile and jokingly said 'MVP is in the eyes of the beholder'. I laughed. But also pondered on it for a full day and kept thinking that in line with my friends definition, who is the beholder? This…Product Management1 min readProduct Management1 min read
Jul 20, 2022What is Product Market Fit? And you can find it in your product as a creatorMy number one predictor of whether or not a company will find product-market fit: High shipping cadence. It’s the speed at which the team iterates the product. From “shipping code/shipping product.” — Naval Most of us can relate to the feeling of producing something that didn’t catch as thought? Did we feel disappointed that we did not produce the right content? Most of us can relate. Good news. The problem is not with you nor your product — it was your product-market fit…Product Market Fit9 min readProduct Market Fit9 min read
Jul 1, 2022Creators Positioning Strategy to Gain a Better Market ShareAs a creator, you do not want to be everything to everyone. In a previous article on acquiring your first 100 paying fans, we talked about building your tribe? …Creators5 min readCreators5 min read
May 28, 2022The Leverage: If you want to drive business and revenue growth, be Customer ObsessedWe are in a peculiar time and therefore businesses need to do peculiar things to stay alive — and thrive. The saying that desperate times call for desperate measures is very useful now. — The YC’s email, a few days back, to founders was filled with the advice on how they should structure and function in these interesting times. One of the pieces of advice; Regardless of your ability to fundraise, it’s your responsibility to ensure your company will survive if you cannot raise…Growth4 min readGrowth4 min read
Feb 19, 2022Product Growth Strategy: Driving product adoption with a ‘Highway’The answer to the question; “how do I get users to keep using me? Or keep using more of me?”, can be found in a one-liner: give your product a point of contact. Build a highway. Also called ‘product loop’. These loops could be rewards, leaderboards, gamification, content or community. …Product Strategy3 min readProduct Strategy3 min read
Published in Bootcamp·Jan 20, 2022How customer support can make or break your product managementProduct management is a lonely place. It’s hard enough. Don’t make it more difficult. It is amazing how we, as product managers, tend to pay attention to our stakeholders without paying the same attention to our customer support guys. The real superheroes. And one of the reasons is that most…Product Management3 min readProduct Management3 min read
Oct 5, 2021Dear product managers, start thinking of ‘embedded everything’This is a ‘guess’ post. Still searching for meaningful data. Point me in the right direction when you find one. A quick steal from a16z; “Embedding fintech (rather than just reselling) improves margins and makes the product stickier”. *(fintech = lending, payment, insurtech) It is quite natural when we hear…Fintech3 min readFintech3 min read
Sep 30, 2021Using the PESTEL analysis framework as a product managerAs interesting as it is to build and quickly ship a product or a feature, nothing is more painful than when you start cajoling people to at least try the product. Sometimes, as a product manager your attention is fixed on these four things: Designers will deliver a super UX/UI …Product Management6 min readProduct Management6 min read
