MAKING RANK: ENLISTED, CORPORAL, MAJOR, GENERAL Your title matters; don’t be convinced otherwise. Like military ranks, established companies and start-ups use titles to establish role and expectations. Title is a key component, and effectively part of your compensation package. Companies at different lifecycle stages handle titles differently however. In order…

The attention economy moat just got significantly wider — I’ll begin by acknowledging we are in painful times not seen for more than a decade. Many are ill or worse, many have lost jobs, and many companies have closed temporarily or will soon cease to exist. We are already seeing this in spades. …

This is the second in a series on product roadmaps. The first post, “The Roadmap Battle Royale,” covered the purpose, importance and impact of roadmaps. This post goes into how to start building a roadmap. The privilege to build a product roadmap comes with great responsibility. Drawing the future is…

NAVIGATING THE NATURAL TENSION AMONG STAKEHOLDERS This is the first in a series on product roadmaps. The first post describes why roadmaps matter and who relies upon them. The roadmap is much more than a directive document that tells teams what to do by when. It is ideally a galvanizing…

DISASSEMBLING COMMON BARRIERS TO ENTRY For the past few years I’ve been volunteering on career advice channels including LinkedIn Career Hub and Santa Clara University Network Advisor, answering questions for younger career professionals looking to transition into the PM career track. While also writing on this blog for the past few years, there has been…

SUCCESS TAKES TIME Product Management career entry and long-term success can be challenging. Careers are long and can be filled with ups and downs. Like many, I’ve read the articles and seen the videos of the ten or so genius tech founders we all hear about repeatedly. …

CONNECTION REQUESTS SPAM This year I’ve noticed an increase in the amount of LinkedIn connection requests hitting my inbox from people I don’t know, never met, and who seemingly have no identifiable education or work history overlap with me. This is not a new phenomenon, but it seems to be…