Coming out of the Trough of Disillusionment 🕳️ Many of the hottest consumer product companies have recently rapidly scaled through the referrals channel. Robinhood, valued at $36B, recently published that over 80% of its customers were acquired organically or through referrals. Clubhouse achieved hockey-stick growth to a $4B valuation a year after its founding. Tesla […]
No investment is better than an investment in yourself. As a business person who is paid to think, write, and communicate, you may want to consider an investment in an iPad. There are four main reasons why. 1/ Drawing figures How many times have you sat down to make a figure, only to find out […]
A common set of problems Just about anyone who has worked in a white-collar job these days has heard these complaints. While the rise of data has been well-documented, the added complexity in querying and analyzing may have been under-reported. This results in stakeholders often missing the data they want. They feel they cannot get […]
How to drive consensus and exceed OKRs as a product team The OKPS (objective – key result – problem – solution) visualization helps PMs focus their product teams on the right work, drive consensus cross functionally, and exceed product OKRs. Solving problems for PMs Many of the PMs I have managed and mentored find resistance […]
Trend among fast growing tech companies A trend is spreading through many of the fastest growing technology companies – they are building in house ad technology stacks. Here are just a few of the awesome companies building in house ad tech: Zynga (68% Q1 YoY growth on $404M revenue) Wayfair (49% Q1 YoY growth on […]
Detailing the work of the different types of product teams focused on product growth If growth hacker was a buzzword in 2011, “product growth” could be construed as a similar buzzword for 2021. In this post, I try to breakdown the buzzword to get a grasp over what Product Growth could mean for those PMs. […]
FinTech has been evolving rapidly in the Real Estate Investing Space – REITs, Equity Crowdfunding, P2P Lending, & Owning Outright. Given the plethora of new investing options, this post explores returns and AUMs. The Allure of Real Estate The collective American (and global) consciousness places a high value on real estate ownership. For decades, this […]
I share your skepticism. ‘A management principle? What can be so powerful about the latest in-vogue version of Taylorism from Silicon Valley? Everyone sets goals.’ On the surface, OKRs (Objectives and Key Results) are just another goal-setting management tool that works for some companies better than others. But, after working in product in a range […]
Note: I am currently employed by Affirm. At the time I published this post, I was not an employee of Affirm. My opinions are my own and not that of Affirm or its affiliates. One of the hilarious commercials this Super Bowl was from a relatively unknown FinTech, Klarna. With this ad, the company help […]
Key Takeaways: As users, we want news apps that have content tailored to me, the right volume for me, and from the perspective that’s right for me The market for news is dominated by a few aggregators (like Apple News), social media (like Reddit & Twitter), and publisher specific apps (Fox News, New York Times) […]