A few years ago, a family friend was getting married and asked my dad for advice. My dad said, “My best marriage advice is to have zero expectations of your spouse. Then you’ll never be disappointed.” I remember thinking how depressing that advice was, but since then I’ve realized how…

The VP of Product is one of the most important hires a growth-stage tech company will make. If done right they will be the glue that holds your rocket ship together, and through their leadership their team will create a flywheel of product development that consistently solves customers problems better…

You’re the founder of a startup and your product is starting to get traction. You’ve been scrappy building a product and making adjustments based on early customer feedback, and now you’re wondering if (and when) you should hire a VP of Product. There is no one right answer because there…

As a product leader, I’ve spent years elusively chasing the perfect product metric. Something that was high-level enough to give a good idea of how the overall product is performing, but also granular enough to see what levers need to be pulled to make improvement. Something that was a leading…

Product teams exist to build great products and deliver features. What happens when you’re delivering features, but the outcomes are getting worse? Churn is increasing, sales are slowing, and customer satisfaction is flat or decreasing. You may be fighting the product complexity curve. …

I would consider Product Marketing to be one of the lesser understood roles in B2B SaaS companies. Some companies view it as a market research function and for others its content creation. I would argue that is one of the most strategic and critical roles a company has for its…