Startup Product Management Lessons Learned
May 14, 2013 – Boulder Product Meetup
Eric Wu (@ewu)
Get Shit Done
Get Shit Done
more
faster and cheaper
Fail fast
Do this
• Build everything as a test
• Think about it like a chess game
• Keep fear and ego in check
Don’t build shit your customers don’t want
Do this
• You are not the customer
• Perfect is the enemy of good
• Keep shipping
Process is critical… but not too much
Do this • 2 week sprints max
• Sprints start/end with demo,
retro, planning
• No longer than 90 minutes!
• Point estimates only
Start writing things down
Do this • For the first test
• To free your brain
• To build fluency
Recharge your
batteries
Do this • Disconnect from work,
reconnect with people
• Celebrate success (often)
• Remember, it’s fun!
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