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Some good questions, you won't get answers to all: What's your runway? Are you profitable? What is your yearly revenue? What's the biggest problem you're faci
by Maro 8y ago
Some good questions, you won't get answers to all:
What's your runway? Are you profitable? What is your yearly revenue?
What's the biggest problem you're facing right now? What could kill you in the short-term? What's your plan for this year?
How does your Product team work with your Software Engineering team? Do you have x-functional teams? Do you do semi-regular retrospectives?
What's the background of your leadership team? Eg. has your Head of Product worked as a PM at a FAANG? What's the best thing and the worst thing about working with the CEO/CTO?
- wrestlerman 8y agoWhat's Eng team and HoP?
- JohnHaugeland 8y ago> Eg. has your Head of Product worked as a PM at a FAANG? The worst heads of product I've had could all answer yes. None of the best could. Do you actually seek this out?
- Maro 8y agoI had the opposite experience. The best Product culture / PMs I've worked with was at FB by a wide margin.
- ultrasaurus 8y agoThose points aren't necessarily in disagreement. I've known a lot of people who thought they were ready for the next level or two steps up but weren't. So they went from an A+ IC somewhere solid to a C- "director" at a startup as soon as they got the chance. (disclosure: former PM, current Head of Product, have almost certainly made this class of mistake)