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Are you ready to take your product management skills to the next level? Join me as I dive into the 50 Days, 50 Case Studies Challenge! 🎯 What’s the Challenge? Over the next 50 days, I’ll be analyzing 50 diverse product management case studies. From startups to tech giants, each day will bring fresh insights and practical lessons to sharpen our PM skills. So today let's start the Day 1 Product case study where our first product is a slice of a fintech product Here is the complete case study about the Slice product #ProductManagement #Fintech #CaseStudy #CustomerExperience #TechInnovation

🚀 Exciting news! I’m available on Intro to help founders and operators scale their businesses and raise capital. Want to chat with someone who helped scale a company to $970M valuation? Let’s connect. As the former COO of a Sequoia backed scale-up, I co-led $300M+ fundraising and helped scale both consumer tech and B2B SaaS businesses. Now, I’m excited to share my insights and help you grow. We can cover: ✔️ Operations and scaling ✔️ Raising capital from angels and VCs ✔️ Go-to-market strategy ✔️ Building a killer pitch and deck Honored to be alongside world-class experts like Paul Greenberg (3-time CEO with $250M+ revenue), Miki Agrawal (Founder of TUSHY and THINX), Corey Coto (Former SVP of Product Development at Pluralsight, valued over $2B), and Kevin Jurovich (Co-founder & CEO of Circles, ex-NFL Player). Let’s get your business to the next level. Book time here: intro.co/aadivaidya

VCs don’t fund great ideas This is something else I wish I knew when i started I hear founders say “we’ve validated the idea and built MVP, we just need money to scale” Hmm… you’ll be waiting a long time VCs fund two things and two things only: 1️⃣ Pedigree: name recognition say by exiting a previous company or leadership team of big tech 2️⃣ Out of this world growth and traction. Ideally, combination of user growth and revenue Founders, what did you have to do to finance your scaling process?

As November begins, there’s an energy shift. Many are already feeling the weight of the year’s end approaching only two months left, and suddenly the to-do list seems overwhelming. I get it. I used to feel that pressure too, watching the clock tick and thinking of all the goals I hadn’t yet reached. But one day, I realized I was doing myself a disservice by constantly focusing on what was left to achieve instead of recognizing all that I’d already accomplished. Here’s a thought: Rather than rushing to finish the year, what if we shifted our focus to acknowledging progress, learning from setbacks, and savoring each step of the journey? These last two months don’t have to be about panicking to accomplish it all, they can be about reflecting, regrouping, and celebrating how far we’ve come. So if you’re feeling the pressure, remember, there’s value in slowing down and breathing. Accomplishments don’t always come in a sprint. Sometimes, they’re best nurtured in a steady pace. So tell me, what steps are you taking to make the final months of 2024 meaningful and not rushed. #productmanagement #techstartups #fintech

There are parallels between angel investing and early-stage product management in scale-ups and enterprises. At the #HBSAngel event yesterday, insights shared by angels Chris Adelsbach Elisabeth Ling Triin Linamagi Roderick Beer on how they evaluate start-ups were: 1️⃣ Market Size: Emphasize evidence supporting market potential. PMs always look at this. 2️⃣ Problem Significance: Validate the problem's importance for customer behaviour change. PMs look for evidence of behaviour change and traction. 3️⃣ Founder Attributes: Assess founders' commitment and credibility. PM leaders think about the right team composition to help a product become successful. In some ways, angel investing mirrors product management in scale-ups and enterprises #Investing #ProductManagement

🎃 Ready to carve out your path to Product-Market Fit?🎃 Join Companyon Ventures’ Behind the Curtain roundtable tomorrow (Oct 30) with Michael Ho, Firas Raouf, Eric Morgan, and Hersh Tapadia as they 'exorcise' the mysteries of PMF. Don’t ghost us—RSVP in the comments 👻 https://lnkd.in/emCJcn4w #emergingmanager #venturecapital #productmarketfit

I am elated to share my successful completion of the Finlatics Start-Up Strategist Experience Program. The experience has helped hone my skills in business model canvassing, evaluating startups across market potential, product validation, and has facilitated an exposure to investment theses. #StartUpStrategy #Finlatics #Certification #DataAnalyst #DataStrategist

🌟 Attention Non-Tech Founders with Big Ideas! 🌟 Dreaming of launching your startup but overwhelmed by the tech side? You’ve probably heard of virtual CFOs – but what about a virtual CTO? 🤔 Introducing Mel Labs – Your technology partner, so you can focus on what truly matters: your customers and your vision. 🚀 With us, you’ll never have to worry about the complexities of technology. Whether you need: ✅ A cutting-edge software platform ✅ A hardware product, built from prototype to first batch manufacturing We deliver end-to-end solutions to bring your ideas to life. But we don’t stop there! At Mel Labs, we: 🎯 Validate your product idea with expert insights and market research 💡 Help you build an investor-ready Pitch Deck 📊 Craft a robust Business & Financial Model tailored to your vision 📈 Ensure your product resonates with an audience that drives revenue With a team of industry experts and Venture Capitalists, we’re here to make sure your idea doesn’t just take off—it soars. Whether you need a tech buddy, idea validation, or support to secure funding, Mel Labs has your back. 👉 Let’s transform your idea into reality. Reach out today! #StartupSuccess #TechPartner #VirtualCTO #InnovationUnleashed

Rejection by accelerators? Check. Failed product? Check. Still standing? Check. October 2023: I was at my lowest. Cicero—the product I poured months into—was a mess. Integrations? Failing. Content curation? Horrible. And after endless rejections from VCs and accelerators, we had one Hail Mary: Go viral, fast. Spoiler alert: We didn’t. By November, I had to pivot. Fast. We built Cynthesis, which eventually became Dediro—a product I’m proud of today. But that pivot was ugly. A lot of people don’t talk about the dark days of failure, and here’s my truth: I felt like I let my CTO and team down. I let myself down. → Yet, fast-forward to today, and that failure was the seed for everything that’s working right now. Success? Nah. It’s the struggle that makes it count. Stay in the game, even when you feel like quitting. PS → Ever had a project that fell apart? How did you bounce back?

Are you building features or are you driving outcomes? Great PMs drive outcomes. Checkout this 90 second soundbite on this. Thanks Chisel and Praful Chavda for creating a forum to share my experience and insight. People in my network - what do you think about my view? Can you share examples of when you've seen product teams fall in love with features, but forget about the outcomes? #CPOSoundbites #productmanagement #outcomes