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Ravi Mehta is a product leader who has built consumer tech products, teams, and companies that have impacted millions of people. He shares his insights and tools on strategy, product, and leadership through his newsletter and blog.
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The foundation of successful product management is the ability to work with a cross-functional team to define, build, and launch well-designed, stable products. Peak PMs strive to execute flawlessly. They know there is already enough risk in understanding customer needs and crafting the strategy around those needs. They can’t afford unforced errors...
Product managers are cultural ambassadors for their customers. They understand customer needs and they represent those needs to the rest of the team. The very best PMs go a step further. They empathizewith the people their product serves, and they care deeply about whether that product improves people’s lives.
In his book, Good Strategy Bad Strategy: The Difference and Why It Matters, author Richard Rumelt draws an important distinction between goal setting and strategy, “Unlike a stand-alone decision or a goal, a strategy is a coherent set of analyses, concepts, policies, arguments, and actions that respond to a high-stakes challenge.” Product Strategy ...
Lastly, peak PMs know they are only as effective as their team. They view themselves as connective tissue within the organization. They foster strong relationships with cross-functional peers and leadership. As they take on roles of increasing scope and responsibility, they learn how to build and mentor strong PM teams. Peak PMs are able to multipl...
The 12 competencies provide a framework you can use to evaluate yourself, your team, and PM candidates. This is particularly important given the challenges we now face as a result of COVID-19. Here are some ways the 12 competencies can help: 1. If you are a PM whose job has been impacted, use the competencies as a way to take stock of your skills. ...
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Ravi Mehta is a product leader with experience in online gaming, mobile, and subscription businesses. He is the co-founder and CEO of Outpace, a company that helps teams ship faster and smarter.
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I'm the Co-Founder & CEO of Outpace, a company that is reinventing the way that people learn and grow. I was Chief Product Officer @ Tinder and EIR @ Reforge, previously @ Facebook, TripAdvisor, and Xbox. Get my newsletter where I share the tools and techniques to help you build better products and teams.
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Apr 19, 2020 · Ravi Mehta. 19 Apr 2020 • 9 min read. In How To Become a Peak Product Manager, I introduced the 12 skills PMs must learn to build products that are valuable to their customers and their companies. The 12 competencies are organized into four areas: Product Execution (the ability to build exceptional products)
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Reflections on building products & teams people love. Click to read Ravi on Product, by Ravi Mehta, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers.
Mar 18, 2021 · Ravi Mehta. 18 Mar 2021 • 21 min read. This article was originally published on Reforge. As software has eaten the world, product has become the most important lever for a company's success. In the past, companies gained a strategic advantage by excelling in supply chains, logistics, manufacturing, and other operational capabilities.
