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​Companies that master product development are more efficient with their tech spends and deliver more value to customers.
After initial product market fit, many start-ups face challenges in continuing to adapt their product offering and grow long-term revenue.
The post-product-market fit, pre-scale phase is the messy middle.
After initial product market fit, many start-ups face challenges in continuing to adapt their product offering and grow long-term revenue.
Challenges and opportunities at 50-150 staff
Strategy
Opportunity:
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Scale opens opportunities in new markets and geographies.
Challenge:
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Choosing which opportunities to spend limited resources on
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Balancing new vs core product development (“innovator’s dilemma”)
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Consistent execution across the company (that everyone goes in one direction)
People
Opportunity:
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Higher headcount allows leverage of specialized skills with higher output.
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Challenge:
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Hiring and attracting talent.
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Ensuring managers are supported in their growing responsibilities.
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Communication and collaboration between teams.
Technology
Opportunity:
More sophisticated product, at larger scale satisfying more customers.
Challenge:
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Technical debt and increasing complexity slowing release cycle
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More specialized skills required (engineering and product management, architects, data engineers, …)
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Introducing new teams, splitting responsibilities and code.
To overcome these challenges,
I offer support in 3 key ways
How I support you
Product Acceleration Audit
Results within a week
Identify gaps and opportunities in your product development across the whole lifecycle.
Coaching
Level up your product + tech leaders
Transformative, structured coaching focusing on your team’s concrete challenges.
Hands-on Support
Expert support to make things happen
Working with you and your teams to solve tough product, organizational, strategy, M&A and investor challenges.