Can cut through the clutter and understand the problem
Don't BlackBox the inherent assumptions while building a hypothesis
<aside> 💡 If you understand the need-gap well, you'll be able to iteratively improve your solutions
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<aside> 💡 The Crux. You live by it. If you're dying by it, you know where the remedy could be.
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Are data-driven but appreciate the value of intuitive thinking
Work backwards - from the customer towards the solution
<aside> 💡 First-principles thinking will save you when you don't have or can't rely on data
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<aside> 💡 This requires digging into those customer escalations. Pick up the phone, fire up that mail.
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Are Process Driven but be flexible to tweak the processes with changing dynamics
Can Prioritize, Prioritize and Prioritize
<aside> 💡 Without set processes, you'll be lost dealign with myriad teams and your customers
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<aside> 💡 Give pre-reads before meetings. Time-Box. Ruthlessly cull the unimportant.
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Think and Build Iteratively
Don't succumb to stakeholder pressure
<aside> 💡 Start Small. Scale Iteratively. Keep Testing your hypothesis.
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<aside> 💡 Hardest but the most important. Trust those processes.
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Move On quickly
Love trying new products
<aside> 💡 Whether in failure or success. Both Guilt and Complacency are killers.
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Never loses sight of the North Star Metric
<aside> 💡 Keep NSM at the forefront of all things you do. They can change as you move along.
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<aside> 💡 You don't know it all. You keep learning from the best.
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Knows it's all about Impact
<aside> 💡 Launching feature after feature can be vain. Impact on NSM trumps everything.
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