Thank you @_ankurjoshi for an amazing session.ππΎ
Ankur shared precise and actionable guiding principles for building a #B2B business.
Sharing the guiding principles in the thread below -
1. Thinking Big. Thinking global!π
- For building global products, one needs to build a mindset of thinking big in terms of scale.
- The Quality of the product has to be on par with existing international products.
2. Being sustainable.
- While building a business, find out ways to be sustainable from the beginning.
- Prefer clients that would pay upfront.
3. Stay lean. Be extremely frugal. Especially in good times.
- Try to build products and features aligning them with long term goals
Thank you @dalanMendonca for the amazing session and addressing one of the most talked-about issues in the PM community. Dalan spoke about the Imposter syndrome & gave tips to overcome it.
A thread on key highlights of the session𧡠-
What is imposter syndrome?π€
- The fear of not belonging and self - doubt.
- Feels like you are an outsider trying to fit in
- Feeling like a stranger, it typically occurs when you move to a new org & everything is different from what you expected
How did Dalan experience imposter syndrome?
- Experienced this during a career transition.
- Realization of knowledge gap
- Personal biases & practices from the previous organization didn't fit with the new organization
Another weekend. Another amazing speaker. Another enlightening session.ππ
Thank you @monagandhi for such an insightful session.
Find the key learnings of the session below -
The @Airbnb story started in 2007 when @jgebbia & @bchesky rented out their house during a design conference and realized that the idea could potentially be a game-changer. It has seen tremendous growth since then.
5 key ingredients that make Airbnb special & iconic, A threadπ§΅
1. Understand the value your product creates for the end-user before thinking about scaling.
- In early days @Microsoft, @Facebook (& others) obsessed over how users found value in their products, and how to be better than the competitors.π§π§
- SF is more focused on the βHowβ of building products & enjoy a mature ecosystem to utilize Tech as differentiator
- Indian Startup ecosystem is much younger, more βOutcomeβ focused and efficiently adapts to rapid changes with great speed of execution
PMing in the time of COVID
- PMF has become much clearer, the noise is gone.
- Sectors which have grown rapidly (like edtech) during the pandemic will have to evaluate if they will be able to sustain this growth when things get back to normal and build accordingly