#ProductManagement #Entrepreneurship #NewProduct
Hey everyone! For those of you who don’t know me, my name is [Your Name] and for a long time, I’ve always been extremely passionate about Product Management. It’s hard to make that pivot from Consulting — especially when you only have 1 year of job experience. I got laid off and was completely lost with my career. Do I pursue Product Management or do I stay in my realm of Consulting? Ultimately, I was in survival mode, so the harsh truth is, I’m not letting myself be a chooser or a beggar. But what I do know is, it’s my choice to choose how I spend my free time and I wanted to use this uninterrupted opportunity to learn the job descriptions for what it takes to become a PM. SO, I set out to create a product. This also makes me somewhat of an Entrepreneur now. Therefore, these are the 3 things that I’ve learned that helped me when building a new product:
### 1. You are solving a problem to HELP serve a need.
It’s never easy to start your own business, but remember you’re ultimately creating something to make someone else’s life a little bit easier. I often like to use this as a reminder because it gives my work purpose. When building a new product, it’s crucial to identify the problem that your product will solve. What need does it serve? Understanding the problem you’re solving and who you’re solving it for will not only help guide the development process, but it will also serve as a constant reminder of why you’re doing what you’re doing.
### 2. Set goals and fall in love with the process.
Setting goals is one thing. Goals are absolutely essential to understanding where you are heading towards, and it’s critical to get all your team members on board with the goal of the project so that they can shape their work to also drive towards that goal. But the thing that people often forget is to fall in love with the process to get there. Discouragement happens when you wake up and realize that everything you’re doing has not allowed you to accomplish your goals yet. Discouragement is seeing your unaccomplished goals and getting antsy. or impatient True productivity involves falling in love with the process and not caring whether or not your goals have been met yet. It’s about doing, fine tuning your process, and caring about the actions you’re taking that will get to achieving those goals. Thinking and worrying will not get you to the finish line.
### 3. Trust in your team members.
Lastly, the biggest one is having trust in your team members. When creating a new product team, you’re going to run into situations where people miss meetings, people change their mind on supporting your product, people have different ideas than you, and that’s okay. Perhaps what you’re creating isn’t in alignment with where they want to take their career. You have to respect that, and focus on the people who are aligned with you, your business vision, and mission. Trust those people, because once trust breaks, so do your team.
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I hope these tips are helpful for anyone else out there who’s thinking of building a new product or getting into Product Management. It’s a challenging but incredibly rewarding journey. Remember, identifying the problem you’re solving, setting goals, falling in love with the process, and trusting your team members are key to success. Good luck! 🚀 #ProductManagement #Entrepreneurship #NewProduct
Thanks for sharing. Funny how getting laid off is the kick that a lot of people need to figure out what they really wanna do