Product Manager or Unicorn
summary
Argues that “product manager” is overloaded and offers a practical gap-analysis worksheet and a hub-and-spoke map to compare an individual’s execution capacity against organizational capability; shows how to spot where startups lack UX, support or go-to-market skills and why hiring for a mythical unicorn fails (recruiters report rejecting 50 candidates for impossible lists). Presenter prints 30 handouts, describes the product-management triad and shows managers how to hire or pair hires to close visible gaps.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Introduction and setup
- 4:02Product manager title confusion
- 10:07Product management triad breakdown
- 17:18The unicorn hiring trap
- 20:28Mapping team gaps
- 32:39Interactive gap analysis exercise
- 43:19Visualizing organizational capacity
- 51:30Refining the framework
- 57:18Resources and closing
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