Background: We are now 6 months into a global pandemic. If I look back at February when it really hit the mainstream in the US, a lot has changed. …

Product Management for AI products A lot has been written about AI-first startups. This by Brad Cross is one of the best, as startups think about going after specific problems, also this report by McKinsey is a good background reading. In this post, I wanted to explore some of the questions that challenge a product…

Early Stage product development is hard. Over the years, I have collected a few techniques that helped me navigate the infinite search space and prune it down to a tractable one. Most of these techniques apply for enterprise product management. Category Creation One question that is handy to think about is the…

In my role at Emergent Ventures, my focus is on helping our companies; find a product-market fit (PMF) (if they haven’t already), instill the discipline of product management into their startup’s culture, help with network introductions and screen & hire for key positions. There are numerous books and articles written…