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Product Strategy

A collection of 4 posts

Product Management

Why you should stop using the word "Disrupt"

The word “disrupt” is everywhere these days. In Silicon Valley today you can’t spend more than 5 minutes in a coffee shop without hearing someone describe how their company is going to “disrupt the <fill in the blank> industry.” Entrepreneurs and business school students are taught case

Product Strategy

Max Revenue

[http://www.iamcharliegraham.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/CliffLooking.jpeg] [http://www.iamcharliegraham.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/wildernessculture-rei1440project-welltravelled-awesomeearth.jpg] Let’s say you are a CEO of a rapidly growing startup (or a VC deciding whether to invest in a rapidly growing startup). All the numbers look up and

Product Management

Creating vs. Disrupting

The word “disrupt” is everywhere these days. In Silicon Valley today you can’t spend more than 5 minutes in a coffee shop without hearing someone describe how their company is going to “disrupt industry <fill in the blank>.” Entrepreneurs and business school students are repeatedly taught case

Keeping It Simple

Do You Believe in Magic?

[http://www.iamcharliegraham.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/sparkles.jpg] [http://www.iamcharliegraham.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/sparkles.jpeg] I have been helping a few startups try to reach product-market-fit and have encountered a common theme: everyone is too tactical. Discussions quickly digress into incremental benefits and features. Attend