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Why most product managers are unprepared for the demands of a real startup | Casey Winters
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Casey Winters explains why so many product managers are falling short. 🎙️Find the full episode here: https://youtu.be/QMFvz8utx-Q — On Lenny's Podcast, host Lenny Rachitsky interviews world-class product leaders and growth experts to uncover concrete, actionable advice to help you grow your own product. 🔔 For more videos like these, subscribe here: https://www.youtube.com/c/LennysPodcast?sub_confirmation=1 — Where to find Lenny: • Podcast: https://www.lennyspodcast.com/ • Newsletter: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com • Twitter: https://twitter.com/lennysan • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lennyrachitsky/
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The Reality of Startup PM Roles
Casey Winters discusses the multifaceted roles of product managers in startups, emphasizing the need for diverse skills such as SQL, customer interaction, and decision-making under uncertainty. He highlights how many PMs, despite their experience in larger companies, are ill-prepared for the dynamic challenges of real startups, often relying too heavily on data and established processes rather than intuition and creativity.
"it's fascinating interviewing a PM or managers early in their career startups typically require us to wear lots of hats you have to write SQL you have to talk directly to customers you have to prep ma..."