3 Gems from around the (PM) world - Vol 15
4 levels of Product Market fit, Moats in B2B, Long term roadmaps
Hey PMs
Happy Friday. Here are some things I founad of immense value about product management. Hope you find them useful too.
In this post:
Gem #1: 4 levels of Product market fit by Todd Jackson at First round
Gem #2: Moats in B2B by Jason Lemkin
Gem #3: Long term product roadmaps by Craig Saldhana on Melissa Perri’s podcast
Gem #1: 4 levels of Product market fit by Todd Jackson at First round
Product Market fit is an enigma with its ever changing definitions and perceptions. First Round Capital, a VC firm, analyzed and spoke to 100s of companies and came up with a better framework to assess product market fit. In fact they argue, it’s not one type of fit. It goes through stages.
Read more here.
4 levels of PM fit
Gem #2: Moats in B2B by Jason Lemkin
Every B2B SAAS should have some form of moat. This helps them defend their revenue against competition and also makes their product sticky.
Jason Lemkin of SAASTR shares the different types of moats you can put for your product in his post on X.
B2B Moats
Gem #3: Long term product roadmaps by Craig Saldhana on Melissa Perri’s podcast
In this episode of Melissa Perri’s Product Thinking podcast, her guest Craig Saldhana talks about building products and roadmap for the long term and future proofing your business.
Craig is the CPO of Yelp.
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