Hi Nikhyl, thanks for sharing. Also curious, what's your suggested alternatives as most tech firms could in some way defined as growth or ex-growth companies. Much appreciated!
I’m a PMF rather than a Growth leader, having done it at a public tech company that was past its growth years. It shifted into a transformation stage from SMB/mid-market to Enterprise. This required very different skills from execs--Sales execs had grey hair and executed on “land and expand” pipelines instead of Marketing-led growth leads. Product executives (me, the VP on the management team) had to aggressively add new transformative technologies and change agent PMs, often by acquisition and integration. I had to learn how to speak to large industry analysts who would then issue blessings that institutional investors would read and then make stock-buying decisions. Your analysis makes me quietly confident, thanks for helping me see it.
Your point about comp at a ex-growth company where the last valuation was overpriced is really instructive-perhaps you might expand on this topic in the next Skip.
Thank you, Nikhyl, always appreciated that time you made for speaking to Infra PMs at Meta!
Super helpful topic, has really helped me frame up what success looks like at my current endeavor!
Hi Nikhyl, thanks for sharing. Also curious, what's your suggested alternatives as most tech firms could in some way defined as growth or ex-growth companies. Much appreciated!
I’m a PMF rather than a Growth leader, having done it at a public tech company that was past its growth years. It shifted into a transformation stage from SMB/mid-market to Enterprise. This required very different skills from execs--Sales execs had grey hair and executed on “land and expand” pipelines instead of Marketing-led growth leads. Product executives (me, the VP on the management team) had to aggressively add new transformative technologies and change agent PMs, often by acquisition and integration. I had to learn how to speak to large industry analysts who would then issue blessings that institutional investors would read and then make stock-buying decisions. Your analysis makes me quietly confident, thanks for helping me see it.
Your point about comp at a ex-growth company where the last valuation was overpriced is really instructive-perhaps you might expand on this topic in the next Skip.
Thank you, Nikhyl, always appreciated that time you made for speaking to Infra PMs at Meta!