Product Management has become a graveyard of frameworks, theories & gurus. Meanwhile, the demand & need for product management has only gotten higher. How do you operate a product team in uncertain times? That's what Real World Products is about - bridging the gap between theory and practice.
Hi 👋🏽, I'm Sagar, and I make sure that your customers 👨🏽🔬👩🏽🔬👨💻 and your teams👨🏽🔬👩🏽🔬👨💻 live on the same planet 🌍
Work with me to avoid anxiety, complexity and cost as you go from MVP to achieving your vision.
A consulting service for startups looking for product management help.
Specifically for startups that are between pre-seed and Series B valuations.
Software startups come to a point where they get stuck. This stuckness can take many forms:
We think we need a product manager or a product owner...
We actually don't know the difference between a PM & a PO but this blogpost said it was a good idea but now we've made a mess...
We need product roadmaps but not sure...
There is a disconnect between engineering, product and design
There is a disconnect between product and "business" or "sales"
How do we improve collaboration between functions/importance of design/product-focus in the company?
and many more...
Most product management issues stem from a few root causes.
Through individual and group sparring sessions, we uncover the root causes and patterns underneath this stuckness.
We align on the goal you want to get to, and then we decide what an alternative version of the present can help us get there.
Think of it like therapy but for product management.
tl;dr Extremely flexible.
My best work is in sparring sessions with 1-3 people to align on a specific goal and track progress on a weekly basis.
Similar to the work of Venkatesh Rao, the focus is on stress testing and improving the rigor and quality of ongoing thinking about product & product management in the organisation.
I'm slowly building up my writing at http://productmanagement.substack.com/ - but it already gives you a good idea about my focus and style of communication.