In today’s episode of Startup Hustle, we will tackle what a product manager is. Matt Watson and Nomiki Petrolla, founder and owner of Nomiki Petrolla, LLC, are here to discuss it. Aside from that, learn their insights on product management, product-market fit, and product placement.
Note: This episode is part of the Startup Hustle podcast, which publishes daily episodes about entrepreneurship. A full transcript is also available.
Covered In This Episode
How should you define a product? What are the differences between a product owner, product manager, and business owner? Moreover, why must your team be empowered to know their “why”?
Matt and Nomiki are here to guide you through all that and more. These entrepreneurs also talk about why you need a product manager. And why you should understand consumer-market behavior and connection above all things.
Key Quotes
They had built software, or attempted to, without anyone like me in product that understood the middle ground of technical and business speak, in general. And we’re not able to effectively communicate to a development team that was essentially building a product. So, what you got was a really broken product and a lot of upset customers.
– Nomiki Petrolla
But people in startups they’re built a little bit differently. And they want to be in the weeds, understand, know, and have a voice.
– Nomiki Petrolla
It’s all about that product market fit, right? And so when things work, that’s the point; they just work. Like, people get it. Like, the customer gets it. Everybody gets it.
– Matt Watson
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WTF is a Product Manager?