Gokul Rajaram on designing your product development process, when and how to hire your first PM, a playbook for hiring leaders, getting ahead in you career, how to get started angel investing, more
with Gokul Rajaram · Jun 2022
The first PM should be an engineer, designer, or analyst already at the company. They understand the founder and team dynamics, are trusted by both, and can assimilate culturally. External PMs with different processes often get rejected by the organization.
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