What's your focus during your first 90 days as Head of Product?
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Short answer: Focus on strategy, building out the product team, and accelerating the pace of product development to ensure faster learning.
Gib’s note: After 6 months, we’re nearly 7,000 strong. Each week, I answer a few “Ask Gib” questions, drawing from my experience as VP of Product at Netflix and Chief Product Officer at Chegg (the textbook rental and homework help company that went public in 2014). This answer is essay #46! To become part of the “Ask Gib” community, subscribe now — this way, you’ll never miss an essay: Throughout my thirty-year product career, I joined startups with a proof of concept and helped them scale. After 4-5 years, I move on to the next company, which means I have lots of experience as the new…
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