What I Learned Leading a Product Team of 20

Scaling from solo PM to leading a team changes everything. Here are the hard lessons I learned.

You Can’t Do It All

The hardest transition was letting go of IC work. As a PM leader, your job is to multiply the impact of your team, not do the work yourself.

Hire for Judgment, Train for Skills

You can teach someone your frameworks and processes. You can’t teach good judgment.

Over-communicate Strategy

What feels like over-communication to you is probably just enough for your team. Repeat the strategy until you’re sick of saying it.

Create Space for Growth

The best gift you can give your team is room to make decisions — and mistakes.