A product leader's primary job is creating clarity from ambiguity
Shishir Mehrotra · a16z Podcast | How Founders Hire a VP of Product · Jan 2, 2019 · at 3:35
Shishir Mehrotra, tech executive and founder of Coda, explains how the role of product managers evolves from execution to creating organizational and product clarity on an a16z panel.
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“The number one job of that person is to take ambiguous spaces. And turn them clear.”
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