Unlocking Startup Success: The Key Role of a VP of Product with David Sacks Craft Ventures

Name: Unlocking Startup Success: The Key Role of a VP of Product with David Sacks Craft Ventures
Uploaded: 2023-10-26T14:15:03+00:00
Duration: 25 s
Channel: Jason M. Lemkin
Description: David Sacks explains why startups need a VP of Product after Series A. The hire must share the founder's product instinct and have strong…

26 Oct 2023 · 0 min

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David Sacks explains why startups need a VP of Product after Series A. The hire must share the founder's product instinct and have strong project-management skills to keep initiatives on schedule as the CEO gets overloaded.

Before, even at the Series A stage, the founder CEO is probably running product in a very hands-on way. Now it's a little different. Now they've got too much to do. They're going to need a VP of product. And the most important thing about this head of product is that they see eye to eye with the founder. They have the same product instincts as the founder. And they also have to be good at project management because a lot of what a VP of product does is just make the trains run on time.