A Product Manager at a startup has to typically deal with 3 main phases – formation, validation and growth. And each of these phases has their distinct requirements. In this enlightening article by Vivek Lakshman, VP Innovation @ Pramati Technologies, he writes about how a Product Manager can go about dealing with the challenge.

In the formation stage:

• Providing clarity of purpose.
• Synthesizing from the abstract when it comes to vision and features.
• Leapfrogging with partners.

In the validation stage:

• Exuding self-belief in the product.
• Setting Product boundaries.
• Showing empathy with customers.

In the growth phase:

• Identifying and nurturing talent.
• Fostering an engineering-design partnership.
• Allowing controlled disorder in innovation and growth strategy.