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Hustle Badger @hustlebadger.bsky.social · 7h

#enterprise #saas # b2b

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Hustle Badger @hustlebadger.bsky.social · 7h

Join us to sharpen your shipping muscles and learn battle-tested techniques for leading complex, cross-functional initiatives.

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Hustle Badger @hustlebadger.bsky.social · 7h

In short: when the stakes are high and the scope is wide, PMs need strong project management to align teams, keep momentum, and land the bet on time.

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Hustle Badger @hustlebadger.bsky.social · 7h

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Project Management for PMs · Zoom · Luma

The classic image of product management blends discovery and agile development to incrementally build innovative new products. However, the reality is that…

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Hustle Badger @hustlebadger.bsky.social · 7h

• Difference between big strategic projects and feature factories
• Setting a deadline
• Developing a plan
• Course correcting
• Company comms

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Hustle Badger @hustlebadger.bsky.social · 7h

That makes shipping fast and efficiently the best way to reduce risk and create value.
This webinar covers how to ship large scale, strategic projects as a product manager.

Led by our very own @Ed Biden, this class will walk you through:

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Hustle Badger @hustlebadger.bsky.social · 7h

This is not a betrayal of modern product principles, but the practical consequence that the biggest bets often involve the coordination of multiple teams, and as a result require central leadership.
Beyond that, for many large projects, risk is low or hard to mitigate pre-ship.

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Hustle Badger @hustlebadger.bsky.social · 7h

The classic image of product management blends discovery and agile development to incrementally build innovative new products.
However, the reality is that Silicon Valley start-ups & tech giants, including Google, Stripe, and booking.com also do top-down, strategic initiatives.

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Hustle Badger @hustlebadger.bsky.social · 7h

🚨𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗝𝗘𝗖𝗧 𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗔𝗚𝗘𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗦 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗣𝗠𝗦 | 𝗢𝗖𝗧 𝟭𝟱𝗧𝗛 🚨

Let's face it: project management is a core skill.
There are times when you just have to get a big, important project done, and the CEO will be on your back if it doesn't happen on time.

👉 Sign up here - luma.com/5yfbn5t5

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Hustle Badger @hustlebadger.bsky.social · 2d

#managingup

Hustle Badger @hustlebadger.bsky.social · 2d

Saying no: 'This OKR is too big, we can't achieve this on current resourcing levels'

Setting boundaries and enforcing them: 'I understand that's frustrating, but we should work together to unblock this.'

Check out our full guide here [1:1 template] - www.hustlebadger.com/what-do-prod...

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Hustle Badger @hustlebadger.bsky.social · 2d

Nailing communication

Ensuring no surprises: 'It's looking likely we will miss this OKR'

Get to the point when you ask for something: 'I need engineers. The issue is engineering resource, we've gone from a team of 3 to 1.'

Be direct: 'I need help from you to unblock this with the CTO'

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Hustle Badger @hustlebadger.bsky.social · 2d

Use process as an ally

Run 1:1s well: how to set agendas, document decisions and tick off actions

Identify key metrics, and link reports clearly to goals

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Hustle Badger @hustlebadger.bsky.social · 2d

Understand your place in your manager’s priorities: you may be critical or not that important

Understand your manager’s traits: are they detail oriented, big picture.... and manage accordingly

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Hustle Badger @hustlebadger.bsky.social · 2d

Understand your manager’s needs and motivations

Employ needs based communication focusing on their goals

Understand what success looks like to your manager

Put the effort in to understand their preferences re: involvement level or how much they want to delegate

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Hustle Badger @hustlebadger.bsky.social · 2d

🔧 Managing up can

Enable you to be the best employee you can be

Increase trust in each other

Give you confidence you have done all that you can to deliver at work

Here's a step by step guide to doing it well

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Hustle Badger @hustlebadger.bsky.social · 2d

❌Managing up does not mean

Rigidity: informing your manager but not taking their feedback into account

Circumvention: going around or above your manager

Sandbagging: hiding negative information

Obfuscation: presenting information inaccurately

Control: trying to change your manager’s mind

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Hustle Badger @hustlebadger.bsky.social · 2d

✅ Managing up means

Understanding your manager’s needs and motivations

Using processes to eliminate surprises, grey zones, and to protect yourself

Ensuring communication is effective

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Hustle Badger @hustlebadger.bsky.social · 2d

Handling senior stakeholders can be tricky. Our top tips for managing up:

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Hustle Badger @hustlebadger.bsky.social · 3d

#vibecoding #ai #product

Hustle Badger @hustlebadger.bsky.social · 3d

𝗧𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆
• Don't be too quick to rewire your organisation.
• Ratios of managers : "super-ICs" : entry level will not make or break your company.
• The real value is in having talent throughout the organisation.
• And, as always, focusing on what really matters.

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Hustle Badger @hustlebadger.bsky.social · 3d

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘁𝗵
• The scarcity today isn’t ideas or resources.
• It’s discipline and focus.
• It’s leadership that can align teams around the 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘵-𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘴.

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Hustle Badger @hustlebadger.bsky.social · 3d

• No one wants to hire grads when they are figuring out things themselves, but these will bounce back. Successful companies have talent pipelines.
• Managers, for better or worse, are here to stay. Coordinating people requires management. AI doesn't solve politics, noise and ambiguity.

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Hustle Badger @hustlebadger.bsky.social · 3d

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆
• Revenue per employee will grow. You'll do more with less.
• Entry level jobs will evolve and expectations will rise.
• But startups have 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 hired generalist ICs. This isn't new. It's because startups needs change constantly.

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Hustle Badger @hustlebadger.bsky.social · 3d

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝘆𝘁𝗵
• Every week I see people claiming AI will make managers obsolete.
• That entry level jobs will disappear.
• That the best AI startups are just hiring “10x ICs” armed with AI.

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