Disclaimer: this article was originally published on Oct 4, 2021 on my LinkedIn. I’m copying it here to encourage Medium audience to help raise funds for Ukraine’s protection. More details on that at the end of the article. 1.5 years ago I started working on Vimeo’s Enterprise offering, and coming…

Since I started at Vimeo 1 year ago, I evaluated the opportunity of launching a new product or entering a new market four times, and we’ve proceeded with one of them so far. I found it very similar to launching a startup, but I wish I had the structure and…

This story was originally published on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/things-do-when-starting-new-product-manager-job-markiyan-matsekh/ Before joining Vimeo, I mostly worked with products that I started from scratch. And during onboarding, I realized there’s a lot to take into account when inheriting an existing product with a team around it. …

One year ago, I embarked on a journey to get a product management job at a leading tech company in the U.S. while being a citizen of Ukraine without any work permit abroad. Today, I’m a Vimeo employee in New York with an O-1 visa. …

Here’s a challenge: you’ve validated the demand but need 2 years of development works to validate the solution. How do you minimize the risk of wasting 2 years on building the wrong thing? How do you know which minimal set of functionality will satisfy this demand and get you to…

While I believe most learnings come from doing stuff and not reading about it, there are still many ideas and perspectives in books (and podcasts, and blogs etc) that can speed up the learning curve. I’ve shared this list many times in private so I’d like to share it publicly…

After talking with fellow product managers about their products and customers I’ve noticed that it takes more time and effort to relate to some products than the others. And it’s not binary, there’s definitely a range. Obviously, there’s domain and industry knowledge, but I figured there’s a better indicator of…

“Hey, I need your advice on my new startup. But don’t tell anyone what it is, because when Google finds out they’ll copy it quickly”. Duh. I’ve heard this too many times. With this article, I’d like to beat it out of anyone who still has such concerns. Why no one can steal your idea My strong…

For me as a product manager, it’s an absolute fun to recruit speakers for IT Arena’s Product Track. And it’s even more fun to announce them and see them interact with local crowd. This article will shed the light on product speakers and topics at IT Arena conference 2018. It’s…