This is my first blog post ever. It’s a reflection on the most valuable lessons I learnt working as a Product Manager at a startup called RadFrame.

Note: this isn’t necessarily a list of things you need to be a good PM. There’s plenty that’s been written on that — read anything by Ken Norton, and also see here, here, and here.

This list is just unadulterated learnings from my experience, in no particular order.

1. As a PM, it’s your job to set the framework for action

Everyone in your team wants to do the work (most of the time — in my experience anyway). What I’ve learnt is that sometimes people…