20Product: Sequoia's Product-Market Fit Framework | Why the Best Product People Actually Build Less Product | Metrics 101, Good vs Great Product Strategy and more with Vickie Peng, Product Partner @ Sequoia Capital

Vickie Peng is a Product Partner at Sequoia and the co-creator of Arc, their company-building immersion programme for pre-seed and seed stage founders. Prior to Sequoia, Vickie was a product manager at Polyvore (acquired by Yahoo for $200M) and Instagram, where she grew SMB advertising from $200M to $1BN. In Today’s Episode with Vickie Peng We Discuss: Lessons from 15 Years in Product How did Vickie make her way into the world of product? How did Vickie turn a small side business into a massive revenue machine at TrialPay? How did Vickie scale Instagram SMB ads to $1BN? What were her takeaways? What was Vickie’s business model at Polyvore that eventually led to the $200M acquisition by Yahoo? Lessons from Scaling 100+ Companies in Sequoia What does Vickie believe are the biggest mistakes early stage founders make when telling stories? Which 2 components does Vickie believe every great product mission should include? How should pre-product-market fit founders set their north star metric? Perfecting Product Strategy What was Vickie’s biggest product mistake? What were her lessons? Why does Vickie think the best product people build less product? What is Vickie’s advice to product leaders starting their first day on the job? What are the most common mistakes founders make when hiring product teams? Product-Market Fit Masterclass Why does Vickie believe product-market fit is a journey not a destination? What are the biggest reasons founders fail to get product-market fit? What are the 3 types of product-market fit? How does Vickie advise founders to differentiate themselves in competitive markets? What is Vickie’s framework for competing against incumbents?  

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