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Chandra Janakiraman: evaluation

26 Jan 2025 Lenny's Podcast An operator’s guide to product strategy | Chandra Janakiraman (CPO at VRChat, ex-Meta, Headspace, Zynga)

“There is a smallest flavor of it which focuses on solving problems, they're called present forward, and it typically operates in a two-year horizon. We use a five-stage process to get there and it takes about eight to 12 weeks.”

— Chandra Janakiraman

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Chandra Janakiraman
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evaluation
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26 Jan 2025
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Lenny's Podcast

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…Say someone's sitting down, okay, I'm going to start developing a strategy for our product. Where do you begin? What does this process look like? In terms of what product strategy is? There is a smallest flavor of it which focuses on solving problems, they're called present forward, and it typically operates in a two-year horizon. We use a five-stage process to get there and it takes about eight to 12 weeks. The reason I think this process works is there is a ton of alignment built in. It goes back to human psychology of just something that comes from you, feels a lot more familiar and easy to accept. Let's talk about big S strategy. When should you approach strategy this way?…

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