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👋Today's guest:
Corporate Waters By Mikhail Shcheglov: corpwaters.substack.com
Mikhail Shcheglov - https://www.linkedin.com/in/scheglovm1/
Group Product Manager at Bolt for 3.5 years
Previously Product Manager roles at OLX (Avito) and Yandex, PhD in Economics
Experience in mobility, e-scooter rentals, car sharing, and buyer experience
In this episode:
Mikhail's gives practical examples from experience at Bolt
6 essential criteria for Bolt Product Manager
Business ownership: including financial metrics, influencing people, understanding business context
Thinking strategically, not only tactically: global and local maxima, how to set up a roadmap for maximum impact
Basic product mindset: user identification, focusing on problems instead of solutions, hard and soft value proposition
Understanding the dynamics of marketplace: liquidity and solving cold start problems
Thinking beyond features: how to drive business impact without features
Cultural aspects, motivation, and coaching within Bolt
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
1:10 About Mikhail
4:22 Business ownership at Bolt
9:11 How to influence people
11:11 Understanding business fundamentals
13:51 Key financial metrics for PMs
16:19 Access to financials at Bolt
21:26 Strategic thinking for long-term success
25:11 Global vs. local maxima in decision-making
29:05 Thinking beyond features
31:01 Bringing problems, not solutions
34:56 Why "your ideas can't go wrong"
37:57 Coaching practices at Bolt
41:41 Product mindset in large companies
46:26 Hard and soft value propositions
48:51 Understanding marketplace dynamics
55:36 Product Manager certifications
58:39 How to evaluate PMs during interviews
References in this episode:
📚Corporate Waters By Mikhail Shcheglov: corpwaters.substack.com
📖 JK post on hard and soft value: https://jinken.substack.com/p/value-led-growth-hard-and-soft-value
📖 JK post on strategy: https://jinken.substack.com/p/what-the-heck-is-strategy
📖 Corporate Waters on marketplace growth: https://corpwaters.substack.com/p/what-i-learned-about-marketplace
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