Christophe Dujarric: Insights on Product Management, SaaS, and Strategy

Methods: Adapt It, Don’t Adopt It

It’s been about 12 years that I’ve been working in “agile” environments. I’m getting the chance of discussing with multiple teams from multiple companies, and to try and understand how they work, and where they struggle. One thing especially seems to worry people, funnily enough: words.

The Five Stages of Remote Work

This is my personal experience of 5 years of remote work. I don’t claim everyone goes through those 5 stages, but hopefully, the lessons I learned can be helpful to someone.

The Alphabet of SaaS Start-Ups

Have you noticed? The start-up world has its own vocabulary. If you’re new at this, here’s a short lexicon, which I hope will be useful. Especially as some of it aren’t necessarily Silicon Valley buzzwords.

'Eat Your Own Dog Food' Dilemma

Eat your own dog food Product Managers like that saying.

That Podcast – My First Steps in the Start-Up World

I’ve had the honor of being invited to share some of my experiences on thatpodcast.io.

Where Strategic Partnerships and Marketplaces Fail

The strategic partnerships may sometimes sound like an El Dorado. But most of the time, you’ll be digging until you lose your nails for non-existing gold lodes.

Your Sales Don’t Know What They Are Selling

In a previous article, I wrote that your sales team doesn’t know what they are selling. By this, I mean that they most likely aren’t users of the product. They don’t know it inside out like you should, as a product manager.

Of Egos and Organizations

A few months ago, I attended Intercom’s “World Tour”. To be honest I didn’t expect this kind of content, on lessons Intercom’s team learnt while growing to the business they are today. It was filled with valuable experiences. Not necessarily on the business of creating a tool to communicate with users of SaaS businesses. Rather on the struggles of a web business trying to be good at what they do.

Organizations Are Made of Humans

In the startup world, most are aware that to become a unicorn, on top of a great idea you need some (a lot of) luck.

The Product Is the Organization

The Product is the Business. The User Problem is the Essence of the Product. Let me give it a twist: The Product is the Organization. Your team’s coordination defines your ability to deliver the Product.

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