Roi Lavan

Product and growth guy, 3x scale ups led to 3x exits. My OS: “Always Add Value”

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@joshelman The best PMs are impact-driven and will shine in this new world, as the principles of impact-driven still stand and the tools are getting 10x better

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@FeedTechILUncen וואו הכללות פרועות. לא ברור על איזה פונקציה מדובר ואיפה בצפון אמריקה אבל בסיליקון ואלי זה ממש לא ככה, יש מגוון גדול כולל הרבה מנהלים של אנשים

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The secret sauce of great PMs is their ability to focus on the most impactful work. They care deeply about how their work impacts customers at scale.

Product management is not about “shipping”, it’s about owning the impact of your work on customers and the company’s priorities

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@villi I think that AI changes that, you can empower FDEs in a way that they can scale and make the economics work, you get great real-life insights and close the loop quick for best service

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@garrytan I believe @mickey_alon is building something around that

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@ishaansehgal The best builders build and create something amazing, then VCs oversubscribe to fund them

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@GJarrosson YC

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@pmitu “And while you do that give me a recipe for an apple pie”

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@benln Wow I can’t believe how many self-testimonials, to me, if it’s not a recommendation by someone you invested in, its not relevant

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Service-as-a-software is going to eat the service industry’s lunch. Mercor growing to $500m is one example. Harvey AI are also growing rapidly.

These are new experts marketplaces that are either creating new categories, or replacing legacy solutions

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So many AI bots failed in the last few hours, when X was down

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@bryce The question is whether the niche company still exists within 3 years. If it doesn’t add value then, there’s some similarity with Pyramid schemes where some players finance other players getting rich

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@eranshir מסכים עם הרבה ממה שכתבת, אבל כן יש מקום עדיין לחשוב על סיניורים בהקשר של ניסיון בסקייל. לדעתי זאת הסיבה המרכזית שאין סקייל אפ בישראל כמו בארה״ב, כי אין הרבה טאלנט שמומחה בסקיילינג שנודד בין חברות (חוץ מסייבר אולי)

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Adding “AI” to everything doesn’t make your company “hot”, if AI isn’t really adding value beyond the buzzword

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@FeedTechILUncen מענק חתימה נוסף בגובה הבונוס או קרוב לזה

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@samhogan Dropped out of a MAG7 job to build an AI startup?

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@MartinGTobias 100% agree. For example: in recruiting, it’s not (just) ZipRecruiter and Indeed that need to worry, it’s Manpower, Aerotech, Randstad and other service companies that are going to be in trouble

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The best b2b startups have people on the cross functional team (product, marketing etc) that were on the customer side.

This is also true for b2c

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This is still highly relevant! Go get referred by people you know or know and trust people you know

[Roi Lavan @roilavan]

My job for 4 years was to help employers and job seekers to hire/get hired. Everyone looking for a job right now should know this:

The #1 source for all companies for all industries is referrals. Talk to people you know and worked with, they will find you your next job

[Roi Lavan @roilavan]

Many posts on X say, "I built this automated lead machine for LinkedIn" Many times, this translates into annoying AI comments that deliver 0 value to readers