Mastering Early-Stage Product Roadmapping

05/23/24 • 27 min

In this episode, we are looking into how to connect your product roadmap to your vision and goals, and how to approach roadmapping as an early-stage startup.
We will talk about:

How to get sales and product aligned behind the roadmap
Why it is import to distinguish between your roadmap and your backlog
What it means to balance predictability and adaptability and why this matters
Best practise around prioritization and roadmapping tools

If you want to read more about this topic, then check out Markus deep-dive article about "The playbook to fix your product roadmap" and us on Linkedin to not miss other important insights -> Markus & Bastian.

In this episode, we are looking into how to connect your product roadmap to your vision and goals, and how to approach roadmapping as an early-stage startup.
We will talk about:

How to get sales and product aligned behind the roadmap
Why it is import to distinguish between your roadmap and your backlog
What it means to balance predictability and adaptability and why this matters
Best practise around prioritization and roadmapping tools

Previous Episode

How to Leverage Public Funds in the Early-Stage

My co-founder Bastian has raised over 20 million in public funding in his career and with our early-stage statup we have raised 2 million a few months after starting our venture. In this episode, we share our learning about leveraging public funding.
We will address topics like:

The complexities and different types of public funding
How to think about using agencies to support you
Practical tips on how to navigate the application process and the documentation after you receive a grant
How to avoid priority conflicts between your grant project and your actual roadmap

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From 0 to 100k ARR: Our Lessons Learned

In this episode, we share how we transformed Flinn.ai from an idea to a revenue-generating machine. We reflect on our experiences, from initial cold calls to sealing deals, and the crucial lessons we learned along the way to hitting 100k ARR.
We talk about:

The crucial role of founders in early sales efforts.
Our experiences with different sales channels, and our key takeaways from our experiments.
How we approached pricing, structured our first contracts, and navigated early-stage negotiations.
How aligning product development with sales efforts helped us achieve our revenue goals.