Top 11 Thing I Learned......

In doing some research on a project, I have run across a great blog, Product Management Tips By Gopal Shenoy.

One of his posts from close to a year ago was entitled: "Top 11 things I learnt at Solidworks in the last 11 years!" It is a good post, I have included the major bullet items below, but read his blog, you will get a fuller appreciation for the 11 important points.

• Hiring is the most important thing you will do at work and always hire people smarter than you.
• A manager’s success is all about making his/her reports successful in what they do.
• You cannot move up in the company unless you train your replacement.
• It is all about “relationships” and not “products."
• Only viewpoint that matters is that of the customer.
• There is a big difference between products that customers will “buy” vs. products customers “like.”
• Be “market driven” and not be “marketing driven.”
• Have technical and business arguments with colleagues as long as none of it turns personal.
• Have meetings before the meeting.
• Trying and failing is a lot better than failing to try.
• Execution is the key to being successful.