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Finance skills for product people

Image shows a person studying financial numbers on their tablet. It serves as an illustration for the blog post.

Every executive team is focused on the financials. They care about revenue and their organization’s financial results. Understanding how to relate the value of what we do in product storytelling to business results and money is a key factor in getting teams funded and being trusted with our roadmap priorities. Ideally, product initiatives make senseContinue reading “Finance skills for product people”

How to think and talk about business impact

A female CFO analyzing the financials of her organization. She is wearing a blouse and glasses and looks at a stack of papers in her hands

About 8 years ago I had just started in a new product role. I wanted to get to know my key stakeholders and understand this organization’s business. I was lucky that the CFO and me both worked in the same office, physically close to each other. I wanted to understand what kind of business caseContinue reading “How to think and talk about business impact”