A deep dive into the philosophy of shipping, scaling, and owning the outcome.
There's a fundamental difference between a Product Manager and a Product Operator. A manager owns the roadmap; an operator owns the outcome. At $5M ARR, you can't plan your way to the next milestone—you have to ship your way there.
Operating means embracing constraints as features. It's the ruthless elimination of anything that doesn't move the needle on usage or revenue. This mindset shift is what separates high-growth startups from companies that just iterate in circles.
Ruthless Prioritization
Execution is about decision quality. Every feature added is a liability subtracted from your focus. As an operator, my job is often saying "no" to good ideas to ensure we ship the one great one that defines the product's survival.