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📢 Announcing a New Community for Product Leaders When I was a Chief Product Officer (CPO), I often felt isolated, without anyone to share my struggles and insights with. Upon transitioning out of that role, I coached many others facing the same challenges. To address this, four years ago, during the pandemic, I gathered six fellow CPOs, and together we founded the Skip Community. The Skip Community facilitates conversations that you simply can’t have anywhere else. Discussions like: - How do I navigate working with my boss, who is also the founder? - I’m starting my job search… what interesting positions are you seeing in the market? - How should I manage a layoff? - I’m about to hire a second-in-command, has anyone worked with her before? - I had a huge win at work, can we celebrate together? - I’m concerned about the management team’s culture, should I consider leaving? - Is it worth exercising this stock? - How should I evaluate these three job offers? - Should I double-down on my core product or split part of my team to innovate? - Has anyone run an M&A process before? - Ugh… today was a tough day… While there are many valuable product communities, ours is unique due to the trust between our members. We prioritized quality over quantity, slowly growing by adding a few heads of products each quarter for several years. Last spring, we realized that many of the up-and-coming PMs we knew could benefit from a curated, trusted community. Could we expand our close-knit group and retain the quality of conversation, but accelerate the next wave of leaders? Although we are still only 1% complete, I’m thrilled to share that we now have over 75 Skips in our community, adding new members each month. Visit us here at https://skip.community One of the many products that Skip will eventually deliver is a community for every tech professional. None of us should feel alone in our jobs. We all face questions and challenges that others have already solved. Connecting with the right people at the right time can make all the difference. While we are growing the group slowly to maintain trust, we maintain that trust is crucial, even if it we desire to expand to thousands. If you want to join and know an existing Skip member, connect with them for a nomination. We prioritize referrals and manage a waitlist. And if you can’t join Skip yet, I encourage you to create your own support group. Having a network to support you on both good and bad days is a key unlock to your career. Let’s build this together. #ProductLeadership #TechCommunity #SkipCommunity
Great to see this, and eager to be a part of it! One more topic I'd add to the list: I'm looking for trustworthy insights about the future of product management as a functional area. I know lots of laid-off product people, and have heard anecdotally that the number of PM job postings is on the decline. Open to insights from anyone on this thread, or from The Skip.
Belated congrats Nikhyl Singhal on doubling down on Skip! I strongly second that being a product person can be lonely -- especially on earlier stage teams, when you don't have a deep bench of other product people to brainstorm with, grow from, or use as thought partners. Thanks for always being a huge support and mentor to me in my journey, and I'm so excited for what you're bringing to the product community!
Congratulations on the beta launch of Niloom.ai. The seamless integration of Generative AI to simplify AR and VR content creation is truly impressive. Looking forward to seeing how this platform will transform the landscape for creators. What specific challenges did you face during development that Niloom.ai helps overcome?
This looks incredibly valuable! I encountered most of these questions myself and found it challenging to tackle them alone. It's great to see something like this happening.
This is great - exactly what I've been looking for.
Congratulations on creating and launching the Skip community, Nikhyl! I’m excited at the opportunity to learn more from the product leaders you have assembled and contribute to your Skip community if nominated.
Nikhyl Singhal I haven't reached the CPO level yet, but I'm looking for the answer to the first question that you mentioned.😉
Congratulations! This will be a great platform for product leaders to connect and share. I have valued my own tribe as I go through the highs and lows of my career.
Such a fantastic initiative, Nikhyl Singhal! Have seen first-hand how invaluable and rewarding and highly appreciated these communities for Product leaders are, especially in a local, face-to-face setting! Would love to exchange experiences around that with you.
Love this!! I wish I had this as a PM! Being a PM was the hardest job I had before becoming a founder. This sounds like such an amazing community.