As a product person, almost nothing can match the fun of working on a B2B Product at a Product-Focused Company

B2B ⇒ Much higher likelihood of success than Consumer

Product-Focused ⇒ Everyone cares deeply about user experience ⇒ You get to build a product you can be proud of

At Product-Focused Companies:

-Strategy matters
-Product quality is vital
-Good design is table-stakes
-Long-term thinking is encouraged
-Org is designed to build great product
-Decisions are rigorous, customer-focused
-End-to-end customer experience is viewed as “the product”

At Product-Focused Companies, the entire fabric of the organization is optimized to help you create high quality products that solve meaningful customer problems.

As a Product Manager at such a company, you aren't the only one thinking about & obsessing over building a superb product & business.

All other functions are working in concert with you to make this a reality.

It truly makes the PM's job easier, in a very good way.

On the challenges with B2B products: https://twitter.com/shreyas/status/1270905866988863489

On the (much greater) challenges with Consumer products: https://twitter.com/shreyas/status/1271240038399918080

Note that Product-Focused doesn't mean PM-Focused or PM-Led or PM-Driven.

PM calling all the shots is not the goal.

See this thread for some dangers of PM-Driven companies: https://twitter.com/shreyas/status/1274835474985611264