Why PMs make great founders with Dani Grant (Jam, Cloudflare)

Blake Thorne (@blakethorne - https://twitter.com/blakethorne) of LaunchNotes talks with Dani Grant (co-founder of Jam, previously of Cloudflare) about the transition from product manager to founder. Dani share’s some of the things you miss when you become a founder, and she explains how her small team works quickly by leveraging internal betas.

Links

• Dani’s company: https://jam.dev/

• Dani’s Tweet about transitioning from PM to founder: https://twitter.com/thedanigrant/status/1629147359883022337

• Startup school series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQ-uHSnFig5M9fW16o2l35jrfdsxGknNB

• Check out LaunchNotes: https://launchnotes.com

• Join Launch Awesome:  https://www.launchnotes.com/launch-awesome

• Follow on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClgMZx0kGDSSBAQG0wkDRyg

• Check out the LaunchNotes Podcast: https://launchnotes-podcast.launchnotes.io/
  

Show notes

(00:00) - Introductions

(02:49) - Things Dani wishes she knew transitioning from PM to founder

(10:10) - Working faster with fewer people and internal betas

(19:22) - Some of the sacrifices of being a founder

(24:01) - What does a good founder / PM relationship look like?

(34:07) - What's happening at Jam?

Listen later? Here are the podcast links

Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/episode/0zKS5ZLRz4ig5iayUm1af5?si=ecc5af46041b45df

Apple - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nailing-the-transition-from-ic-pm-to-product-leadership/id1646061444?i=1000597440994