Ragini Varma

🚀 Day 4 of #100DaysOfProduct Challenge 📚 Vision & Strategy in Product Decisions Imagine this 👇 ✈️ Should Swiggy build a feature around flight bookings? 🎓 Should Airbnb solve the problem of lack of access to quality education? 💪 Should Slack venture into the health & fitness space? If your instinct says “❌ No way!” … let’s pause and ask why. 🤔 After all, these are real customer needs: -People need cheaper travel 🛫 -Access to quality education 📘 -Better health outcomes 🏃‍♀️ So why shouldn’t these companies solve them? 👉 Because not every problem = the right problem for your business. 🎯 The Infinite Opportunity Space Customers face endless challenges → but companies cannot solve all of them. The question is: Which ones should we solve? 💡 Answer → Business Vision & Strategy Products don’t exist in isolation. They exist to: Solve a real customer problem 🧩 Generate business impact 💰 🔑 Why Business Vision Matters 🛡 Guardrails for Focus → Keeps teams from chasing every shiny idea. 🎯 Dual Value Creation → Solve customer needs AND business goals together. 🧭 Clarity of Purpose → Understand the “true WHY” behind every initiative. 🌱 Sustainable Growth → Build products that last beyond short-term wins. 🛠 Applications in Product Management Here’s how vision & strategy play out in real life 👇 1️⃣ Problem Prioritisation Swiggy focuses on food + quick commerce 🍔, not flights ✈️. Why? Because solving hunger aligns with their vision, while flights don’t. 2️⃣ Opportunity Evaluation Airbnb → travel & stays 🌍 Education? Valid need, but not core to their vision. 3️⃣ Decision Guardrails Slack = workplace collaboration 💻 Health & fitness? 🚴 Great industry, but distracts from their “connect teams” mission. 4️⃣ Team Alignment Everyone rallies around a clear strategy → less chaos, more impact. 📊 Quick Visual: Strategy Funnel Infinite Problems 🔄 ⬇️ Filter by Vision & Strategy 🎯 ⬇️ High-Impact Problems Only 🚀 ✅ Key Takeaways Not every valid customer need = the right business problem. Vision & Strategy = your compass 🧭 to navigate infinite opportunities. Great PMs don’t just ask “Can we build this?” → They ask, “Should we?”. 🧩 Interactive Exercise Think of your favourite app. 👇 💡 What’s a customer problem they should not solve because it’s outside their vision? Drop your answers in the comments — let’s see how many creative misfits we can list! 💬 🔖 #100DaysOfProduct #ProductManagement #Vision #Strategy #LearningInPublic #CareerGrowth

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