🔹 “Your Roadmap Isn’t a Strategy”
A roadmap is just a list of what’s next. A strategy is why those things matter, how they connect, and what they’re trying to achieve.
Without strategy, your roadmap becomes a reactive wishlist — not a growth engine.
And when you confuse “what’s coming” with “where we’re going,” you lose the ability to say no.
🧭 Anchor every roadmap in a real, directional strategy.
🔹 “Vision Should Make You Uncomfortable”
If your product vision is easy to explain and quick to achieve, it’s probably too small.
A real vision should stretch the company — it should feel slightly out of reach.
The roadmap might only get you 10% of the way there, but that’s the point: it’s a journey, not a checklist.
🚀 Vision should inspire teams and scare founders (just a little ;-) ).
🔹 “You Don’t Have a Product Problem. You Have a Clarity Problem”
When product momentum stalls, the instinct is to add more features.
More UI, more edge cases, more iterations.
But what’s usually missing isn’t functionality — it’s alignment.
Alignment on who it’s for, what matters, and why now.
🎯 Before you ship, align on the problem you’re solving.