"Let's take Google Fitbit as the product and analyze how to identify its competitors.
1. Identify Direct Competitors (Similar Wearables & Smartwatches)
Fitbit is a fitness tracker and smartwatch brand, so direct competitors include:
Apple Watch Series (Apple)
Samsung Galaxy Watch (Samsung)
Garmin Wearables (Garmin)
Amazfit & Zepp (Huami)
Xiaomi Mi Band (Xiaomi)
These brands offer smartwatches or fitness bands with similar health-tracking features.
2. Use Launch Events for Insi"
Rajdeep J. - "Let's take Google Fitbit as the product and analyze how to identify its competitors.
1. Identify Direct Competitors (Similar Wearables & Smartwatches)
Fitbit is a fitness tracker and smartwatch brand, so direct competitors include:
Apple Watch Series (Apple)
Samsung Galaxy Watch (Samsung)
Garmin Wearables (Garmin)
Amazfit & Zepp (Huami)
Xiaomi Mi Band (Xiaomi)
These brands offer smartwatches or fitness bands with similar health-tracking features.
2. Use Launch Events for Insi"See full answer
"Assumptions:
We're looking only at a single large dealership in San Jose, per the question, not all large car dealerships
New cars already come with tires; the dealer does not have to purchase them separately
A couple of different ways I might approach this:
Approach 1: Estimate based on # cars serviced per day
Dealer intakes 10 cars for servicing per hour (based on anecdotal observation)
100 cars serviced per day (assuming service dept. open 10 hours per day)
Cars that need onl"
Andrew B. - "Assumptions:
We're looking only at a single large dealership in San Jose, per the question, not all large car dealerships
New cars already come with tires; the dealer does not have to purchase them separately
A couple of different ways I might approach this:
Approach 1: Estimate based on # cars serviced per day
Dealer intakes 10 cars for servicing per hour (based on anecdotal observation)
100 cars serviced per day (assuming service dept. open 10 hours per day)
Cars that need onl"See full answer
"First, I would operationalize the term "slip" by asking:
What’s slipping — delivery, scope, quality, or decision-making?
Second, I would ask the following questions that help me shape the possible causes for the "slip":
What is important for us in this project delivery: time/quality/scope?
What is the priory of this project? Is it urgent? Do we have a strict customer or other stakeholder commitment?
Is it a big project that involves multiple teams or is only one team involved"
Anastasiia V. - "First, I would operationalize the term "slip" by asking:
What’s slipping — delivery, scope, quality, or decision-making?
Second, I would ask the following questions that help me shape the possible causes for the "slip":
What is important for us in this project delivery: time/quality/scope?
What is the priory of this project? Is it urgent? Do we have a strict customer or other stakeholder commitment?
Is it a big project that involves multiple teams or is only one team involved"See full answer
"Thanks for the question! This is one of my favourite topics because it’s at the core of what we do as PMs DAILY: making the complex simple to drive alignment. I’ve got a structured way to approach this, and I’ll use it to explain payment aggregators - like Plaid - and how they enable Open Banking, with a twist about a technical hiccup I’ve seen in practice. Let’s dive in.
I start by assessing the audience. Say I’m talking to a marketing manager at Transak - someone sharp but not techni"
Adarsh S. - "Thanks for the question! This is one of my favourite topics because it’s at the core of what we do as PMs DAILY: making the complex simple to drive alignment. I’ve got a structured way to approach this, and I’ll use it to explain payment aggregators - like Plaid - and how they enable Open Banking, with a twist about a technical hiccup I’ve seen in practice. Let’s dive in.
I start by assessing the audience. Say I’m talking to a marketing manager at Transak - someone sharp but not techni"See full answer
"Came up with following strategy:
take logs from user and send to LogService via API GW
LogService takes the responsibility of generating time based SequenceId and persist the log in NoSQL (DDB) with key as SequenceId as primary key and timein_millis as sort (secondary) key. There are many system design tutorials on generating sequential sequence id where prefix is current time in epoch (milliseconds)
Since there would be many LogService servers, spread across different availability zo"
Shahnawaz A. - "Came up with following strategy:
take logs from user and send to LogService via API GW
LogService takes the responsibility of generating time based SequenceId and persist the log in NoSQL (DDB) with key as SequenceId as primary key and timein_millis as sort (secondary) key. There are many system design tutorials on generating sequential sequence id where prefix is current time in epoch (milliseconds)
Since there would be many LogService servers, spread across different availability zo"See full answer
"Feedback would much appreciated as I have not practiced many product strategy questions
Clarifying questions
Can we assume this is the first time Google has entered the elevator market? Or are there prior elevators to this one? Let's assume first time
Is this a large elevator for industrial use like heavy goods/freight etc. or is it an elevator for apartment blocks and commercial premises? Let's assume passenger elevator
Is there a geography for this launch? Let's assume the US"
Vivan B. - "Feedback would much appreciated as I have not practiced many product strategy questions
Clarifying questions
Can we assume this is the first time Google has entered the elevator market? Or are there prior elevators to this one? Let's assume first time
Is this a large elevator for industrial use like heavy goods/freight etc. or is it an elevator for apartment blocks and commercial premises? Let's assume passenger elevator
Is there a geography for this launch? Let's assume the US"See full answer
"To determine which features go into a Minimum Viable Product (MVP), I focus on balancing user needs with business goals, while keeping technical feasibility in mind. My approach usually includes these key steps:
1. Understand the problem deeply:
I start by identifying the core user problem we’re solving—whether that’s through user interviews, support tickets, usage data, or stakeholder input. The goal is to figure out what success looks like for the user in the most basic but valuable form."
Aniruddha N. - "To determine which features go into a Minimum Viable Product (MVP), I focus on balancing user needs with business goals, while keeping technical feasibility in mind. My approach usually includes these key steps:
1. Understand the problem deeply:
I start by identifying the core user problem we’re solving—whether that’s through user interviews, support tickets, usage data, or stakeholder input. The goal is to figure out what success looks like for the user in the most basic but valuable form."See full answer
"slack. it's one of the daily productivity tools I need to use. slack is to make the collaborative work quicker, easier, and less formal. it's an instant message app with different features built on. the main user value is to improve the communication efficiency. the main business value is the paid seats and revenue.
I like so many things but also suffer from other things. slack target enterprise users, community users, smb users. I fall under the first 2 buckets.
personally I have high torre"
Tian H. - "slack. it's one of the daily productivity tools I need to use. slack is to make the collaborative work quicker, easier, and less formal. it's an instant message app with different features built on. the main user value is to improve the communication efficiency. the main business value is the paid seats and revenue.
I like so many things but also suffer from other things. slack target enterprise users, community users, smb users. I fall under the first 2 buckets.
personally I have high torre"See full answer
"Clarify:
Map means -> coordinates
Places -> any location visitable by humans
software/hardware? -> up to you
unmapped by anyone or in Gmaps? -> not in Gmaps
Goal: to widen coverage
constraints -> none
market - US
Time to market -> 3-6 months
Why
Aligns with Google mission
Drive more engagement
Users
Company
Users who drop locations
Big City dwellers
Country side areas
Remote areas with limited internet
End users
Advertisers
Prioritise: siz"
Utkarsh G. - "Clarify:
Map means -> coordinates
Places -> any location visitable by humans
software/hardware? -> up to you
unmapped by anyone or in Gmaps? -> not in Gmaps
Goal: to widen coverage
constraints -> none
market - US
Time to market -> 3-6 months
Why
Aligns with Google mission
Drive more engagement
Users
Company
Users who drop locations
Big City dwellers
Country side areas
Remote areas with limited internet
End users
Advertisers
Prioritise: siz"See full answer
"Clarifying
Travellers in this context are people who are taking domestic or international flights. Answer: Correct.
Are we designing to integrate into an existing product line or completely standalone? Answer: Integrate into existing products.
Are we designing for a specific geography? Answer: Let’s try North America first; we can expand later.
Company Mission
Organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful.
Company Strategy
"
Darpan D. - "Clarifying
Travellers in this context are people who are taking domestic or international flights. Answer: Correct.
Are we designing to integrate into an existing product line or completely standalone? Answer: Integrate into existing products.
Are we designing for a specific geography? Answer: Let’s try North America first; we can expand later.
Company Mission
Organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful.
Company Strategy
"See full answer
"1. Sales & Revenue Metrics
Total Units Sold – Tracks overall headset sales volume.
Revenue Growth (%) – Measures whether revenue is increasing from headset sales over time.
Sales by Channel – Identifies how sales are distributed across Google Store, third-party retailers (Amazon, Best Buy), and carrier partnerships.
Sales by Region – Helps understand geographic demand and refine regional marketing efforts.
Attach Rate – Measures how often the headset is purc"
fuzzyicecream14 - "1. Sales & Revenue Metrics
Total Units Sold – Tracks overall headset sales volume.
Revenue Growth (%) – Measures whether revenue is increasing from headset sales over time.
Sales by Channel – Identifies how sales are distributed across Google Store, third-party retailers (Amazon, Best Buy), and carrier partnerships.
Sales by Region – Helps understand geographic demand and refine regional marketing efforts.
Attach Rate – Measures how often the headset is purc"See full answer