The key to any successful startup is close collaboration between product and engineering. This sounds easy, but can be incredibly difficult.
example that’s common to see is an engineering-led “engineering roadmap” and a product-led “product roadmap” and for the two to be completely independent of each other,
leaders, it’s important to identify and reinforce a team dynamic around the creation of value rather than an organizational reporting structure. This cross-functional product team becomes a team member’s “first team”. As a leader, when you define your team as your group of direct reports, you are enabling a tribal concept that contributes to an “us vs. them” dynamic.