A New Path for Product Leaders Tired of the Corporate Grind
How to go from Senior PM or Above to a Solopreneur
I’ve coached 380+ PMs over the last 4 years whilst running Prod MBA.
I’ve helped most get promoted, find their dream role, or even start a business.
This year, however, I’ve noticed something different in the air.
Was it Covid?
Remote work?
The uncertainty of mass layoffs?
I’m not sure.
Whatever the reason, a common message has emerged:
That senior product people are fed up.
Fed up with frustrating meetings for 8hrs per day.
Fed up with “stakeholder management”.
Fed up with a draining corporate structure.
Remember that day you realised that another promotion & pay rise just leads to more work, more stress, more meetings - & less fulfilment?
You’re not alone.
Like you, most product leaders simply don’t want to do it for the next 30 years of their working lives.
The problem?
To enjoy freedom of time, the inconvenient truth is that you cannot achieve this working for somebody else.
Nor can you really achieve this working in product, because of the hands-on, management-heavy nature of the job.
Companies like mine have pushed answers to a certain question:
“How to be a better Product Manager & Leader?”
But, over the last few months, I’ve realised that we might be asking the wrong question.
The question most senior product people really want answered is this:
”How can I get better at product to launch my own business?”
Because, quite honestly, product influences & courses push a false hope:
The message that, if only you get a bit better at product management, you’ll suddenly find your job really easy & stress-free.
That product is the “dream career path”.
Which is just not true.
The theory doesn’t match up to reality.
95% of you will not find those rare, truly product-led, autonomy-first businesses that allow you to thrive.
Instead, 95% of you must take the hard, but empowering path of launching your own business (which, in today’s economic conditions, means bootstrapped solopreneurship).
The good news?
Most of you have the right skills set.
The bad news?
Many of you probably don’t have the will.
If you’re not sure which group you’re in, ask yourself this:
"Are you going to spend another decade in meetings, or are you ready to build a life where you call the shots?"
👉 Join the exclusive beta list now if you’re interested in going from Senior PM+ to Becoming a Solopreneur – & brave enough to put the work in.
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