The Only Metric That Matters

Product managers spend much of their time thinking about metrics, and companies from start-ups to corporates spend a lot of effort working out whether their numbers are good enough: good enough to raise money, to keep working on a feature, or to believe a product will grow into something much bigger.

In this talk from Mind the Product San Francisco 2017, Josh Elman helps break through that data noise to define the one metric that matters for a product. He draws on his experience at LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter, and on the many start-ups he worked with as a partner at Greylock.

The talk suits product managers, designers and founders who want a clearer way to decide which number tells them whether their product is working, and to design and prioritise around it.