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Are Product Managers the CEO of their Product or Not?

John Mecke

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The Great Debate

In 1998 Ben Horowitz, of Opsware and Andreessen Horowitz fame, penned a piece entitled “Good Product Manager/Bad Product Manager” where he asserted:

“A good product manager is the CEO of the product. A good product manager takes full responsibility and measures themselves in terms of the success of the product. They are

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John Mecke

John has over 25 years of experience in leading product management and corporate development organizations for enterprise firms.