Founding PM Circle (Aug)
- WHO IT IS FOR: Founding product managers, early PM hires, and product leaders at early-stage startups.
- WHAT IT IS ABOUT: Navigating the unique challenges of the founding PM role, from managing founder dynamics to adapting to agentic coding and rapid shipping velocities.
- FORMAT: An intimate, vetted roundtable designed for candid peer exchange and substantive discussion.
The founding PM role is uniquely challenging, requiring you to define roadmaps with limited data and make high-stakes bets without a playbook. In today's landscape, the rise of agentic coding is further expanding PM responsibilities, blending traditional prioritization and user research with active prototyping and shipping. While founders have extensive support networks, the Founding PM Circle provides a much-needed equivalent for product leaders building in the early stages.
Led by experienced product leaders Jaron Parnala and Sam Shaffer, this monthly gathering focuses on the real-world friction of early-stage product management. Participants will engage in a candid environment to discuss working with technical founders and building through ambiguity. This is not networking theater; it is a curated space for vetted peers to solve the specific problems that come with being the first product hire in a fast-paced startup environment.