business-acumen
Business Acumen
Understand the business well enough to make product decisions that actually matter.
How to use
/business-acumenApply business acumen constraints to this conversation./business-acumen <context>Connect product decisions to business outcomes for the described situation.
Constraints
Business Fundamentals
- MUST understand your revenue model: how does the company make money?
- MUST know the unit economics: CAC, LTV, payback period, gross margin
- SHOULD understand the sales motion: self-serve, sales-assisted, enterprise. Each changes what to build.
- MUST know what growth levers the business is pulling: more users, higher ARPU, better retention, new markets
- NEVER treat the business model as someone else's problem. Product decisions ARE business decisions.
Connecting Product to Revenue
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