Vickie Peng, Product Partner at Sequoia, shares her product insights: Lessons from scaling companies, perfecting product strategy, and mastering product-market fit. Learn about setting clear product missions, scoping projects for impact, and prioritizing retention over acquisition. Dive into challenges of achieving product-market fit, breaking market habits, and navigating product development in competitive markets.

Vickie Peng, a Partner at Sequoia Capital and former product leader at Instagram and Polyvore, shares her journey from product management to venture capital. She discusses the critical role of conviction in startups, emphasizing problem understanding and customer happiness. Vickie outlines Sequoia’s Arc Program, which accelerates growth for pre-PMF companies. She also highlights retention's importance as a foundation for sustainable growth and delves into the collaboration of cross-functional teams in shaping successful products.