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When I was in the policymaking world and was considering grad school/academia, an underlying theme in my research was that the principal-agent problem is a reflection of misaligned incentives which leads a stag-hunt dynamic to become a Nash Equilibrium. Long story short, incentives matter, and understanding how to align your initiatives with the incentives of veto players helps build coalitions that you need to get i…
> but I also taught myself how to do basic FP&A, marketing, user experience research, and other functions Any recommended resources?
For marketing and pricing strategy, probably "Monetizing Innovation".
For UX research, CS160's content [0]
For sales strategy, "Blue Ocean Strategy".
For launching products, "The Lean Startup".
But most critically, start having sincere conversations with stakeholders and understand why they do what they do.
Ofc, if you don't work in a major tech and startup hub like in the Bay, Seattle, NYC, TLV, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Shanghai, Beijing, London, Prague, Warsaw, or Bucharest, much of this is moot because the kind of organization that would allow you to grow doesn't exist outside of those hubs.