18% growth YoY
Hello everyone,
I’m sure most of you clicked on this post with this in mind:
“Why is this exciting?! What’s this number?”
No, I haven’t been secretly working on a new product… This rate would be a bit depressing, right?
The product management function is booming all across Europe. We count more than 23.000 product managers in France, 27.000 in Germany and 18.000 in The Netherlands.
Looking at the growth of this sector, every year, 10.000 new product managers emerge in Europe, of which 1.000 in Belgium alone in 2021. That’s an incredible 18% growth in just 9 months for the Belgian market.
Looking at this, it’s not surprising to read about these fantastic related tech stories that are popping every day (e.g. €10m+ funding round for both Myskillcamp and Sortlist). With the government digitisation plans recently announced, I feel we only see the tip of the iceberg.
Personally, over the last decade, I had the chance to endorse various product leadership roles, which gave me the opportunity to coach & train fantastic talents & teams. With all this experience gathered, I decided that the time was right for a change, but what would my next move be? One thing is certain, looking at dozens of projects I’ve worked on, I don’t seem to fit in “a” box.
My main driver today, the one that gets me the most energy, is when I help others. Coaching talent, challenging their thoughts, helping them become more autonomous & better at what they do is what pushes me every morning. I simply love to challenge the status quo, the business models and help people and organisations go to the next level.
This is why I’ve decided to take a different approach and launch a consulting firm specialising in product management.
Through this vessel, I aim to gather the brightest minds in Europe, empower them and place them in the organisation where they will have the highest impact. The ambition is to become the accelerator hub for future CPOs in Europe. To become the product management reference in Europe, where people seek content, frameworks, and use cases to build their careers and ramp up their game.
On top of this, I also aim to contribute actively to the Belgian Tech scene by advising and investing in promising startups at pre-seed and seed stages.
Should you want to support this new venture, there are many ways for that:
Forward this email to your friends and family
Join me in this venture
Recommend me fantastic product managers
Drop me a line to share your thoughts on this
Become a guest contributor on our website
As this is only the beginning of the journey, you’ll probably hear me more in the future! :-)
Thanks for your time,
Timoté
ps: more great news will come over the coming weeks! 🚀🦾