
We're Not Marketers · 2026-01-29 · 43 min
Are product marketers actually marketers, or are they just glorified slide deck designers waiting for sales to bark orders? David Lim - a PMM who's survived Google, HP, and multiple startups - joins the skeleton crew to drop some uncomfortable truths. We talk about earning respect when founders don't have a clue what you do, why knowing your customer's quarterly priorities is a superpower, and what happens when you fight a C-suite exec on product strategy (spoiler: sometimes you get fired). If you've ever been asked to "make that deck pretty," this one's for you.