When planning your product strategy, getting opinions from your stakeholders is key.
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However, those opinions should not be the final arbiter. You should make the final decisions. If you plan to expand into a new market, the stakeholders for the old market won't be the experts. Likewise, it is important to know the issues facing your current customers. But they won't tell you all about your new customers. Product strategy is not democracy. Agree? Discuss.