Joe Procopio
Chief Product Officer at Growers
Expertise: Product development and management, sales
Education: North Carolina State University

Joe Procopio is the chief product officer of Growers and the founder of Teaching Startup. He has more than three decades of startup experience, including serving as the CPO of Get Spiffy, where he led product from $2 million to $60 million in annual revenue, and CPO of Automated Insights, where he co-developed the first commercially available generative AI. platform. In addition to Built In, Procopio regularly contributes to Inc. Magazine.

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b2x-startup-model
B2X takes an agnostic approach to who you're selling to. But it requires a product and sales strategy that can conform to multiple requirements and use cases. 
A support member working on a computer.
A weak support team can lead to a weak company. To maximize efficiency, prioritize triage, communicate holds, fix the escalation path, and allow for generosity.
A number of hands hold up a physical text bubble with “requirements” written on it. /product/product-requirements-documentation-prd
Sorry, founders — a product requirements document isn’t sexy, but it is a must for building a successful product. Here’s what you need to write a winning PRD.
Raise Money for a No-Code Startup
I’m not going to talk you out of it, so let’s make sure you take your best shot.
Several drawings of a baby learning to walk. /founders-entrepreneurship/4-phases-scale-crawl-walk-run
How to keep it simple — and solvent.
Four wooden blocks are in a row. A pawn sits on top of the first one. The first three have right-facing arrows. The fourth has a bullseye. /founders-entrepreneurship/turn-goals-into-actions-procopio
Here’s a simple tool that I use to help startups, including my own, turn their plans into reality.
Closeup of a buzzer with a large "X" on it.
Avoid the lazy mistakes that come with poor pitch planning.
no-code-startups-big-catch
If you want your no-code business to take off, you have to treat it as a tool, not a business idea.
weird-entrepreneurs
The only way to succeed — with a startup or anything else you pursue — is to understand what makes you different and be faithful to it.
your-data-reporting-tools-are-obsolete
As the volume of available data grows more overwhelming, you need to reduce the noise at the source.
mvp-email-content-campaign
Tapping the value of your email list could be the game changer that allows you to find elusive market fit.
startup-network-superpower
Your circle should make it easier for your company to get what it needs.