First Round
How Product Strategy Stalls in the Real World — 6 Common Failure Modes
20+ min · · Why does strategy tend to stall when the rubber hits the road? Nate Stewart, Chief Product Officer of Cockroach Labs, shares an essential guide for creating a resilient strategy that’s still standing… · Shared by 1131, including Oliver Raduner, Pascal Sulser, Ines Bieler
Mind the Product
Always solve your customer's core problems
7 min · · This article offers a lesson in understanding why product managers need to ask themselves "What are my customer's core problems?" Without knowing this answer there is no way they'll be able to make… · Shared by 586, including Massimiliano Aroffo, Oliver Raduner
aakashgupta.substack.com
Do you really need a North Star Metric?
3 min · · + Substack’s Product Growth Strategy · Shared by 357, including Oliver Raduner
gopractice.io
User activation – Product-level building blocks
12+ min · · Once a product team has identified an “aha moment” and the conditions necessary for it, it’s time to think about the user’s journey to value. In this article we zero in on the building blocks that are… · Shared by 119
mkt1.substack.com
The art of content roadmapping
10 min · · Content as a Product Series Post 2: How to create a prioritized content roadmap that actually helps you create high-impact content. · Shared by 299, including Katja Evertz, Oliver Raduner, Gabriele, Neil Hart 💙
plan.io
How to deprioritize or sunset product features
15+ min · · In 2017, Apple did something no one expected. They removed the headphone jack on their latest iPhone. The media called it a mistake. Users took to Twitter to announce they’d rather jump ship to… · Shared by 96, including Oliver Raduner
gopractice.io
Product growth, reinvented: what growth hacking is (and isn’t)
15+ min · · As we describe here, there is no authoritative, one-size-fits-all definition of growth hacking. But in the most general terms, it is a process aimed at communicating the key value of a product to the… · Shared by 88, including Oliver Raduner
Reforge
Trying To Reduce Churn Rate? Avoid These 3 Common Myths
15+ min · · Did you know that not all churn is bad? Or that improving your retention rate is a lot more impactful? Let's bust 3 of the most common churn rate myths! · Shared by 147, including Oliver Raduner, 👨✈️ AA-Admiral ⚓🚀🌌, Teresa Torres
failory.com
How to Run a Product-Market Fit Survey
4 min · · In this article, we dive deep into PMF surveys, one of the best tools to measure product-market fit. Learn what they are and how to run one at your startup. · Shared by 244, including Oliver Raduner
First Round
The One Tool Startups Need to Brainstorm, Test and Win
18+ min · · At the heart of the Lean Startup movement, the Business Model Canvas can help early stage startups carve out a successful model. · Shared by 1589, including Neil Hart 💙, Oliver Raduner
andrewchen.com
How to design a referral program
13+ min · · Above: Dropbox’s innovative growth initiative — A referral program to give/get storage Why a referral program? Referral programs — the “give $5, get $5” offers you see in many apps — have become… · Shared by 1339, including andrew chen, Alex Lieberman, Eduard Banque, Marvin “Polymath but really Just Generalist” Liao, Esther Schindler, John Egan, Lenny Rachitsky, Oliver Raduner, Brian Balfour, 👨✈️ AA-Admiral ⚓🚀🌌, CyberCodeTwins, Sachin Rekhi
danashby.co.uk
What’s the quality of your product?
1 min · · What’s the quality of your product?What’s the first thing you think about when hearing this question?Is it difficult to answer?For some reason, it feels like most people in software, wh… · Shared by 112, including Oliver Raduner
Department of Product
How to de-risk your Product Strategy
8 min · · Ultimately, you’ll never know if what you’re going to build will succeed until you’ve built it. But there are some sensible steps to take before committing to building your product that will help you… · Shared by 151, including Oliver Raduner
Department of Product
How to Create a Product Content Strategy
8 min · · Developing a product content strategy means product managers, designers and UX content writers working closely together. · Shared by 285, including Michelle Boisson, Oliver Raduner
cult.honeypot.io
7 successful product development strategies team leads can steal from big tech companies
5 min · · Developing a product development strategy that works for your company is essential to success. Instead of reinventing the wheel, try these. · Shared by 117, including Oliver Raduner, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Pascal Sulser
Department of Product
React Explained for Product Managers
7 min · · “Building applications with React feels like building a Lego car. You use the blocks to build the parts you need, and then connect the parts together one by one to make the car that slides back and… · Shared by 52, including Oliver Raduner, yeon