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First Round
How Product Strategy Stalls in the Real World — 6 Common Failure Modes
First Round
~20 min read · Sep 27th · 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 130, including Oliver Raduner, Pascal Sulser, Ines Bieler
Spotify Podcasts 🎙
How to unlock your product leadership skills
Spotify Podcasts 🎙
Sep 24th · Listen to this episode from Lenny's Podcast: Product | Growth | Career on Spotify. Advancing as a product leader requires new skills and a new mindset. Ken Norton is an executive coach who works with… · Shared by 72
Lenny Rachitsky
The role of AI in new product development | Ryan J. Salva (VP of Product at GitHub,…
Lenny Rachitsky
1 min read · Sep 4th · Listen now (65 min) | Ryan J. Salva is the VP of Product at GitHub, where he led the incubation and launch of Copilot. Copilot uses OpenAI’s ML engine to suggest code and entire functions in real… · Shared by 13
Department of Product
Technology Skills for Product Managers
Department of Product
~14 min read · Sep 8th · As with most things in life, the answer to the question of ‘how technical should product managers be?’ is ‘it depends’. It depends on the type of product you’re working on. An API product manager will… · Shared by 28, including Massimiliano Aroffo
Lenny Rachitsky
The nature of product | Marty Cagan, Silicon Valley Product Group
Lenny Rachitsky
1 min read · Aug 21st · Listen now (60 min) | What are common diseases of product teams, and how do you avoid them? Why should you focus less on problem discovery and more on solution discovery? How do you maintain your… · Shared by 13
Roman Pichler
My Product Strategy Model
Roman Pichler
5 min read · Sep 13th · This article describes the product strategy model Roman has developed to make effective strategic decisions and achieve product success. · Shared by 46, including Dan Tousignant, CEO, Lean-Agile Coach
Reforge
4 Major Problems With The Lean Startup Methodology
Reforge
~13 min read · Sep 8th · Recently, startup veterans have identified four core challenges with the Lean Startup. Let's break each of those down & look at a more effective methodology. · Shared by 204, including Teresa Torres, Sachin Rekhi
crazyegg.com
Trello vs. Jira Comparison
crazyegg.com
8 min read · Sep 18th · Trello and Jira are both popular tools for project management. Which one is best for your team? Read our comparison guide to help you decide. · Shared by 6
Mind the Product
Product ops drives product culture
Mind the Product
4 min read · Sep 6th · When leadership pays attention to product ops, it makes it easier for every team to function and pays dividends as a result. Below, I’ll dive into the connections between product ops and product… · Shared by 44, including Oliver Raduner, Massimiliano Aroffo
Mind the Product
Always solve your customer's core problems
Mind the Product
7 min read · Sep 1st · 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 117, including Massimiliano Aroffo, Oliver Raduner
Every 📧
What I Learned at Clubhouse
Every 📧
~15 min read · Sep 1st · 25 lessons from an early employee on product, community, go-to-market, and more · Shared by 90, including Stephanie A Kowalski, Ferit (at 🏠) 🌙, Nathan Baschez 📧
GrowthHackers
Idea Validation for a Digital Product: Importance, Approaches, and Criteria
GrowthHackers
Sep 13th · Starting a digital business in the modern world is costly, so few entrepreneurs can afford to build a product that won’t fly — and investors are also counting their risks. How do you know your prod... · Shared by 12
First Round
ClassPass’ Founder on How Marketplace Startups Can Achieve Product/Market Fit
First Round
20+ min read · Sep 7th · It's rarely a straight line to product/market fit. Here are ClassPass founder Payal Kadakia's hard-won tips for marketplace startups that helped her guide her company from a near-bust to a $470M game… · Shared by 50, including christina r wodtke: the R is for radical focus
gopractice.io
Using data to understand competitive and market dynamics
gopractice.io
~16 min read · Sep 22nd · Product managers know that understanding their market and competition inside and out is vital to the success of their products. Comprehensive market knowledge tells you what problems your customers…
growing-products.paralect.com
A development process startup founders should use to ship features weirdly fast
growing-products.paralect.com
9 min read · Sep 2nd · Here are 9 specific steps founders can use to ship features faster, keep their product team aligned and build what their users really want. · Shared by 31, including William Toll
ProductLed
What is Product Operations (Ops), and is it Right for You?
ProductLed
5 min read · Sep 9th · Product operations or product ops, is a role designed to help a product team operate as effectively as possible to grow a product led company.
Trello
How to write a project status report that works for your team
Trello
7 min read · Sep 20th · Learn how an effective project status report can cut down on meetings and messages, clear up confusion, identify and resolve issues quickly, and ensure everyone’s on the same page. · Shared by 132
abinoda.substack.com
What Makes Developers Unhappy?
abinoda.substack.com
3 min read · Sep 23rd · The key to fostering happy developers may be to focus on their unhappiness. · Shared by 161, including Nils Hitze, Nico Müller 🇺🇦
larahogan.me
Resources for navigating complex leadership work
larahogan.me
2 min read · Sep 22nd · For a decade now, I’ve been writing and sharing free tools, templates, and how-tos for managers. My hope is, of course, that these have all been useful for y... · Shared by 241, including Ines Bieler, Peter Herger
youtube.com
Basecamp: How we run Product Strategy using Basecamp
youtube.com
Sep 21st · How do we decide what to do? Organize all the ideas? Discuss, review, and choose? We do it all in Basecamp. Here's a tour of our Project Strategy project in ... · Shared by 23, including Jason Fried, DHH, Sachin Rekhi
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larahogan.me
Resources for navigating complex leadership work
larahogan.me
2 min read · Sep 22nd · For a decade now, I’ve been writing and sharing free tools, templates, and how-tos for managers. My hope is, of course, that these have all been useful for y... · Shared by 241, including Ines Bieler, Peter Herger
stoplight.io
API-as-a-Product | Stoplight API Best Practices
stoplight.io
6 min read · Sep 14th · How to Create an API Product Strategy: What does API-as-a-Product mean, examples of API Products, and how to use a product mindset to design API Products. · Shared by 222, including Arturo Rebolledo
Reforge
4 Major Problems With The Lean Startup Methodology
Reforge
~13 min read · Sep 8th · Recently, startup veterans have identified four core challenges with the Lean Startup. Let's break each of those down & look at a more effective methodology. · Shared by 204, including Teresa Torres, Sachin Rekhi
aakashgupta.substack.com
Do you really need a North Star Metric?
aakashgupta.substack.com
3 min read · Sep 12th · + Substack’s Product Growth Strategy · Shared by 196, including Oliver Raduner
abinoda.substack.com
What Makes Developers Unhappy?
abinoda.substack.com
3 min read · Sep 23rd · The key to fostering happy developers may be to focus on their unhappiness. · Shared by 161, including Nils Hitze, Nico Müller 🇺🇦
Reforge
Skip the Slides: Drive Faster & Better Decisions with a Memo
Reforge
5 min read · Aug 23rd · Ditch that deck and adopt one-page memos to drive faster and better decisions. We cover the key components, how and when to put them to use, and share a plug-and-play template for you to try out. · Shared by 158
debliu.substack.com
Extrapolating from a Data Set of One or Fewer
debliu.substack.com
5 min read · Sep 11th · How product leaders can build customer empathy without over pivoting on their own needs · Shared by 156
bvp.com
Five laws for community-led growth
bvp.com
5 min read · Aug 16th · Customer success, BizOps, DevOps—a decade ago, these roles and functional groups barely existed. Today, it is hard to find a growth-stage company without them. These roles emerged around metrics-based… · Shared by 153, including Jansnet, ErmanTaylan.eth
Trello
How to write a project status report that works for your team
Trello
7 min read · Sep 20th · Learn how an effective project status report can cut down on meetings and messages, clear up confusion, identify and resolve issues quickly, and ensure everyone’s on the same page. · Shared by 132
First Round
The Principles of Quantum Team Management
First Round
~16 min read · Sep 3rd · Instagram Head of Engineering James Everingham walks us through a different approach to management, drawing on science and machine-building. · Shared by 131, including jorge-ferrer
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indicative.com
The 87 Most Essential Tools For Data-Driven Product Managers
indicative.com
20+ min read · From 2016 · Successful data-driven product managers need a variety of different tools, skills, and capabilities that cut across many domains. · Shared by 1050, including Fırat Demirel, Marc Gasser, Mark Kaigwa, AdrianLocher, Zain Fathoni, Sara Usinger, Dominik Grolimund, 𝐦𝐫𝐯𝐧 , Sir Lord Travis Wright, Web3 Speaker, Ryan Boren, Nando 💪🇦🇺🇦🇷, Greg Meyer, Liza Sperling, Aleyda Solis 🇺🇦, Luca Hammer, Moritz Meenen, Courtney Bolton ★, Herbert Bay, Casey Smith, Stephen C Sanders
raw.studio
Airbnb’s Feature Release: What Can We Learn From It?
raw.studio
7 min read · Jun 1st · Airbnb consumer behaviour has shifted and inspired product changes, with their most recent feature release being the talk of the town. CEO Brian Chesky is even calling it “the biggest change in a… · Shared by 978, including Janosch Troehler, Christo Meid
medium.com
Why Product Thinking is the next big thing in UX Design
medium.com
7 min read · From 2015 · Life’s too short to build something nobody wants… · Shared by 975, including Chris Messina, Tibor Martini 🇺🇦, Nando 💪🇦🇺🇦🇷, Oliver Pitsch, ThomNagy, Klaus Eck, Martin Recke, designshard, Moritz Meenen, Dominik Grolimund, Herbert Bay, Aleyda Solis 🇺🇦, Greg Meyer, Christoph Magnussen, Lailo, Thomas Power, Casey Smith, Marc Steffen, Scott Williams, Tris Hussey
HackerNoon | Learn Any Technology
The Ultimate Guide to Minimum Viable Product
HackerNoon | Learn Any Technology
10 min read · From 2016 · Please raise your hand, if you’ve ever heard about minimum viable product (MVP) and have no clue what it is. When you talk to software… · Shared by 902, including Patrick Scheuerer, Howard Getson, Helmi, Courtney Bolton ★, designshard, Stephen C Sanders, Emerson Macedo, von Moerenburgh, Startupxplore, Aleyda Solis 🇺🇦, Christian Leu, Brent Summers, Christian Müller, Parin Vachhani, Dez S. Papp, Glenn Oberholzer, Matthias Lampe, Mark Kaigwa, Dominik Grolimund, Markus Maurer
Prototypr 👁️✨
The Most Important Rule in UX Design that Everyone Breaks
Prototypr 👁️✨
9 min read · From 2017 · In Product Design, and Possibly Life Management · Shared by 894, including Fabrice Liut 🍌🥑😌, Matthias Lampe, David Hellmann, Nick Floro, ThomNagy, designshard, Adrian Zumbrunnen, Dominik Grolimund, Josep M. Ganyet, Gabriele, Chris Love - PWAs 📳📱& SEO 🔎, tjalve, Zain Fathoni, Lluís Codina, Tim Herbig, Thomas Pleil, Erick Mazer Yamashita, Dez S. Papp, Amel Mehenaoui, Joe Germuska
Lenny Rachitsky
Kickstarting and scaling a consumer business
Lenny Rachitsky
Jul 5th · Step 1: How to come up with an idea · Shared by 879, including Ryan Hoover, Dom Zuend, ErmanTaylan.eth, Mark Kaigwa
First Round
The Best Managers Don’t Fix, They Coach — Four Tools to Add to Your Toolkit
First Round
20+ min read · Jan 11th · Anita Hossain Choudhry (The Grand, First Round) and Mindy Zhang (Dropbox, Oscar Health) draw on their experiences as executive coaches to unpack why managers fall into the “fixing” trap and make the… · Shared by 762, including Jessica Gioglio, Ferit (at 🏠) 🌙, Bill Trenchard, Arne Keuning, Scott Monty, Michael Kolade, Víctor González Pacheco, Jeff Atwood, Thomas Pleil, Massimiliano Aroffo
vimeo.com
Product Strategy is About Saying No
vimeo.com
From 2014 · Intercom's Des Traynor at Business of Software Conference 2013, Boston, MA talking about why Product strategy is mostly about saying no. Funny, thought provoking… · Shared by 754, including niazakhan, Marin Lorant, Andres Saldarriaga, Christian Hartmann
Paul Graham
Do Things that Don't Scale
Paul Graham
~16 min read · From 2015 · July 2013One of the most common types of advice we give at Y Combinator is to do things that don't scale. A lot of would-be founders believe that startups either take off or don't. You build… · Shared by 749, including Luca Hammer, Leo Polovets, designshard, fernand0, Data Science Renee, Sara Usinger, Kevan Lee 👋, David Luescher, Taylor Pearson, Swebliss, Spencer Fry, Gibson Biddle, Rodrigo Prior, Will Critchlow, hiten.eth, Herbert Bay, Zain Fathoni, Startupxplore, Mark Kaigwa
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