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Maven is sponsoring a free PM career panel with ​Marily Nika, Peter Yang, and Gabrielle Bufrem on December 12th. Looks interesting! Check it out. Are…
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Sharing some advice I wrote to a product leader. John, my company seems to be in a terrible cycle. We are so reactive. Nothing is stable. Nothing lasts…
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Are you on a small team, shared team, specialist team, or new team? Are you under extra scrutiny? Does it feel like no one trusts you? That you need to…
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How can you work more effectively with diverse individuals and teams as a product leader? We all tend to have our "go-to" explanations when things go…
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Are you a full-time product manager, engineer, designer, or data analyst? I would be very grateful if you could participate in this single question…
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Here are some strategy prompts to guide you through the perverse holiday ritual we call annual planning. Are these meant to be challenging? Yes. You’ll…
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It is common in B2B SaaS to describe companies as vertical and horizontal. For example: Vertical: Procore "Make it easier to manage construction…
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I am experimenting with some new ideas. One idea is to share a library of my drawings, infographics, etc. But I’m not sure what to do, and how to do it…
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Plan on a Page Checklist A brief mission statement and vision for your team. What does your team do? What is your mission? What gets you up in the…
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I have a simple definition of ProductOps. ProductOps solves problems for product teams that single teams and individuals cannot solve. In this sense…
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Some News Amplitude has some cool live (free) courses. Check the calendar. I did a talk recently that I am happy about called Focus First, Then…
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To thrive in tech, you must figure out how to work with Very Confident People who dismiss you. You will encounter people who are very confident about…
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