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A long history in product management has taught me to get a handle on what success looks like. That way, you know going in what to expect, and how to execute
The hits just keep on coming. It seems like Elon Musk is trying to pour liquid oxygen on the $44B he is burning on his purchase of Twitter.
Product Management is a consuming profession, if you don't set boundaries and protect your diary, you are gonna have a bad time.
Once, a GM I worked for mused why our development team couldn't be more like a startup. I think Twitter will put that to rest forever

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The saga of, and distressingly rapid degradation of Twitter, and my thoughts. I will forgive you if you don't read this.
Planned sessions with real people give rise to how important the ability to ask probing questions, and to extract maximum value from your face time…
At times, it seems that nobody learned from the dot-com crash of the early aughts. Startups and VC's are in for a funding winter me thinks, and that…
There are many analogies twixt product management and a sports team, but also some important distinctions. Don't overreach on successes, absorb the pain…
Since I am on a roll lately, one additional superpower is to have the ability to remain emotion free when someone says something completely insane in…
Much has been said about product management having empathy for customers, but that is only half the story. Having empathy for your team and those around…
An off the cuff comment really resonates. That being successful requires an ability to find information that is not well structured, and to understand…
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The Product Bistro

Thoughts and essays from a career in Product Management. Over the last twenty-odd years, I have gathered experience across a wide range of technology companies, and will publish my experiences here, to share the wealth.
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