Archive - The Product Bistro

What has captured my attention lately is the slow moving crapshow that is Twitter, the chaos of the FTX debacle, and now, the failure of SVB. Some…

Mar 11

It seems like the "standard" is now a two week sprint for Agile, making me wonder why. Some thoughts...

Mar 6

February 2023

There was a time when long time employees could expect to have a sabbatical, time to work on personal projects, or to just take a break. It would be…

Feb 9

January 2023

Product Management is a consuming profession, if you don't set boundaries and protect your diary, you are gonna have a bad time.

Jan 28

December 2022

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…

Dec 30, 2022

November 2022

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.

Nov 25, 2022

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

Nov 19, 2022

I hear stories of people who are struggling to get that first product management role but I can explain a bit why this is so

Nov 8, 2022

The saga of, and distressingly rapid degradation of Twitter, and my thoughts. I will forgive you if you don't read this.

Nov 5, 2022

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…

Nov 3, 2022

October 2022

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…

Oct 31, 2022

There are many analogies twixt product management and a sports team, but also some important distinctions. Don't overreach on successes, absorb the pain…

Oct 28, 2022

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