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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 those who win will have concrete paths to revenue
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There are many analogies twixt product management and a sports team, but also some important distinctions. Don't overreach on successes, absorb the pain of losses, and you will be a star
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 your presence. This is boss-level coping
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 you is just as important
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An off the cuff comment really resonates. That being successful requires an ability to find information that is not well structured, and to understand how people and processes work in an organization.
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The dreaded topic of development goals for the year are in the air again. What do I sign up to?
Nobody expects the product manager to know everything, and it is OK to ask completely off-the-wall questions. But do the people you ask a favor and let them know how deeply to research
Recently,. Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Alphabet (aka Google") said that worker productivity needed to improve. This led to a lot of incorrect thinking and expository discourse in the tech fora.
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Looking through the archives, I have selected a few of my favorites that I have written. I hope you enjoy reading these as much as I enjoyed writing them.
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Or, why they don't really help you in getting that job
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Mistakes. We all make them. Some are worse than other, but they all are suboptimal situations.
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Every product team I work with cites the Netflix Recommendation engine as the pinnacle of user experience. It isn't and you should be ashamed to mention it...