“No department is an island, entire of itself; every team is a piece of the company, a part of the whole.” — Adapted from John Donne The Service Loop: Navigating the Two-Way Street of Product and Engineering There’s a quiet […]
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“The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do.” — Michael Porter Split Brains and Shiny Objects: The Hidden Cost of Focus Dilution in Product Strategy There’s a moment in every company’s life when opportunity and ambition outpace clarity.
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“A conductor doesn’t make a sound. He depends for his power on his ability to make other people powerful.” — Benjamin Zander From Visionaries to Builders: Decoding the Many Faces of Product Management “Product management is the art of balancing
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“The most common product management mistake is not deciding what not to build.”— Gibson Biddle Do We Really Need Product Managers? A Deep Dive Into One of Tech’s Most Controversial Roles In the early days of Silicon Valley, the role
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“There are no facts inside the building, so get outside.” — Steve Blank From Zero to One: The Role of Product Management in Building and Socializing the Go-to-Market Strategy In the chaotic early days of a startup, when the only
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“If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” – African Proverb The Art of Building with Design Partners: A Blueprint for Early-Stage Success In the fast-moving world of startups, especially in early-stage
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“The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do.” – Michael Porter Deciding What Matters: A Deep Dive into Product Prioritization Methodologies That Drive Growth This post explores the evolution of product prioritization methodologies, what good looks like, where
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“The gap between vision and execution is where innovation lives or dies.” – Reid Hoffman From Ideation to Launch: Designing an End-to-End Product Process That Works In high-growth technology companies, the journey from a product idea to a successful launch
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“The best product strategies aren’t created in isolation—they emerge from the intersection of vision sketched on paper, specifications grounded in reality, and stakeholders who provide both constraint and possibility. Success lies not in perfecting each element individually, but in orchestrating
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“In the rush to create and innovate, the product manager who can establish order within chaos, not by eliminating it but by harnessing its creative potential, will thrive. The first 100 days aren’t about perfection—they’re about building the frameworks that
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