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The Most Underrated Product Move: Removal

The Product Guy

Product quality is shaped as much by what you remove as by what you ship. Feature bloat slows teams down, confuses users, and hides the real value of your product. But most teams avoid removals because they feel risky, political, or like an admission of failure. This new Patreon-exclusive article in the Roadmap to Mastery series explores how to lead feature removals with evidence, clarity, and confidence.

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Five principles for successfully managing managers

Lenny Rachitsky

👋 Welcome to a ✨ free monthly edition ✨ of my weekly newsletter. Each week I tackle reader questions about building product, driving growth, and accelerating your career. For more: Lenny’s Podcast | How I AI | Lennybot | Lenny’s Reads | Courses | Swag If you aren’t a paid subscriber, here’s what you missed this month: Make product management fun again with AI agents State of the product job market in 2025 The ultimate guide to negotiating your comp S

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Writing Effective Product Requirements to Drive Outcomes

Productside

Productside | Product Management Courses & Training Writing Effective Product Requirements to Drive Outcomes Most product managers dont set out to write bad requirements. Theyre under pressure to deliver. Theyre surrounded by requests. And theyre juggling context, roadmaps, and Jira ticketsjust trying to keep up. So what happens? We write whats easy.

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Sunday Rewind: Scaling the product and the team by Rachael Shah

Mind the Product

This weeks Sunday Rewind is a 2020 MTP Engage Manchester talk from Rachael Shah, then Delivery Lead at the Co-op, which challenges us to think holistically about scaling our products. Rachael draws on her own experience to show that its critical to think about scaling the team in parallel with scaling a product. She provides practical Read more » The post Sunday Rewind: Scaling the product and the team by Rachael Shah appeared first on Mind the Product.

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From MVP to MAP (Most AI-ready Product)

Product managers have long relied on the Minimum Viable Product (MVP), but in the age of AI, a minimum AI-Ready Product (MAP) – an evolution of the MVP that ensures a product is not just functional but ready to leverage AI from day one has become crucial

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10 Mobile App Trends for 2025

Userpilot

Mobile apps are evolving fast, but whats changing even faster is what users expect from them. People dont just want fast performance or flashy features. They want apps that understand them, personalize their journey, and grow with their needs. At Userpilot, we help teams meet those expectations with better onboarding, in-app guidance, and personalized engagement.

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Mastering Prioritization with RICE: A Strategic Discipline for PMs

The Product Guy

Prioritization is where product leadership gets tested. Balancing technical constraints, stakeholder agendas, and long-term goals is hard. Even experienced PMs get stuck in opinion-driven debates or lose clarity under pressure. This new Patreon-exclusive article in the Roadmap to Mastery series explores how to lead prioritization with structure, confidence, and buy-in.

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How custom GPTs can make you a better manager | Hilary Gridley (Head of Core Product at Whoop)

Lenny Rachitsky

Watch or listen now: YouTube // Spotify // Apple Brought to you by: Orkes —The enterprise platform for reliable applications and agentic workflows Vanta —Automate compliance and simplify security Hilary Gridley , Head of Core Product at Whoop, shares how she uses dozens of custom GPTs for her team that think and give feedback like her, allowing her to scale herself up and create time for higher-value work.

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What made Intercom throw away its product playbook – Paul Adams (CPO, Intercom)

Mind the Product

Intercoms CPO Paul Adams joins The Product Experience to talk about how the company has radically transformed its approach in the wake of AI’s acceleration. From ripping up roadmaps and reorganising teams to reinventing pricing models, Paul shares what it really takes to adaptfast. Key takeaways“Youre not selling users anymore. Youre selling work.”AI has shifted Read more » The post What made Intercom throw away its product playbook – Paul Adams (CPO, Intercom) appea

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How to Create a Frictionless Mobile App Onboarding Flow

Userpilot

For me, effective mobile app onboarding is the difference between new users looking around our app and disappearing right after, or understanding our app value and becoming engaged users. This is crucial as data reveals that the average mobile app loses 77% of users within its first 3 days, and about 90% within the first 30. Such is the cruel world of mobile app management.

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What Your Financial Statements Are Telling You—And How to Listen!

Speaker: David Worrell, CFO, Author & Speaker

Your financial statements hold powerful insights—but are you truly paying attention? Many finance professionals focus on the income statement while overlooking key signals hidden in the balance sheet and cash flow statement. Understanding these numbers can unlock smarter decision-making, uncover risks, and drive long-term success. Join David Worrell, accomplished CFO, finance expert, and author, for an engaging, nontraditional take on reading financial statements.

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6 Essential Portfolio Visibility Areas for High-Impact Product Organizations

Dragonboat

Learn how portfolio visibility empowers product teams with real-time insights to align strategy, optimize investments, and achieve impactful outcomes. The post 6 Essential Portfolio Visibility Areas for High-Impact Product Organizations appeared first on Dragonboat.

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Test, Dress, Impress:  Top Fashion Consumer Trends 2025

AB Tasty

Forget traditional shopping journeys, today’s fashion consumers are rewriting the rules! Our 2025 Fashion Consumer Trends report reveals the shifts in how consumers discover, decide, and commit to fashion brands today. Introduction In a recent webinar , 3 experimentation leaders came together to unpack the latest consumer trends shaping the fashion industry.

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How Revolut trains world-class product managers: The “local CEO” model, raw intellect over experience, and a cultural obsession with building wow products | Dmitry Zlokazov (Head of Product)

Lenny Rachitsky

Listen now: YouTube // Apple // Spotify This entire episode is brought to you by Stripe —Helping companies of all sizes grow revenue. Dmitry Zlokazov is the head of product at Revolut, the $45 billion fintech giant operating in over 50 countries, serving more than 50 million customers, and producing some of the world’s top product leaders.

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How to build the right product culture during transformation – Joca Torres (Product Consultant)

Mind the Product

In this episode of The Product Experience podcast, we sit down with Product Consultant Joca Torres, whose work at Gympass is featured in Marty Cagans book Transformed. Joca shares the four core principles of successful digital transformationprinciples hes applied in both high-growth startups and century-old corporations. We unpack what it really takes to shift a Read more » The post How to build the right product culture during transformation – Joca Torres (Product Consultant) appeare

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Your Guide to Product Management Interviews: Top Questions with Answers

Stand out in your product management interview with guidance from Priyanka Upadhyay, an experienced product leader and Stanford Online program coach. In this guide, Upadhay dives into five key competencies interviewers will likely want to assess. She provides sample questions with detailed answers spanning: Product strategy Product design Execution Market estimation Teamwork Confidently land the product management role you want by pre-empting what interviewers are looking for and demonstrating y

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8 Practical App Retention Strategies with Examples

Userpilot

Most advice on app retention strategies out there is copy-paste fluff. Youll hear the same generic list: improve onboarding, send push notifications, or show in-app messages. Cool! But how do you actually do that in a way that makes people stick around? When I started digging into the retention strategies of successful mobile apps, I noticed a pattern.

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The Product Team Diet Plan: Is AI Eating Your Roadmap?

The Product Manager

'Vibe coding' is the latest development in the current era of AI disruption. But what does the democratization of product development mean for product teams right now? The post The Product Team Diet Plan: Is AI Eating Your Roadmap? appeared first on The Product Manager.

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Feedback Copilot: Turn The Customer Voice Into Action in Seconds

AB Tasty

Every insight starts with a story, and every story deserves to be heard. But when your NPS or CSAT campaigns generate thousands of responses, how do you turn all that feedback into real action, fast? Thats why we created Feedback Copilot , the AI-powered assistant that transforms your NPS or CSAT campaigns into actionable intelligence instantly. The problem collecting feedback: Too many voices, not enough time Lets face it: analyzing feedback is a nightmare.

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Unconventional product lessons from Binance, N26, Google, more | Mayur Kamat (CPO at N26, ex-Binance Head of Product)

Lenny Rachitsky

Listen now: YouTube // Apple // Spotify Brought to you by: WorkOS —Modern identity platform for B2B SaaS, free up to 1 million MAUs Paragon —Ship every SaaS integration your customers want Vanta —Automate compliance. Simplify security. Mayur Kamat is the chief product officer at N26—a $9 billion neobank serving over 7 million customers in 25 countries—where he leads product, design, data, and research.

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Effective Risk Management: Balancing Safety, Compliance, and Opportunity

Effective risk management in product development balances safety, compliance, and opportunity. Risks can't be eliminated, but they can be mitigated through structured assessments, clear documentation, and expert guidance. Engaging specialists ensures efficiency, regulatory adherence, and product security while reducing costly oversights. A well-executed risk management plan includes frequent evaluations, defined assessment criteria, and a structured decision-making process.

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How one Hackathon sparked a whole new product at Transifex: Maya Toutountzi (Head of Product) — Product Unplugged

Mind the Product

In this episode of Product Unplugged, Mike Belsito sits down with Maya Toutountzi, Head of Product Management at Transifex, to explore the surprising journey from early AI hackathon scepticism to launching a fully AI-powered product. Maya walks us through the bumps, breakthroughs, and big lessons learnedoffering practical insights for any product team looking to innovate Read more » The post How one Hackathon sparked a whole new product at Transifex: Maya Toutountzi (Head of Product) Produ

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Your Clear Guide to Mobile App Localization: Best Practices + Use Cases

Userpilot

Everyone enjoys using mobile apps in their native language. In fact, 52% of users have abandoned a mobile app due to poor localization , and over 60% of B2B buyers say theyll choose a localized product over a more expensive one in a foreign language. This suggests a few things: having your app in multiple languages will help you reach a wider audience, improve user perception, and drive long-term engagement.

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Finding Product-Market Fit: How Stuart Achieved 20% SMB Growth with Amplitude

Amplitude

Learn how Stuart, a last-mile logistics platform, used Amplitude to optimize user experiences and drive 20% client growth.

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Q1 2025 Private Markets: What Pre-Seed SaaS Founders Must Know About Seed Funding and Valuations

DevelopmentCorporate

Cartas Q1 2025 private market data reveals a drop in seed funding and longer timelines to Series A. For pre-seed SaaS founders, the bar is higherbut the playbook is clearer. Heres what you need to know. The post Q1 2025 Private Markets: What Pre-Seed SaaS Founders Must Know About Seed Funding and Valuations appeared first on Development Corporate.

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5 Ways You Can Win Faster with Gen AI in Sales

Incorporating generative AI (gen AI) into your sales process can speed up your wins through improved efficiency, personalized customer interactions, and better informed decision- making. Gen AI is a game changer for busy salespeople and can reduce time-consuming tasks, such as customer research, note-taking, and writing emails, and provide insightful data analysis and recommendations.

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Five principles for successfully managing managers

Lenny Rachitsky

Saumil Mehta shares his hard-earned framework for becoming a high-impact “manager of managers” — and why skip level leaders, not more middle managers, are the key to scaling product teams. In this episode, you’ll learn: When a manager struggles, look one level up Why the jump from line manager to skip lead is so tough The “API endpoint” trick for leading through layers How to get feedback without undermining your managers Why covering for a weak manager can ba

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How Dolphin AI was launched by staying obsessively close to the customer: Ilai Szpiezak (Co Founder)

Mind the Product

In this episode of Product Unplugged, host Mike Belsito sits down with Ilai Szpiezak, Founder and CEO of Dolphin AI, to trace the remarkable journey from running dance events and theatre shows to building a voice-of-customer analytics tool powered by AI. Ilai Szpiezak shares how the pandemic wiped out his events business overnight, forcing him Read more » The post How Dolphin AI was launched by staying obsessively close to the customer: Ilai Szpiezak (Co Founder) appeared first on Mind the

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A Deep Dive Into Mobile App User Journeys: Lessons from Real Apps + Expert Tips

Userpilot

Many product teams dont truly understand their app user journey. No surprise, then, that most apps lose 77% of their daily active users within just three days of installation. Ive felt that sting. Wasted ad budgets, failed feature launches, and a flood of support tickets. Without a clear view of the user journey, teams optimize the wrong things while real friction points go unnoticed.

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Webinar Recap: How to Build Product Tours That Don’t Suck

Amplitude

Most product tours overwhelm and frustrate users. Discover why they fail, how to fix them, and how Amplitude can help you create seamless onboarding experiences.

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Why Should Companies Transition Towards a “Product Operating Model”?

Technical Product Manager at GPC Global Technology Center in Krakow. She has extensive experience in the area of Product Delivery and close cooperation with development teams. In her work, she tries to implement the scrum approach.

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How Gocious Aligns Product Strategy and Execution Across Manufacturing Organizations

Gocious Blog

Success in complex product development environments hinges on more than just launching new offeringsit requires strategic alignment, operational agility, and the ability to see the full picture. Yet, product teams are often trapped in spreadsheets, disconnected from real-time data, and making isolated decisions that ripple unpredictably across product lines.

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🧠 Community Wisdom: When to hire a designer and have a design system, collecting feedback from support, how to make animated video with AI, feedback on StrengthsFinder, and more

Lenny Rachitsky

👋 Hello and welcome to this week’s edition of ✨ Community Wisdom ✨ a subscriber-only email, delivered every Saturday, highlighting the most helpful conversations in our members-only Slack community.

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What if pricing was your best feature?

Mind the Product

Discover why pricing is the most underrated product feature. Learn how strategic pricing can drive growth, enhance UX, and become your products competitive edge. Read more » The post What if pricing was your best feature? appeared first on Mind the Product.

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