Sachin Rekhi

JUNE 25, 2017

I'm often asked what's the best way for a new product manager to learn the fundamentals of the role or for an experienced product manager to continue to master their craft. I've organized this collection into several sections, starting with product management 101.

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The Product Coalition

MAY 11, 2020

Photo by Johannes Plenio on Unsplash Enterprise Product Managers are a bit different compared to the others. One particular issue that I often see is, whether to scale up a product quickly or not. Product Manager usually have pretty limited knowledge about engineering stuffs.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 9, 2021

Photo by Denise Jans on Unsplash There is a misconception that building a roadmap will define a product’s future. But a roadmap doesn’t create a clear view of the future. Your vision of the future should bring clarity to your roadmap. So why build a roadmap at all? Avoid using dates.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

APRIL 25, 2022

Sample Answer: The Barnes and Noble Nook e-reader is a great product not being marketed well. Although Amazon had a competitive advantage in 2007 with the Kindle, the Nook missed a big opportunity. Tell me about a time when you influenced a product roadmap. How would you build a Facebook product for blood donations?

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ProductPlan

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

By unpacking Amazon’s product strategy, we endeavored to see whether or not the company stayed true to its core vision and mission when put to the ultimate test. Eventually, Bezos realized that diversifying from strictly selling books to a broader product offering was the intelligent move in Amazon’s product strategy.

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ProductPlan

MARCH 19, 2019

Getting the green light to hire product managers is almost always a good sign. It means more firepower is required, as the current team (or lack thereof) is no longer able to adequately handle product management as is. This moment also represents an opportunity to determine what an ideal product team would look like.

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Business of Software Conference

MARCH 24, 2021

And then you end up building multiple products over a number of years, we launched in 2004, we launch Basecamp, and 2005, we launch Ta-da list, and then we launched Backpack in the same year in 2006, we launched Campfire. In 2007, we launched Highrise; we launched a new product every year for like four or five years, basically.

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