Lenny Rachitsky

MARCH 10, 2024

He’s the author of two of the most foundational books for product teams and product leaders ( Inspired and Empowered ), he’s the founder of Silicon Valley Product Group (one of the longest-running product advisory groups), and he’s almost certainly worked with more product leaders and teams than any human alive.

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Sachin Rekhi

JUNE 25, 2017

Good Product Manager, Bad Product Manager - Ben Horowitz Let’s talk about Product Management - Josh Elman How to Hire a Product Manager - Ken Norton Be a Great Product Leader - Adam Nash PM at Microsoft - Steve Sinofsky What Distinguishes the Top 1% Product Managers from the top 10%? A Career in Product Management.

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Product Culture

JUNE 23, 2021

That's my friend Ben Foster, Chief Product Officer at WHOOP and author of Build What Matters. When marketing is telling one story, sales is selling something different, and engineering is building something different still, then product management’s strategy is hollow and irrelevant. How do you keep your stakeholders in line?

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Mind the Product

MARCH 15, 2017

When Ben Horowitz wrote his groundbreaking memo good product manager, bad product manager nearly 20 years ago he described a product manager as the CEO of the product. Where the two roles differ completely is in authority. You need to gain authority through your actions and your leadership skills, not your role.”.

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Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 21, 2020

It was for that reason that I absolutely loved this piece from Sam and Ben, Words matter: Removing exclusionary terminology from our codebase , about how they went about removing exclusionary terminology from our codebase.

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Product Innovation Educators

MAY 7, 2018

The authors join this episode to discuss how product management is different for enterprise software products, including: Differences in consumers from B2B and B2C. The authors are Blair Reeves and Ben Gaines. The authors are Blair Reeves and Ben Gaines. Ben Gaines on LinkedIn. Useful links.

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Business of Software Conference

JANUARY 25, 2021

Ben Evans on the macro changes in European tech. Always worth listening to Ben – or at least looking through his decks. // 10 minute read. . // 1 min read. 4 – 81,000 ‘ eu’ domains, including ours, suspended post Brexit. We thought we had done what we needed to do but… // 3 min read. 5 – ?

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Andrew Chen

JANUARY 15, 2024

(above: Me in Sep 2023, a happy author, finding the Japanese translated version of my book at the wonderful Daikanyama Tsutaya Books in Tokyo) Dear readers, As many of you know, 2 years ago I published my first book THE COLD START PROBLEM. I sent him the following book proposal with a placeholder name, MOONSHOT.

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ProductPlan

JANUARY 5, 2023

The extent and limits of product management authority. In February 2022, product management author, blogger, consultant, and pundit Marty Cagan lit up product management discussion groups and Slack channels with his post, “ Product Ops Overview.” The extent and limits of product management authority. Optimizing data pipelines.

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Alchemer Mobile

OCTOBER 31, 2018

When Ben Horowitz published his thoughts on the idea that product managers are the CEO of their products in “ Good Product Manager/Bad Product Manager ” nearly two decades ago, the concept was profound, but divisive. Question #1: Am I the CEO of the product?

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Gainsight

JUNE 11, 2021

Nils shares what this word is and how, if you use it, will put you in a tremendous position of authority. Bizzabo’s Customer Experience Strategy: Creating Economies of Scale with Ben Anthonisz, Manager, Customer Education at Bizzabo and Remco Devries, VP of Marketing at inSided. Transforming Customer Centricity.

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ProductPlan

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

The focus then shifts towards outcomes and individual and team authority and ownership. According to Paul Niven, OKR coach and author of Objectives and Key Results , effective OKRs can play a role in creating an environment of high trust. Do team members have authority? Authority provides a sense of trust.

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Ask Benny

JULY 1, 2019

Ben Horowitz wrote Good Product Manager/Bad Product Manager , in which he claimed that the product manager is the CEO of the product. While many claim that a product manager cannot be the CEO because he does not have the absolute control of the resources and authority, the essence and the metaphor is still right. Think like a CEO.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Ben Horowitz (of Venture Capital firm Andreessen Horowitz) was one of the first to suggest that a Product Manager should be the “CEO of the product”. What a Great CEO Does The heart of most criticism can be paraphrased like so; “product managers don’t have the authority to just tell people what to do”. That criticism is wrong.

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The Product Coalition

MAY 11, 2022

To make up for it, Ben and Blair look at these differences, educate you on how Product Management in enterprise software works as well as guide you on how to succeed within it. Ben and Blair state, “the main goal is to know enough to empathize with your users/customers and to help create solutions to their problems”.

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Imaginary Cloud - Design

JULY 2, 2020

The tone of this book is angry and passionate, being that the author repeats himself quite often. As the author puts it: “the goal of this book is to do the right thing in environments designed to make it easier to do the wrong thing ”. 3) Captivology: The Science of Capturing Peoples’ Attention - by Ben Parr.

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Product Innovation Educators

AUGUST 15, 2022

He is also the author of the more recent book Jobs to be Done: Theory to Practice. Ben Allen, their CEO, called me and asked for help figuring it out. He is also the author of the more recent book Jobs to be Done: Theory to Practice. It is the innovation book I have most often gifted to others.

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Mind the Product

DECEMBER 18, 2017

It probably started with Ben Horowitz’ famous “good product manager, bad product manager” memo and the latest salvo was my own post “ you are not the CEO of anything ”. I’m playing with semantics here, after all we don’t have the authority or all the answers, and we can always pass the buck. Just Where do You Stand?

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Ask Benny

JULY 1, 2019

Ben Horowitz wrote Good Product Manager/Bad Product Manager , in which he claimed that the product manager is the CEO of the product. While many claim that a product manager cannot be the CEO because he does not have the absolute control of the resources and authority, the essence and the metaphor is still right. Think like a CEO.

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Ask Benny

JULY 1, 2019

Think like a CEO Ben Horowitz wrote Good Product Manager/Bad Product Manager, in which he claimed that the product manager is the CEO of the product. While many claim that a product manager cannot be the CEO because he does not have the absolute control of the resources and authority, the essence and the metaphor is still right.

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Ask Benny

JULY 1, 2019

Think like a CEO Ben Horowitz wrote Good Product Manager/Bad Product Manager, in which he claimed that the product manager is the CEO of the product. While many claim that a product manager cannot be the CEO because he does not have the absolute control of the resources and authority, the essence and the metaphor is still right.

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Product Innovation Educators

NOVEMBER 25, 2016

Check out this valuable resource of session recordings, including presentations and discussions by Ried Hoffman (Linkedin co-founder), Ben Silbermann (Pinterest co-founder), Nir Eyal (author of Hooked), and many more. ProductSF2016 featured founders and company-builders sharing their insights for creating better products.

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Ask Benny

MAY 1, 2018

The Things you are not Accountable for Many years ago, Ben Horowitz wrote Good Product Manager/Bad Product Manager , in which he claimed that the product manager is the CEO of the product.

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UserVoice

JULY 24, 2018

Our role in the organization is almost always charged with heavy responsibilities but no direct authority over those whom we rely on daily to achieve our goals. It’s a position in the organization that comes with great power, and with all apologies to Spider-Man’s Uncle Ben — with great power comes great responsibility.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 14, 2018

by Ashley Sefferman , Head of Content at Apptentive When Ben Horowitz published his thoughts on the idea that product managers are the CEO of their products in “ Good Product Manager/Bad Product Manager ” nearly two decades ago, the concept was profound, but divisive. Should PMs be tasked with such a heavy assignment?

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Ask Benny

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

The Things you are not Accountable for Many years ago, Ben Horowitz wrote Good Product Manager/Bad Product Manager, in which he claimed that the product manager is the CEO of the product.

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Gainsight

MAY 11, 2021

I have long admired her as an actress, producer, director, and best-selling author. A comedy about Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, the play was a recognized hit at the New York International Fringe Festival. When tasked to write a biographical blog about Mindy Kaling, I jumped at the chance. I began by researching her life statistics.

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Intercom, Inc.

MAY 1, 2018

To paraphrase Ben Horowitz, it’s actually a shitload of normal bullets that we need. If they need it and desire it but they don’t have the authorization for purchase or they don’t have the skills to install, then you won’t be able to bring them on board. Real effective tactics, not mythical weird tricks.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

MARCH 15, 2021

You may have also read the famous article ‘Good Product Manager/Bad Product Manager’ by Ben Horowitz. Here are some of the more common PM weaknesses: Being overbearing What is it: Part of being a good PM is knowing how to lead without authority. PM Superpowers PM superpowers can manifest in many ways.

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The Product Coalition

MAY 17, 2019

As a product managerwithout authority, this can be challenging. Thanks This article was insipired by an initial question by Ben Mosior in the PMHQ community. The team has to be aligned with the overall company vision and mission is key. Human need analogy: This one is almost identical. We all need to have some form of social belonging.

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Mironov Consulting

JUNE 27, 2019

Our product managers have lots of responsibility but little actual authority. Editorial thanks to Ellen Grace Henson, Ron Lichty, Ben Williams, Audrey Cheng, and Mike Freier. Then, we have to establish just enough common tooling and process to get work done, without encouraging excess bureaucracy or blind adherence to procedure. . [3]

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Sachin Rekhi

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

When I wanted to improve my product skills, I read everything I could from or about the product leaders I respected the most, including Jack Dorsey, Ev Williams, Ben Horowitz, Adam Nash, and more. There’s no higher leverage in learning than learning from the very best in their craft.

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Imaginary Cloud - Design

JULY 2, 2020

The tone of this book is angry and passionate, being that the author repeats himself quite often. As the author puts it: “the goal of this book is to do the right thing in environments designed to make it easier to do the wrong thing ”. 3) Captivology: The Science of Capturing Peoples’ Attention - by Ben Parr.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 3, 2020

Ben Horowitz?—?The Is the PM someone with great responsibility but no formal authority as stated by Dan Olsen or is the CEO of the product? What do I mean by politics? I mean people advancing their careers or agendas by means other than merits and contribution.” (Ben Product manager motto?—?Dan

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Product Innovation Educators

AUGUST 14, 2023

How to solve common dysfunctions in product management Today’s guest is Ben Foster, the Co-Founder and Executive Chairman at Prodify. Ben has led successful technology products for the last 25 years.  Ben has led successful technology products for the last 25 years. He Some companies need that; some companies don’t.

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Userpilot

JANUARY 18, 2021

Ben Winter from Fairmarkit points out that increased activation would not only increase MRR, but also retention and referrals, making the overall effect on MRR likely even larger! About the author: Geoff Walters is a content manager and entrepreneur with 8+ years of experience in building product businesses. The post What is PARO?

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

You basically have no direct authority over anybody but you do have a lot of influence. Last but not least I would recommend Ben Evans – he also has a newsletter. I say this with the caveat that a lot of people sell the product management role as hey, you are the CEO of the product. You are definitely not the CEO of the product.

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