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Lessons from 1,000+ YC startups: Pivoting, resilience, avoiding tar pit ideas, more | Dalton Caldwell (Y Combinator, Managing Director)

Lenny Rachitsky

Simplify security • Coda —The all-in-one collaborative workspace — Dalton Caldwell is Managing Director and Group Partner at Y Combinator. Beware of “tar pit ideas”: ideas that receive initial positive feedback but may lead to long-term challenges.

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The Important Product Manager Skill That You’re Missing

The Product Manager Coach Blog

In the world of product management, where technical acumen, strategic vision, and people skills intersect, there’s an often underutilized asset that many PMs overlook: the power of networking. Plus, don’t forget to download the free guide, 10 Tips for Being a Better Product Manager , at the end of this post!

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What we learned moving sales and product upmarket together

Intercom, Inc.

Making requests for things like “user permissions” left it up to our product managers to guess what we meant: While we wanted to deliver value to our upmarket customers, we were actually underplaying our hand. Building a positive feedback loop. The last thing I’ll say is remember to invest in a positive feedback loop.

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The Most Under-Appreciated Product Management Skill

ProductPlan

We write a lot about the skills that product managers need to be effective. But what are the most under-appreciated product management skills? But what are the most under-appreciated product management skills? To answer that question, we asked several product managers for their thoughts. Crowdsourced Picks.

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Clearbit’s VP of Customer Success on turning economic headwinds into a growth opportunity

Intercom, Inc.

If you have lots of unstructured [information], it’s hard to get it in a position where it’s getting to the right person at the right time. But, ultimately, it’s customer success managers who will proactively tackle the complex customer problems at its root. . It feels like crowdsourced problem-solving.

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The best remote working advice we’ve seen

BrainMates

Or if you need a more detailed guide this article takes a deep dive into the positive and negative effects of working from home and how setting up a routine can help all of us all stay focused. Working remotely in the world of Product Management. And then check out the BBC’s essentials to delivering results while WFH.

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Business model first–and other innovation insights for product managers Aug 19, 2016 - The Everyday Innovator – Resources for Product Managers and Innovators

Product Innovation Educators

Each week I scour articles, wading through the dogs, and bringing you the best insights to help product managers, developers, and innovators be heroes. Using the Lean Canvas is one tool I recommend to help product managers think through the business model while crafting new product concepts. How product managers can create new ideas.