Lenny Rachitsky

APRIL 28, 2024

Founders of acquihired companies led the teams behind Community Notes, Spaces, Super Follows, Fleets, Communities, Tipping, and more. Twitter acquihired entrepreneur types who were ambitious and then gave them responsibility and autonomy to develop new products. Copying can be done in good taste or poor taste.

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The Product Guy

OCTOBER 9, 2018

First, I did not know how to frame, develop and present product strategy in a systematic way, and second, as a startup, my company has not historically had a good track record of strategy being developed outside of senior management (read: founder). Two major obstacles stood in my way.

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The Secret PM Handbook

AUGUST 4, 2017

The Secret Product Management Framework. Finally writing down the Secret Product Management Framework was a revelation for me. One test of a new framework is how well it explains “previous observations.” In this article, I tie the older posts to the framework. What Should Product Teams Optimize?

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Userpilot

MARCH 24, 2021

Defining your product strategy is the most important aspect of deciding to build something new. It helps your entire team rally around a vision and a set of outcomes, making sure everyone is aligned in reaching those product growth goals. What is a product strategy? How do you set a product vision?

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The Product Coalition

MAY 1, 2023

The team stressed. Then in strolls the design team, telling us to step back. Another blocker in my path preventing me from moving the product team into action. However, I’ve learned that cutting corners early in product strategy development leads to significant hurdles later on. We needed to deliver, not discuss.

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Mind the Product

DECEMBER 18, 2019

So, it was natural that we should want to develop a talent growth plan for our people. Each month we send out an NPS survey to assess whether the company is being a great place to work, but a few months ago I also sent Google’s manager feedback survey to my team of 10 product managers. Team execution and development.

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Roman Pichler

MAY 11, 2021

.” But do not allow people to dominate and tell you what to do, and don’t agree to a weak compromise. In Scrum—the framework that gave birth to the product owner—the role is responsible for maximising the value a product creates for the users and for the business. That’s usually challenging enough.

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The Secret PM Handbook

AUGUST 4, 2017

The Secret Product Management Framework. Finally writing down the Secret Product Management Framework was a revelation for me. One test of a new framework is how well it explains “previous observations.” In this article, I tie the older posts to the framework. What Should Product Teams Optimize?

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The Secret PM Handbook

AUGUST 4, 2017

The Secret Product Management Framework. Finally writing down the Secret Product Management Framework was a revelation for me. One test of a new framework is how well it explains “previous observations.” In this article, I tie the older posts to the framework. What Should Product Teams Optimize?

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People-First Product Leadership

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Today we wrap up the three part series on creating your strategy stack. Part 1, we covered the “why” behind creating a strategy stack, with a focus on establishing the organization’s Mission, North Star, and Vision. Part 2, we continued the organizational journey by defining the Strategy and Goals.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 9, 2021

You’ve got a clear vision for the future, and it looks bright! The initial steps of this framework took collaboration between business leadership and the product team to set a direction for development decisions. The bad news is that your roadmap is only as accurate as the information driving it.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 12, 2023

Not enough people spend enough time on defining vision and purpose Most value propositions are weak Companies don’t adapt their team typology to make a product Very few products are indeed prioritized by value User Reasearch and UX are ofter used in the wrong way 1. Try and fill a product vision board.

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People-First Product Leadership

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Welcome back to creating your strategy stack. In Part 2, we dive into establishing your organization's strategy and goals. If you missed Part 1, we covered the “why” behind creating a strategy stack, with a focus on the Mission, North Star, and Vision. Subscribe now What’s in a Strategy?

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

TL;DR Regular roadmaps kill outcomes by forcing teams to think in the categories of features and timelines. They lack vision and lead nowhere. It’s difficult to implement outcome-based roadmaps because stakeholders don’t trust product teams to deliver on business goals. It should also give you tools to measure progress.

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Roman Pichler

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Before the advent of agile frameworks like Scrum , a product person—the product manager—would typically carry out the market research, compile a market requirements specification, create a business case, put together product roadmap, write a requirements specification, and then hand it off to a project manager.

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ProductPlan

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

And for product managers, it’s important to develop your own atomic roadmapping habits. . Learn how to set up your roadmap for success: Building New Habits and Breaking Bad Ones. Using too many (or too few) prioritization frameworks. There are dozens and dozens of prioritization frameworks at the ready.

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Roman Pichler

MAY 11, 2021

.” But do not allow people to dominate and tell you what to do, and don’t agree to a weak compromise. In Scrum—the framework that gave birth to the product owner—the role is responsible for maximising the value a product creates for the users and for the business. That’s usually challenging enough.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 8, 2019

Highly effective Product Managers develop themselves in 5 key areas. In some jobs, you can get by with just Competence, but in the unkempt, fuzzy, team-oriented domain of Product Management, you need both. Here are 2 actions you can take to develop your Craft Competence: Craft Competence ?? and others feel that.

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UX Studio: Product Management

JANUARY 11, 2021

At UX Studio , while we develop our products, uxfol.io and copyfol.io , we are mainly focused on agency work, meaning that we cooperate with several clients as external teams. This post was written from the perspective of designers, mainly intended for external teams and entrepreneurs. Five challenges and solutions.

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Userpilot

JUNE 30, 2022

Without it, you’d find yourself implementing features for the wrong customers, distorting your value proposition, and leading your customer support (CS) team to burnout from dealing with bad-fit users. 75% of companies will break up with poor-fit customers, according to Gartner. Let’s go over the concepts.

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Ronke PM

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

They use optimism and inspiration to galvanize their teams. At the core of every cross-functional team that creates product magic lies an exceptional product leader who excels in building both people and products. Product leaders who exhibit enthusiasm find it contagious, making collaborating with teams and partners easier.

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ProductPlan

JULY 23, 2019

Product managers wear many hats, but one of the most uncomfortable ones they’re forced to occasionally don is that of the product vision “Gatekeeper.” Of course, product managers say ‘no” all the time, but it’s usually to bad ideas or things requiring resources that are simply unavailable.

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Mixpanel

MAY 20, 2020

Having worked with many product leaders over the past 20 years, I’ve repeatedly heard that balancing the needs of users, engineering teams and the business—all while building a successful product function that drives innovation—is tough. Lifting & shifting: the common pitfall of product teams. Enter the adaptive approach.

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ProductPlan

AUGUST 10, 2023

Where charismatic leaders rally the troops around an ambitious vision with a massive potential payoff. It’s not sexy and won’t land the leadership team any TED Talks. But it also sets the stage for a parallel strategy that doesn’t sacrifice short-term wins. The product vision defines where the business wants the product to be.

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Userpilot

OCTOBER 25, 2022

In the article, we’re looking at the responsibilities of strategic product managers and how they can use data effectively to shape product strategy and deliver delightful experiences to users! Product strategy defines who we are building for, what to build, and how to build it. Goals are important aspects of the product strategy.

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Userpilot

AUGUST 21, 2023

Product managers often work in cross-functional teams and bridge the gap between multiple departments. Product managers need to put themselves in the shoes of company executives, other team members, and of course end users so a strong affinity for empathy will go a long way. What qualities do you look for in a strong product team?

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The Product Manager Coach Blog

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

Managing stakeholders is such an important skill to develop. It is about guiding your team and resources toward what truly matters for the product’s success and your company’s vision. Because when those requests and ideas sit on a list somewhere without taking any action whatsoever, bad things happen.

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Roman Pichler

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Before the advent of agile frameworks like Scrum , a product person—the product manager—would typically carry out the market research, compile a market requirements specification, create a business case, put together product roadmap, write a requirements specification, and then hand it off to a project manager.

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Mind the Product

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Ultimately, your resume should itself signal that you have the skills required to be a successful product manager on any team. As a hiring manager, I want to hire great storytellers, s o the team can work towards a unified vision. . Use this article as a guide to polish your resume and improve your job-hunting prospects.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 3, 2020

So, it was natural that we should want to develop a talent growth plan for our people. Each month we send out an NPS survey to assess whether the company is being a great place to work, but a few months ago I also sent Google’s manager feedback survey to my team of 10 product managers. It was clear the team needed a talent growth plan.

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Mind the Product

JUNE 14, 2019

A bad day in the office, a chance LinkedIn message, and before you know it, someone has moved jobs. This kind of serendipity is not a viable career strategy! It wouldn’t happen, because we all realise that serendipity is not a viable product strategy. Just as with a product, you should start with a vision. Find a Mentor.

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Product Innovation Educators

JANUARY 10, 2022

She cofounded the Radical Product Thinking movement of leaders creating vision-driven change, along with authoring the book Radical Product Thinking: The New Mindset for Innovating Smarter. I learned from these product diseases and developed an intuition after really hard lessons. That burning question started Radical Product Thinking.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Next, let’s talk development hours. If you’re a tech-savvy DIY enthusiast, you might spend less on development hours. However, if coding and blockchain sound like alien languages to you, hiring a professional developer is the way to go. Plus, if you’re tech-savvy, you can save on development costs.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Setting an awesome strategy without building the enablers to executing on it is just a pipe-dream. And too often I’ve seen poor leaders resort to micro-management, HIPPO, and dictatorship in order to fulfil their strategies. is to either be more strategic or to develop more as a leader. How do I build alignment?

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Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 18, 2022

Sarah Dayan is a staff engineer at Algolia , a “Search-as-a-Service” platform that helps developers build index and search capabilities into their own platforms through an API, and the host of two tech podcasts: Developer Experience and Entre Devs. When I got into PHP, the framework that serious people used was called Zen framework.

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ProductPlan

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

The OKR methodology can be a powerful motivator for high performance and product excellence within teams and companies. Implementing a goal-setting framework that sets the bar high sounds like a no-brainer, right? The focus then shifts towards outcomes and individual and team authority and ownership.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 10, 2019

The most popular frameworks, like agile, are more about the general approach your office takes. Team structure, work patterns, timing, tool deployment… They are holistic in the way they seek to address your overall operations. The Jobs To Be Done Framework (JTBD, for short) is different. Anything else is just a hobby.

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