Lenny Rachitsky

OCTOBER 22, 2024

I suspect this is the edition most of you have been waiting for: in-depth compensation benchmarks for product manager roles by level. Salary transparency is an increasingly important topic in tech, as professionals are keen to maximize their compensation, and companies are looking to hire and retain top talent.

Data Visualization

Product Management University

DECEMBER 11, 2024

In a similar fashion, AI is changing how product managers learn best practices, and it will all be for the better when you see the results. Common Scenarios Before & After AI Here are a few common product management scenarios that exemplify the stark difference between learning best practices before and with AI.

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Product Innovation Educators

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

The product manager’s path to influence Watch on YouTube TLDR In my recent conversation with Francesca Cortesi, CPO, we explored why the popular phrase “CEO of the product” can be misleading for product managers.

Reporting Tools

Product Innovation Educators

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

James describes working with one organization that had five different sales leaders in 18 months due to these pressures. Making Better Launch Decisions James points out common decision-making problems in product launches. Making Better Launch Decisions James points out common decision-making problems in product launches.

User Testing

Lenny Rachitsky

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Each week I tackle reader questions about building product, driving growth, and accelerating your career. For more: Hire your next product leader | Favorite Maven courses | Lennybot | Podcast | Swag Subscribe now I believe the future of product management looks like Tal Raviv. Product management is unfair.

Product Research

Product Innovation Educators

JANUARY 20, 2025

How product managers can make OKRs drive real results Watch on YouTube TLDR In my recent conversation with Ben Lamorte, the world’s most experienced OKR coach and founder of OKRs.com, we explored how product managers and leaders can transform their approach to Objectives and Key Results (OKRs).

Systems Review

Userpilot

OCTOBER 19, 2024

Userpilot is a product growth platform that can collect customer feedback directly within your product. It is tailored for product teams who need to send NPS surveys inside their app and analyze it without technical expertise. 3 Delighted for e-commerce, tech, and non-profit teams Creating NPS surveys with Delighted.

Feedback Software

The Product Guy

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

With AI automating workflows and tools making data analysis seamless, what will truly set product managers apart in 2025? While technical skills are still essential, the ability to influence, negotiate, tell compelling stories, and lead with empathy is now a critical differentiator. Soft skills.

Technical Review

The Product Guy

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

How Do You Stay True to Your Product Vision While Adapting to Market Realities? Strategies for Maintaining Product Vision Without Losing Adaptability Use a structured prioritization framework (e.g., Shift from fixed yearly planning to rolling quarterly reviews to allow flexibility in roadmap decisions.

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

It also draws out the process by requiring time-consuming agreement on needs and strict protocols, like QA reviews. Additionally, product managers and designers mostly want to implement product analytics themselves. Think about Apu, the ever-diligent Kwik-E-Mart owner. But why bother fixing it?

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Sequent Learning

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Achieving and Scaling Product-Market Fit: A Guide for Product Managers in Mid-to-Large Tech Companies Introduction As product managers in mid-to-large technology companies, you’re no stranger to the challenges of maintaining and scaling product-market fit (PMF).

User Testing

Product Talk

JULY 9, 2025

And that’s the conundrum of trying to move towards an outcome-oriented style of product management is we actually need more shared understanding of the strategic context. You can call it whatever you want—product reviews. Now, it could be either.

Product Research

Product Innovation Educators

MARCH 3, 2025

How AI captures customer needs that human product managers miss Watch on YouTube TLDR In my recent conversation with Carmel Dibner from Applied Marketing Science, we explored how artificial intelligence is transforming Voice of the Customer (VOC) research for product teams.

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BrainMates

MAY 28, 2025

The 4 Capabilities Product Managers Need Now And Into The Future By Adrienne Tan Product management is at a crossroads. The four critical capabilities product managers need today and beyond are: Commercial Acumen. The four critical capabilities product managers need today and beyond are: Commercial Acumen.

Technical Review

Userpilot

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Unfortunately, the research backs this up, with a staggering 90% of users reporting that they stopped using an app due to poor performance. This article will help reduce such churn by refining your product management and UX analysis approach. Basically, anything that ruins the user experience.

Data Visualization

Lenny Rachitsky

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

In spite of what you may hear, we will still need (great) managers in the future—to scale (well-functioning) teams, to mentor and coach individuals, and to think beyond the day-to-day. These tactics and tools are practical and actionable, and you can start experimenting with them today, even if you’re not managing.

User Testing

The Product Guy

MARCH 12, 2025

You’re Stuckand It’s Because You’re Playing by the Rules In product management, youve been told to follow the rules: stick to the roadmap, build consensus, and hit your OKRs. But what if I told you they’re actually sabotaging your product’s potential? OKRs should serve the strategy, not dictate it.

Data Visualization

People-First Product Leadership

OCTOBER 22, 2024

I recently spoke at Productized in Lisbon on ‘turning stress into success’ Why this theme? Because, as product managers and leaders, we’re stressed. 88% of product managers feel stressed often or all the time. 52% of product managers time is spent on unplanned activities.

Technical Review

The Product Guy

AUGUST 3, 2025

AI made product discovery fast, but not necessarily better. With interviews, tickets, reviews, and feedback synthesized in minutes, teams now face a new problem: more input, less clarity.

Product Research

Sequent Learning

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Strategic Product Management: Sunset Decisions, Platform Benefits, and Team Structures Introduction Strategic decisions around product lifecycle management, platform integration, and team structures are critical for product managers in established tech companies.

Feedback Software

Alchemer Mobile

AUGUST 5, 2025

Every product launch, service ticket, and update is under the microscope of customer scrutiny. Many tech companies do a great job collecting feedback. The following blog post, references our new e-guide, The Tech Leader’s Guide to Automating and Integrating Customer Feedback, to read the full e-guide click here. The challenge?

Customer Feedback

Sequent Learning

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Or think of leading a product team when, at the eleventh hour, the engineering team discovers a critical flaw that delays the launch by six months. Situations like these are all too familiar to product managers, challenging our ability to adapt and respond swiftly. Change Resilience Develop a stress management plan.

Data Visualization

Lenny Rachitsky

MAY 15, 2025

They’re fully accountable for business outcomes, not just product delivery—which creates a breeding ground for future founders and executives. This creates a culture where product people must understand the bare metal of how things work while still delivering wow experiences.

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The Product Guy

JUNE 12, 2025

Saying no is what separates strategic product leaders from the rest. In this Roadmap to Mastery article from The Product Way Patreon , we focus on one of the most essential, high-stakes skills in product management: knowing when and how to say no — and making that decision stick.

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The Basics of Product Management

JUNE 22, 2025

Introduction: The Rise of the AI-Augmented PM Welcome to the era where product managers don’t just manage products—they orchestrate intelligent systems . Get ready to become an AI Product Manager. The future of product management is here—and it’s intelligent, intuitive, and incredibly exciting.

Artificial Inteligence

Product Talk

MAY 14, 2025

The difficulties you face from going to 0 to 1understanding your customer, identifying what will differentiate your product, building early versions of that product, and actually finding customers to use it? They still exist, even when your product is an API. Its worth noting that many API teams dont have product managers.

Product Research

Userpilot

JULY 19, 2025

As a product manager, I’ve come across all the common obstacles to creating personas. Otherwise, you’ll end up with guesswork-based personas that aren’t actionable enough to drive product decisions nor relatable enough to inspire, and the work of all your company’s teams will stay disconnected from real customer pain points.

User Testing

Lenny Rachitsky

MAY 20, 2025

He most recently ran Product Management, Marketing, and Partnerships across Square while reporting to the CEO. Over a nine-year tenure, he also held various General Manager roles with full P&L responsibility, including the flagship Point of Sale business. After all, the skip lead hires the manager. Subscribe now.

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BrainMates

OCTOBER 20, 2024

It’s not just about creating a great product—it’s about ensuring the entire customer journey, from initial interaction to post-purchase support, exceeds expectations. At Brainmates you’ll often hear us say; “The Experience is The Product” How the Service Quality Gap Model Applies to Product Management 1.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

As product managers, the first principles approach enables us to attack problems from new angles, armed with sound logic. Guided by fundamentals and first principles — Tesla transformed the trajectory of automotive technology. You need to pick metrics that work for your company, product, and team. Does it make sense?

Roadmap

Userpilot

DECEMBER 31, 2024

While your product managers use our analytics reports to track product usage, your engineering teams can use our session replays to uncover bugs, and your customer support team may use our in-app help center feature to offer self-service and reduce support tickets. Userpilot is perfect for non-technical teams.

Data Visualization

Roman Pichler

JANUARY 20, 2025

Having said this, the system in Figure 1 captures the specific product strategy approach Ive created. [1] 1] Figure 1: A Product Strategy System You can use the model in Figure 1 to review and improve your current product strategy approach. Strictly speaking, these arent product strategy tools.

Systems Review

Arkenea

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

This is a problem I see not just with tech entrepreneurs but also on a regular basis with product managers at the B2B companies we work with at SiriusDecisions. Going back to tech, if there’s no feedback, whatever enhancement that is later added to the product may not be intuitive.

User Testing

The Product Guy

MAY 16, 2025

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.

Technical Review

UX Planet

OCTOBER 28, 2024

At this point, the designer’s job starts to feel more like either engineering — where we assist developers in mapping user interfaces — or product management, where we contribute to shaping the roadmap through user research. When it comes to product-specific flows, developers could benefit from a product designer’s input.

Research Software

Modus Create

JANUARY 15, 2025

De-risking your 2025 initiatives Why every intelligent app must start with a PoC By Jill Antweiler Posted in Product Published on: January 15, 2025 Last update: January 15, 2025 As we settle into 2025, many executives are eyeing ambitious initiatives to leverage new technologies and drive innovation. But they come with increased risks.

Analytic Tools

Roman Pichler

APRIL 7, 2025

Additionally, you should review AI-generated answers rather than blindly trusting a tool, even if the results sound very convincing. 12] AI Strategy Foundations I hope that the previous sections have given you an idea if AI-based tools are suitable to help you create a winning strategy for your product.

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