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The Messy Middle by Scott Belsky

Sachin Rekhi

I just finished reading The Messy Middle by Scott Belsky and highly recommend it for product managers at both startups and established tech firms. Scott Belsky shares his lessons learned optimizing and enduring the messy and unsexy middle every product goes through before (hopefully) thriving.

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Twitter’s former Head of Product opens up: being fired, meeting Elon, changing stagnant culture, building consumer product, more | Kayvon Beykpour

Lenny Rachitsky

He originally joined Twitter in 2015 through the acquisition of his company, Periscope, the largest live video streaming platform at the time. Periscope pioneered technology that inspired Instagram Live, TikTok Live, Facebook Live, and other social networks’ expansion into video streaming.

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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

Brought to you by: • Eppo —Run reliable, impactful experiments • Vanta —Automate compliance. Simplify security • Coda —The all-in-one collaborative workspace — Dalton Caldwell is Managing Director and Group Partner at Y Combinator. He’s also racked up more than 6,500 office hours with founders.

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Building a world-class sales org | Jason Lemkin (SaaStr)

Lenny Rachitsky

Brought to you by: • CommandBar —AI-powered user assistance for modern products and impatient users • Vanta —Automate compliance. Simplify security. Before SaaStr, Jason wore many hats: CEO and co-founder of EchoSign (later bought by Adobe), vice president at Adobe Systems, co-founder and president of NanoGram Devices Corp.,

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TEI 196: The messy middle of new product projects – with Scott Belsky

Product Innovation Educators

It is the messy middle, full of rocky terrain that is woefully underestimated and misunderstood. It is the messy middle, full of rocky terrain that is woefully underestimated and misunderstood. The Messy Middle is also the name of a new book by my guest, Scott Belsky.

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10 Product Industry Influencers You Should Be Following

Gainsight

Shout out to the Product people of the world. Without them, none of the software solutions or apps we love would be here today. If you’re building and managing products, it can often feel like life is a nonstop rollercoaster and every time one box is checked, another five are added. Meet some of these stellar human beings in person at Pulse 2019.

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What’s the Secret to Becoming a Great Product Manager?

Mind the Product

Many product managers never get to launch a product, let alone own one. They go from planning one product to the next, foregoing the opportunity to establish fundamental product instincts, which only develop after managing the same product for an extended period of time. Steve Jobs’ Take on Consulting. It’s like a picture of a banana.