Lenny Rachitsky

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Each week I tackle reader questions about building product, driving growth, and accelerating your career. But you’re wrong. Consider these recent news items that caught my attention: When Italy banned ChatGPT, the productivity of coders in the country fell by 50% before recovering. Source: David Kreitmeir et al. ]

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Mironov Consulting

JANUARY 24, 2024

Expanding on a recent post ( Revenue Goals are Not Company Strategies ), I’ve been seeing lots of maker teams (product, engineering, design) struggling to form product strategies without a company strategy to hang them on.  OK, What’s A Company Strategy?   Product management malpractice.  

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Intercom, Inc.

MAY 16, 2022

When we want to discuss problems, imagine new ideas, and brainstorm solutions, it’s best to bring people together – whether in person or virtually. Collaboration comes in many flavors, from small informal working sessions and group critiques to full-blown workshops. What are product design workshops? Delegate when needed.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 28, 2022

And the kernel of truth behind them The world is a heavy place right now, I figure a moment of levity might help. I stumbled upon a bunch of product management memes while preparing for a talk. the market, competition, customer needs etc.). the market, competition, customer needs etc.). There is definitely truth in that.

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Mironov Consulting

MAY 16, 2020

A topic that’s come up several times recently in my product leader coaching sessions: how much to delegate to the (individual contributor) product managers on our teams – including different ways of building product skills and balancing personal empowerment against good results. What’s Our Goal for Delegation?

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

I am so sorry but this article might make you rethink some organizational decisions you have made in the past. If you haven’t made organizational decisions yet, you might just be in luck. Scale friendly Scale friendly is simply put — making a plan building a product, marketing it, and scaling up from there.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 11, 2023

“Purpose is not the sole pursuit of profits but the animating force for achieving them. Yet, those conversations rarely intersect despite being a perfect pair for a product. Yet, those conversations rarely intersect despite being a perfect pair for a product. If you asked why, the answer is I don’t know. Or so we thought.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

MAY 12, 2022

This article is part of our series on UX and Product Design, and is based on writing by Garron Engstrom for Exponent's upcoming Product Design Interview Course. UX Design and Product Design interviews can be mystifying, but are ultimately meant to get a well-rounded picture of your design skillset. Let’s get started!

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Intercom, Inc.

JUNE 9, 2022

Over the last 10 years, we’ve worked hard to develop and iterate on our product principles to codify our approach to decision-making, which has allowed us to consistently build great products at scale. You can follow on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , YouTube or grab the RSS feed in your player of choice. Looking for a little more?

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Strategies for switching into a product management role when you don’t fit the cookie cutter qualifications. Getting into product when you’ve already started your career Product management requires, above anything else, good judgment. It shouldn’t be a prerequisite for product management jobs either.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

JANUARY 15, 2021

Are you preparing for upcoming product management or marketing interviews? Your interviewer is undoubtedly going to ask your questions highly focused on product design. Therefore, the wisest thing you can do to prepare is to take a look at some common product design questions, right? Well, don't worry!

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Product Innovation Educators

MAY 15, 2023

What a community can do for your product – for product managers Today we are talking about building a community for a brand or product. Which reminds me that this episode is sponsored by the Product Mastery Now Community—that’s right, we have a community for listeners of this podcast.

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Mind the Product

JUNE 5, 2018

The team casually assembles for the routine design critique. What happens next is more than just a statement on her design. What’s so bad About “Like”? When you tell someone you like something, it seems generous and charitable. It doesn’t matter what we think or feel about a design.

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Andrew Chen

AUGUST 23, 2023

Hi readers, Over the years, I’ve shared lessons and tips from writing a professional blog — previously 10 years of professional blogging – what I’ve learned. I wanted to share some experiences with what it seems to be good at, and what it’s not. I’ve been writing for hours!)

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UX Studio

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

The designer has presented their masterpiece; they anticipate feedback; you were awaiting it; the deadline nears. You look at it with high hopes, and… see something very unexpected. Unfortunately, you don’t like it and can not accept it that way. It doesn’t align to the product vision, nor to the business goals.

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Intercom, Inc.

MAY 27, 2019

The articles we read, the tools we use, the conferences we attend: we all speak the same language when it comes to design. If you are investing in self-development and learning about UX, it’s highly likely the materials you use are in English. In fact, right now you are reading this blog post in English.

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UX Planet

JANUARY 1, 2024

Some of you may shiver, and others may get in a bad mood when it is time to receive feedback on your design work. On an objective level, we all know that we need feedback to improve our work. It requires preparation, thoughtfulness, sensitivity, and you certainly need to get into the subject matter to become proficient.

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Userzoom

APRIL 30, 2019

As designers we need to educate our clients about our desired process on a daily basis. As designers we need to educate our clients about our desired process on a daily basis. Still, it’s often difficult for them to understand the value of usability tests. I’ll mention some of them: Design critique? —?There’s

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Atlassian

MARCH 31, 2022

Trying to be too nice when delivering feedback can confuse the receiver. Making sure you, as the feedback giver, are in the right frame of mind before delivering constructive criticism is an important step. How confident are you about giving difficult feedback? If you think your skills could use a boost, you’re not alone.

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Mind the Product

JUNE 26, 2017

At the start of a project, it can be helpful if you create rough prototypes without too much detail. Doing this allows you to have high-level conversations over the direction of the user’s journey, rather than get distracted by specific visuals or wording. What should users see if they already have an account?

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Userzoom

JULY 16, 2019

Especially where you don’t have any ownership or influence to change the designs based on your research or testing? Read on to discover when it makes sense to test websites other than your own. Let’s say that you have an idea for a new product, website or service, but you’re unsure whether it will work or if there is a market for it.

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ProductPlan

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

But for enterprise product teams, the most common area where that opportunity and reality clash is roadmapping. While common processes and templates should be the lifeblood of any effective enterprise operation, 50% of large product teams (those with 50+ members) cite keeping roadmaps and processes consistent as their top growing pain.

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Usersnap

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

When they give you user feedback, take it seriously! What distinguishes one app or software from another? For you, it’s how you can best develop your software to meet customer needs. For you, it’s how you can best develop your software to meet customer needs. We got the webinar for you!

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Imaginary Cloud - Design

JULY 30, 2020

Unless you have been living under a rock for the last few years, it's unlikely that you have never come across User Centered Design (UCD). If you're building a web or mobile app, you might feel that the recipe for success is to follow a User Centered Design approach. But do you actually know what is it about?

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UX Planet

DECEMBER 26, 2023

I’m Hari, a product designer at Fyle. Embarking on my design journey, I recently marked the significant milestone of completing two years as a product designer. Over the past two years at Fyle, a fintech startup, I’ve gained invaluable insights into the nuances of product design by working on different aspects of the product.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Have you interviewed at a big tech company recently? If you've never done it before, chances are you were surprised by how extensive and challenging they may be. Going through mock interviews before your big day can give you the training and experience like few other forms of interview prep can. But why are they so helpful?

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Mironov Consulting

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

While sales teams stereotypically rally around contests, talk sports and drink coffee (which is for closers)… development teams may sit silently side-by-side-side most of the day engaging in multiple Slack conversations, taking breaks for air hockey or exchanging giphys , and critiquing each other’s code indents. So improving.

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Mind the Product

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

She’s an experienced facilitator of workshops, so at this year’s London #mtpcon she shared some practical ways to get teams to work together more productively. Similarly Google has found that there is no impact from the individual talents of team members in its most successful teams, it is how they work together that makes them successful.

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Innovatemap

DECEMBER 19, 2022

And if you’re doing it right, your wealth of knowledge is consistently evolving. When we learn something new, we feel compelled to share with others. We’ve compiled a list of resources from the year that inspired us to do better work and be better teammates. LOVED: How to Rethink Marketing for Tech Products.

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Product Innovation Educators

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Communicating with customers through online communities and conferences to help product managers succeed. You need to be using customer communities in your product management work. Summary of some concepts discussed for product managers. [3:50] She currently leads all SEMrush branding across 50+ countries.

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Mironov Consulting

JANUARY 17, 2019

I work with a lot of CEOs, usually as an advocate for better product and development organizations. Many CEOs tell me that they (personally) are the best-informed people within their companies about what customers need , and they (personally) are best positioned to drive decisions on product priorities.

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

As product people, we sometimes get flashes of creative genius thinking where we are certain that a particular idea will be adopted by all users or will improve a user experience and our natural bias is to push to prioritizing it on the roadmap. This is product intuition. Product success rises and falls on product strategy.

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Usersnap

JULY 3, 2023

If you’re new to the bug tracking system, issue management or web development in general, you might wonder what a bug report is. For example, I’ve shown you 6 easy bug reporting tricks , answered the 4 W’s of bug reporting and gave you some insights on bad bug reports.

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Userpilot

JANUARY 28, 2021

The internet is rife with advice on how to become a Product Manager – often written by people who have never worked as a Product Manager themselves. So if you’re looking to switch careers and become a PM – you will for sure find some insights in this blog. Here are some tips from experienced PMs!

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Product Innovation Educators

JUNE 22, 2020

The recipe for rapid product design for product managers. A Design Sprint is how you can solve big problems and test new ideas in just five days. The Design Sprint became popular at Google a few years ago, which is also when Sprint was published. Summary of some concepts discussed for product managers. [6:28]

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Usersnap

JUNE 24, 2022

It’s vital customer feedback you need to validate that what your business is doing is on the right track! If you only reply to negative reviews, that’s all prospective customers will see and it will give them a bad first impression of your company. flowers) when they deserve them.

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Mironov Consulting

SEPTEMBER 15, 2019

For instance, “how do we think this change to the onboarding workflow will shift user behavior?” Increasing, though, companies are building statistical or AI/Machine Learning features directly into their products. Ultimately, we build better products collectively. Who are the players, and what do we call them?

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