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Practical Product #5: A lesson from Reddit, Notion, and Meta, Disengaged Engineers, Sharing Insights, and Fixing Flaking

Practical Product Volume V Hi Reader- What do Reddit, Notion, and Meta have in common? Turns out, former PMs from those places share a key belief in how to handle customer support in the early days to maximize your learnings. This and how to handle engineers who don't want to help with solution ideating, how to reduce flake rates, and more in this week's edition of Practical Product. Let’s dive in… Table of contents: 🥘 Food for Thought on the Power of Listening ⚙️ What Grinds my Gears on...

almost 2 years ago • 11 min read

Practical Product Volume IV Hi Reader- What have you been learning from lately? I've been reading Marty Cagan's new book "Transformed" and really enjoyed the refresher on essential product management tactics, as well as how it breaks down common problems in organizations that discount the value of product management. This week we take a look at insights from a product leader who worked at both Atlassian and Shopify, the problem with many PM's specs, and some Pro Tips you can apply to your...

almost 2 years ago • 9 min read

Practical Product Volume III Hi Reader- What did you build this week? How did your world view change, because of something you learned from customers? If you love product, those are the kinds of questions you should be thinking about. For instance, just this week, I was learning why customers were coming to buy a course from Lighthouse after a rather long dry spell; it turned out, you can only hold back on some budget cuts so long before you decide it's time to do something again. This...

almost 2 years ago • 9 min read

Practical Product Volume II Hi Reader- As the old saying goes, “In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is.” My goal with this newsletter is to dive into the nuance of product management and give you practical help, so you can actually go apply what I write about to your job. If you enjoy this newsletter, or think I can improve it, reply and let me know! This week, we pick up where we left off last week, with a medley of product tactics and ideas to...

almost 2 years ago • 9 min read

Practical Product Volume I Hi Reader- I'm starting a newsletter and today is the first edition. I know there's a lot of product content out there, but what's missing is a discussion of the practical, real life challenges out there, and what to do about them. As the old saying goes, “In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is.” My goal with this newsletter is to dive into the nuance of product management and give you practical help, so you can actually...

almost 2 years ago • 8 min read