Forget estimates, start with appetite
June 13, 2025 • #On Shape Up's concept of setting the appetite for a project.
Topic / product management
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The Gradient of User Value
April 10, 2025 • #Climb the gradient of user value.
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January 23, 2024 • #
Ryan Singer calls out the different flavors of “impact”, and the need to be able to articulate the purpose for doing something:
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Anti Portfolio Theory of Product
October 18, 2022 • #Making product bets requires focus and concentration, not diversification.
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Notes on Operating Well
June 27, 2022 • #Thoughts on what it means to be an effective operator, team leader, and product builder
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Framing and Shape Up
May 6, 2022 • #Using 'framing' to define problems and convey why they're worth solving.
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Product is Hard
April 5, 2019 • #A talk from product management expert Marty Cagan.
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Pre-Announcing as a Strategy
April 3, 2019 • #Steven Sinofsky on the various merits and downsides of pre-announcing products and features.
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Entering Product Development: Geodexy
March 27, 2019 • #A retrospective on the first product I worked on as (de facto) product manager: Geodexy, a predecessor to Fulcrum.
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Starting in Product Management
January 29, 2019 • #The first part in a series on my experience starting and working in product management.
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Weekend Reading: Railway Logos, Meditation, and the Next Feature Fallacy
December 8, 2018 • #Andrew Chen on the 'Next Feature Fallacy', Bill Gates on meditation, and some cool railway logo redesigns.
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Right-sizing and Product Scoping
October 31, 2018 • #Thoughts on the process of right-sizing product features and defining scope.
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Economics & Product Management
October 10, 2018 • #The similarities between economics and product management. It's all about trade-offs.
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A Product Origin Story
September 11, 2018 • #We started building Fulcrum in 2011. 7 years in I look back at how we started and what's changed.
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