Engineers estimated it to take 4 weeks, but delivered it in 12 weeks Product managers, if you're in this situation, do this: 1. Break larger tasks into smaller chunks 2. Have multiple smaller milestones 3. Review timeline after every milestone 4. Don't wait until its too late.

Life gets a lot easier when you realize the key to success is consistent, persistent, unrelenting, day-after-day, week-after-week work on the things that matter.

What makes a successful PM: - know the customer - know the tech - build things - make money Pick four.

Product Management 101. Today: Outcome vs. Output

Customers don’t buy because of who they are They buy because of who they wish to become When you understand this, your marketing will improve

Paul Graham on why ambitious people need to be around other ambitious people:

I got my hands on how Meta evaluates PMs in its new "Analytical Thinking" interview. It is a rebrand of the old 'Product Execution' interview. The giveaway is the question examples: "We've recognized a 10% drop in newly registered users, what data and/or results would you need

What actually matters in product management: • Merit 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 politics • Quality 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 speed • Results 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 process • Learning 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 blaming • Impact 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 busyness • Outcomes 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 orders • Clarity 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 complexity • Problems 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 features •

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The tiny details matter. Focus on them

claire vo 🖤's hot take at Config: "Manager roles will be more rare, we're entering the era of the Super IC Product Manager." What does a Super IC PM look like? 1. Scrappiness and hustle 2. Commercial mindset 3. Be indispensable These are the PM attributes top leaders are hiring.

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Product-market fit is not enough anymore. You need position-market fit: There was a time, not too long ago, where in startupland one could build a thing that solved a real problem, put a price tag on it, and see if the market wanted it: • If they did, then we would have said

This is the most important (and underrated) career advice: Build a reputation for figuring it out. At every step of your career, you'll be given a lot of tasks you have no idea how to complete. Imposter syndrome will inevitably set in—you'll wonder how you can possibly be

when product loses to legal

It is an admirable quality to be able to just jump to tasks without procrastination & to enjoy checking them off your list asap e.g., to just send that email to the team, build that slide deck, write that policy doc, update your website copy, post that launch announcement, etc.

We don't need to debate whether it's better to be a generalist or a specialist. The world needs both. Specialists excel at zooming in. They see the details to deepen our knowledge. Generalists excel at zooming out. They see around corners to broaden our view.

When you get into a leadership position it’s really easy to set up a system and watch work go by. Products get shipped. People get hired. Process gets implemented. Many look at this and think: “wow, I hired a bunch of talented people; look at them go!” But this is dangerous,