6 ways to spot feature bloat before it kills you Nobody asked for it. It requires a help article. You added it “just in case.” It confuses your value prop. It solves edge cases, not core pain. It delays your launch by another 3 months. Cut bloat. Make sales. Easy.

Your first launch will be ugly. That’s okay. Ugly launches pay bills. Perfect ideas pay nothing.

People ask how I keep going after 3 layoffs: I have 4 kids. Giving up isn’t on the roadmap.

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8 silent killers of digital product dreams 1. Waiting for perfect before shipping. 2. Talking to yourself, not customers. 3. Writing docs instead of pitching. 4. Chasing trends instead of pain. 5. Confusing tools with systems. 6. Believing job security is real. 7. Building

People buy clarity. Not complexity. Not features. Not jargon. Clarity.

My wife is a teacher. She has better 'stakeholder management' than most PMs I know.

Man's gotta dream...

Pete — The Product Guy You’re making us hungry! 🔥

5 savage truths about work life nobody warns you about - Your boss will replace you in a week. Your kids don’t. - A single digital product can pay your mortgage. - You can get addicted to Stripe notifications. - Freedom costs less than staying miserable. - You’ll work more hours

If your roadmap’s too big: - Cut in half. - Then cut in half again. Clarity comes with a knife.

I’m not special. I just decided: No more bosses. No more excuses. No more waiting for perfect. You can too.

It was going so well...

7 tiny reasons your idea stays stuck in your head 1. You’re scared of trolls. 2. You think it’s “not ready.” 3. You crave validation first. 4. You keep researching tools. 5. You fear nobody cares enough. 6. You think your boss will find out. 7. You secretly worry launching might

Most PMs overthink: “How do I design the perfect feature?” Better question: “Which feature can I delete so nobody notices?”

PM job description: - Herd cats - Translate chaos - Ignore Jira - Kill features - Smile while crying Oh and have 50 years experience in AI and ML

My spirit animal...

6 savage truths about building products people actually buy 1. “It's my passion” doesn’t mean other people will pay for it. 2. Complex roadmaps are where simple products go to die. 3. Feedback that’s polite usually means they hate it. 4. Nobody wants to read a 30-slide pitch

A “vision statement” is great. But a week-by-week traction goal will save your business.