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Ideas and reflections on product management, growth, marketing, analytics and market.
“We achieved product/market fit for our mobile e-commerce marketplace → Our target market is global retail worth >$20 trillion → We can build a huge business.”
Strange how U.S. monthly sales for Uber and Lyft still haven’t recovered post-pandemic
Facebook was all set to turn into TikTok. Until it decided not to
What is value? Most people have only a fuzzy idea of what it is
Strategic decisions require going beyond the data
Over the last 15 years, a whole generation of app-focused PMs has emerged
Find underserved segment in the market → achieve product/market fit → but no product/channel fit → no growth → dead end
The first version of a product doesn’t have to be perfect
There is no such thing as “organic” users
Dating apps have more in common with nightclubs than with other tech products
“To build a product you need to start with a problem, then come up with a solution”
Is this the new “WeCrashed” or am I missing something?
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Product management fundamentals
- Addressing user pain points vs solving user problems better
- Product manager skills: evolution of a PM role and its transformation
- Product metrics, growth metrics, and added value metrics
User activation
- When user activation matters and you should focus on it
- User activation is one of the key levers for product growth
- The dos and don’ts of measuring user activation
Product success stories
- The values and principles of Wise. Key ideas from the Breakout Growth Podcast by Sean Ellis
- How Revolut Trading was built. The importance of industry expertise and the balance of conservative and new approaches
- How the “Slack vs Microsoft Teams” race evolves as the world switches to remote work
Product analytics: tools and hints
- Analyzing qualitative research results effectively
- Qualitative research in product management: the guide
- Avoid this pitfall when comparing your product’s metrics with your competitor’s
Interviews with expert PMs
- Typical tasks of junior product managers (at Meta, LTK, and Sonos)
- How important are math skills for product managers?
- Which AI tools do PMs actually use?