Product strategy
Product strategy is the process of defining what you want to achieve and how you plan to get there.
Tom So and
Product strategy
Linear example PRD: priority micro-adjust
docs.google.comMany concepts that sound good on paper are infeasible to implement, or simply don’t produce the expected results. It’s frustrating when that happens, of course, but the pace of experimentation and learning at a startup is unparalleled. I think this is an especially important form of rigor for theorycels like me. Building product forces a different ... See more
Jasmine Sun • exit interview
the theory practice divide
How I ship projects at big tech companies
seangoedecke.com
love this visual of the whole product/market fit journey, and what to measure along the way
(h/t @Coeluh) https://t.co/JRVOGckU1h
"I see our customers as partners in a big project, not as crops to be harvested. You can’t have a sustainable long-term relationship when you treat your customers as crops.”
-Tobi Lutke
People look at great product teams and assume they win because they are faster at shipping, but the reality is that they are just ruthless about cutting scope especially in the early days.
You don't have to be an amazing engineer to cut scope by half and go twice as fast.
Perfectionism has nothing to do with getting it right. It has nothing to do with fixing things. It has nothing to do with standards. Perfectionism is a refusal to let yourself move ahead. It is a loop—an obsessive, debilitating closed system that causes you to get stuck in the details of what you are writing or painting or making and to lose sight
... See moreSo but how do we build software that can be anything without falling into the Zombocom trap? I believe that Bezos interview shows us exactly how.
- You start from a systems-level insight ( the internet is growing rapidly )
- Then work backwards to a first best customer who has a burning need ( can’t find book ) that is related to your superpower ( intern