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Differentiated value. Competitive alternatives are not competiion in comparison. i.e statusquo

“What rewards and punishments do is induce compliance, and they do very well. If your objective is to get people to obey an order, to show up on time and do what they’re told, then bribing or threatening them may be sensible strategies. But if your objective is to get long-term quality in the workplace, to help students become careful thinkers and... See more

PM version 10 -30 - 50 product , execution analytical are the ones who consistently outperform in Product management

Pitfalls in product processes- If the founder becomes the tactical, shipping feature after feature without understanding. empower the engineering. decision making and transparency is needed. Feature factory culture - it does not change customer behaviour.

"Prisoners Dilemma: .... There’s a much better outcome available if they could figure out the coordination, but coordination is hard."

Ralph Merkle wrote about Bitcoin as life:Bitcoin is the first example of a new form of life. It lives and breathes on the internet. It lives because it can pay people to keep it alive. It lives because it performs a useful service that people will pay it to perform. … It can’t be stopped. It can’t even be interrupted. If nuclear war destroyed half... See more

When to hire a product manager? Someone has to play the role of product manager. Can be the founder. If not adequate and solid, engineering is too expensive to waste and without a solid product presence, you waste money.

Retroactive funding proposalsThis is a form of compensation which rewards contributors after they’ve made their contributions

Sawyer Effect as “practices that can either turn play into work or work into play,” after Tom Sawyer, who tricked his friends into painting a fence for him by convincing them it was fun