Kassen Qian

The King of the Hill at Airbnb has switched from designers to product managers in most parts of the org. Vision-led rather than design-led.

Features don’t work, in the sense that they can be easily gamed. Behaviour has an advantage over features in that you can describe any feature in terms of behaviour, but you can’t describe behaviour in terms of features.

You can ship product like Figma, with this Coda doc

I initially did this solely for monetary gain. But then when I started getting deeper into it, I found community. I met real dope people that were really there for me. I found newer forms of creativity that I didn't even think I had. I feel like being a community leader is a creative to a great extent as well. And that changed my whole outlook on w... See more

Your team dynamic is something you can always affect, even if you have no meaningful influence over the major strategic decisions of an organization.

How can we understand the different types of value that PMs of different levels bring to the table and use that information to effectively build a PM organization?

Amazon’s ‘working backwards process’ is a pretty fascinating example of an alternative to Lean Startup that works . It's simple to describe, but difficult to do. Amazon’s method for  betting on new products is to start from the customer experience and working backwards from that by writing a press release that literally announces the product a... See more

Side benefit of this method: by forcing multiple iterations on a PR/FAQ, you implicitly gain the approval of everyone who reviews it, demands iterations on it, and subsequently approves it. This then means that when a product passes the PR/FAQ process but subsequently fails in the market, people are more likely to take collective responsibility.

Switzerland: - Progressive DLT regulations, Favourable tax regimes, friendly regulatory structures, and limited liability, has made Switzerland, one the most sought-after countries to incorporate a DAO.