Tom So

@tomso

Deep into web3 social, bit of a generalist In the crypto rabbit hole (as I should). Also super into startups, everything social and community building. I usually read on product management and career development - I add engineering sprinkles to the mix bc why not

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Beyond Agile (3/52): A How-To Guide on Technical Program Management for Product Managers (Part 1)

Aadil Maan buildingromes.substack.com

Workplace Collaboration and Productivity Tools and

Good Product Managers, Great Product Managers

Shreyas Doshi linkedin.com

GTM (go to market strategy) and

As head of marketing at Gusto I shifted us from "growth at all costs" to profitable growth. ARR grew 100x in 4 yrs while CAC <12 mos. Now every company is asked to do the same. I shared how we did it in a recent talk to @ycombinator & @sequoia... See more

Jaleh Rezaei twitter.com

marketing and GTM (go to market strategy)

One of the prime directives of Technical Program Managers, especially modern TPMing, is stakeholder management. There are so many moving parts, people, personalities that part of Technical Program Management is to ensure the teams remain collaborative, constantly fed up to date information, giving their voices importance and as projects progress... See more

Substack • Beyond Agile (3/52): A How-To Guide on Technical Program Management for Product Managers (Part 1)

Vitalik Buterin - Ideas for things worth building

Youtube youtube.com

Identity Management and

The FDA has continually slow-walked the approval of rapid tests for development. The Trump administration was utterly uninterested in any COVID policy outside the vaccines.

Derek Thompson • A Simple Plan to Solve All of America’s Problems

The importance of deep focus work in early startups specially for engineers

Spotify • Leading Async Engineering Teams & Building Hardware with Andrew Conner from Levels

Many team members feel as if they don’t matter. They feel as if they’re just another number. It’s your job to let them know that their input is valuable.

Anthony Boyd • How to Communicate with Intent as a Leader

High-level insight

Most companies do not operate in ways they realize their vision by continuously aligning business goals with customers' needs and pain points. Product teams need to be aligned on business objectives and be allowed to operate at an initiative level to impact those objectives.

Author describes different processes to set product team... See more