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519: Product verification, most important of the 19 activities of product management – with Nishant Parikh

Product Innovation Educators

Drawing from his 20+ years of technology experience and extensive research, Nishant shared insights about how these activities vary across different organizational contexts – from startups to enterprises, B2B to B2C, and Agile to Waterfall environments.

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Calm’s Will Larson on how to build a technical leadership career

Intercom, Inc.

After writing An Elegant Puzzle about the challenges of engineering management in high-growth organizations, his focus shifted to a career path that’s much less understood – the technical leadership track. Or does this whole tech career thing support the writing? Architect, Tech Lead, Solver, and Right Hand. I don’t know.

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527: The truth behind “CEO of the Product” – with Francesca Cortesi

Product Innovation Educators

Early in her career, Francesca encountered this phrase alongside the common description of product management as sitting at the intersection of business, user experience, and technology. Leadership doesn’t always mean management Many professionals enter product management from technical backgrounds, such as engineering or development.

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Balancing Product Vision with Market Realities: Exclusive TPG Live Recap

The Product Guy

Shift from fixed yearly planning to rolling quarterly reviews to allow flexibility in roadmap decisions. Present qualitative user insights alongside quantitative metrics. Translate technical details into user-friendly language using real-world analogies. RICE scoring) to balance long-term vs. short-term needs.

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Intercom presents Engineer Chats

Intercom, Inc.

When tackling a technical design for a system, make sure you always understand the data models first. ” versus when you’re figuring out, “Hey, how should I tech design this?” Liam Geraghty: To connect all of this with a concrete example, Jamie presents this one. Being one with the data models.

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Why Product Management Is Not The Same As Oprah’s Favorite Things

The Product Guy

They saw the title would be design review or feature review, but what did that really mean? Imagine being in that audience in 2006, excitedly waiting to see all of the items you’ll receive only to be presented with two items, one of which you’re supposed to give away to someone else. About Esley Svanas.

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Strategy Blocks: An operator’s guide to product strategy

Lenny Rachitsky

Step 1: Preparation (3-5 weeks) The preparation step is a foundational effort where a lot of the groundwork and due diligence is done to inform the strategy selection process. Then iron out any adjustments as a result of these reviews. Let’s dive into detailed guidance for each step.

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