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”A startup is a temporary organization used to search for a repeatable and scalable business model.” - Steve Case

Learn to buy, rehab, rent, refinance, repeat in real estate investing

How to run a design sprint in a week

Initial stream of consciousness reaction to using Roam - TL;DR just start using it!

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Here's template I use for most of my product specs

Strategy is designing a way to deal with a challenge. So, a good strategy needs to define the challenge, and a design for a way to overcome it.

The definition of a user is someone who Uses your product. So, do your metrics mean someone is actually Using your product?

Ben Horowitz’s 1997 post Good Product Manager/Bad Product Manager is still the best summary of the PM role I’ve seen. When I’m asked by someone outside tech what a PM does, I usually say we’re responsible for building the right pr

Most common questions about being an effective remote PM

Or, how to fix politics.

Progress: Highlights, milestones, decisions, or reviews in the prior period. Plans: Priorities and goals in the coming period. Problems: Blockers, issues or flags.

I've recommended this process to several people, so am now posting it in an evergreen place. There is a whole book, but there are really just three steps: 1) Prioritize a list of companies, 2) contact employees at those companies,

This is an email that I've sent over the years to various friends who have asked for growth PM rapid ramp-up resources

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