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Interviewing? Cover Letters are a Massive Waste of Time
Just don’t do it. Don’t even think about it. Stop writing cover letters. Think cover letters are an opportunity to make an impression? To...

Founder Erik
Dec 5, 20231 min read
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Erik’s List of Must-Listen Product Podcasts
Product Managers like to share. Good thing for us! Check out these must-listen podcasts to ramp up your learning for the New Year. Enjoy!...

Founder Erik
Dec 5, 20231 min read
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To RICE or not To RICE?
In most cases, I don’t care what type of prioritization framework or methodology my teams use. As long as they use one and are able to...
Tony Rudeen
Nov 28, 20231 min read
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"How can we make this go faster?"
We’ve all been there - you and your team have put in a ton of work discussing, refining, and estimating requirements, setting project...
Tony Rudeen
Nov 28, 20232 min read
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Staying Calm, Confident and Focused as a PM When Your Job Looks Like This
Only Product Managers know what it’s really like to be a PM. Expectations are sky high and the job requires master juggling skills....

Founder Erik
Nov 21, 20232 min read
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Brian Chesky declared Product dead? Quite the opposite.
Product Managers had a collective “Oh Sh*t!” moment this year when Brian Chesky (CEO of AirBnB) told a room of designers at Figma’s...

Founder Erik
Nov 21, 20232 min read
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Write Great OKRs with These Tips
With Q1 coming up, I have business planning on my mind! I try to use every planning cycle as an opportunity to refresh myself on best...
Tony Rudeen
Nov 14, 20231 min read
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Getting Back to the Basics
As we get closer to the start of a new year, I’ve been thinking a lot about business planning. I’m sure many of us have gone through the...
Tony Rudeen
Nov 14, 20232 min read
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Spice up your Development with the Focused, Fun, and Fearless Framework
Many companies have boring development plan frameworks, or none at all. I learned this “Focused, Fun and Fearless” development framework...

Founder Erik
Nov 7, 20231 min read
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The Times I Made My Team Members Cry - What I Need to See Before I Promote You
Yes, I said “times” - plural - I’ve made my team members cry. Of the most emotional experiences I’ve had with my teams it’s been...

Founder Erik
Nov 7, 20232 min read
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Pancakes & Product Strategy
I know what you're thinking - what could breakfast food and product management possibly have in common? The answer is simple...they both...
Tony Rudeen
Oct 31, 20231 min read
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How to Onboard to Your New Job Like a Pro
POV: you got a new job! You signed your offer and your start date is circled on the calendar. You’re excited to meet your team and dig...
Tony Rudeen
Oct 31, 20232 min read
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Product Leaders: Your Job is Repeater-In-Chief
Communication in Product Management is critical. Product Leaders have one of the most important roles in communicating with their team,...

Founder Erik
Oct 24, 20232 min read
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Check Your Feature’s Value Prop with this Simple Artifact
Your job as a product manager is to solve customer problems and build solutions that create value for users and your company. A simple...

Founder Erik
Oct 24, 20231 min read
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Improve your Decision Making Ability With This Framework
Have you ever struggled with making a decision? Maybe the stakes were high, or maybe you felt overwhelmed by the amount of information...
Tony Rudeen
Oct 16, 20232 min read
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Impress Your Boss with This One-on-One Template
I’ve had the luxury of working for some exceptional leaders in my career. They’re the ones who empower you to make decisions, help you...
Tony Rudeen
Oct 16, 20232 min read
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Simplifying Product Strategy with Ohmae’s 3 C’s Framework
I see Product Managers fall into the trap of thinking strategy must be complex and brilliant. I’ve seen great strategy can be simple,...

Founder Erik
Oct 10, 20232 min read
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Product Leaders: Are You Tough Enough?
Product Leaders and Product Managers have to be tough. They need to push themselves to excellence, and they have to bring others to...

Founder Erik
Oct 10, 20232 min read
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Are Growth Loops the New Funnel?
When building products, we spend a lot of time talking about and examining funnels when discussing how to make something grow....
Tony Rudeen
Oct 2, 20232 min read
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How Remote Product Managers can Use AI as a Teammate
As product people, a core element of our job is identifying and defining problems. We spot them, research them, and then poke, prod, and...
Tony Rudeen
Oct 2, 20232 min read
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