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On Chesterton’s fences and dogs that don’t bark
A few weeks ago we were looking into a bug and while trying to find the root cause, we went down the rabbit hole of some seemingly random configurations…
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How to align coroprate and product strategy
How to align corporate and product strategy was one of the questions I never asked during my time at Amazon. It just worked and when something works you…
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How to assess Product Managers
My most recent post on how to hire your first PM hopefully helped some teams hiring PMs for the first time. However, it left many questions about the…
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How to hire the first product manager for your startup
A common approach on what to write about, is something that people ask you often enough. This not only validates that there is some audience out there…
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Product management lessons from Amazon’s success
Back in 2004, technology was much different than it is today. Facebook was at its infancy, Netflix was still delivering DVDs, and the coolest phone was…
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An unconventional path to innovation
From monoliths to microservices Back in the day, most applications were built based on a monolithic architecture. Monolithic - in Greek meaning “one…
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On writing
The most underappreciated skill in business
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