Archive - Rubik's Cube

The only thing that matters and the pursuit of single-threaded leadership

How teams can focus on executing on their important goals, while organizations can continue to innovate and pursue several initiatives at a time

Nov 24, 2023 •

Babis Makrynikolas

November 2022

The Nest screwdriver

Raising the bar on customer obsession

Nov 4, 2022 •

Babis Makrynikolas

September 2022

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…

Sep 3, 2022 •

Babis Makrynikolas

July 2022

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…

Jul 29, 2022 •

Babis Makrynikolas

March 2022

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…

Mar 25, 2022 •

Babis Makrynikolas

January 2022

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…

Jan 15, 2022 •

Babis Makrynikolas

June 2021

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…

Jun 5, 2021 •

Babis Makrynikolas

April 2021

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…

Apr 24, 2021 •

Babis Makrynikolas

March 2021

The most underappreciated skill in business

Mar 12, 2021 •

Babis Makrynikolas

February 2021

Another approach to the chicken and egg problem - Part 6

The future of ecommerce

Feb 6, 2021 •

Babis Makrynikolas

December 2020

Another approach to the chicken and egg problem - Part 5

Marketplace Risk Management

Dec 28, 2020 •

Babis Makrynikolas

November 2020

Another approach to the chicken and egg problem - Part 4

How did Amazon become a marketplace?

Nov 28, 2020 •

Babis Makrynikolas

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