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10 Oct, 4 tweets, 3 min read
I’m late to the party, but this recent Founders Field Guide episode with @rahulvohra is a masterclass for product folks

Most folks can learn more from this one episode than several years of building products, reading 10+ books, etc.

I’ve listened to it twice & will listen again
The frameworks & examples shared by @rahulvohra are superb

But perhaps even more important is the product philosophy: deeply understanding user motivations & psychology, and conceiving creative product solutions rather than the “safe” ones

I cannot stress how important this is.
Apple podcasts link:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rah…

Spotify link:
open.spotify.com/episode/1Z1xGR…

If you want to check out the content right away,
@chrishlad has created a nice thread summarizing this episode (but don't forget to also listen to the episode):
Another summary of the episode, this one from @sajithpai

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9 Oct
All else being equal, it’s often more prudent to prefer teams that tend to Over-Promise & Under-Deliver (OPUD) rather than teams that consistently Under-Promise & Over-Deliver (UPOD)

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What I’ve observed in practice, within talented organizations:

OPUD teams tend to be ambitious for the user & the company. They aim high & might miss at times as a result.

UPOD teams tend to be ambitious for self first. They care more about survival & perception management.
"Over-Promise & Under-Deliver" teams might miss some of their promises, but they still usually end up with greater net productivity & impact than "Under-Promise & Over-Deliver" teams.
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6 Oct
A thread of 15 principles for product work (most of which I learned the hard way)
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1/
 Before you get all excited about the low hanging fruit, be sure you are under the right tree.
2/
 The “product” isn’t just the buttons & other pixels on the screen. Treat everything that touches the user as the product and make sure it is as cohesive as possible.
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3 Oct
As a product person, almost nothing can match the fun of working on a B2B Product at a Product-Focused Company

B2B ⇒ Much higher likelihood of success than Consumer

Product-Focused ⇒ Everyone cares deeply about user experience ⇒ You get to build a product you can be proud of
At Product-Focused Companies:

-Strategy matters
-Product quality is vital
-Good design is table-stakes
-Long-term thinking is encouraged
-Org is designed to build great product
-Decisions are rigorous, customer-focused
-End-to-end customer experience is viewed as “the product”
At Product-Focused Companies, the entire fabric of the organization is optimized to help you create high quality products that solve meaningful customer problems.
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1 Oct
🗓️Sept 2020 thread recap

Shortcut:
twitter.com/search?q=(from…
(keeps you in the Twitter app)

Includes:
-7 Product Team Biases
-A Product Metrics Primer
-Efficiency vs Effectiveness
-10 Tips for Misery
-Criteria for Joining a Company
-Getting Better at Products
-How/What/Why-first
If you've reviewed all of the Sept 2020 content👆🏾, would you kindly take a quick survey?
(just 1 required question & 2 optional)

It would help me immensely to get your feedback.

Head over to SurveyMonkey for the quick survey:
surveymonkey.com/r/ZGW95Y8

Thank you very much!
Many thanks to everyone who answered my survey🙏🏾

Results:

N=37

81 NPS😊

what's good: frameworks, uncommon/unconventional, easy to digest, clear, actionable, in-depth

what could be better: more examples, other formats (blog, video, podcasts), more depth/industry-specific

❤️
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30 Sep
Q4 2020 starts tomorrow (!)

A couple of threads, for the fortunate (unfortunate?) folks who will be swimming (drowning?) in the deep waters of 2021 annual planning over the next several weeks👇🏾
Some tips for more sane annual planning:
Having a reasonable, cohesive product strategy will make almost everything easier.

A thread on product strategy:
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26 Sep
Product failure is expensive.

And look around, it’s common.

Why do products fail?

Is it becos we can't build the product?
No

Is it becos we launched it N weeks late?
Almost never

So what is it?

The 7 Biases of Product teams, a very visual thread:
It all started when I asked myself this question in the year 2016:
This thread is my answer to that question.

And it has to do with the biases of product teams when building products.

3 parts to this thread:
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