Known vs. Unknown

There are two vastly different sides of product management. Developing toward the known. And discovering what you need to know. The latter is the hard one, and of course ought to always come first. I’m in that stage now. I love it. It’s crazy, unscripted, and...

The Product Ten Commandments

The Product Ten Commandments 🙌   1. Find the problems and start there. 2. Never start with the technology. 3. Fall in love with the customer (they will tell you about the problems). 4. Only build a solution that is 10x better than the current option(s)....
The 7 Things To Stop Doing For Your Company

The 7 Things To Stop Doing For Your Company

Not everything is helpful. Not everything is useful. I’ve launched 4 startups so far in my career. And at every other company that I worked for, I treated the role as if it was my own startup. In doing that I found that there are a ton of things that need to be done,...
What’s Your “One Move”?

What’s Your “One Move”?

I coach youth soccer (football for everyone else outside the US). And I am amazed at how many parallels there are from the game to business. For example, I teach kids to pick their “one move”. They need to have one set play to get around a defender. Choose...