ProductFTW #8: Is it Wrong to Use AI to Assist with Product Management? We’ll explore how product management will evolve with AI, if it will replace product managers, and if relying on AI to perform job functions is ethically questionable.
ProductFTW #7: Building Confidence in Saying "No" This week, I want to dig a little deeper into a topic Ellen touched on in our last post: the product management mantra that you should say “no” more than you say “yes.” It was certainly the first big lesson Matthew instilled when he hired me as a product manager
ProductFTW #6: How to Effectively Communicate as a Product Manager So, how did I improve my communication to a commanding-a-room level? Practice. As the saying goes, practice makes perfect, and communication is something that needs to be practiced almost every day. Here are ways you can practice...
ProductFTW #5: Being the First Product Manager Part II Remember that first week on the job? Remember getting blasted by that firehose of information and the overwhelming feeling that you might never get a handle on things? Well, get used to that feeling- it's part of the fun!
ProductFTW #4: Being the First Product Manager As the product manager, your job is to turn this beautiful mess into a well-oiled machine that can pump out products and features that are so good that customers are ripping it out of your hands.
ProductFTW #3: Startups vs. Big Companies Many startups, typically with a single product, only require complex cross-team coordination once they experience substantial growth.
ProductFTW #2: The Tire Swing Cartoon The start of building a successful product is to know what it is you need to build in the first place, and that starts with knowing what the customer needs, not what the customer wants.
ProductFTW #1: What is a Product Manager? A product manager leads a product from idea to market and beyond, balancing user needs with business goals.
ProductFTW #0: Introduction to ProductFTW Welcome to ProductFTW: a unique newsletter about product management in technology startups. ProductFTW is exclusively advice about how to get shit done because, in the end, product management is about shipping valuable software. Everything else is noise. We want to help product leaders be successful by giving realistic approaches that