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149: The Product Bible Part 1 - PRDs Are Problematic

149: Product Bible Part 1 – PRDs Are Problematic

PRDs are problematic Among other things, PRDs have problems like this: “They go stale fast” “No one reads them” “They are about what and not why” At the beginning of a real product effort, you have very high uncertainty There’s lots of experimentation What you know changes constantly They often don’t talk about the customer, …

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148: How To Improve Your Fundamental Product Management Skills

148: How To Improve Your Fundamental Product Management Skills

What’s the first skill you should teach a new product manager? Carl Vellotti asked this question on LinkedIn a few months ago. (I can’t actually find the post, unfortunately.) My answer was about learning to do inquiry – asking good questions. I’ve covered this on the podcast before, in episode 114: Great Questions for Market …

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147: Manan Modi on His New Book "The Startup Product Manager"

147: Manan Modi on His New Book “The Startup Product Manager”

Manan Modi, author of The Startup Product Manager My guest on this episode is Manan Modi, author of The Startup Product Manager, just published and available on Amazon. Manan reached out to me as part of his go to market plan for his book  (good thinking, by the way!). And I was intrigued by his …

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