Building Products

The Art and Science of Good Decisions: Balancing Instinct and Data

Instincts (including domain expertise + taste) may be the "new" moat needed to win.

Apr 8 •

OMTM vs. NSM: Why You Need Both to Drive Startup Growth

Sean Ellis and Ben Yoskovitz write about two key startup concepts: The One Metric That Matters and the North Star Metric.

Apr 1 •

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A Deep Dive on Product Roadmaps

Everything you ever wanted to know about product roadmaps, through a survey, to learn about prioritization, stakeholder management, tools, AI and more.

Mar 11 •

The Difference Between Product Management and Project Management

Product Management is NOT Project Management (at least not exclusively!) (#84)

Nov 12, 2024 •

The Importance of Business Models to Building Great Products

Don't turn product managers into mindless feature pushers or robotic project managers.

Oct 15, 2024 •

What Comes Before Zero to One?

0 to 1 is a big, messy process. Breaking it up helps simplify and structure the validation work. (#79)

Aug 6, 2024 •

Build, Measure, Learn: The Expanded Edition

Introducing the Lean Analytics Cycle, a way to experiment successfully. (#78)

Jul 23, 2024 •

Product Management is Communication

Product managers need to speak multiple languages: Design, Dev, User, Boss Talk and more to be successful. (#75)

Jun 18, 2024 •

From Empathy to Scale: What Stage Are You Really At?

A deep dive case study on applying the 5 Stages of Lean Analytics, with an ecommerce subscription brand.

Feb 27, 2024 •

When Product Usage is Actually a Bad Thing

Not all usage of your product is good or signals that a customer is happy. Products focused on automation (often through AI) want to minimize usage.

Feb 6, 2024 •

A Deep Dive into Time to Value (TTV)

What is Time to Value? How is it measured? Is it useful to track? (#57)

Jan 9, 2024 •

Deconstructing & Mapping B2B SaaS Business Models

Freemium vs. Free Trial vs. Enterprise: how they monetize, acquire customers & activate/engage users.

Nov 28, 2023 •

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