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Product person in love with humanity & software. Cat lover. In Product since 2006. Private account. he/him/his #prodmgmt

Frankfurt am Main, Deutschland
Joined March 2011
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99% PMs don't know Cursor is GREAT for product work I made a FREE course – learn Cursor IN Cursor! šŸ”¹ Complete guide for product work šŸ”¹ Make PRDs, analyze data, create decks Eventually, I'll sell it for $99. For the next 24h: FREE! Follow + RT + comment "Cursor" & I'll DM it
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Every PM should be using Claude Code. So I built a HUGE course for you to learn Claude Code... IN Claude Code! šŸ”¹ Complete guide šŸ”¹ Make PRDs, analyze data, create decks Soon, I'll sell it for $149. For the next 24h: FREE! Follow + RT + comment "CC" & I'll DM it.
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I am legitimately surprised so many people are citing Paul Graham’s ā€œFounder Modeā€ so uncritically. Yes, we know founder-led companies are run better + differently. There are decades of evidence for that. But ā€˜founder mode’ is so vague that it’s untestable.
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if only people could read
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Most products are worse off for shipping too late vs shipping too early. Shipping late is usually a symptom of caring too much what people internally think. Shipping early keeps users at the center of decisions.
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Slow down and remember this: Most things make no difference. Being busy is a form of laziness—lazy thinking and indiscriminate action. Being overwhelmed is often as unproductive as doing nothing, and is far more unpleasant. Being selective—doing less—is the path of the productive. Focus on the important few and ignore the rest.
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User-focused PM in large companies šŸ˜„
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You don’t have to build confidence before taking action. You build confidence by taking action. Standing still breeds rumination and seeds self-doubt. Motion fuels progress and elevates efficacy. Never let doubts about your ability undermine your faith in your ability to learn.
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What’s in your control: - what you do - what you say - what you think What isn’t: - what other people do - what other people say - what other people think
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When you're lacking motivation, remind yourself: discipline now, freedom later. The labor will pass, and the rewards will last.
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1. Yes it’s still operating 2. Before the 75% staff cut, this business generated ~$5B in revenue. After the cut it is likely to generate ~$2.5B 3. The savings from the firings are likely around $1-$1.5B Save $1.5 to lose $2.5 (at least the short term!) Copy at your own risk
It’s time to acknowledge that 75% of Twitter’s staff were laid off and this thing is still running
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"What makes great products is not process. It's content." 1 minute of wisdom by Steve Jobs
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If you don’t create any value for your users, then you can’t create value for your business!!
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Thought Leader
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FREE access to my 275 Product Management Sources! Books, Videos, Articles, Podcasts, Templates, Tweets. All about Product Roadmaps, Discovery, Strategy and a lot more. Get access today! Like + Retweet + Reply "Sources" (Follow so I can send the link)
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We'll be posting a lot of new roles over the next month. If you're curious about joining ConvertKit watch this space... VP of Product Product Manager Marketing Designer Director of Sales Product Marketer Engineers Engineering Manager In-house Counsel Director of Customer Success etc
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live demo: waterfall product development
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A little 5-by-5 matrix to help with assessing Epics and User Stories when doing #agile stuff with a #ux mindset. Inspired by @jeffpatton and @jboogie Scale is beer > holiday > month salary > car > house
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Fun little fact about my corner of the internet: The most clicked link in each issue of 3-2-1 is the P.S.
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Development productivity levels: 1x: Manual coding with occasional googling to figure things out. 5x: Coding with github copilot + copy/pasting back and forth to GPT 10x: Coding with Cursor.sh, using AI as your pair-programming budy built right into the IDE.
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