Category: Meetups
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The Rise of Acquired
This week, I had the pleasure of attending Acquired Live, the live edition of the popular podcast that dives deep into the history of great companies and their playbooks. Hosted by Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal, it was a fascinating session, made even more exciting by the fact that Mark Zuckerberg (Zuck) and Daniel Ek…
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Aligned: Tips to Tame the Stakeholder Zoo for Product Managers
Alignment is one of the most difficult tasks Product Managers battle with day in and day out. Different stakeholders, different perspectives, different motives. The analogy that best resonated with me is of the Stakeholder Zoo in Product Management. For the uninitiated, here’s a quick safari on the dangerous animals of product management: HIPPOS: Highest Paid…
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When & How to Build Second Product by Casey Winters
Had a fantastic conversation this week with Casey Winters about the crucial (and often tricky) decision of when to build your second product. Casey is easily one of the foremost experts on scaling startups after product-market fit, and his insights – honed from his experience at Pinterest, Grubhub, and Eventbrite – were pure gold. Why…
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Chat with Alex Osterwalder
As a value investor, I’m obsessed with business models! Generally speaking, models with minimal variable costs that scale are king. Look at Visa/Mastercard – they take a tiny slice (~20 basis points) of every global e-commerce transaction with almost no variable cost per incremental transaction! This week, I had a fascinating chat with Alexander Osterwalder,…
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Transformed by Marty Cagan
Transformed Indeed! It is not everyday that you run into who’s who of Product Management. From Sachin Rekhi to Hiten Shah… I started my product career reading Marty’s book – Inspired. Now, he’s back with a new book about shifting from a feature factory to product operating model Stories about lesser known businesses such as…