Discovery Explained
How Continuous Discovery Works (and Doesn’t) in Early-Stage Startups
Teresa Torres | Product Talk | 20th April 2022
Product-market fit is a familiar goal for product managers building new products. But it’s what Teresa Torres calls a non-directional goal. Contrast that with directional goals like “increase the average audience size for our podcast customers”. Directional goals set you on a path. You might refine them, change them or throw them away and as you do you make progress towards building a product that solves a real problem. (2200 words)
Best vs. Rest Explained
Marty Cagan | Silicon Valley Product Group | 10th April 2022
In The Lost Interview, Steve Jobs argues that there are two types of companies - innovation-driven and sales-driven. You can guess which one Jobs preferred. But a lot of companies start as innovative and product-driven, only to be transformed into sales-driven machines. These become ideal targets for disruption. (600 words)
Community
Need advice cos I think I messed up
r/productmanagement | 26th April 2022
What to do if you join a large, slow-moving corporation with few releases a year lots of security measures, and red tape?
