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Deep dives into succeeding as a PM, product leadership, and how to get your next PM job.

My place for deep research on tech, product, and careersI share my deep research on product management, growth, and technology. After a long career in PM, I rose to VP of Product at $1.6B Series C Apollo.io.The newsletter is all about diving into product growth, company case studies, and new tech trends. I write about 3 main topics:Succeeding as a PMProduct LeadershipGetting a PM JobSubscribe nowThe Premium SubscriptionWithin my newsletter, theres also a paid portion.This is all of my deep...

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Aakash Gupta photo Aakash Gupta The product growth guy. Helping PMs, product leaders, and aspiring PMs succeed admin @aakashgupta
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Priya Roy photo Priya Roy Your Community Head at Product Growth admin @priyaroy

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How to Build an AI Startup

AI is transforming every industry on the planet. As a result, building an AI startup has never been a more exciting opportunity. But it's also never been more competitive. For every breakout success, there are dozens of AI startups that crash and burn.

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How to build work products to get jobs

The work product is one of the most underrated ways to get a job. In a world where PM job postings are down 91% compared to two years ago, you need to do something to stand out. And it works. 3 of the 6 laid off big tech PMs I helped get jobs last year used them. Since then, I’ve helped over 15 PMs and product leaders get jobs with this technique.

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Tactical Go-to-Market 101: How to Go From 0 to 1

For product people, go-to-market can seem like a bit of a mystery. But really, go-to-market is 7 motions: And here’s the good news: all 7 of these motions are learnable. In today’s guide, we’re going to present a super tactical ‘how to’ for the key tools you need to implement each Go-To-Market motion.

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Fractional Product Leadership: Your Step-By-Step Guide

It might be the hottest job in the product world right now - the fractional CPO. On LinkedIn, it seems like just about everyone wants to be one. But few know how to become one. At least sustainably. It might seem obvious that you could get 1-2 clients from your network. But a consistent pipeline?

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How to Pair With Design for Success as a PM or Product Leader

I’ve never worked somewhere where there wasn’t at least some tension somewhere between product design and product management. It’s almost an inevitable dysfunction to fix in every product org in 2024. —VP of Product at a venture-backed startup It’s a harsh truth.

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How Dovetail Grows

I’m excited to present what I believe is the web’s first deep dive on a fast-growing PLG B2B SaaS with a valuation of $970M AUD. A company with clients like Google, Notion, and Shopify. And it’s all powered by a series of exclusive interviews with the

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The Product Leadership Job Search

The job market is finally opening up Right now, Director of Product opportunities are being promoted on LinkedIn at Reddit, Google, MongoDB, Meta, Ramp, Netflix, and many more… The sexiest, highest paying companies in tech are hiring leaders again. Folks who have been unemployed for several months, or were sitting tight for the last few years, are landing jobs they consider upgrades.

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Humor for Growth: The Strategy You’re Missing

Humor is one of the most cost-effective skills to develop in the tech industry. But PMs aren’t necessarily known for their use of it. So when Tom Orbach reached out to me with his idea to write a deep dive on using humor to grow your product, I was instantly in.

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A PM's Guide to Wireframes

I was recently talking to the Head of Product at a late stage startup who said: We just don't have time for PM’s wireframing anymore. We have design do that, and focus instead on great PRDs. I couldn’t help but feel: this is a mistake. So, I had to poll you all to understand how often PMs are wireframing:

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How to succeed as a PM in a feature factory

I work in a feature factory. It sucks and I wish I could leave. I'm really struggling. I keep thinking that I should just resign myself to basically being an order taker for executing x features from my CEO. —Reddit PM This is often the life of a feature factory PM. Upset and feeling unsuccessful.

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