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Aakash Gupta on building a Product Growth team from scratch, becoming a great Group PM, and the pitfalls of 'textbook' product management
Product State Q&A: “Every PM job I’ve had has had multiple departures from the ‘textbook’ way of doing things. If you’re enamored with how the textbooks…
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Ant Murphy on shifting to outcome-driven roadmaps, elevating OKRs, and aligning discovery
Product State Q&A: “With outcome-driven roadmaps, stakeholders become less focused on when something will be delivered by — and far more interested in…
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Arthur Camara on the product-minded culture at Dapper Labs, building voice-powered AI apps, and the future of digital assets
Product State Q&A: “We encourage everyone to be product-minded, have a strong founder mentality, and stay focused on creating impact.”- Arthur Camara
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Emily Schildt on rethinking the IRL grocery experience, becoming a platform for indie CPG, and launching a discovery subscription service
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The state of product in 2022, and why this newsletter exists
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Casey Winters on optimizing for long-term value, sequencing business models, and prioritizing network effects
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Leah Tharin on strategy, leadership, and impact over certificates
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Kyle Poyar on product-driven revenue, PLG misconceptions, and efficient SaaS growth
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CJ Gustafson on negotiating startup equity, getting CFO buy-in, and avoiding vanity metrics
Product State Q&A: "Negotiating your equity grant at a startup can be SUPER intimidating. It’s maybe the single most important negotiation you'll have…
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Jacob Jolibois on low-floor high-ceiling products, AI PM tasks, and flattening complexity curves
Product State Q&A: “What is the single action that you want a user to take? Put that front and center — and clear a distraction-free path to it.”- Jacob…
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Nancy Chu on storytelling, product sense interview questions, and seeking a PM Coach
Product State Q&A: “Product thinking and storytelling are similar, as both require us to understand our audience's motivation. We need to think through…
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Jeremiah Owyang on emerging AI trends, integrating AI models into products, and building AI-First companies
Product State Q&A: "For product managers, the biggest trend is this: Every product will be an AI product, even if it's an analog product.”- Jeremiah…
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Elena Verna on sustaining growth, going freemium, and B2B's shift to users
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Casey Winters on optimizing for long-term value, sequencing business models, and prioritizing network effects
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Brandon Gardner on demystifying the Fractional Product Manager Role
Product State Q&A: “Rapid impact is critical to being successful as a Fractional Product Manager. You have to come up to speed and start delivering…
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This is Product State, a newsletter about the current and future state of all things product - featuring product leaders - curated by Esteban Contreras.
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