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John Fontenot on getting promoted as a PM, and applying product principles to write a book

Product State Q&A

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Esteban Contreras
Dec 07, 2022
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John Fontenot is the Director of PM at Lendio, author of the book ‘Never Assume,’ and Founder of Path2Product.io
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EC: Congrats on your book ‘Never Assume.’ What motivated you to start (and finish) writing it?

JF: The idea for ‘Never Assume’ came from a gap I noticed in product management books — and a desire to help early career PMs…

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