22. Introduce yourself 🙋🏻
How 6 popular websites choose to describe their product. Plus, a framework for deciding which approach to use.
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21. T-Shaped Products 🧩
Here's the gist: Great products are built with strong opinions.
20. Network Effects: Not Just About Size 🦄
Network effects depend on density, the core transaction, and a social mechanism, not just network size.
The Product Velocity Stack - How the Best Companies Move Faster
Speed (usually) wins, but how do you move faster? Breaking down the product velocity stack with lessons from Cash App, Rippling, Ramp, and more.
Zapier: Solving the Cold Start Problem and Building a Flywheel
Funnels are out; flywheels are in. Why? Better yet, what does a good flywheel look like? Let's look at Zapier. Plus, noodle on what they could build next.
Readwise: Lessons in Trying to Beat Carrying Capacity in Consumer SaaS
Carrying capacity is effectively a ceiling on your SaaS business. How do you calculate it? Better yet, how do you beat it? Let's learn from Readwise and brainstorm what they should build next.
Here's Why Product Strategy is Difficult
Every Product person wants to be more "strategic." What exactly does that mean? And, why is it so difficult?
16. Using State to Retain Customers 🧱
Two types of retention plus one strategy and four examples in the real world.
15. Customer Journey > Product Funnel 🧭
Funnels are "icky." Here's why and how to use customer journeys to solve for the same business needs.
14. Support + Revenue 💰
Some tactics for correlating support work with specific results for the bottom line of the business.