PinnedYaniv Nathan·Jun 26, 20222 types of product managers — experimental or follower — Google vs. AppleAll successful product managers use data to make decisions — some are just better at calling it vision and intuitionA response icon2A response icon2
Yaniv Nathan·Jul 14, 2022Profitability is an objective criterion for product-market fitVC desire for growth has skewed the view on product-market fit towards growth or subjective metrics
Yaniv Nathan·Jul 12, 2022The 5 steps of Product-Market-Fit: only 1 is the actual productProduct managers should focus on Go To Market as much as they focus on their product — distribution makes or breaks PMF
Yaniv Nathan·Jul 9, 2022The product metrics lie — obtaining alpha vs. winning on likeabilityThe product function mimics the business — difficult to compare businesses, thus, difficult to compare product managers
Yaniv Nathan·Jul 7, 2022Life isn’t fair — work isn’t either — 5 disadvantages to manageWork privilege is created regardless of what you do — to succeed, identify it and manage accordingly
InBootcampbyYaniv Nathan·Jul 6, 20222 product managers — one for war vs. one for peace — choose wiselyA strength used in the wrong setting is a weakness— the product life cycle is suboptimal in telling when to fight vs. harvest
Yaniv Nathan·Jul 4, 20224 stages of “Fail-fast-fail-often” product managers should knowProduct managers de-risk their products by constantly learning —costs are critical to consider
Yaniv Nathan·Jul 4, 2022Microsoft and the rest of BigTech will replace doctors & financial advisorsBigTech is moving fast to close one last gap — professional services jobs will be commoditizedA response icon1A response icon1
Yaniv Nathan·Jul 3, 2022Jr.Product managers are the canaries in the product leader’s coal mineYou can force yourself to look at a problem with fresh eyes or you can hire someone to do it for you
Yaniv Nathan·Jul 2, 2022Growth product manager vs. business owner — Uber vs. GoogleInterest rates are the great equalizers — we are about to learn who was buying growth vs. who was building value