InThe Black Box of Product ManagementbyBrandon Chu·Jul 28, 2021David Hariri on co-founding Ada, the pivot that created a unicorn, and what product-market fit…In this episode I speak with David Hariri, co-founder of Ada, an AI powered customer support platform that raised at a 1.2B valuation in…
InThe Black Box of Product ManagementbyBrandon Chu·Apr 28, 2021Craig Miller on being Shopify’s CPO, Marketing by an Engineer, Leadership, and ScaleBlack box of PM Podcast: Season 01, Episode 01A response icon4A response icon4
InThe Black Box of Product ManagementbyBrandon Chu·Aug 19, 2018Product Management Mental Models for EveryoneMental models are simple expressions of complex processes or relationships. These models are accumulated over time by an individual and…A response icon53A response icon53
InThe Black Box of Product ManagementbyBrandon Chu·Jun 1, 2018Managing and Developing Product ManagersIf the craft of Product Management is often mired in ambiguity, managing product managers is ambiguity².A response icon22A response icon22
InThe Black Box of Product ManagementbyBrandon Chu·Jan 7, 2018The First Principles of Product ManagementSome of the best PMs I know make their decisions based on first principles. A first principle is a “basic, foundational proposition or…A response icon134A response icon134
InThe Black Box of Product ManagementbyBrandon Chu·Jul 11, 2017Making Good Decisions as a Product ManagerWhile product managers may not build the actual product, they do produce something very tangible for a team: decisions.A response icon40A response icon40
InThe Black Box of Product ManagementbyBrandon Chu·Apr 12, 2017DeadlinesFor as long as I’ve been working in tech I’ve heard this oscillating debate about the use of deadlines in projects, with particularly…A response icon13A response icon13
InThe Black Box of Product ManagementbyBrandon Chu·Mar 6, 2017Ruthless PrioritizationAll high functioning teams must prioritize. Not once a month, not once a week — but rigorously, and ruthlessly.A response icon68A response icon68
InThe Black Box of Product ManagementbyBrandon Chu·Nov 29, 2016Applying Leverage as a Product ManagerI get every new PM I manage to read (or re-read) High Output Management by Andy Grove within the first month of joining my team. It’s a…A response icon26A response icon26
InThe Black Box of Product ManagementbyBrandon Chu·Oct 6, 2016Scaling Conversational CommerceWe just enabled 325,000 merchants to sell in messaging, without building a bot.A response icon14A response icon14
