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Masayoshi Son: AI’s ‘superhuman effort’ will dwarf past tech revolutions
Masayoshi Son discusses the profound impact of artificial intelligence, asserting that its development should be accelerated rather than slowed down.
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Atlassian CEO: the ‘brainless bet’ of neglecting design in the AI era
Atlassian CEO Scott Farquhar argues that neglecting user experience and design in the AI era is a "brainless bet" for companies.
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Pat Gelsinger: AI’s ‘headwind’ is not chips, but energy capacity
Former Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger explains why the memory industry was historically a "terrible industry" and how AI has transformed its value.
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The stage of design discourse [A wake-up call for designers?]
From the community of curious and capable builders, we’ve reduced ourselves to superfluous discussions, using comic relief for social media vanity, and tired peripheral discussions that constantly avoid the problem at hand:…
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Amazon’s 6-page memos; How does it work?
Why memos over Powerpoint? Amazon famously has execs write 6-page narrative-driven memos instead of Powerpoint decks. The practice began in 2004 when Jeff Bezos noticed nothing was being decided after 60-minute long…
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Clubhouse is the new Orkut? #GhostTown
Are you still on Clubhouse? Well, chances are that you are done with it. Clubhouse, these days seems more like a ghost town. And this reminds me of Orkut. Remember Orkut? Of…
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How to Interview a Product Manager
There’s a lot of confusion on evaluating a candidate’s Product Sense in interviews. So let’s analyze bad, good, great answers to an interview question: “Why do threads on Twitter typically get more…
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Decoded: Notion’s Growth Strategies
If you’re a SaaS founder, you need to study Notion The growth strategies used become a $2B startup and reach 1M users after a single seed round A thread👇 1) Notion was…
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Three traits all world-class product leaders exhibit
“Important” means it fuels a critical business process, has a large user base, or is made by an “important” company. Nobody deserves a promotion to product leadership by virtue of career path.…
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6 Product Frameworks From Tony Fadell, the Inventor of the iPod, iPhone & Nest
Tony Fadell on product design do's and don'ts.1. “What do you see?” It is in our human nature to stop seeing what’s right in front of us.2. “For truly great designs, 50%…
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A certification course in Product Management from an MBA college…or
Question (from many of product management aspirants): Should I spend 2 lakhs on a certification course in product management? However, I would want to change my job role from business development into…
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How do great ideas come from? Lessons from 750+ Founders
I’ve helped 750+ startup founders. I always try to ask: “How did you come up with your idea?” Here are their answers: First, they most commonly say: “Solve your own problems. Meaning,…
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Build Audience Before the Product: Here is how
Build audience before product. But how do you do it? Here’s how I’ve built an audience across channels and grown my startups from 0 to $2 million revenues. Involves a mix of…