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How One Engineer Solved a Problem Nobody Knew How to Fix

When Deepak Chanda joined the Massachusetts Department of Transportation in 2017, he walked into a question nobody could answer: “What ...

Localization debt: the hidden bottleneck slowing down your launch

SummaryIn this episode, Jay Stansell interviews Andrew Sachs, a veteran in product strategy and localization. They discuss the concept of ...

How to get started as a product manager? (Genuinely asking)

Hi Reddit friends, Failed in 2021 Failed miserably in 2022 Again in 2023 Wandered around as if I’m a millionaire ...

First PM role was pre-PMF and messy — left without outcomes. How should I frame this?

Hello, I’m looking for advice and perspective. My first PM role was at a very early-stage startup (pre-PMF). I joined ...

EP98 The Death of Top-Down Product Management

SummaryIn this conversation, Jay Stansell and Margaret-Ann Seger discusses the importance of empowering teams through a bottoms-up leadership approach, emphasizing ...

EP97 What Engineers Wish PMs Knew

SummaryIn this episode of the Product Coalition podcast, host Jay Stansell speaks with Ali Havishji about the critical relationship between ...

4 Seconds: How Fast Board Directors Decide You’re ‘Not Strategic

Then I listened to the playback.47 filler words in 8 minutes. Uptalk on every third sentence. And it took me ...