Gareth Mann

Dad, Founder at AlphaStream and Tech and Data Geek

[Gareth Mann @ijunkie]

@piyushanejx Yep, 529 overloaded

[Gareth Mann @ijunkie]

@NoHeroes94 @CuboAI The website is down, https://t.co/AVhHFtzuqx https://t.co/MpHy8vPq6W so I'm guessing there have been issues...

[Gareth Mann @ijunkie]

@NoHeroes94 @CuboAI Same here!

[Gareth Mann @ijunkie]

@JoeBiden Amazing!

[Paweł Huryn @PawelHuryn]

Be careful. Most "products" are, in fact, projects.

9 red flags (and how it should work):

1. Large PRD: You start an initiative by documenting everything.

2. Feature factory: Implement the requirements. Don't ask why.

3. Waterfall: All the requirements are collected in the "initial phase."

4. Gatt roadmap: A time-based, feature-based roadmap.

5. No discovery: No need to validate ideas before implementing them.

6. No designer: There is no Product Designer on the team.

7. No analytics: You have no idea how people use your product.

8. Customer in charge: Powerful customer(s) make all the decisions.

9. No strategy: You try to maximize sales by satisfying all customers and grasping every opportunity.

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Here is a better way:

1. Your cross-functional team is empowered to solve the problems.

2. PM, Product Designer, and Lead Engineer perform Product Discovery together. Continuously.

3. You have an outcome-based roadmap. Preferably Now-Next-Later.

4. If you commit to a date, you do it rarely and only after the Discovery. You never commit too early.

5. You manage the value, usability, feasibility, and viability risks by experimenting.

6. The riskiest assumptions are tested before the implementation.

7. Choosing, instrumenting, and tracking the right metrics is key.

8. You ship incrementally, measure the outcomes and learn from it.

9. Tradeoffs are essential. What you do, but also what you don't. You respect your market and the unique value proposition.

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And if your product hasn't been launched yet:

1. Discover the market and define a unique value proposition, business model, initial vision, and strategy.

2. Test your business idea with the help of MVP prototypes. Before the implementation.

3. You define the go-to-market strategy and validate key assumptions. Messaging included.

4. You can't rely on product analytics before launching the product, so you rely more on customer interviews and data from your experiments.

5. The Product Trio performs the Initial Product Discovery, like in an existing product. You always need a Product Designer and Lead Engineer.

6. Once you ship, use product analytics and apply Continuous Product Discovery.

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Hope that helps.

What are your thoughts?

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P.S. It's just 1 of 6 free issues I published today in my newsletter. The link is under my profile: @PawelHuryn

[Carl Vellotti 🥞 @carlvellotti]

Tech jargon is daunting if you're not an engineer.

I remember being too afraid and embarrassed to ask what exactly "refactoring" or a "pull request" was.

Here's an "80/20" guide of the most important terms I wish I'd known when I started building software products 👇

[Nathan Lands @NathanLands]

SEO is probably going to die because of AI.

But right now, it works better than ever. Because of course. AI.

Here are several examples:

[Gareth Mann @ijunkie]

https://t.co/dYJkkAwyEg

[Nicolas Cole 🚢👻 @Nicolascole77]

All these ChatGPT-4 threads are a joke.

The best AI writing prompts aren't 1 sentence. That's like having a Ferrari and driving it 5 mph.

Here's a 60-second masterclass on how to create prompts like a virtuoso writer:

[Aadit Sheth @aaditsh]

ChatGPT prompts that will make your marketing team superhuman (ranked in order):

[Aadit Sheth @aaditsh]

ChatGPT prompts that'll save you hours a day at work (ranked in order):

[Santiago @svpino]

11 ways ChatGPT saves me hours of work every day, and why you'll never outcompete those who use AI effectively.

A list for those who write code:

1 of 16

[Deepa Goyal @1sprintatatime]

Product managers new to API product management often ask me how they can get started with APIs. In this thread, I’m going to start posting resources you can use as beginners to get started with APIs.

[Sergio Pereira @SergioRocks]

ChatGPT has changed software development!

However, 68.1% of Software Engineers still don't use it.

As a CTO, I'm telling my teams to use ChatGPT in their daily work to increase both velocity and quality.

This is how 👇

[BostonTweet @BostonTweet]

I personally love the building. 📚

[Alex @alex_avoigt]

Elon reportedly send this mail to Tesla employees:

1) Avoid large meetings
Large meetings waste valuable time & energy
- They discourage debate
- People are more guarded than open
- There’s not enough time for everyone to contribute
Don’t schedule large meetings unless ...

[Trung Phan @TrungTPhan]

never going back to an airport again

[Ayman Al-Abdullah 🧱 @aymanalabdul]

I started as CEO of @appsumo when it was at $3 million in annual sales

Last year, we crossed $80 million

Here are the main differences between a $3 million company and an $80 million company:

[Christine Carrillo @ChristineCarril]

This simple habit helped me grow 3 businesses to $200M in revenue.

Here’s how it works:

[Ming Zhao @FabiusMercurius]

Day in the Life of a Hedge Fund Analyst

Few live to tell the tale.

"Was it like Billions?"
"Describe ur investment process?"
"What did u learn?"

I get these questions all the time, but for a while I was afraid of answering publicly. No more!

Hedge fund story time.
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