John Pang

Web & mobile product guy. Bridging cybersecurity with insurance @zeguroinc. Occasional mountaineer, tea addict, and yapper of other nonsense.

[Gibson Biddle @gibsonbiddle]

I'm considering opening my virtual Product Strategy Workshops to the public on @MavenHQ. If you put your name on the "interest list" below, I'll follow up with more info. (If you're a "Friend of Gib," I'd love a retweet to spread the word. Many thanks!): https://t.co/H1qkrJfTXO

[Shreyas Doshi @shreyas]

Instead, consider if you should be asking for less: less reporting, less certainty, less consensus-driven decision making, less meddling, and less pressure to build out a “full team” early on.

(clearly, this is only for the really intrepid product leaders, not for everyone 🙂)

[Shreyas Doshi @shreyas]

When hiring PMs, know what tends to be Coachable, Learnable & Intrinsic.

Coachable:
Tactics
Process
Critical thinking
Communication
Domain knowledge

Learnable:
Cognitive empathy
High agency
Deep focus
Judgment
Creativity

Intrinsic:
Drive
Integrity
Curiosity
Deep care
Ownership

[Julie Zhuo @joulee]

It's easy to dream up thousands of things we'd like to build. It's fun to imagine the possibilities.

But good product discipline comes from knowing how to prioritize and pinpoint the most important thing(s).

Do this well, and even if you're small, you can still win.

10/10

[John Pang @jkpang]

This is gold 👇

[Mack, yes, That Mack @that_mc]

Finally watching Shang-Chi, here as a bus operator to rate the SFT transit factors of The Bus Scene:

[The Cheese School 🧀 @CheeseSchoolSF]

@that_mc This is so great, nice job! We watched this scene being filmed from our space overlooking Larkin Street, this was our video...

[John Pang @jkpang]

I-880 north near downtown Oakland is completely shut down due to police activity. Apparently gun fire exchanged between to car? Seems like a poor choice of locale for a gun fight.

[NerdWallet @NerdWallet]

Today, financial clarity hits the market.

To our loyal fans who've been there along the way, thank you.

[John Pang @jkpang]

Headlines in tomorrow's papers: "World's productivity skyrocket Monday amidst Facebook outage..."

[Paul Graham @paulg]

When you first start a startup, you don't need to get the word out. You need to get the word *in*. You do not, in the very beginning, need the whole world to know about it. What you need is to find the initial group of early adopters, which you can probably find among your peers.

[Julie Zhuo @joulee]

So, to recap: just because you can build a service better than anything else out there doesn't guarantee you will have a hit.

Understand: "Is it better enough to motivate a switch?"

1) How much better?
2) How painful is the alternative?
3) How easy is it to switch?

Fin.

[John Pang @jkpang]

Hear hear!

[Marketplace @Marketplace]

When @JoeBiden joked that @JanetYellen should have her own @HamiltonMusical ... it got us thinking, what would that sound like?

As it happens, we know an artist on The Hamilton Mixtape. We'll let @dessadarling take it from here.

[Lenny Rachitsky @lennysan]

I'm really excited to finally share the results of a survey I've been working on for months, looking into how the Product Manager role differs across the industry. With nearly 1,000 survey responses across 600 companies, the results are illuminating 👇
https://t.co/4A8cPOYt7Z

[John Pang @jkpang]

👏

[Jada Yuan @jadabird]

Some truly exciting news: my grandmother, Dr. Chien-Shiung Wu, is going to be on a Forever stamp from the U.S. Postal Service. She was a nuclear physicist who helped disprove a fundamental law of nature and changed a field dominated by men. We’re so grateful for the honor.

[John Pang @jkpang]

Here we go again...

[NASA @NASA]

LIVE NOW: We are ready to #LaunchAmerica. Are you? 🚀

Watch coverage of the NASA @SpaceX Crew-1 mission. Liftoff is at 7:27pm ET: https://t.co/cmklwtwzns https://t.co/cmklwtwzns

[John Pang @jkpang]

In a startup or small biz? Are you solid with your cybersecurity? If you are not sure, this webinar is for you. Come join us on Thursday. #infosec #cybersecurity #webinar

[Zeguro @Zeguroinc]

Are you registered yet? Our #SMB #cybersecurity virtual panel featuring @_akshaybh of @Malwarebytes, Noam Birnbaum of @Ignition_IT, @bshrivastav of @Benekiva, & Theresa Mattox of CyberSecure RM is live this Thursday! RSVP here: https://t.co/AhXbtVv4n5 #webinar #infosec

[Geoffrey Supran @GeoffreySupran]

🚨TODAY we're excited to announce the launch of the Climate Social Science Network @ClimateSSN: a first-of-its-kind, international network of scholars dedicated to studying global warming politics & the dynamics of climate denial+delay.

Watch this space!

https://t.co/iz3k3J08gU

[John Pang @jkpang]

Can we make these ads a requirement for all races?

[Chris Peterson @PetersonUtah]

Today @SpencerJCox and I are releasing joint public service ads on civility in politics. Working together and the peaceful transfer of power are integral to what it means to be American. Let's reforge our national commitment to decency and democracy. #utpol #standunited

[Rob Norback @robnorback]

3 simple steps to start fighting climate change TODAY:

1) Vote Early and show your sticker in your profile (https://t.co/ZvIIFSbxA2)

2) Donate to Biden (https://t.co/SLMdM1PBAv) and Swing Left (https://t.co/kKutUufX6j)

3) Rally Others by retweeting this!

#ClimateAction