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Countdown of the top 10 episodes of the year
December 29, 2022
Featuring: Various (Year-End Review) (Top 10 Episodes Countdown)
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Strategic thinking separates senior PMs from the pack
Everything about leading up to this moment from high school and college has been about scope. And at this point you're all of a sudden told, we're not judging you on scope anymore, we're judging you on this PSHE thing.
Paid acquisition: necessary evil or growth trap?
If you're going to spend a hundred billion on ads, why would you spend $50,000 on SEO? That doesn't make sense.
Growth is a system, not a collection of tactics
In order to change behavior, you have to pick a behavior that you want to change. So companies are really good at outcomes, but just not as sharp at picking the behavior.
Your discomfort is your compass to growth
Being in an uncomfortable situation, being in a position where you feel like, hey, do I really know how to do this, I'm not prepared for it, kind of coincides with the fastest and most intense periods of growth in one's career.
Retention is the only metric that matters
The only way that you will ever have any chance of acquisition being product led is if you nail your product led retention.
Hire when it hurts, not when you can
Within 60 days of each layoff, the CEO reported back to me, it's insane, I don't know how this happened, but the company's now operating better.
Saying yes to one thing means saying no to another
All your tasks are not created equal. There are actually three type of tasks that you end up doing in such a role.