___ by Brian Balfour (10 min read)

product-channel fit

There are certain companies where growth seems to come easily, like guiding a boulder downhill. In other companies, growth feels much harder. It feels like pushing a boulder uphill. What is the difference between these two types of companies?

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___ by Andrew Chen (4 min read)

my first book

Andrew recently led a16z’s investment in Clubhouse and joined the board of directors. Clubhouse is a new audio-first social network — definitely worth trying out. He shares his learning on growth, metrics, viral loops, and much more. 

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___ by Lena Sesardic (11 min read)

customer interviews

We are at risk of only listening to what we want to hear. The main lesson she learned out of 100 customer interviews: there are many ways in which we can become biased during customer interviews.

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we also checked 👀

• Eric Feng shares three ideas for new features to improve YouTube.

• Frameworks v0.2

• Becoming a senior product manager.

• The cost of delays in product analytics.

news on products 🤑

• Apple rumored to invest $3.6bi in KIA to produce 100,000 "Apple Cars" per year.

• Tesla invests $1.5B in Bitcoin (8% of cash on hand), regulators could intervene.

• Mount Sinai study finds Apple Watch can predict COVID-19 diagnosis.

• Facebook is said to be building a Clubhouse's competitor.

• Amazon gets a new CEO.

jobs on product 

• DialPad - Program Manager (Vancouver, CA)
• JLL - Global Product Manager (Various cities)
• WWR - Associate Product Manager (Chicago)
• Chime - Program Manager (San Francisco)
• Ritual - Associate Product Manager (Los Angeles)
• Forum Brands - Product Marketing Manager (New York)
• Braze - Associate Product Manager (New York)
• Simplero - Product Manager (New York)
• KUDO - Product Manager (Remote/New York)