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___ by Reforge (9 min read)

entertainment value curve

Hollywood has mastered a classic formula for content creation. Entertainment value is the byproduct of production value—great storytelling, great acting, and great filmmaking combine to make content people want to watch.

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___ by Marty Cagan (11 min read)

discovery and judgment

This may in fact be the single most common confusion we encounter. The source of the issue is that so many product people have been led to believe (and wish to believe) that there’s a framework or template for everything. But product is very much about judgement.

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___ by Ken Norton (6 min read)

get uncomfortable

In the book Yes To The Mess: Surprising Leadership Lessons from Jazz, Frank Barrett—a management professor and accomplished jazz pianist—proves there is much product managers can learn from the way musicians approach their craft. Jazz is messy.

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we're also following 👀

• How to get the most out of customer interviews? (by Lena Sesardic - 9 min read)

• Here's what I'm looking for at a16z. (by Andrew Chen - 11 min read)

• Top 100 resources for Product Managers. (by Sachin Rekhi - 9 min read)

• Case Study: How Klarma works. (by Built for Mars - 6 min read)

• Do you care about Localization Testing? (by Product Coalition - 7 min read)

news on products 🤑

• TikTok hits 100M users in Europe while in the US ... .

• IBM publishes its quantum roadmap.

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• Klarna raises $650M in the round led by Silver Lake at a $10.6B valuation.

• Peloton reported another blowout quarter, with nearly 3x YoY revenue growth

jobs on product 

• Programs opened - Product Managers (Canada and US)
• Postmates - Sr. Product Manager (Vancouver, Canada)
• Fastly - Product Manager (Portland, US)
• Kavaliro - Digital Product Manager (Chicago, US)
• GrubHub - Agency Product Manager (Boston, US)
• JPMorgan - Associate Product Manager (Scarborough, US)
• Redfin - Program Manager (Seattle, US)
• AngeList - Venture Associate (Remote / San Francisco, US)
• Pinwheel - Technical PM (New York, US)
• Onfido - Product Ops (New York, US)