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Essential reading for product builders—part 2
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In this episode, I share another 10 must-read essays that continue to shape how I think about product, startups, and career.
Whether you’re scaling a startup, leading a team, or sharpening your thinking, this episode will expand your perspective and give you practical tools you can use immediately.
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In this episode, you’ll learn:
• Why solving the right problem for the right audience is obvious - yet essential
• Why leaders must take full responsibility for any communication discrepancies
• How to use the SCQA (Situation, Complication, Question, Answer) framework for concise, persuasive messaging
• Why sales, often overlooked, is critical to your product’s success
• A tremendously clarifying way to think about your market
• The four types of “fit” every startup needs
• What we get wrong about our definition of a startup
• How to start giving away your Legos
• How reframing what you’re selling can strengthen your positioning
• What “Schlep blindness” is - and how founders can avoid it
References:
References:
• Building Products: https://medium.com/the-year-of-the-looking-glass/building-products-91aa93bea4bb
• Communication is the Job: https://boz.com/articles/communication-is-the-job
• Distribution: https://a16z.com/distribution/
• Eigenquestions: The Art of Framing Problems: https://coda.io/@shishir/eigenquestions-the-art-of-framing-problems
• Executive Communication: https://www.heavybit.com/library/video/executive-communication/
• Give Away Your Legos: https://review.firstround.com/give-away-your-legos-and-other-commandments-for-scaling-startups/
• How to Work with Designers: https://medium.com/the-year-of-the-looking-glass/how-to-work-with-designers-6c975dede146
• Product Management Mental Models for Everyone: https://blackboxofpm.com/product-management-mental-models-for-everyone-31e7828cb50b
• Schlep Blindness: https://www.paulgraham.com/schlep.html
• Startup = Growth: https://paulgraham.com/growth.html
• The Four Fits: https://brianbalfour.com/four-fits-growth-framework
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