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key concepts I cover in this snippet:

use the product as multiple personas

demo the product to different audiences

do a teardown for the product team

absorb the history of product decisions

get the market’s PoV on the product

reverse engineer the product strategy

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further reading / references

teardowns are a good learning exercise for PM teams beyond onboarding

I’ve written extensively about articulating and implementing product strategy before, and that clarity of thought (or lack thereof) is very obvious to new hires: pitching your PoV, legibility and synchronicity, garbage in / garbage out, and pressure testing

childish drawing / interpretation

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