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#6–Ease in & Ease out
#6–Ease in & Ease out

Things that move more naturally feel more familiar and predictable to people – both feelings you want people to have about your product.

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Product ManagementMark RaboAugust 18, 202230-60
#5–Golden Hour
#5–Golden Hour

Product Managers must be able to move heaven and earth to make things happen, but the best ones have studied and understand the rhythm of the heavens and can use them to their advantage.

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Product ManagementMark RaboAugust 11, 202230-60
#4–The Hero’s Journey
#4–The Hero’s Journey

Every person you’re selling your product to is on their own hero’s journey. If you can create something that helps them along, you’ll be successful.

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Product ManagementMark RaboAugust 10, 202230-60
#3–The Golden Ratio
#3–The Golden Ratio

Anything that makes people feel something but is hard to explain should be studied by PMs.

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Product ManagementMark RaboAugust 8, 202230-60
100 Things Every Product Manager Should Know
100 Things Every Product Manager Should Know

💯 A limited run of 100 posts: Each with something that isn't taught to Product Managers but is key to making great products.

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Product ManagementMark RaboAugust 8, 202230-60
#2–The Phoenix Checklist

The Phoenix Checklist is a problem-solving framework for navigating completely unique situations designed byt he CIA but useful for Product Managers.

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Product ManagementMark RaboAugust 5, 20221-30
#1–How to talk to someone at a bus stop

Insights that lead to product breakthroughs are by definition uncommon, so creating great products means finding people that think different. And where do you find these people? Bus stops.

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Product ManagementMark RaboAugust 3, 20221-30
Understanding and navigating company culture
Understanding and navigating company culture

We've all felt frustration at work – this model helps understand how to navigate the often inscrutable internal workings of a company.

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Product ManagementMark RaboMay 29, 20221-30
Big changes & escape velocity

If a rocket doesn’t achieve escape velocity, it falls back to where it started. The same is true for life and careers. 

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PersonalMark RaboNovember 29, 2021
Blockchain is not anonymous, decentralized, or trustless

The Blockchain doesn’t guarantee anonymity, decentralization, or trust just like the open Web couldn’t guarantee the free flow of information even though it enabled it.

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Mark RaboNovember 27, 2021
Principle: Everything matters, and nothing matters
Principle: Everything matters, and nothing matters

For those of us that crave certainty, uncomfortably embracing paradoxes is critical.

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Product ManagementMark RaboNovember 16, 20211-30
Why products, teams, and companies fail
Why products, teams, and companies fail

Every company or product failure I've seen has gone against this truth.

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Product ManagementMark RaboNovember 9, 20211-30
Every 20 years a crash

The similarities between the Dotcom crash and #crypto and #web3 are eerie and seem to point to another crash… and right on time.

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PersonalMark RaboNovember 8, 2021
Early thoughts on the Metaverse
Early thoughts on the Metaverse

What will determine success in the Metaverse and how will the big tech companies fare. Who will be the dark horses?

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Mark RaboOctober 31, 2021
Things are messy before they’re not
Things are messy before they’re not
PersonalMark RaboSeptember 18, 2021
Product Management Truth – Respect your intuition
Product Management Truth – Respect your intuition

No matter how much a Product Manager believes in the idea, their boss isn't about to allocate hundreds of thousands of dollars because they have a feeling.

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Product ManagementMark RaboSeptember 18, 20211-30
Product Management Truth – Take time to decide in proportion to the downside
Product Management Truth – Take time to decide in proportion to the downside

Not all decisions are created equal.

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Product ManagementMark RaboSeptember 18, 20211-30
Product Management Truth – Reserve the right to change your mind
Product Management Truth – Reserve the right to change your mind

Liberate creativity and speed by giving yourself and your team the freedom to be wrong.

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Product ManagementMark RaboSeptember 18, 20211-30
Product Management Truth – Some things can’t be shown on a spreadsheet
Product Management Truth – Some things can’t be shown on a spreadsheet

Businesses are driven by data but people are driven by emotion. This poses a problem for the Product Manager.

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Product ManagementMark RaboSeptember 18, 20211-30
How making a product better can make it worse

Applying the millenia-old Taoist principle of the Uncarved Block to product design.

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Product ManagementMark RaboNovember 13, 20201-30
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