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Love, risk, and the medieval Moka pot
Love, risk, and the medieval Moka pot

The deeper the emotion, the stronger the connection. It explains why I keep using this medieval coffee machine.

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Product ManagementMark RaboApril 1, 202330-60
Dealing with forces beyond our control at work
Dealing with forces beyond our control at work

What we can learn from a group of people who face them all the time.

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Product ManagementMark RaboMarch 26, 202330-60
Personality types of the people you work with
Personality types of the people you work with

You know your personality type, but do you know your bosses, co-worker's, partner's, or that cute guy/gal's at the coffee shop? It's actually quite simple to reverse engineer anyone's type – even if you barely know them.

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Product ManagementMark RaboMarch 23, 202330-60
Building a ‘Forever App’
Building a ‘Forever App’

Building something that lasts requires different thinking.

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Relationships and RevereMark RaboFebruary 17, 2023
Twitter in 2023: 🦃 or 🔥
Twitter in 2023: 🦃 or 🔥

Four factors I'm looking at when predicting Twitter's future.

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PersonalMark RaboJanuary 3, 2023
The Hero He Never Had – Elon Musk Psychoanalysis
The Hero He Never Had – Elon Musk Psychoanalysis

Elon Musk's upbringing was quite traumatic and goes a long way to explaining his mindset and behaviour, and what he might do in the future.

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PersonalMark RaboDecember 15, 2022
Evernote and the risks of the VC path
Evernote and the risks of the VC path

Evernote's mission to build 100 year company is over and how it could have been different.

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Product ManagementMark RaboNovember 16, 202230-60
Model for thinking about which jobs will be disrupted by AI
Model for thinking about which jobs will be disrupted by AI

The explosion in generative AI tools, and the Joe Rogan-Steve Jobs podcast in particular can answer that question.

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Product ManagementMark RaboNovember 15, 202230-60
Elon Musk, Twitter, and his god complex
Elon Musk, Twitter, and his god complex

Elon Musk is behaving with a god complex predicted by psychology – there are two ways this could end.

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PersonalMark RaboNovember 8, 2022
Navigating chaotic times in your company as a Product Manager
Navigating chaotic times in your company as a Product Manager

The moment Elon musk walked into Twitter with a sink we knew things would get weird... and they have. The situation at Twitter is chaotic — here are some ways to navigate chaotic situations at work as a Product Manager.

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Product ManagementMark RaboOctober 26, 202230-60
#11–Myths
#11–Myths

There are two definitions of the word myth, and the uncommon one is more useful in product design.

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Product ManagementMark RaboOctober 20, 202230-60
Advertising has an AR problem
Advertising has an AR problem

A sentence in the Meta Connect keynote this year signalled one of the biggest problems facing Meta in AR.

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Mark RaboOctober 19, 2022
Outsourcing my reading to Fiverr
Outsourcing my reading to Fiverr

Paying someone on Fiverr to read for me.

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PersonalMark RaboOctober 6, 2022
The interactive timeline of modern tech project
The interactive timeline of modern tech project

Maps, timelines, and a new project to create an interactive timeline of the modern tech industry.

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PersonalMark RaboOctober 5, 2022
My Moneyball Framework for Hiring
My Moneyball Framework for Hiring

The best teams aren’t made of best the individual players. This insight is how a startup can compete with big companies for talent.

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Product ManagementMark RaboSeptember 6, 202230-60
#10–Elon Musk's 2 Rules for Learning
#10–Elon Musk's 2 Rules for Learning

Information on the internet is plentiful but not organized. For information to be usable it must be paired with understanding. Otherwise it just makes you a great dinner party guest.

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Product ManagementMark RaboAugust 29, 202230-60
How MotoGP can grow its audience
How MotoGP can grow its audience

MotoGP is under-serving 3 of the 4 audiences that exist for motorsports. This is how they can reach them and grow their audience.

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PersonalMark RaboAugust 27, 2022
#9–1000 True Fans
#9–1000 True Fans

As Product Managers we aspire to build products that millions of people will use, but designing for your millionth user is different than designing for your thousandth.

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Product ManagementMark RaboAugust 25, 202230-60
#8–Dieter Rams 10 Principles of Design
#8–Dieter Rams 10 Principles of Design

When it comes to consumer products, Dieter Rams is the Design Moses and every Product Manager should internalize his 10 Principles of Design.

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Product ManagementMark RaboAugust 24, 202230-60
#7–Life finds a way
#7–Life finds a way

Product Managers should assume the world is chaotic and prepare for it, rather than think they understand it.

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Product ManagementMark RaboAugust 22, 202230-60
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