Dog Food-ing Our Way To V2 of Product Institute

Eating your own dog food is worth the challenge. After a few years of consulting, I started to feel the itch to work on a product again. I was teaching...

Podcast: Product Management in Agile Orgs

After Mile High Agile, I sat down with Howard Sublett from SolutionsIQ for the Agile Amped Podcast. We talked about how Product Management is missing from many Agile Teams and...

Product Manager vs. Product Owner

 “What is the difference between a Product Owner and a Product Manager?” It’s an interesting question and one that takes time to unpack. Let’s look at where these terms and...

Getting Sales + Product In Sync

What does an effective sales team look like at a product-led organization? “Sales already promised it.” I once joined a B2B company as a Product Manager in the the middle...

Student Spotlight: Kristen Ablamsky

Product Institute is an online school for Product Managers looking to level up their skills. We’re featuring some of our recent graduates and asking them to share their experiences, both...

Student Spotlight: Dave Masters

Product Institute is an online school for Product Managers looking to level up their skills. We're featuring some of our recent graduates and asking them to share their experiences, both...

Effective Product Roadmaps

Product Roadmaps, in general, are confusing. The truth? Even the most experienced Product Managers still don’t have them fully figured out. Three years ago I wrote a blog post about...

The time of our lives

Stop Blaming the User

I’m finally going home from a long business trip and I’m very excited. But my experience with United Airline’s customer service this morning completely killed my good mood.They keep blaming...

What if there isn't another 10x?

What if your tech company has peaked? Is relentless growth the only path, or is it time to redefine your true impact on the world?

What is Good Product Strategy?

Note: This blog post is from 2016! My latest and improved thinking on Product Strategy can be found in my book Escaping the Build Trap and at our courses at...

O wojnie medialnej. Z innej strony.

Lubię Michała i lubię to, co pisze.Kolejny, bardzo ciekawy, fajnie napisany tekst, z którym mógłbym się zgodzić w całej rozciągłości gdyby nie to, że w mojej ocenie, w walce o...

Verge interview at CES 2016

2025 Note - Behind the scenes, Pebble was a mess. We were about to do a layoff and enter the final year…

Refutation: An acquisition is always a failure

Independent or acquired, companies always evolve, and not always for the better. Smart exits can create opportunities for everyone involved.

Why I don't like the LTV metric (LifeTime Value)

The LTV metric overcomplicates and misleads. Learn why you should use other SaaS metrics instead.

COC: A new metric for measuring cancellations in SaaS business models

Introducing COC: The true cost of cancellations in a scaling SaaS business.

Pebble starts shipping

Verge interview at CES 2013

2025 Note - probably the last video of me without a beard!

Kickstarter 1 Campaign Updates

Pebble Kickstarter Campaign Success!