Dear subscribers, Today, I want to share 12 tactics to protect your craft time and free up your calendar. Uninterrupted craft time is a precious resource for all of us to do deep work and get stuff done. So here’s my extremely tactical guide on: How to collaborate async How to run better meetings I’ve seen so many people waste their time and everyone else’s by not using the tactics below. Let’s dive in. Five tactics to collaborate async 1. Use one doc and channel per project (avoid DMs) Instead of playing telephone with DMs, use threads in the main project channel to discuss: Start ..read more

Dear subscribers, Today, I want to share a new episode with Alex Cornell (Meta AI, Linear, Substack), one of the best designers I ever worked with. Watch Now For my paid subs, I listed 10 lessons from Alex on how to close the gap between design taste and skill, how to design AI interfaces and more. The best designer I ever worked with | Alex Cornell Watch now on YouTube, Apple, and Spotify. Alex has designed many incredible products at Meta, Linear, Substack, and his startup Cocoon (an app for close family and friends). We talked about: 3 proven ways for anyone to learn design The #1 mist ..read more

This post was co-written with Charlie Guo who has a great AI newsletter. Dear subscribers, Today, I want to share how you can use AI to create quality content in <10 minutes. Whether it’s an article, podcast, or video — great content takes time to create. Here are 5 ways to use AI to turn hours into minutes: Write an article while taking a walk Edit a transcript with a single prompt Create 5 social posts from any article Film a talking head video from a script Generate 10+ viral clips from a video All of the AI tools that we cover below are free to use. Let’s dive in. 1. Writ ..read more

Dear subscribers, Today, I want to share a new episode with Yuhki Yamashita (CPO Figma) with an inside look at how Figma builds AI products and how PMs can best work with designers. Watch Now For my paid annual subs, I also want to offer a raffle for 8 free tickets to Figma Config ($699 value). Upgrade to annual and fill out the form below to win a free ticket. I’m speaking at Config and would love to see you there ? Inside how Figma builds AI products | Yuhki Yamashita (CPO Figma) Watch now on YouTube, Apple, and Spotify. Yuhki and I talked about how Figma: (00:00) How PMs should collabora ..read more

Dear subscribers, Today, I want to share an inside look at building the fastest-selling AI wearable. Dan Siroker is the CEO of Limitless and also co-founded Optimizely. Last week, Limitless sold 10,000 AI pendants in just 24 hours to help people remember what they’ve seen, said, and heard. In our interview, Dan shared: An inside look at crafting the Limitless AI wearable His #1 lesson after 15 years as an entrepreneur Thoughts on product management and managing his time with 3 kids Listen now on YouTube, Spotify, and Apple, or read our abridged interview below. An inside look at craft ..read more

Dear subscribers, Today, I want to share a new episode with Wes Kao (Maven) on how to stand out and share your knowledge online by building a spiky point of view. Watch Now For my paid subs, I also want to share a list of my ?️ points of view as a product leader and creator. Stand out with your spiky point of view | Wes Kao Watch now on YouTube, Apple, and Spotify. Wes has helped 100s of tech professionals make $20,000+ per cohort by teaching online. In our interview, she shared her best frameworks to help you: [00:00] Build your spiky point of view [09:35] Find your niche by going outsid ..read more

Dear subscribers, Today, I want to share 10 proven tactics to elevate product quality. Life's too short to "shiterate" on products that nobody wants. Let’s talk about how you can avoid this by crafting quality products and teams that give a damn. Crafting quality products 1. Build with community from ideation to launch Over the weekend, Marques Brownlee shared this video with his 19M followers: Link It was his review of Humane’s AI pin — a beautiful device that doesn’t seem to have much utility at all. Before launching, the Humane team built the product in stealth for 5 years. I believe ..read more

Dear subscribers, Today, I want to share a new episode with Brian Balfour (CEO Reforge) on how the best AI products grow. For my paid subs, I also want to share how I use Claude to extract insights from podcasts and edit long documents in minutes instead of hours. How the best AI products grow | Brian Balfour Watch now on YouTube, Apple, and Spotify. Here’s what Brian and I covered: [00:00] A funny rant about Google Search [02:13] Why no one should try to copy ChatGPT's growth [07:39] Why OpenAI built custom GPTs [13:56] Midjourney’s $200M ARR off Discord [21:49] Perplexity's challe ..read more

Dear subscribers, Today, I want to share how you can start a business in the least risky way possible. Noah Kagan is the CEO of AppSumo ($100M ARR) and author of Million Dollar Weekend. He was also employee #30 at Facebook. Noah and I talked about: “Now not how” to start a business this weekend The unlimited upside of asking and the 48-hour money challenge How to find and validate your business idea Noah is one of the OG creators that I’ve always looked up to. Let’s dive in. “Now not how” to start a business this weekend Welcome Noah! You wrote the only business book that ma ..read more

Dear subscribers, Today, I want to share a new episode with Jackie Bavaro (best-selling PM author and ex-head of PM at Asana) on cracking your product strategy. For my paid subs, I also want to share my personal strategy template along with 4 steps that I follow to build a strategy from scratch. Cracking your product strategy | Jackie Bavaro Watch now on YouTube, Apple, and Spotify. Here’s what Jackie and I covered: [00:00] Three parts of a great product strategy [02:56] A personal story on why strategy matters [07:05] Vision, strategic framework, roadmap [16:47] Breaking down the str ..read more