Hello, all you product-loving folks! ? Welcome to this week's edition of Product Café, your weekly cup of coffee for everything product management, startups, and more. ☕ The Next Step You have landed your dream job. You are managing products well and pushing out successful products, and your customers are happy, too. Life is good! However, if you stay in this cycle, you will barely grow further and evolve enough to reach higher positions. This is why it is important to upskill. Upskilling should be continuous as it expands your horizons and helps you achieve more.  Not so long ago, we ..read more

Hello, all you product-loving folks! ? Welcome to this week's edition of Product Café, your weekly cup of coffee for everything: product management, startups, AI, and more. ☕ All About Product Messaging Many businesses rush to launch their products, often overlooking the significant role of product messaging. This haste can result in a product that fails to clearly communicate its purpose, benefits, and value proposition to the intended audience despite its presence in the market. If you find yourself in this situation, revisiting and refining your messaging strategy immediately is crucial ..read more

Hello, all you product-loving folks! ? Welcome to this week's edition of Product Café, your weekly cup of coffee for everything product management, startups, AI, and more. ☕ Hope you're all crafting amazing products and making each day count. Today, we're diving into something a little different yet super crucial for us product folks - the art of storytelling. Not so long ago, we stumbled upon a gem of a conversation with Vidya Srinivasan, Principal PM, Meta, on the Product Cafe podcast. Vidya shared some valuable insights on how storytelling isn't just an add-on but a core skill for product m ..read more

Hello, all you product-loving folks! ? Welcome to this week's edition of Product Café, your weekly cup of coffee for everything product management, startups, AI, and more. ☕ Thanks for reading Product Café Newsletter ☕️! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. The new year has begun, and although we may have already given up on some of the resolutions we set for ourselves, it's important to remember that we can always start anew. There's no need to wait another year to make positive changes in our lives. Now is the perfect time to take action and start making those chang ..read more

Hello, all you product-loving folks! ? Welcome to this week's edition of Product Café, your weekly cup of coffee for everything product management, startups, AI, and more. ☕ Thanks for reading the ProductCafé Newsletter ☕️! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. Before anything else, we extend our heartfelt New Year greetings to you all!  ? Reflecting on the past year, we recognize the rollercoaster of successes and challenges we navigated. However, we always believe it's the learning from these experiences that truly counts. Coming back…! In our last newslette ..read more

Hello, all you product-loving folks! ? Welcome to this week's edition of Product Café, your weekly cup of coffee for everything product management, startups, AI, and more. ☕ Thanks for reading ProductCafé Newsletter ☕️! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. Are You Trapped in the Product Death Cycle? Here's How to Break Free! Have you ever wondered why, despite listening intently to your customers and diligently building the features they ask for, your product still struggles to gain traction? If this scenario sounds familiar, you might be caught in the vicious Product ..read more

Hello, all you product-loving folks! ? Welcome to this week's edition of Product Café, your weekly cup of coffee for everything product management, startups, and more. ☕ Thanks for reading ProductCafé Newsletter ☕️! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. Outcomes Over Outputs You know how much love and care you put into making your products, right? But let's take a moment and think about the big picture. It's super important to look at what happens after we create something. Does it make someone's day better? Does it get used the way we hoped? That's what we mean by imp ..read more

Hello, all you product-loving folks! ? Welcome to this week's edition of Product Café, your weekly cup of coffee for everything product management, startups, and more. ☕ Thanks for reading ProductCafé Newsletter ☕️! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. When we hear the term 'pivot' in the business sphere, it often evokes a sense of dread, synonymous with impending failure. However, this perception is far from the truth!  A smart, well-executed pivot could very well be the stepping stone to your business's grand renaissance. Need proof? Here’s a sneak peek at some ..read more

Hello, all you product-loving folks! ? Welcome to this week's edition of Product Café, your weekly cup of coffee for everything product management, startups, and more. ☕ Thanks for reading ProductCafé Newsletter ☕️! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. “The designers are equal to the product managers, actually we got rid of the classic product management function. Apple didn’t have it either.” -Brian Chesky, Figma Config23. Just recently, we all found ourselves in quite the tech industry uproar when Brian Chesky, at Figma Config23, declared that Airbnb had eliminated ..read more

Hello, all you product-loving folks! ? Welcome to this week's edition of Product Café, your weekly cup of coffee for everything product management, startups, and more. ☕ Thanks for reading ProductCafé Newsletter ☕️! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. Step into AI Product Management! Photo by Hitesh Choudhary on Unsplash Be ready, beloved Product Managers!? It's time to wear an additional hat that reads 'AI Product Manager.' Yes, you've guessed it right! AI is not just lounging around in our everyday conversations but also cozying up to the product management world ..read more