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September 2022

Product strategy: avoid these 6 pitfalls while defining it
Lofty product strategy pitches buzzwordy with dense diagrams have become a norm.
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Surya Suravarapu
Building cool things vs. customer needs
Does the desire to build cool new things override the customer needs?
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Surya Suravarapu
Being cognizant of your confirmation bias in product discovery
Confirmation bias in product discovery is prevalent.
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Surya Suravarapu
Three pillars of building trust in a team setting
Nothing else matters if your team members are not trusting you.
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Surya Suravarapu
What is the difference between Product Owner and Product Manager?
Product Owner is an interesting name for the role a product person plays in an agile setting (scrum).
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Surya Suravarapu

August 2022

Finding your leverage and honing it for professional success
Your professional success is proportional to the leverage you have.
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Surya Suravarapu
Product strategy — understand it to refine or redefine
It's not unusual to feel every now and then that you are not making an impact as a Product Manager.
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Surya Suravarapu
Chasing opportunities when you are resource constrained
Depending on the stage of the company, you will see executive leadership chasing way too many opportunities (at least that’s your impression).
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Surya Suravarapu
Agility as a mindset over methods and terminology
Stories, story points, acceptance criteria, stand-up, sprint, retrospective … Keep going, you will soon cover several key terms of modern software…
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Surya Suravarapu

July 2022

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