🗞️ Issue #11: The Friday Roundup
List of articles, discussions, tweets, and others to add to your weekend reading
Hola friends!
What are you up to this coming weekend? I’m still recovering from being sick the last few days so I’ll probably spend this weekend in quarantine again dreaming about what the outside world looks like 😂
In the meantime, sharing with you 10 links from around the web that are worth adding to your weekend reading. :)
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Deb Liu guest posted this week to share the inside story of Facebook Marketplaces on Lenny’s Newsletter.
For the ones reviewing their career goals, here are 25 tips for purposeful career planning.
I found myself in multiple conversations this week about the job search as a Product Manager. Sharing again this post I wrote on “Product Management roles - How and Where to find them”.
Product Hunt shared for free the pitch decks that actually helped creator startups raise money!
Product Coalition shared a strategy case on Slack’s Product-Led growth.
For leaders (actual and aspiring), research’s out and Empathy is the most important leadership skill to have.
The Happy Startup School’s 10 Jedi Mind Tricks to help us get out of our own way and make great things happen. An oldie but something I go back to every once in a while when I need a bit of a push.
A hilarious video that I’m sure every Product Manager will be able to relate to. 😂
Are you asking the same question?
A scientific case for why it’s important to be optimistic and how to get out of the cynicism trap.
And a funny 😁 :
Have you read anything cool lately? Can you share in the comments?
💙Kax
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