I’ve given maybe a hundred interviews at this point, for varying levels of candidates in product management and software development. Rookie numbers compared to some, but enough to know what I’m looking for. I’ve had colleagues and peers ask how to structure an interview, and most importantly, how to truly…

Ask anyone and you’ll get a different answer every time. Deciding the priority for a roadmap can be one of the toughest things in a PM world. And truthfully, no matter how many models exist out there, I don’t think it’s an exact science. And that’s okay. But the more…

Software as a Service (SaaS) is an increasingly popular model for companies to attract customers to their platforms. Instead of downloading a single application, customers are typically able to access a suite of platform tools on the internet. One crucial piece of this model that companies often do not put…

Unless you’re living under a rock, you may have deduced that we’re heading for a recession, caused in part by the mix of proactive and reactionary measures taken to reduce inflation by raising interest rates. Econ 101 tells us this leads to slow down, because funding is more expensive, and…

One code every Product Manager I know is trying to crack: how to do more with less. Not everyone thinks about a Knowledge Base as a conduit for increasing output. Most treat it as an afterthought. An annoyance that is, at its best, a way to get support off of…

The Season of Giving is upon us. With the world still seemingly turned upside down, it’s been on my mind more than ever that perhaps it’s time to calibrate and think about what giving is really about. When people think of what it means to “give”, I think many, myself…

Home ownership is hard. There’s no doubt about it. For 99% of Americans, it’s the largest purchase you’ll ever make, and there’s undoubtedly a reason that only 47.9% of millennials in America are homeowners. As a potential first-time homebuyer it’s hard, but it doesn’t have to be impossible. There are…

Running a small business is an honorable and rewarding pursuit, but it doesn’t come easy. The tasks involved in running a business can be overwhelming and there is a vast range of skill sets required to accomplish them correctly. Whether it’s business development, operations, bookkeeping, accounting, team management, financial management…

By now many people are at least vaguely familiar with cryptocurrencies like bitcoin. A conceptual token, exchanged only over the internet, which supposedly holds real value. Bitcoin alone has risen from a value less than a tenth of a penny twelve years ago to a high of over $50,000 in…