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A product management study group, and the curriculum it works through. Every course here is open to read — no account, no wall.

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Layers of Product Management

The lifecycle from vision to measurement, one layer at a time — the spine of the study group curriculum.

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Lean Product Playbook

Working the product-market fit pyramid from the bottom up: target customer, underserved needs, value proposition, MVP, and the loop that tests them. Adapted from Dan Olsen's The Lean Product Playbook.

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Product Design

Ten stages from first principles to measurement: discovery, definition, strategy, interface craft, working with engineering, and what to do once it is live. Curriculum structure follows the Product Design roadmap on roadmap.sh.

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Talking to Customers

A short bootcamp on customer conversations: how to ask questions people cannot lie to you about, and what to do with the answers. Adapted from Rob Fitzpatrick's The Mom Test.

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