Archive - Make Things That Matter

From the outside, how can you tell if a company is a good place to do product work? Think of this as "The Mom Test" but applied to product/design/eng…

Feb 12, 2021

Josh Waitzkin was about to get his ass kicked, and he knew it. What could he do to be ready for peak performance, on a moments notice?

Jan 31

#60 DJ DiDonna: Navigating sabbaticals and career breaks If you or someone around you is considering taking time off or exploring a career shift, this conversation will help to navigate that.

Dec 27, 2022

Five things I (re)learned from spending a week with some of the best product coaches in the world.

Jan 10

What do you do when one of your top three KPIs is stagnant, and the product isn't growing? A micro case study in debugging retention and unlocking…

Mar 7

Petra Wille: Building a community of practice Level up your people, improve employee retention, and save training budget by building a community of practice.

Feb 28

Science-based tactics to manage acute, SOS-level periods of stress + anxiety.

Jan 20

Bob Moesta: Prototyping to learn & applying JTBD theory Bob Moesta is one of the pioneers of Jobs To Be Done (JTBD) theory, which has fundamentally changed the way we think about building products and…

Feb 7

Sahil Lavingia: Independent Thinking + Pricing Changes at Gumroad Sahil Lavingia has had an epic journey as an entrepreneur: he dropped out of college to become employee #2 at Pinterest and then went on to found…

Jan 25

Rob Walling: The SaaS playbook and gut intuition The SaaS Playbook will shave years off your learning curve if you want to build a SaaS. Rob Walling is a 6x serial entrepreneur and the internet…

Mar 27

#56 Ash Maurya: The Innovator's Gift Ash Maurya introduces "The Innovator's Gift" to help you find problems worth solving, and navigate the uncertainty of new product ideas.

Apr 7, 2022

#59 Kenny Borg: Identity transformation + embodying fulfillment Kenny helps us explore the ongoing evolution of our identity, deal with imposter syndrome, and embody fulfillment throughout the journey instead of…

Nov 1, 2022

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