elastic tier blog

Product 101: Avoid the "Thud" PRD Trap

What PMs should do instead

Apr 18 • 

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Product 101: Eliminate Churn with a Healthy Backlog

Hint... This is your bread and butter as the Product Manager

Apr 3 • 

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March 2025

Product 101: Insist on a Budget for Experimentation

How to Build Less Shelfware

Mar 18 • 

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🎙️Podcast Review: 20VC w/ Groq Founder Jonathan Ross

Scaling Laws, AI Growth Constraints, and AI Economics

Mar 14 • 

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February 2025

Culture is the Ultimate Scaling Mechanism

The Playbook for Eliminating Bureaucracy

Feb 21 • 

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Book Review: The Goal

An OG Business Novel

Feb 11 • 

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November 2023

QH #8: Product Thinking is not just for Product Managers

Why thinking in terms of product drives better outcomes for your business

Nov 28, 2023 • 

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September 2023

QH #7: A Parenting Lesson on Mistakes

Why mistakes are a good thing and how to learn from them

Sep 25, 2023 • 

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QH #6: Avoid The "Not Knowing" Pitfall

How to check your ego when you don't know something

Sep 22, 2023 • 

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QH #5: Estimation Guidelines for Agile Software Development

Basic guidelines for estimating work in agile software development

Sep 18, 2023 • 

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QH #4: Why Technical Decisions Matter in Product

Product Managers need to be involved in technical decisions

Sep 15, 2023 • 

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Why You Should Advertise Your "Tech Debt"

How to Rethink "Tech Debt" in Terms of Customer Value

Sep 14, 2023 • 

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