Blog Post Archive
2026
July 2026
- 21Stop Asking AI to Decide. Make It Set the Defaults Instead.
- 20The Reach Trap: What a Year of My Own LinkedIn Data Taught Me About Building a Profile Like a Product
- 14Why? Why? Why? Why? Why?
- 7What the next 100 posts are for
- 2Writing 100 posts proved to be the cheapest prototype I have.
June 2026
- 30I’m the founder. I have all the authority. It barely helped.
- 24I knew on day one. I just didn’t want to admit it.
- 23The bottleneck wasn’t the vendor. It was a decision I parked.
- 16Your moat is the part you can’t demo
- 10A goal you can’t count isn’t a goal
- 8Stop tuning the prompt. Your AI agent needs a contract.
- 2I Rewrote My PRD Template for Agents. Here’s What Survived
May 2026
- 27Reading Isenberg from a spice cabinet
- 19Transforming User Experience in Agent Commerce
- 7The PM-to-Engineer Ratio Is Inverting
April 2026
- 28How to Build a Persona Feature Tester with Claude (and Why It Saved Me a Sprint)
- 24Transparency Isn’t a Feature. It’s the Floor.
- 23Crafting a Thematic Roadmap for Product Success
- 17Build to Learn, Build to Earn: The Verb the Product Onion Was Missing
- 14How to get your email noticed to a partner who has no reason to care
- 6Micromangement, The Silent Killer
- 2Product Design Freeze Process
March 2026
- 16AI Can Now Smell a Fake
- 11Your Spice Has A Passport Now
- 3The Cumin Test: Why the Best Product Decisions Start with Knowing Where Things Come From
February 2026
- 23Your Product Has a Reputation You Didn’t Write
- 10Building Great Products: A Product Manager’s Guide
- 10Breakthrough Moments in Product Management
- 10The Art of Product Innovation
- 10Candid Conversations with Product Managers
- 10Overcoming Challenges in Product Management
- 10The Journey of a Product Manager
- 9Why Excitement Doesn’t Equal Habit: The Missing Link Between AI Discovery and Customer Loyalty
- 6When AI Shops For Your Customer: The Algorithm Gets You Discovered—The Human Touch Makes You Unforgettable
January 2026
- 26What If The Screen You’re Designing Is Already Obsolete?
- 20The Idea You Mention Is the Priority You Set
- 14What Deserves the Next 12 Months of Your Startup’s Life?
2025
December 2025
- 8The DNA of Everything: What Soap, Spices, and Dinner Plans Taught Me About Building Things That Last
- 2The Product Onion at Home: Why I Stopped Making To-Do Lists (And Started Solving Problems)
November 2025
- 24Building Trevean Spice From Scratch: Watching the Product Onion Framework in Real-Time (No Logo Yet)
- 12From “Pretty Soaps” to Purpose: How Trevean Living Found Its Core (And Why We Almost Didn’t)
- 6The Product Onion Framework: Why Most Businesses Build from the Outside In (And Why That’s Backwards)
October 2025
September 2025
- 10How We Ditched the Sales Funnel and Built a Spice Empire with the Infinity Loop
- 8The Power of Meaningful Business Conversations: When One Chat Changes Everything
- 5The Intentional Day: A Gentle Philosophy for Living Aligned
- 2The Search for a Name That Changes Reality: Why We Chose Trevean Over Spice Sage
August 2025
- 25What If We Get Spices Right: Revolutionary Sustainability Through Smart Technology
- 21The Future of Product Transparency: Unleashing the Potential of NFC Chips to Revolutionize Consumer Safety
- 20Building a Spice Revolution: How Trevean Spice Is Creating Believers, Not Just Buyers
- 18When Resistance Comes From Within: Managing Pilot Team Challenges
- 11How Leaders and Stakeholders Can Best Support Pilot Teams
- 4Building the Skills Pilot Teams Need to Succeed
July 2025
- 29How to Select Your Pilot Team to Trial the Change
- 22The Biggest Mistake Companies Make When Trying to Transform
- 10Why Most Product Operating Model Transformations Fail (And How to Avoid the Same Fate)
- 1The Product Onion Framework: Build Products From the Inside Out
June 2025
- 24How Generative AI is Reshaping SEO: A Strategic Guide for Modern Businesses
- 23The Coming Distribution Wars: What Trevean Spice Needs to Know About AI Platforms
- 18Building Bridges: How Trevean Spice is Creating a Thriving Two-Sided Marketplace
- 12The Secret Ingredient to Customer Loyalty: How AI is Transforming Trevean Spice’s Growth Recipe
- 9From Farmers Market to Digital: Why Food Brands Must Rediscover Human Connection
- 2Transforming Product Management Through AI Automation: A Strategic Guide for Modern Teams
May 2025
- 22The Subtraction Audit: A Framework for Removing Features
- 21Creating That A-ha Moment with Data Stories That Captivate Executives
- 19Multi-Agent AI: How We’re Creating Immersive Customer Experiences at Origin Spice
- 14The Art of Feature Pruning: An Trevean Spice Journey
- 8From Idea Overload to Innovation Engine: Building Origin Spice’s Product Idea Intake Process
- 5Nailing the Scoping Phase: How Our Template Helped Us Win Executive Buy-In
April 2025
- 28From Options to Action: How Trevean Spice Is Making Bold Recommendations in the Culinary Space
- 23Transforming CPO Roles in the AI Era
- 21The Future of Engineering and AI: Trevean Spice’s Perspective
- 16From Vision to Blueprint: Navigating the Project Scoping Phase
- 10Beyond Prompts: How Evals Make Our AI Spice Profiler Actually Work
- 7How We Handle Objections at Trevean Spice
- 3Building Our Initial Release Plan: Connecting Strategy to Launch for Trevean Spice
- 1The Magic of Asking the Right Questions: 5 User Interview Questions That Transform Product Development
March 2025
- 28Are You Attending ProductCon?
- 27Beyond User Stories: Creating Feature Specifications That Actually Work
- 26The Art of Feature Prioritization: How Product Management and Product Ownership Create Winning Products
- 21From Requirements to Scoping: Trevean Spice’s Product Journey Continues
- 18From Requirements to Reality: The Trevean Spice Journey
- 14The Final Stretch: Product Analysis Before Requirements Phase Exit
- 12Pricing Strategy and Sales Forecasting: Essential Steps in the Requirements Phase
- 10Integration Requirements: The Hidden Backbone of Modern Product Development
- 4Cross-Functional Interlocks: Essential Partnerships for Comprehensive Requirements
- 3Why Documentation Should Be Part of Your Product Requirements
February 2025
- 27How We Mapped the Perfect Spice Subscription Experience: Our User Story Journey
- 25Cultivating Strategy: A Systematic Approach to Organizational Alignment
- 24Story Point Estimation: How We Sized Our Backlog Without Endless Debates
- 20Bridging Requirements and Design: Why Technical Architecture Reviews Matter
- 19The Sprint Planning Session
- 17From User Stories to JIRA: A Real-World Journey with Spice Sage
- 12🤖 The Human Touch in AI-Driven Product Development
- 11Taking You Behind the Scenes: Building a Product from Scratch!
- 6📝 When Less Prescription Led to More Innovation: A Product Story
- 5🤦♂️ Confessions of a First-Time Product Manager: The 400-Page PRD
January 2025
2024
December 2024
Newsletter Archive
2026
- Issue #16THE PM’S SPICE RACK – ISSUE #16July 17, 2026
- Issue #15THE PM’S SPICE RACK – ISSUE #15July 12, 2026
- Issue #14THE PM’S SPICE RACK – ISSUE #14July 2, 2026
- Issue #13THE PM’S SPICE RACK – ISSUE #13June 28, 2026
- Issue #12THE PM’S SPICE RACK – ISSUE #12June 20, 2026
- Issue #11THE PM’S SPICE RACK – ISSUE #11June 12, 2026
- Issue #10THE PM’s SPICE RACK – ISSUE #10June 6, 2026
- Issue #9THE PM’S SPICE RACK – ISSUE #9May 29, 2026
- Issue #8THE PM’S SPICE RACK – ISSUE #8May 23, 2026
- Issue #7THE PM’S SPICE RACK – ISSUE #7May 15, 2026
- Issue #6THE PM’S SPICE RACK – ISSUE #6May 1, 2026
- Issue #5THE PM’s SPICE RACK – ISSUE #5April 24, 2026
- Issue #4The PM’s SPICE RACK – ISSUE #4April 17, 2026
- Issue #3THE PM’s SPICE RACK – ISSUE #3April 10, 2026
- Issue #2THE PM’S SPICE RACK – ISSUE #2April 3, 2026
- Issue #1THE PM’s SPICE RACK – ISSUE #1March 19, 2026