Leadership

  • THE PM’S SPICE RACK – ISSUE #8

    THE PM’S SPICE RACK – ISSUE #8

    May 23, 2026 | The Product Manager’s Journal The Take The trademark came through this week, and the labels showed up the same week. After three years, Trevean Spice is a thing the law recognizes and can be held. I want to be careful about how I describe the feeling because it’s easy to oversell

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  • The PM-to-Engineer Ratio Is Inverting

    The PM-to-Engineer Ratio Is Inverting

    TL;DR For two decades, the unwritten rule of product was one PM per four to six engineers. AI broke the math. Engineering throughput in small teams has increased by roughly 3–5x over the past 18 months. Product judgment throughput isn’t. The bottleneck has moved from the keyboard to the whiteboard, and founders, who are almost

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  • Build to Learn, Build to Earn: The Verb the Product Onion Was Missing

    Build to Learn, Build to Earn: The Verb the Product Onion Was Missing

    TL;DR I pulled a book off my shelf last week that had been gathering dust for the better part of a decade. Jeff Patton’s User Story Mapping: Discover the Whole Story; Build the Right Product. My copy has a coffee stain on the cover, a half-chewed pen bookmarking chapter five, and a sticky note from

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  • Micromangement, The Silent Killer

    Micromangement, The Silent Killer

    The Control Trap: Why I Was Still Approving Emails at a Company I Co-Founded It was 11:30 on a Tuesday night, and I was rewriting an email Rushi had already sent. Not a high-stakes investor pitch. Not a press release. A sourcing inquiry to Vikram in Barmer, someone she had already met in person, already

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  • Breakthrough Moments in Product Management

    Breakthrough Moments in Product Management

    Explore the breakthrough moments that define successful product managers. Learn how these experiences shape their careers and products.

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  • Overcoming Challenges in Product Management

    Overcoming Challenges in Product Management

    Every product manager faces challenges. Learn how to navigate these hurdles and turn them into opportunities for growth and innovation.

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