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How to develop product sense

How to develop product sense

Lenny's Reads

September 16, 202519m 43s

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In this episode, you’ll learn:

* Why product sense isn’t magic: it’s a muscle you can train

* How to build product sense by developing deeper user empathy

* Why watching real users interact with products sharpens your intuition

* How to reverse-engineer everyday products to uncover what makes them work

* How creativity plays a key role in building great products

* What you can learn by studying how top product thinkers make decisions

* Why staying curious about new technology trends fuels innovation

* How to tell if your product sense is actually improving over time

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References:

* A comprehensive survey of Product Management

* Anthropic

* Are You Solving the Right Problems?

* Balaji Srinivasan

* Bangaly Kaba

* Braze

* Camille Edwards

* Cash App

* Carta

* Courtney Lessard

* David Lieb

* Elad Gil

* Erin Teague

* How to Do a Product Critique

* How to Get Startup Ideas

* Inspired

* Intro to the Design of Everyday Things

* Jules Walter

* Julie Zhuo

* Lawrence Ripsher

* Marty Cagan

* Naval Ravikant

* Paul Graham

* Rahul Vohra

* Shreyas Doshi

* Slack

* Stewart Butterfield

* Stripe

* Superhuman

* Textract (Amazon)

* The First Secret of Great Design

* Thomas Wedell-Wedellsborg

* Todd Sherman

* Tony Fadell

* Uber

* Venmo

* Why now



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