Reading Time: 2 minutes This weekend, I came across the book “A Balanced Approach to Growth” by Andy Johns. Andy is currently a partner at Unusual Ventures and previously worked on product growth at Facebook, Twitter, Quora, and Wealthfront. The book is concise (23 pages), which makes me give it extra points. I’m tired of reading 300-page books that… Continue reading
Reading Time: 4 minutes Happy weekend, during the last two weeks, I was a bit busy with personal commitments, plus that I was busy working on some of my other projects. Two weeks ago, I was taking a writing class (gifted to me by my wife), following that, I started investing more time into writing, just for fun, and for the… Continue reading
Reading Time: 3 minutes It’s the weekend again. This morning, I took Zain for a walk. We walked to a shop in Javastraat to buy freshly made hummus, za’atar, and falafel. If you live in Amsterdam, and like Middle Eastern food, the shop is called *Tigris En Eufraat*. That walk reminded me of the old days when I was… Continue reading
Reading Time: 6 minutes I send a weekly newsletter. This is issue number 4. If you want to subscribe, please click here. I hope you had a good week, My gift to you today is not to cover anything about Disney+, but I can’t promise that I won’t cover it in future issues. If you really can’t wait, I… Continue reading
Reading Time: 5 minutes It’s 2 weeks already into my 3 months parental leave. I can’t deny that I’m enjoying it. Our newborn son is taking some steady steps towards recovering from a health issue he started to have a few weeks after he was born. Which means that there are decreasing stress levels on me and my wife,… Continue reading
Reading Time: 6 minutes This is a copy of my most recent newsletter. You don’t know that, but I’m a bit late to send this newsletter! My plan was to send it on Friday night so you can read it on Saturday morning while you are still in your comfy pajamas. Things didn’t go as planned for the newsletter,… Continue reading
Reading Time: 3 minutes I send a weekly newsletter. If you want to subscribe, click here. Hey, thanks for signing up to my newsletter! Every week, I will have one main topic to cover in the newsletter. I will also include links to some interesting articles, videos, and products I came across during the week. While I’m usually known… Continue reading
Reading Time: 2 minutes Recently, I started mentoring aspiring Product Managers. During one of the mentoring sessions, I was asked about the process I follow whenever I get a group of people into a meeting room to make a decision. My answer was that I never put a group of people in a meeting room to make a decision…. Continue reading
Reading Time: 2 minutes I was recently reading Creativity Inc, by Ed Catmull the president of Pixar and Disney Animation studios. One of the interesting parts that stuck with me from the book was the idea of how every great idea starts as a bad idea. Ed calls it “The ugly baby”. The ugly baby is your idea in… Continue reading
Reading Time: 2 minutes It’s always interesting to see someone — especially if a successful person — being asked about “Luck”. A typical answer he would give might be something like “I don’t believe in luck. I believe in hard work, and bla bla bla ..”. I understand how we all tend to be defensive when it comes to the things that define us;… Continue reading