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Questions

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  1. Should PMs learn to code, or is it a distraction from the actual job?

    Every PM newsletter says "learn SQL at minimum." Senior PMs at my company (Series C fintech, 400 people) say the opposite — that the best PMs they have seen are the ones who never…

  2. Discuss: Netflix made the unpopular pricing call legible

    Signal: Netflix made the unpopular pricing call legible What happened: Netflix expanded paid sharing, asking households outside the account owner’s home to pay rather than freely…

  3. PM interview Q1 — improve one feature in the Amazon app

    Product Improvement: Describe one feature that you would like to improve in the Amazon app.

  4. Which viral loop to grow a community?

    To build this community, I want to invite product managers from world over slowly.

  5. PM interview Q2 — key metric dropped 80%

    You are the PM for a streaming video service. You come into the office and see that one key metric has dropped by 80%. What will you do?

  6. New e-commerce platform — Wish

    Recently, I came across a new product called Wish. It is an e-commerce platform marketed as a marketplace for discounted items targeted towards customers who are not…

  7. User flow for user registration by 3rd party

    I am building a product where we register the user on his behalf and would send him his profile link.

  8. Need inputs on product roadmap — healthcare posture product

    Building a product roadmap for a healthcare product that analyses your posture and drops you a notification or helps you correct when you go beyond the threshold.

  9. Gauging market potential without a customer survey

    How would you gauge the market potential of a new product, without a customer survey?

  10. Discuss: Leaders confuse AI access with true adoption, risking trust and value

    Signal: Leaders confuse AI access with true adoption, risking trust and value What happened: Many companies push AI tool usage top-down without redesigning workflows or providing…

  11. Authorize payment first — conversion benefits?

    Paypal has two options: (1) Paypal express where user authorizes the payment first then fills shipping details, and (2) Paypal standard where user fills shipping details first…

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