2013-10-14 intercom.comProduct Strategy Means Saying NoIf you’re building a product, you have to be great at saying No. Not ‘maybe’ or ‘later’. The only word is No.
2016-11-15 intercom.comYour product is already obsoleteThe question you have to consistently train everyone to ask: does this new technology that’s happening or that’s being released make it in any way cheaper, faster or easier for our customers to make progress in their lives? That’s the repetitive question you have to ask, whether you see Bluetooth or WiFi or cloud or mobile or touch or voice or audio or messaging or bots. You name it. Because if it does make it cheaper, faster or easier for customers to make progress, they’ll go there, and you’ll be busy writing up JIRA tickets.
2017-01-23 blog.intercom.comLaunch mode vs iterate modeLaunching a product, and iterating a product, are two very different things and they require the team to think and operate in very different ways.