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Everything filed under design design Everything filed under product management product management Everything filed under creativity creativity Everything filed under simplicity simplicity Everything filed under taste taste Everything filed under hiring hiring Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: A product vision cannot be transferred through specs and bullet points; the product visionary has to engage in doing. A product vision cannot be transferredthrough specs and bullet points; theproduct visionary has to engage in doing. Last stated 17 years ago 12 Feb 2010 KS Karri Saarinen — holds since 2010-02-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: Being too ambitious and visionary at the outset is how founders miss product-market fit, because it stops them starting somewhere small and humble enough. — tap to centre the map on it Being too ambitious and visionary atthe outset is how founders missproduct-market fit, because it stopsthem starting somewhere small andhumble enough. Last stated 4 months ago 14 Jun 2026 MP Mark Pincus — holds since 2026-06-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: A product leader must always be able to say what comes after the current strategy, not just execute it. — tap to centre the map on it A product leader must always be ableto say what comes after the currentstrategy, not just execute it. Last stated 5 years ago 10 Mar 2022 GB Gibson Biddle — holds since 2022-03-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: Great designers can both package up a new technology and push on what it ought to be able to do. — tap to centre the map on it Great designers can both package upa new technology and push on what itought to be able to do. Last stated 6 months ago 8 Apr 2026 IS Ian Silber — holds since 2026-04-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company needs someone with a product vision to recover — tap to centre the map on it A company needs someone with aproduct vision to recover Last stated 4 years ago 5 Nov 2022 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2022-11-05 — tap for who they are Same subject: Even when a product manager can contribute to prototypes, the designer is still doing something specific to a designer's role. — tap to centre the map on it Even when a product manager cancontribute to prototypes, thedesigner is still doing somethingspecific to a designer's role. Last stated 7 months ago 10 Mar 2026 LO Luis Ouriach — holds since 2026-03-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: The best product leaders are curators rather than visionaries: whose idea the strategy was does not matter, only that it is great and everyone has bought into it. — tap to centre the map on it The best product leaders arecurators rather than visionaries:whose idea the strategy was does notmatter, only that it is great andeveryone has bought into it. Last stated 3 months ago 9 Jul 2026 AM Adam Mosseri — holds since 2026-07-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: An icon should never picture a particular product, because the product dates and takes the icon down with it; use a metaphor instead. — tap to centre the map on it An icon should never picture aparticular product, because theproduct dates and takes the icondown with it; use a metaphorinstead. Last stated 2 months ago 14 Aug 2026 SK Susan Kare — holds since 2026-08-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: However brilliant a product is, if people cannot use it it will be judged poorly, and making it understandable and usable is up to the designer — tap to centre the map on it However brilliant a product is, ifpeople cannot use it it will bejudged poorly, and making itunderstandable and usable is up tothe designer DN Don Norman — holds since c. 1988–2013 — tap for who they are Same subject: A business is more likely to fail from taking on too much complexity than from lacking resources. — tap to centre the map on it A business is more likely to failfrom taking on too much complexitythan from lacking resources. Last stated 8 years ago 29 Sept 2018 TG Tren Griffin — holds since 2018-09-29 — tap for who they are Same subject: A business succeeds through a small number of highly effective distribution channels, not many mediocre ones. — tap to centre the map on it A business succeeds through a smallnumber of highly effectivedistribution channels, not manymediocre ones. Last stated 3 years ago 17 Feb 2024 AW Adam Wiggins — holds since 2024-02-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: A candidate negotiating an offer should make every ask fit one line of logic. — tap to centre the map on it A candidate negotiating an offershould make every ask fit one lineof logic. Last stated 2 months ago 9 Aug 2026 AW Adam Ward — holds since 2026-08-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: A big part of taste is delivering high levels of craft in an accessible way so that as many people as possible can experience it. — tap to centre the map on it A big part of taste is deliveringhigh levels of craft in anaccessible way so that as manypeople as possible can experienceit. Last stated 6 months ago 21 Apr 2026 BJ Brandon Jacoby — holds since 2026-04-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company name can have different appeal to corporate buyers versus their customers. — tap to centre the map on it A company name can have differentappeal to corporate buyers versustheir customers. Last stated 2 weeks ago 4 Oct 2026 PG Paul Graham — holds since 2026-10-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: A first draft should not be graded good or bad; it is only the material that taste then gets to act on. — tap to centre the map on it A first draft should not be gradedgood or bad; it is only the materialthat taste then gets to act on. Last stated 2 months ago 6 Aug 2026 GS George Saunders — holds since 2026-08-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: A feeling of responsibility is probably the greatest inhibitor of creativity; great ideas came from people not paid to have them — tap to centre the map on it A feeling of responsibility isprobably the greatest inhibitor ofcreativity; great ideas came frompeople not paid to have them IA Isaac Asimov — holds since c. 1959 — tap for who they are Same subject: A free-wheeling, anarchic neural organization may be the secret of human creativity, at the price of susceptibility to mental illness — tap to centre the map on it A free-wheeling, anarchic neuralorganization may be the secret ofhuman creativity, at the price ofsusceptibility to mental illness Last stated 14 years ago 8 Jan 2013 DD Daniel Dennett — holds since 2013-01-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: A person who works from a recipe, even an innovative one, starts from something that already exists. — tap to centre the map on it A person who works from a recipe,even an innovative one, starts fromsomething that already exists. Last stated 11 years ago 6 Nov 2015 TU Tim Urban — holds since 2015-11-06 — tap for who they are
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At the centre A product vision cannot be transferred through specs and bullet points; the product visionary has to engage in doing. Last stated 12 Feb 2010 · 17 years ago Holds Karri Saarinen Read this korrent →