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← People do not use products but hire them to do jobs, and builders have to know what those jobs are.

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Everything filed under design design Everything filed under ideas vs execution ideas vs execution Everything filed under startups startups Everything filed under product management product management Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: People do not use products but hire them to do jobs, and builders have to know what those jobs are. People do not use products but hire themto do jobs, and builders have to know whatthose jobs are. Last stated 3 weeks ago 10 Sept 2026 RS Robby Stein — holds since 2026-09-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: Product builders should spend less time on features and technology and more on the people they build for. — tap to centre the map on it Product builders should spend lesstime on features and technology andmore on the people they build for. Last stated 3 weeks ago 10 Sept 2026 RS Robby Stein — holds since 2026-09-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: People don't need to know exactly what they're building before they start creating it. — tap to centre the map on it People don't need to know exactlywhat they're building before theystart creating it. Last stated 3 weeks ago 14 Sept 2026 LR Lenny Rachitsky — holds since 2026-09-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: Someone who is not already product-first almost never becomes good at product afterwards. — tap to centre the map on it Someone who is not alreadyproduct-first almost never becomesgood at product afterwards. Last stated 4 months ago 9 Jun 2026 BG Bill Gurley — holds since 2026-06-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: The hard part of building a product in a month is working out what not to build. — tap to centre the map on it The hard part of building a productin a month is working out what notto build. Last stated 2 years ago 20 Aug 2024 PL Pieter Levels — holds since 2024-08-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: Giving people access to tools for building software does not make most of them software builders. — tap to centre the map on it Giving people access to tools forbuilding software does not make mostof them software builders. Last stated 6 months ago 20 Mar 2026 JF Jason Fried — holds since 2026-03-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: Tools such as agents can help do the job of product, but the job itself is solving customer problems and achieving business outcomes. — tap to centre the map on it Tools such as agents can help do thejob of product, but the job itselfis solving customer problems andachieving business outcomes. Last stated 3 weeks ago 10 Sept 2026 MC Marty Cagan — holds since 2026-09-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: Once non-designers can build products, a design team’s job becomes templates and design systems — otherwise the company ships Frankensteins. — tap to centre the map on it Once non-designers can buildproducts, a design team’s jobbecomes templates and design systems— otherwise the company shipsFrankensteins. Last stated 2 months ago 19 Jul 2026 ES Elizabeth Stone — holds since 2026-07-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: The job has always been to solve human problems, and software is not required for every human endeavour. — tap to centre the map on it The job has always been to solvehuman problems, and software is notrequired for every human endeavour. Last stated 4 months ago 3 Jun 2026 KH Kelsey Hightower — holds since 2026-06-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: A computational discovery platform does not make a biotech fast, because the thousand other steps of drug development are still the bottleneck. — tap to centre the map on it A computational discovery platformdoes not make a biotech fast,because the thousand other steps ofdrug development are still thebottleneck. Last stated 2 years ago 17 Sept 2024 AT Alex Telford — holds since 2024-09-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: A film's script and direction must be of a sufficient quality to support its complex plot. — tap to centre the map on it A film's script and direction mustbe of a sufficient quality tosupport its complex plot. Last stated 5 days ago 27 Sept 2026 JS John Scalzi — holds since 2026-09-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: A good idea often fails to spread not for lack of merit but because no convenient way exists to implement it. — tap to centre the map on it A good idea often fails to spreadnot for lack of merit but because noconvenient way exists to implementit. Last stated 4 months ago 7 Jun 2026 SR Scott Rao — holds since 2026-06-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: “Why now?” is the wrong question to make a founder answer — the honest answer can simply be that you started now. — tap to centre the map on it “Why now?” is the wrong question tomake a founder answer — the honestanswer can simply be that youstarted now. Last stated 2 months ago 28 Jul 2026 BS Blake Scholl — holds since 2026-07-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: A belief nobody else shares is a warning, and a belief everybody shares is also a warning; the right number of people who agree with you is small but not zero. — tap to centre the map on it A belief nobody else shares is awarning, and a belief everybodyshares is also a warning; the rightnumber of people who agree with youis small but not zero. Last stated 2 months ago 28 Jul 2026 SA Sam Altman — holds since 2026-07-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: A business can have market fit, real advantages, and sustained effort behind a hard product and still fail if it doesn't give customers a strong enough reason to switch from what they already use. — tap to centre the map on it A business can have market fit, realadvantages, and sustained effortbehind a hard product and still failif it doesn't give customers astrong enough reason to switch fromwhat they already use. Last stated 4 months ago 2 Jun 2026 JJ Justin Jackson — holds since 2026-06-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A blank chat box is lazy: it violates the first rule of a good user experience, that it is obvious what you can do. — tap to centre the map on it A blank chat box is lazy: itviolates the first rule of a gooduser experience, that it is obviouswhat you can do. Last stated a year ago 12 May 2025 JZ Julie Zhuo — holds since 2025-05-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: A board game conquers the world when chance and strategy are in balance in it. — tap to centre the map on it A board game conquers the world whenchance and strategy are in balancein it. Last stated 10 months ago 12 Dec 2025 IF Irving Finkel — holds since 2025-12-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: A browser works better as a single window than as multiple separate windows. — tap to centre the map on it A browser works better as a singlewindow than as multiple separatewindows. Last stated 2 weeks ago 15 Sept 2026 CC Chris Coyier — holds since 2026-09-15 — tap for who they are
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At the centre People do not use products but hire them to do jobs, and builders have to know what those jobs are. Last stated 10 Sept 2026 · 3 weeks ago Holds Robby Stein Read this korrent →