Hey there! Happy Monday. Hope you had a good week. Before we dive into the second issue of Productivize, I wanted to post an update. After launching last Monday on twitter, Productivize now has 58 subscribers and counting. I never imagined hitting beyond 50 subs in the first week for my first newsletter so I want to thank you for showing your support and assuring me that my little experiment is providing value to you đđ˝
Letâs get started with issue #2 of Productivize:
Patricia
Patricia is an inspiring maker and a Product Manager. She shipped a number of projects on Product Hunt. Currently, she works as a PM at Stitch Fix and writes a bi-weekly newsletter called Wisdom Wellness. I love her passion towards shipping side projects and her consistency in providing value to the community. Give her a follow here - @_patriciamou
Kevin Yien
Kevin works at Square as a Product Manager and comes with tons of product experience(ex-PM Grovo). He actively tweets his thoughts on product, leadership and startups. Give him a follow here - @kevinyien
Shreyas Doshi
Formerly a PM lead Twitter Google Yahoo, Shreyas is a prolific product leader. He currently works at Stripe and tweets meta-threads on twitter about Product Management. Give him a follow here - @shreyas
What is good retention?
In his 29th edition, Lenny Rachitsky writes about GOOD and GREAT retention with Casey Winters(CPO at Eventbrite). They both did amazing research reaching out to twenty of the most experienced growth practitioners and came up with a set of concrete recommendations for GOOD and GREAT retention across most types of businesses. Take a dive into the single most important factor in product success.
What's one question you ask yourself when you're feeling a bit lost?
This thread by Randy is full of amazing answers and we as product people can empathize with a lot of them.
A quantitative approach to Product Market Fit
This post by Arjun Sethi from Tribe Capital is packed with a ton of valuable lessons/methods/techniques like Growth Accounting, Customer Cohorts and I highly recommend founders to bookmark this one. Read more.
Telly
A virtual theater with voice chat.
Shuffle
Find the best ideas and stories found in podcasts all at one place.
Muzzle
A mac app to silence notifications while screen sharing.
Thatâs all for today. Iâll be back with new learnings and findings next week. My goal is to give you the best experience and value through Productivize and I hope you enjoyed reading this issue.
Let me know your thoughts and suggestions in below comments. Thanks for reading!
Until next week,Â
Sharath