Join 📚 Felicity's Weekly Book Highlights
A batch of the best highlights from what Felicity's read, .
In product development, avoiding these pitfalls requires not only defining the right metrics but also maintaining a willingness to revisit and refine them. Metrics should not be static; they must evolve as the context and the goals change. Moreover, leaders must remain vigilant to ensure that the pursuit of those metrics does not lead to a loss of purpose or values. Sometimes it means slowing down, adding friction, or choosing a less profitable path because it’s the right one.
Unintended Consequences - by Mike Fisher
Unintended Consequences
Mike Fisher
The Top Business Metric is the metric that best represents the company’s current business ambition, for example growing the amount of revenue, profit, or market share.
Evidence-Guided
Itamar Gilad
Cagan highlights that until Product-Market-Fit is achieved,, efforts related to scaling, marketing, and growth are premature. The singular focus should be on developing a product that solves a real problem for a well-defined customer base in a way that is demonstrably better than existing alternatives.
Deep-Dive: Product-Market Fit
Mike Belsito
...catch up on these, and many more highlights
Readwise