🎾 Create a Great Strategy (Without Getting Stuck Ever Again)

+ Free Guides: How Basecamp Builds Products [Case Study] & Analyzing Activation Funnels

Estimated read time: 2 minutes 13 seconds.

This is Sunday 1-1-2-3 with George.

Welcome to the 109th edition.

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🆕 In today’s edition:

🔒 Create a Great Strategy with Richard Rumelt (Without Getting Stuck Again)

🆓 From Kickoff to Launch - How Basecamp Builds Products [Case Study]

🆓 A Better Approach to Analyzing Activation Funnels with Crystal Widjaja

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❓ 1 Thought-Provoking Question

If you had 1 hour free - no distractions, no meetings - to make your product better, what is the first thing that comes to mind?

🌟 1 Useful Quote

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🎓 2 Learning Opportunities

• Article: From Kickoff to Launch - How Basecamp Builds Products [Case Study]

  • Time: 10 minutes

• Video/Audio: A Better Approach to Analyzing Activation Funnels with Crystal Widjaja

  • Time: 58 minutes

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📋 Quick Poll

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⏮️ Rewind

Same Time Last Year

🎾 5 Steps to Take to Move Into a Product Leadership Role, "Process People" According to Marty Cagan, Understanding the Difference Between OKRs and Outcomes

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🛠️ Create a Great Strategy with Richard Rumelt (Without Getting Stuck Again)

🎾 How To Master Complexity & Autonomy In Product Management Forever (Even If You’ve Tried Everything)

Today, we’ll work on strategy.

I spent a few days dissecting Richard Rumelt’s appearance on Lenny’s Podcast, and now you can figure out strategy like a pro with this breakdown.

The process is simple, not easy:

1. List ambitions

2. List challenges (based on insight)

3. Pick the most important

4. Pick what's solvable

5. Explore patterns for solving

6. List a coherent action agenda

7. Keep the principles in mind

Here we go…

1. List Ambitions