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My Tips for Remote Product Management

In the past month, we've seen an unprecedented shift to remote work. On April 14, I'm joining the productboard team to share my tips for product teams who are learning how to quickly adjust to working remotely. We'll cover:

• Best practices and tools product teams need to build excellent products remotely
• How remote work during the COVID-19 pandemic differs from "normal" remote work
• How teams can adapt to remote work under current constraints and pressure

CEOs and Leaders: Here's How to Prepare for an Extended Period of Remote Work

David Hassell built 15Five as a remote-first company since day one 9 years ago; the company now has more than 200 employees. He believes running a company with a remote-first mindset and infrastructure is beneficial to productivity and resilience, even if most of your team typically works out of a physical office. Having built a handful of startups with distributed teams myself, I wholeheartedly agree. David shares his thoughts on how you can use this time to reshape your company for the better during what is likely to be an extended period of remote work. 

The Best Y Combinator Advice for Startup Success

This is a great go-to resource of more than 700 Y Combinator articles and videos about what it takes to build a successful startup. Sorted by topic, you'll find advice on everything from fundraising and decision making, to user acquisition and risk management. One cool note: This website was automatically created from this spreadsheet using Polymer, which builds smart interfaces using raw spreadsheet data. 

Marketing and Growth Lessons for Uncertain Times

One thing we know for sure is that the world is changing—and your marketing and growth strategy should, too. This article features the findings of two studies that looked at the performance of companies before, during, and after former recessions. One interesting finding: Successful leaders practiced greater discipline during boom times, spending significantly less than their peers. This, in turn, offered them more flexibility during lean years, allowing them to trade short-term profitability for long-term gains. Here are some other learnings to help you navigate and grow your business during a crisis. 

The Real Reason Why Morning Brew Grew to 1.5M Subscribers in 5 Years

Morning Brew has become one of my favorite newsletters in the past year—and I'm not alone. More than 1.5 million people have subscribed in the last five years. This is an interesting look into how they did it, along with UX and copywriting tips to improve your own newsletter if you have one. And if you don't, there's never been a better time to start.

Getting the Bigger Role at Work

It's natural to want to see forward movement in your career, which usually equates to landing a "bigger role," however you define that based on your career goals. If you want that "bigger role," one of the best things you can do is find ways to start doing the role before it's formally given to you. Here are some creative ways you can do that, especially during this time of major transition for most companies. 

How a Growth Mindset Can Lead to Success

We've all heard countless commencement speeches, conference talks, and YouTube videos with successful people promoting the importance of "finding your passion." But what does that even mean, and how can people begin the process of finding what they are passionate about? Here's how a growth mindset can change the way you think about finding your passion—and how an initially small seed of interest can grow into something that energizes you for the rest of your career.