Every Product Starts in Oklahoma (4 minute read)
Early products succeed by attracting curious early adopters who are willing to try unfinished ideas. As they scale, they must shift to providing clear value and ROI to more skeptical mainstream customers.
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Minimally Viable Consistency (7 minute read)
Minimally viable consistency is about standardizing only what truly reduces coordination cost while preserving local flexibility. Be cautious during strategy shifts, avoid false standard frameworks, and treat consistency as temporary scaffolding that should expire once teams can operate without it.
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Six Rules for Designing Company Goals (14 minute read)
Goals should create clarity, not complexity. Focus on a few core metrics, choose one priority, assign clear ownership, declare what you will not do, and review progress regularly so the company learns what actually drives results.
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Things You Think Are Helping Your Career But Are Actually Hurting It (5 minute read)
Many high performers unintentionally stall their careers by being overly helpful, quiet, and low-maintenance, which makes their most valuable work invisible. To grow, you must prioritize visible impact, communicate the problems you solve, and engage your manager with opinions and ambition so your scope expands rather than stays hidden.
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PMs should vibe code (3 minute read)
PMs may not belong in high-risk infrastructure, but they can add real value by building internal tools and user-facing experiences where speed, taste, and usability matter most.
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