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| ▣ | Brandon Chu Product and company builder working on AI-native software. | Product and company builder working on AI-native software. | Live | Profile | — | home | |
| @ | Contact Open to interesting conversations about products, teams, and AI. | Open to interesting conversations about products, teams, and AI. | Open | Contact | — | 3 links | |
| □ | Writing archive 26 published essays on product, teams, startups, and decision making. | 26 published essays on product, teams, startups, and decision making. | 26 rows | Index | — | posts | |
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| ✎ | David Hariri on co-founding Ada, the pivot that created a unicorn, and what product-market fit… In this episode I speak with David Hariri, co-founder of Ada, an AI powered customer support platform that raised at a 1.2B valuation in… | In this episode I speak with David Hariri, co-founder of Ada, an AI powered customer support platform that raised at a 1.2B valuation in… | Jul 28, 2021 | Post | — | 142w | |
| ✎ | Craig Miller on being Shopify’s CPO, Marketing by an Engineer, Leadership, and Scale Black box of PM Podcast: Season 01, Episode 01 | Black box of PM Podcast: Season 01, Episode 01 | Apr 28, 2021 | Post | — | 447w | |
| ✎ | Product Management Mental Models for Everyone Mental models are simple expressions of complex processes or relationships. These models are accumulated over time by an individual and… | Mental models are simple expressions of complex processes or relationships. These models are accumulated over time by an individual and… | Aug 19, 2018 | Post | — | 2,899w | |
| ✎ | Managing and Developing Product Managers If the craft of Product Management is often mired in ambiguity, managing product managers is ambiguity². | If the craft of Product Management is often mired in ambiguity, managing product managers is ambiguity². | Jun 1, 2018 | Post | — | 3,483w | |
| ✎ | The First Principles of Product Management Some of the best PMs I know make their decisions based on first principles. A first principle is a “basic, foundational proposition or… | Some of the best PMs I know make their decisions based on first principles. A first principle is a “basic, foundational proposition or… | Jan 7, 2018 | Post | — | 3,429w | |
| ✎ | Making Good Decisions as a Product Manager While product managers may not build the actual product, they do produce something very tangible for a team: decisions. | While product managers may not build the actual product, they do produce something very tangible for a team: decisions. | Jul 11, 2017 | Post | — | 2,493w | |
| ✎ | Deadlines For as long as I’ve been working in tech I’ve heard this oscillating debate about the use of deadlines in projects, with particularly… | For as long as I’ve been working in tech I’ve heard this oscillating debate about the use of deadlines in projects, with particularly… | Apr 12, 2017 | Post | — | 1,239w | |
| ✎ | Ruthless Prioritization All high functioning teams must prioritize. Not once a month, not once a week — but rigorously, and ruthlessly. | All high functioning teams must prioritize. Not once a month, not once a week — but rigorously, and ruthlessly. | Mar 6, 2017 | Post | — | 2,978w | |
| ✎ | Applying Leverage as a Product Manager I get every new PM I manage to read (or re-read) High Output Management by Andy Grove within the first month of joining my team. It’s a… | I get every new PM I manage to read (or re-read) High Output Management by Andy Grove within the first month of joining my team. It’s a… | Nov 29, 2016 | Post | — | 1,495w | |
| ✎ | Scaling Conversational Commerce We just enabled 325,000 merchants to sell in messaging, without building a bot. | We just enabled 325,000 merchants to sell in messaging, without building a bot. | Oct 6, 2016 | Post | — | 1,677w | |
| ✎ | Why Hey and Thanks still matter Hey, | Hey, | Sep 4, 2016 | Post | — | 311w | |
| ✎ | A Bad Product Decision I often wonder if I should have been fired for it | I often wonder if I should have been fired for it | Aug 25, 2016 | Post | — | 1,946w | |
| ✎ | MVPM: Minimum Viable Product Manager You’ve probably seen this diagram before. It elegantly shows that product management is the intersection of a diverse skill set. | You’ve probably seen this diagram before. It elegantly shows that product management is the intersection of a diverse skill set. | Apr 4, 2016 | Post | — | 3,337w | |
| ✎ | Product Partnerships (pt. 2/2) — Executing a Partnership as a PM This is a continuation of Part 1: The Making of a Partnership | This is a continuation of Part 1: The Making of a Partnership | Jan 10, 2016 | Post | — | 1,394w | |
| ✎ | Product Partnerships (pt. 1/2)— The Making of a Partnership I realized the other day that I’ve spent a lot of the last few years building products in partnership with other companies. I’ve led teams… | I realized the other day that I’ve spent a lot of the last few years building products in partnership with other companies. I’ve led teams… | Dec 30, 2015 | Post | — | 2,011w | |
| ✎ | The Black Box of Product Management PMs get sad when you ask them why they exist | PMs get sad when you ask them why they exist | Nov 1, 2015 | Post | — | 1,776w | |
| ✎ | 7 Heuristics for being a Product Director I’m a big believer in developing heuristics over the course of your life. These are rules of thumb you internalize so that you don’t have… | I’m a big believer in developing heuristics over the course of your life. These are rules of thumb you internalize so that you don’t have… | Aug 25, 2015 | Post | — | 1,809w | |
| ✎ | Canadian Startup People: you might want to exercise those options early Short post here. | Short post here. | Jul 24, 2015 | Post | — | 483w | |
| ✎ | What stories have you never finished? That’s it, I’m shipping these unfinished thoughts. | That’s it, I’m shipping these unfinished thoughts. | Jul 15, 2015 | Post | — | 1,129w | |
| ✎ | Start with Lunch The simplest, most delicious way to become a great team | The simplest, most delicious way to become a great team | Apr 23, 2015 | Post | — | 1,066w | |
| ✎ | The #1 cold email I get “How can I get into product management?” | “How can I get into product management?” | Apr 2, 2015 | Post | — | 1,020w | |
| ✎ | Product Managers are Forged in the Crucibles of Launches Come spend a day in the fire | Come spend a day in the fire | Mar 11, 2015 | Post | — | 1,813w | |
| ✎ | The Time Value of Shipping Unpacking “Shipping as a Feature” | Unpacking “Shipping as a Feature” | Aug 21, 2014 | Post | — | 1,135w | |
| ✎ | PMs, you don’t need that technical degree In defense of “non-technical” product managers | In defense of “non-technical” product managers | May 30, 2014 | Post | — | 904w | |
| ✎ | Why I Quit my Startup A 100-days later, from the other side | A 100-days later, from the other side | Aug 29, 2013 | Post | — | 1,540w | |
| ✎ | Product Management is a lot like Playing Poker Some lessons from the felt | Some lessons from the felt | Aug 13, 2013 | Post | — | 848w | |
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| ◇ | Personal websites should feel more like spreadsheets A note on making a personal site feel browsable, sortable, and alive instead of like a brochure. | A note on making a personal site feel browsable, sortable, and alive instead of like a brochure. | May 22, 2026 | Draft idea | outline | ||
| ◇ | What an AI-native product org actually changes The operating habits, rituals, and judgment calls that change when teams can ship with agents beside them. | The operating habits, rituals, and judgment calls that change when teams can ship with agents beside them. | May 22, 2026 | Draft idea | notes | ||
| ◇ | Taste is product infrastructure Why product taste is less about vibes and more about shared constraints, examples, and fast feedback loops. | Why product taste is less about vibes and more about shared constraints, examples, and fast feedback loops. | May 22, 2026 | Draft idea | thinking | ||
| ◇ | The PM craft after agents A practical map of what product managers stop doing, keep doing, and get much better at with capable agents. | A practical map of what product managers stop doing, keep doing, and get much better at with capable agents. | May 22, 2026 | Draft idea | outline | ||
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| ⌘ | GitHub Code, experiments, and project traces. | Code, experiments, and project traces. | External | Link | — | url | |
| 𝕏 | X Shorter notes and current thoughts. | Shorter notes and current thoughts. | External | Link | — | url | |
| in | LinkedIn Professional background and work history. | Professional background and work history. | External | Link | — | url | |