Wall of Love for pmcurve

 This program is all about developing an "unshakable conviction" - a must have skill for every Product Creator building products in the fast-evolving AI era, whether you’re:

✅ A product leader or PM driving innovation in a company
✅ A tech leader, engineer or data scientist dreaming of launching your own product
✅ A founder turning uncertainty into opportunity 🌟

This is hands-down the best professional learning program out there—online or offline, including those from institutions. It stands out for its modern pedagogy, high-talent-density cohort and a global community.

Checkout their other programs too on Growth, Tech and Advanced AI. (https://www.pmcurve.com/)

 Thanks to Deepak Singh and the pmcurve team for curating such a powerful program! 🙌

The announcement of Deepak Singh's "Product Strategy" by pmcurve sparked genuine excitement, and gave hope. Having previously benefitted from Deepak's teachings on Advanced Growth, I knew that his approach would serve as the catalyst I needed.

The course delved into crucial aspects such as building domain knowledge, conducting just enough research, distinguishing between disruptive and sustaining innovation in great depth and much more. To round off our knowledge, the capstone project was a true test. Working on a thesis and strategy for Anthropic's growth under tight deadlines was quiet an experience. From the point of giving up, to getting a nudge, working along with my long time friend, Ankit Kulshreshtha, and team members across geographies, scratching our heads past midnight, to being finally declared as the winner, we learned invaluable lessons about perseverance, collaboration, problem-solving, and having a strong conviction in something you believe.

I am immensely grateful to all of my cohorts members, Deepak Singh and pmcurve, for providing the guidance and resources that propelled my learning journey forward.

As a part of pmcurve's Product Sense course, we were tasked with a capstone project to build a new initiative for Intercom that can hit PMF within 3 years. Four weeks, several debates and after scratching our collective heads, we came up with a pitch and plan that took into account 4 things:

 1. An idea with business adjacency
 2. A practical way to execute and take it to market
 3. A predictable model for reaching our first 10, 100 & 1000 customers
4. A rough idea on what our P&L would look like if we were to go ahead with this

These four weeks have been rewarding but more than that, it was humbling to go through the grind and build conviction on what started off as a small idea.

 Thank you Abhishek Puvvada for the idea man that you are and for thoroughly dissecting each one that came your way. Thank you Gaurav Dubey for the relentless supply of motivation, especially on the days that we didn't have enough of our own.

 Biggest thank you to Deepak Singh for the timely check-ins, feedback and helping us build a convincing narrative and shape the small-ish idea we started with. And for designing the course to make us think like students for eternity. :)
 
My takeaways:

1. Treat every idea as a long term business.
2. Observe before you judge.
3. Don't try to sound smart. Instead, focus on sound reasoning.
 4. Use data to seek the truth and not just to convince yourself of a bias you hold.

I recently had the privilege of attending Deepak Singh's Product Sense and Strategy course by pmcurve, and it was nothing short of transformative.

The course redefined what it takes to be a modern-day product manager, equipping us with the tools to build strong product convictions and effectively persuade both leaders and peers. It's a game-changer—not just for PMs, but also for tech entrepreneurs looking to sharpen their product thinking.

 A key highlight was collaborating with incredible peers from diverse backgrounds to develop a thesis on Anthropic's offerings within a limited timeframe. he journey was intense and rewarding: our team was declared the winner, and part of our thesis was later validated in Microsoft’s Ignite 2024's Microsoft Copilot features. This experience reinforced the importance of applying strategic rigor and creativity to product management challenges.

 For anyone in product management—or aspiring to be—I can’t recommend this course enough. It’s an investment in strategic thinking and product sense that pays off immediately!

I'm incredibly honoured to have been named Winner of the Product Sense & Strategy course by pmcurve, in both the Individual and Group Capstone hands-on projects!

🚀 I joined this program to polish my product sense and take a more strategic approach to: - Identify and solve meaningful product problems for companies. - Master methods for understanding users and industry trends faster. - Build compelling product stories, positioning, and roadmaps. The live classes, case studies, practical frameworks, examples from cohort members and hands-on capstone projects helped me learn a lot in the past few months. Special thanks to Deepak Singh, pmcurve mentors & my peers who made this program so enriching, structured yet flexible. Grateful for the opportunity to learn & build the thesis around AI product Claude individually. The Group capstone project also gave opportunity to work & to understand perspectives PMs from all experience levels.

Thankful for the amazing discussions, questions and insight into cohort members' thought process. Excited for applying this and to continue growing!💡

Sharpen Your Product Intuition: Daily Signals for Better Decisions Strong product sense = better decisions, faster. But how do you hone it daily/weekly? 

 This post breaks down 3 steps: 

 1. Define Your "Right": It's not just gut feeling - understand the factors that make a good product call. 

 2. Get Faster Feedback: Look for daily signals in your work, like the quality of your questions & ability to spot flaws in arguments. 

 3. The Ultimate Test: Track your decisions. Over time, see if you're making the "right" calls more often. 

Read more for actionable tips & a decision log template by Deepak Singh from pmcurve: https://www.growth-catalyst.in/p/how-to-know-if-you-are-improving

This has been one of the best courses I took. I am grateful to deepak to helping us expand our thinking. It was an amazing experience and some of the lessons I have learned is already helping me in my startup.

The opposite of a good strategy is also a good strategy.

This is something that Deepak Singh has mentioned a few times over the last few months in his courses. Learning the ropes of product management at your job is a good strategy. Short-cutting your way into learning the best practices from a trusted product leader is also a good strategy. I chose to do the second. I fully believe that PMing is an art, and I am an apprentice till the end.

The last few months have been nothing short of hectic (maybe a bit brutal). But I'm extremely glad to have chosen this path, as I feel like I've learnt so much these past few months.

 Over the last few months, I've completed the Product Sense and Strategy (https://lnkd.in/gmY-aCs8) and Advanced Growth with AI (https://lnkd.in/gxteiemh) courses from pmcurve, and I cannot recommend them enough! (I've told quite a few people in my network that these two courses are the best investments I've made. :D)

 The real test is putting these into action, and I've got quite the plan to do these over the next few months! So, thank you for sharing your knowledge Deepak! :)

In our session at pmcurve, we discussed biases, A few points were very interesting, one among them. Building hashtag #productroadmap based on Vocal users both Internal and external External - Users who write reviews in Google Playstore Internal - Stakeholders / Business heads who raise their voices to push their opinions These may lead to a biased product roadmap. So we need to be cognizant of a sample size of the users before prioritising a problem.