Frank Takeaways
Notes worth keeping.
The kind you scribble in a margin, share in a 1:1, or remember long after the slide deck is gone.
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Essays on leadership, product, AI, and the messiness of being human. Every post is free to read and share.
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The First Ten Minutes
The thing holding you back is probably working just fine
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The Space Between
The work that matters lives in the margins
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The Ingredients of Taste
The inputs behind good product judgment, and what to do about them
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Still a Lot of Bars
What the full stack builder trend gets right — and what it misses
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Create the Test You Want to Grade
Why the most obvious metric is rarely the right one
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