About this episode
Marty sits down with Will Cole to discuss his new writing on the five invariant elements of product management and how to build an effective strategy for your company. Will on Twitter: https://twitter.com/willcole 0:00 - Intro 6:17 - Marty is sleepy 11:07 - Stories behind Will’s writing 19:10 - Invariants and levels of abstraction 30:25 - Why a product manager exists 33:57 - Think, then do 36:30 - Running through the invariants and strategy doc 42:41 - Timeline 46:55 - Minimizing meetings with good writing 48:53 - Iterating vs incrementing 56:44 - Who has better and worse product management? 1:00:24 - Managing growth 1:08:48 - Cmon Marty write the doc 1:12:46 - Design patterns 1:16:41 - BIPs 1:22:15 - Staying on the cutting edge 1:24:25 - Come and PM for Bitcoin companies Shoutout to our sponsors: River Unchained CrowdHealth Bitcoin Talent Co TFTC Merch is Available: Shop Now Join the TFTC Movement: Main YT Channel Clips YT Channel Website Twitter Instagram Follow Marty Bent: Twitter Newsletter Podcast