Currently: building commerce AI products and GP/investor
@BackedByBlue
(FB alumni syndicate) | Previously: built e-commerce products
@Meta
| 2x founder
I went from startup founder -> PM at small tech -> PM
@Facebook
@Google
. Have been asked by a few folks about breaking into Product Management. Figured a space + Q&A might be helpful!
Set a reminder for my upcoming Space!
1/ I've raised over $500k in venture capital via cold emails.
Lots has been written about the art of the cold email, but not much on the crucial step of actually getting email addresses.
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@linaHsharif
Couldn’t help but notice you left out what happened right before the “resumption.”
You know, the part about Hamas breaking the ceasefire yesterday by murdering 3 civilians at a bus stop (including a recently married, first time pregnant woman). Or you know, Hamas breaking the
I got access to Twitter Communities to start the first Product Management community directly on Twitter.
It’s a dedicated space for folks interested in PM to support each other along the journey & grow🚀
Comment below for invite👇
(pls make sure DMs are open or you follow me)
1/ If you’re a PM, this will blow your mind:
Within weeks of joining Facebook (Meta) back in 2019, there was a Q&A session between a PM who had been at FB for 4 years and all of us incoming PMs.
@briebriejoy
@chalavyishmael
Here you go. A number of female witness testimonies as well because apparently a man who witnessed something doesn’t count according to your twisted standards:
@Partisangirl
False. There are now multiple witness testimonies, including those from examiners and those who first discovered the bodies.
Source 1:
Source 2:
Lastly, you should know every major country excepts witness testimony as evidence,
Want to break into PM? I’m going to choose one person to coach for free.
Includes:
- resume prep
- finding/applying to jobs
- mock interviews
- negotiating offer
The catch? All coaching will be documented/shared in public.
To apply: follow, like, retweet.
Twitter is by far, the best networking tool in existence. The number of high caliber people I’ve met through Twitter is astounding. Not sure there is anything else quite like this.
4/ Process for the sake of process is what kills velocity. PMs need to identify the operational gaps and fill them. Every team is different and applying a cookie cutter process may make you more comfortable, but not necessarily what the team needs to be effective. Be flexible.
@briebriejoy
@chalavyishmael
Also, do you think you’ve genuinely even stood by your 2017 tweet where you suggest we should “Support victims" or "sincerely consider diverse perspectives" - how have you demonstrated either of these with regards to the growing evidence of violent sexual assault on Oct 7th (see
What an excellent response. Paul can double down and gaslight Jews all he wants, but what Sam explains here is exactly why Paul’s tweet and follows up are in fact anti-semitism cloaked in lazy quasi intellectualism.
Still shocking that someone so smart can be so dense as to not
I’m not apologizing for my correct assertion that parroting the propaganda of a literal terrorist organization dedicated, in its own charter, to the eradication of Jews is antisemitic. But I would like to parse these claims as thoughtfully as I can, because the situation is
@mehdirhasan
Ah, the old “I’m not antisemitic, I am just anti-Zionist” argument. Let’s try that with any other religion and see if this works: I’m not anti-Catholic, I’m just against Catholics having Vatican City. I’m not anti-Muslim, I’m just against them having their holy city, Mecca. Nope,
Hi Richard,
I found a receipt with your name on it in the leaked PressTV files. It appears you have received money from IRGC-affiliated broadcasting, which is sanctioned in the US.
Mind explaining? Asking for a friend.
@paulg
No, he was cancelled for posting a tweet seemingly justifying Hamas’ murdurous rampage the evening it happened. Before the IDF retaliated. As dead bodies still lay warm around Israel.
Also, let’s be accurate. In his despicable follow up tweets, he was not “raising the question”
We launched The PM Community on Twitter less than 24 hours ago and 900 PMs (and aspiring PMs) are already engaging to learn and grow. Part 2 of Breaking into PM is here! We’ll chat + Q&A w/
@tylerswartz
this Sunday!
Set a reminder for the upcoming Space!
3/ 💼Company URL and Voila
is a killer tool. It automatically takes an inputted first + last name + Company URL, validates a bunch of combo email formats against mail servers, and spits out it's highest confidence email address. 98% success rate + free💥
Ladies & gentlemen, I’d like to introduce you to
@dupedotcom
I worked closely with
@ghoshal
on the concept + design of this tool to find the best price for any furniture item.
It’s not perfect yet—but it will eventually intercept every transaction on the internet.
So after all the drama yesterday it turns out the Gaza hospital wasn’t bombed, the parking lot was, and 500 people didn’t die. Oh and the rocket wasn’t from Israel, it was from a failed rocket that Palestinian terrorists shot at Israel. Absolutely insane.
Assure is shutting down.
“Market conditions have resulted in Assure evaluating its business model.”
Are there so few SPVs being run right now or are they just blaming the market for bad product/execution?
Hi Richard,
I found a receipt with your name on it in the leaked PressTV files. It appears you have received money from IRGC-affiliated broadcasting, which is sanctioned in the US.
Mind explaining? Asking for a friend.
@briebriejoy
Witness testimony IS evidence. Why do you discount it? Especially when corroborated with clear signs of sexual brutalization and violence? Would you like to see the broken pelvis bones for yourself? I presume you’ll hold all claims of anything happening in Gaza (and anywhere
Want to break into PM? I’m going to choose one person to coach for free.
Includes:
- resume prep
- finding/applying to jobs
- mock interviews
- negotiating offer
The catch? All coaching will be documented/shared in public.
To apply: follow, like, retweet.
2/ An incoming PMs asked: is there a standard PRD template we use here at FB?
The FB PM responded: I haven’t written a PRD in 4 years.
The rest of us: 🤯 😮 🤯
3/ The takeaway: focus on outputs (what your team needs to execute flawlessly) and you realize there are multiple possible inputs to get there. A PRD is one mechanism/input, but not the only one to ensure the team has the right context/requirements.
My wife is a true warrior.
She just gave birth to our third child this morning and I’m still in awe of what this woman is capable of 🤯
If you’re still discounting women in 2022 simply because of their gender, you’re an idiot and need to get out more.
#InternationalWomensDay
Guess how much a talented product photographer charged for this product shot?
Nothing. Because it wasn't shot by a photographer.
I took a product image with a transparent background and prompted an AI (DALLE) for about 3 min to generate the surrounding scene.
@mtracey
@Justine_Brooke
Lol, she posted the receipts. Nothing concocted , you were following, harassing, and then stalking her socials in real time and then came back and followed her some more!
@aakashg0
On my team, I found lightweight briefs (1-2 pg max) to be the most effective. Sometimes an eng would even write the first draft of this and I would modify afterwards. Just enough for UX/eng to start exploring design, drive detailed specs, and for us all to hash out open Qs async.
@mtracey
1. What is complicated here exactly?
2. Hamas is getting pummeled. They need the respite. Not sure why this is incongruent with them being barbaric terrorists.
Ibrahim Bashir (
@ibscribe
) went from tech consultant
@Deloitte
to
➡️Lead on Kindle Fire
@amazon
➡️Director of Engineering
@Twitter
➡️VP of PM
@box
➡️now VP of PM
@Amplitude_HQ
Join us this Sunday for another 🔥Q&A on breaking into PM!
Set a reminder!
@marcdaycom
@Facebook
@Google
Yes, there is nothing that comes close to the adrenaline rush of building your own business. Babysitting versus having a baby. Night and day. I’ll be back at some point 🙂
So you wanna still play this game? There is a direct link in my tweet and everyone can see that you once again cherry picked one part of a quote to support your narrative. Haaretz has now posted its English version too for everyone to read ()
Here is the
@mehdirhasan
Man, have you looked at the top 10 countries receiving US aid lately? Of those, go ahead and tell me which country works together with the US the most.. I’ll wait.
2/ 🔎Search Their Twitter History
People publicly share their email address in thread responses. Twitter makes it super easy to search for a combination of keywords from a specific account. This method hits often! Get creative.
Example Search: email me @ (from:bgurley)
@MTatersalad
@briebriejoy
@chalavyishmael
Yea, you’re right this is the only time this has ever happened… Except for the many times it has happened just over the last couple of months on the opposite end of this conflict.
The best way to build the skills for becoming a Product Manager is not product bootcamps or certifications; it’s building something that solves a problem. There are more tools available than ever to start building.
Second best option? Join someone else’s project/company.
⚠️Notes:
1. Please please use these tactics responsibly (ie. do not spam!)
2. Yes, there are plenty of other tactics. I've decided to highlight the ones that have a high hit rate and are less circulated. Feel free to share other tactics below👇
If you haven’t flexed your
@wander
Founding Member swag, are you even on Twitter?
Seriously excited to see what the
@wander
team builds here and can’t wait to book my first stay 🙌
Just logging online after observing Shabbat and Simchat Torah and absolutely devastated to read about the horrific attack in Israel. 💔 🇮🇱 Am Yisrael Chai
Today was the first time I’ve told my wife to not let my 4 year old son wear his kippah on an outing.
I did not feel comfortable with him wearing it without me there to defend them against some emboldened idiot.
Ask yourself if the temperature on Jew hatred is rising? I know I
4/✅Everyone has Gmail
Okay, almost everyone.
1. Collect social handles (twitter handle, linkedin handle, facebook handle, etc.,)
2. Compose an email in Gmail and add each handle
@gmail
.com in the "To" field.
3. Hover over each email until you see one with valid Gmail profile🎯
1/ “Can you fly out to LA to pitch us in person? We’ll pay for your flight and hotel.”
This was the response to a cold email I sent an investor in 2015 when I was fundraising for my startup.
I wasn’t sure if it was a scam, but all they needed was my name and we needed money.
A few observations:
1. Poster ripping is social media false equivalencies manifested in real life.
2. He is willing to take these down, risking his name and reputation for an “I don’t know” on whether the hostages are innocent or actual hostages. (All this while claiming to
NYC (5th and 60th) - a man is filmed ripping down posters of kidnapped Israeli children, stating it’s false information.
The anger this man holds is frightening.
1/ People are looking at his monologue in a vacuum. Jews would not be as sensitive to it had there not been weeks long anti-Semitic ranting by Kanye, and then the promotion (+ the refusal to disavow) a vile film that claims the holocaust is one of the “big Jewish lies” by Kyrie.
@MiPerkal
Ha! Real talk though: took my 5 year old to an actual toy store for the first time and her mind was blown. She has only grown up ordering toys online, and there is clearly something special for a kid to walk into an endless warehouse full of toys.
Just came across this old email thread between
@paulg
and
@fredwilson
about investing in
@Airbnb
. Interesting to see the behind-the-scenes discussion, but what I find most striking is how emphatically Paul believed in the team and how hard he pitched on their behalf.