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Mentioned in 26 episodes
Inspired
How To Create Products Customers Love
Book • 2008
In 'Inspired,' Marty Cagan provides a detailed and practical guide to product management.
The book emphasizes the critical role of product managers in merging technology and design to address genuine customer needs while aligning with business objectives.
Cagan discusses key concepts such as the importance of product vision, continuous discovery and delivery, and the need for a user-centric approach.
He also highlights the differences between product management and other roles like product marketing, and stresses the importance of having a dedicated team for product development.
The book is structured to help both junior and seasoned product managers understand and implement best practices in product management, drawing from Cagan's extensive experience in the tech industry.
The book emphasizes the critical role of product managers in merging technology and design to address genuine customer needs while aligning with business objectives.
Cagan discusses key concepts such as the importance of product vision, continuous discovery and delivery, and the need for a user-centric approach.
He also highlights the differences between product management and other roles like product marketing, and stresses the importance of having a dedicated team for product development.
The book is structured to help both junior and seasoned product managers understand and implement best practices in product management, drawing from Cagan's extensive experience in the tech industry.
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as one of 

's most popular books in the field of product management.


Lenny Rachitsky


Marty Cagan

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as a book containing key product management lessons.

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as a book describing major techniques for good product work.


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as a classic for product managers.

Paige Costello

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as one of 

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Christian Idiodi

381 snips
The essence of product management | Christian Idiodi (SVPG)
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as widely read and influential books on product management.


Lenny Rachitsky

336 snips
The nature of product | Marty Cagan, Silicon Valley Product Group
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as a great book that has solidified and articulated things she knew in a fuzzy way.


Nicole Forsgren

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as a must-read for every product manager.

Itamar Gilad

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as the author of the bestselling books Inspired, Empowered, and Transformed.


Aakash Gupta

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as a book that pushed for co-located teams.


Marty Cagan

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Coaching AI: The Impact on Product Teams
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as a resource for understanding product teams and company scaling.


Rupy Aujla

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as a book that taught her how to create tech products people love.

Marily Nika

109 snips
AI and product management | Marily Nika (Meta, Google)
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to new PMs for foundational knowledge.


Megan Cook

102 snips
Lessons from Atlassian: Launching new products, getting buy-in, and staying ahead of the competition | Megan Cook (head of product, Jira)
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as the source of the blueprint of empowered product teams.

Klaus Breyer

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as a resource to share with leadership to educate them on the importance of product vision.

Jon Moore

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Coaching Vision
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as an inspirational book that helped her fall in love with product.

Christine Itwaru

48 snips
Understanding the role of product ops | Christine Itwaru (Pendo)
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as a source of inspiration for his product management approach to data teams.


Philip Zelitchenko

29 snips
Office Hours with Tom Tunguz & Philip Zelitchenko
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as one of 

's previous books.


Andrew Skotsko


Marty Cagan

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Marty Cagan: Moving to the product model
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as a book people point to for modern software product development.


Eric Simons

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