Aatir Abdul Rauf LinkedIn Posts

Platform Product Management ≠ standard Product Management

While foundational skills like user research, problem-solving, empathy for the user, and great communication are transferable, both

As a young PM, I struggled with execution due to one challenge.

I kept overlooking the true cost of building a feature.

In my head,

The second wave of AI products will be big for product management.

The first wave (past 3 quarters) showcased several tools but they fell

As a B2B SaaS PM, I'm not a big fan of the following advice:

"Ignore the competition. Focus on customers."

Sure, copying competition mindlessly

Every PM needs to realize that building a platform ≠ building a product.

First, let's define some terms that are often used interchangeably:

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7 ways to say no as a Product Manager:

Let's assume the product = a meeting scheduling tool for sales people called MeetLocker.


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Starting out as a SaaS PM isn't easy.

You don't just need great PM chops. You also need a fair understanding of how the

3 questions I've stopped asking as a PM after delivering a demo.

1- Do you like the feature?  
2- Will you use it in

Stop seeking silver bullets to get into product management.

Everyone has their own unique journey.

Here's what people think I probably did to get

Starting a career in product marketing in 2024?

Here's a learning plan for you:

(you'll find all the links in a Notion doc that

What triggers word-of-mouth for a product?

Word-of-mouth is an outcome of "emotional displacement".

What's that?

By default, a customer has a neutral opinion about a given

How can people in PM-adjacent roles like BAs & Product designers shift over to a product management career?

In my conversations with such

Writing a product strategy in Q4 is a hard balancing act.

On one hand, you're busy executing and shipping critical product increments through the

ChatGPT just launched plugins. And Product Managers need to pay attention.

First, can I say that OpenAI's execution velocity is dizzying? It's almost as

Product-led growth ≠ enabling a free trial.

PLG is not about a "weekend hackathon". Product teams attempting this underestimate what's really required.

Why?

1️⃣ PLG demands

5 AI tools that PMs can use for customer interviews & feedback =>

1) Otter.ai

When conducting a customer discovery interview, writing notes can

What Product Manager superpower can save teams 100s of hours?


📐 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺 𝗥𝗲-𝗳𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 📐

What does that mean?

Reframing is a problem-solving technique that focuses

To move up in a PM career, you need to learn how to MANAGE up.

Sadly, it's hard to come up with a generalized

PMs and PMMs can't win all battles against competition.

Sometimes, it's about how the internal organization chooses to react to competitive pressure.

For example

10 levels of data mastery for Product Managers. Most get stuck at Level 4.

👉 LEVEL 1: Identifying metrics
The PM knows what metrics need