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We just announced a simple integration between Lambda and RDS databases. This wizard guides you over the process of connect your functions to RDS, sets up your network and everything you need!
aws.amazon.com/about-aws/wha…
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China is exporting deflation in a more profound way than I believe many economists and strategists appreciate. All else equal, the 15% depreciation in the yuan relative to the dollar in the last year should have increased its PPI inflation rate by 15%. Instead it has dropped 4%.
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CHIEF PRODUCT OFFICER HIRING
Over the past few years, I've seen several top private tech companies part with their Head of Product / CPO in less than a year. The symptoms are many, but the root cause is the inability for the product-centric CEO to treat the CPO as someone more than a roadmap executor, while the CPO desired to be more strategic.
Post CPO exit, in some cases, the CEO has taken on the CPO responsibilities and eliminated the role; in other cases, the Head of Eng consolidated design and product under them to form a unified EPD team.
Note that the importance of the PM role is not in question at any of these companies; it's the (need for the) role of the CPO / Head of Product.
Underscores that the CPO role is one of the hardest ones to successfully hire for.
CEOs: Your unique role as CEO is not to assess if these candidates can successfully build products, but rather to determine if they can successfully build products with YOU.
CPO candidates: Probe deeply for why the CEO wants a CPO. Is it to delegate tactical work? Or is to truly be a thought partner?
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Within the next 5 years, it will be normal to have AI join important meetings at work. Not for notetaking, but for fact checking & offering an opinion based on everything it knows about the company, the metrics, the market & the points made by the humans.
“AI, what’s your take?”
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Amazon RDS now supports setting up connectivity between your RDS database and EC2 compute instance in 1-click
Starting today, you have the option to automatically set up connectivity from Amazon Relational Database Services (Amazon RDS) and Amazon ... aws.amazon.com/about-aws/wha…
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amazon ec2 app - oDesk - hi, I have 2 amazon ec2 instances running a windows os. I would like a simple 1 click app t... ow.ly/1hjR1A
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I have a Master's degree in business.
But I learned 10x more from YouTube.
Here are 10 YouTube channels that will teach you more than a $100,000 degree:
We can't wait for anyone else to act. It's on all of us to help grow this movement to save our democracy: jointheunion.us
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If you don’t need cash for a couple years, one of the highest ROI things you can do today is bootstrap a niche SaaS or tech-enabled service with the goal of being acqui-hired by a pre-IPO company for stock + a high base salary.
Two friends that did this made $3m+ in 2-3 years.
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Time for a meta-thread on the Product Management content I’ve posted over the past 6 months.
This one is long, but I hope it can serve as a useful & quick reference for PMs.
It has 4 sections:
1. The PM Role
2. PM Skills
3. Strategy
4. PM Leadership
Are you ready?
👇🏾
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Clear product thinking is essentially about telling the proxy for a thing apart from the thing itself.
Remind yourself & your team this:
The proxy is just a proxy. It is not the thing itself, it is not the end goal
By all means *measure* the proxy, but don’t *manage* the proxy.
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Sharing this excellent operating manual for leaders of fast-growing orgs, from @shishirmehrotra. This content is easily worth millions of dollars, if you pay attention to it & adapt it to your company's context. Seriously.
coda.io/@shishir/rituals-for…
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🆕 Stripe Payment Links—create a payment page in just a few clicks and share the link with your customers. No code required! 🔗 stripe.com/payments/payment-…
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I can put my hand up and say that no other SaaS ecosystem shares as much learning and pays it forward as the SaaSboomi tribe. Truly a privilege to be a part of the movement 💜 – at Pleasanton, CA
When a group of founders came together to openly share their ideas & learn from each other, everything changed! 👇
Here's to #2YearsOfSaaSBOOMi! 🥳
🎞️ Voiced by @mrgirish
cc: @accelindia @aws @BCapitalGroup @Microsoft @NexusVP @Sequoia_India #TigerGlobal #WestBridgeCapital
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Clear thinking isn’t just about frameworks, mental models, and analysis.
To be exceptionally clear thinkers, we must also master the mindset.
Mindset for clear thinking (top 5)
1) Thinking like an owner
2) Long term orientation
3) Curiosity
4) Self awareness
5) Control over ego
UCLA: UCLA Anderson School of Management's Retroactive STEM Certification - Sign the Petition! chng.it/jDW28zcC via @Change
