Product Hits: March 24, 2025

Every week, I share three great product resources from a variety of perspectives. Let's dive in!

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​A Faster Horse by Laura Klein

Laura Klein, Director of UX Design at Indeed.com, emphasizes the importance of talking to users when developing a product. Klein reminds readers that while users might not provide solutions, they excel at identifying problems and expressing their experiences.

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​Don't Discount Interest Rates by Nnamdi Iregbulem

Nnamdi Iregbulem, Partner at Lightspeed Ventures, explains how interest rates shape venture capital trends. He highlights that even small rate changes can alter funding dynamics, deal flow, and valuations. Iregbulem advises product managers to monitor these shifts, as they can indirectly affect market opportunities and investment climates.

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​Your Customers Won’t Change by Noa Ganot

Noa Ganot, founder of Infinify, emphasizes aligning with customer behavior rather than trying to reshape it. She argues that understanding and adapting to customers' preferences is key to achieving product-market fit and building successful products.

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Behind the Scenes

Hey there, it’s Clement! I’ve been reflecting lately on the relationship between humility and confidence; this topic comes up a lot in my mentoring sessions with PMs.

Many of us assume humility means downplaying our strengths, while confidence means trying to be strong in every area. But the best product leaders I’ve worked with understand something different:

Humility is knowing you don’t have to be great at everything.

Confidence is knowing what you are great at, and creating leverage around it.

Some of the highest-leverage PMs I’ve seen didn’t waste time trying to patch every weakness. Instead, they doubled down on what made them excellent - whether that was strategic thinking, customer empathy, or technical fluency - and shaped their roles and team dynamics to make those strengths count.

That requires humility. It takes self-awareness to admit where you’re not strong and to invite others in. And it takes confidence to say, “This is where I create the most value. Let me spend more time here.”

Personally, I’ve made the most growth not by chasing balance, but by getting clearer about where I lead best, then being willing to reshape my environment around that.

So this week, consider:

• What’s your unfair advantage as a PM?
• Where are you spending time not using that strength?
• What would it look like to lead with both humility and confidence: knowing when to step back, and when to go all-in?

Let’s build careers that reflect not just what we can do, but where we truly shine.

With love,
Clement

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