Conor Dewey

๐Ÿ““ Reforge Recap: Advanced Growth Strategy

The idea here is to zoom out and understand bigger-picture elements to how you grow rather than focusing in on specific tactics. As always, I recommend checking out the original content for a deeper dive...

๐Ÿ’  Notes on Shape Up

I made my way through Shape Up last month and really enjoyed it. Shape Up is a methodology for product development teams put together by Ryan Singer and the folks at Basecamp..

๐Ÿ” The First 90 Days

The framework that I see repeated most often involves breaking things down by the first 30-60-90 days in a new role. While these numbers are mostly arbitrary, I tend to like thinking about things this way...

๐Ÿ—บ A Mental Model for Product Design

There's a lot of complexity to unpack in how product design happens. My model for how the design process works has gotten less and less fuzzy over the years, but there's still a bit more clarity to be desired...

๐Ÿง  Notes on The Almanack of Naval Ravikant

The Almanack of Naval Ravikant is a collection of Navalโ€™s wisdom and experience from the last ten years, shared as a curation of his most insightful ideas. These are my favorite ideas and excerpts...

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