Lewis C. Lin 🚴🏽‍♂️

1/2 Maslow's Hierarchy 🔺 states that people feel fulfilled when they grow 🌱. And as a manager, your team can't grow if you don't manage them effectively. Set career goals, monitor progress, and provide targeted feedback to keep your team engaged and motivated.

I published my professional deep dive, leveraging frameworks from Decode and Conquer 5th Ed. Read the complete analysis and scoring methodology: lewislin.substack.com/p/m30-success-…

This deep dive reveals why that instinct fails and why the metric you choose here determines your entire product roadmap.

"What's the North Star Metric for Facebook Events?" has no obvious answer—and that's the trap. Most product leaders want to optimize event supply, user demand, and ticket revenue simultaneously.

If you have a Google PM interview coming up, start here. This cheat sheet maps all four areas Google evaluates, from first-principles product thinking to the cultural filter most candidates don't even see coming. Study it before you walk in the room.

Always excited to hear success stories esp. from students at my alma mater!

Nothing more rewarding than hearing from readers finding their way into PM. Grateful for this note from a Carnegie Mellon Tepper MBA candidate.

I published my professional deep dive, leveraging frameworks from Decode and Conquer 5th Ed. Read the complete analysis and scoring methodology: lewislin.substack.com/p/g3-design-a-…

No airport app has fixed the experience because scattered pain points aren't equal—some cause missed flights, others just cause mild frustration. This deep dive reveals the prioritization matrix that separates the two and shows how to build a defensible recommendation from it.

@mdancho84 Is there a solution that converts Markdown to the other formats like Word and PDF?

🚨 BREAKING: Microsoft launches a free Python library that converts ANY document to Markdown Introducing Markitdown. Let me explain. 🧵

I published my professional deep dive, leveraging frameworks from Decode and Conquer 5th Ed. Read the complete analysis and scoring methodology: lewislin.substack.com/p/o2-metrics-b…

More merchants isn't always a marketplace win. Merchant count up 25%, average order value down 30%—most product leaders see a pricing problem and start bundling incentives. It's actually a strategic fork where each path burns millions in opposite directions.

I published my professional deep dive, leveraging frameworks from Decode and Conquer 5th Ed. Read the complete analysis and scoring methodology: lewislin.substack.com/p/o9-building-…

OpenAI's favorite product sense question is "We created AI that lets humans talk to animals—what would you build?" Even experienced product leaders chase innovation theater when the winning answer is solving the problem keeping pet owners awake: "Is my dog in pain?"

Got an email yesterday that made my day. A participant had to duck out of my session early for work, but they still bought "Decode and Conquer" before they left. They said they couldn't wait to devour it because they're hungry to skill-up and pivot to PM roles post-MBA.

I published my professional deep dive, leveraging frameworks from Decode and Conquer 5th Ed. Read the complete analysis and scoring methodology: lewislin.substack.com/p/m19-design-a…

"Design a neighborhood connection tool for Facebook" tests whether you solve for events or for knowing who actually lives nearby. This deep dive reveals why the answer isn't better groups or smarter alerts—it's verified presence that unlocks everything else.

I published my professional deep dive, leveraging frameworks from Decode and Conquer 5th Ed. Read the complete analysis and scoring methodology: lewislin.substack.com/p/m21-design-a…

Most platforms help creators broadcast. None help them listen. This deep dive uncovers why Cameo and Patreon monetize the wrong scarcity—and what surfacing signal over managing volume actually requires.

I published my professional deep dive, leveraging frameworks from Decode and Conquer 5th Ed. Read the complete analysis and scoring methodology: lewislin.substack.com/p/m28-measurin…

Views up 25%, transactions down 18%—most product leaders see a conversion problem. It's actually competitive shopping behavior where Marketplace became the research tool, not the purchase destination.