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Five Lessons on Continuous Discovery

The antithesis of modern Product is mindlessly building a list of features. It’s an anti-pattern to rarely talk to your customers…

7 min readJul 6, 2021

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Five Mental Models to Improve Your Product Sense and Decision-Making

Prefer watching your insights? Check out the 10-minute video version of this blog post.

10 min readJun 2, 2021

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Apply Leverage to Maximize Your Impact as a Product Manager

Let’s talk about leverage. And no, I’m not talking about getting dirt on your political or business opponent. I’m talking about…

7 min readJun 18, 2021

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The Enneagram for Product Managers

I’m a sucker for a good personality test. Who doesn’t love to nerd out about identifying strengths and weaknesses? And sure, there are a…

7 min readJul 30, 2021

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Four Ways to Become a Calm Product Manager

What’s an average day look like for a Product Manager? The answer might include phrases like hectic, putting out fires, running around…

6 min readJul 16, 2021

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NebraskaProduct 2018 | Building a Local Product Community

Product Management is a hard job. That’s no secret. If you find a good product manager, they’ll often make the role look natural and even…

7 min readJan 7, 2019

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Product Discovery is a Team Sport

Discovery is arguably the most important part of modern product management. It’s the secret sauce for how to build great products that your…

7 min readAug 3, 2018

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Product Management in the Desert of Delivery

The hard-fought journey from a spark of an idea to a full-fledged product is exhilarating. It’s a badge of honor for product people. It’s…

7 min readNov 1, 2017

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4 Ways to Move from Entry Level to Dream Job.

Nobody wants to rack up thousands of dollars of student debt to work in a job they hate for the rest of their life. But in reality, fresh…

8 min readAug 20, 2017

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Product Management & Radical Candor

Applying Radical Candor Principles to Product Management

9 min readJul 27, 2017

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Austin Nichols

Austin Nichols

Oh, hi! 👋🏻 Husband and Father. Product Manager @Hudl. I care way too much about Husker Football🎈 Burgers, iced coffee, and beer are the way to my ❤️

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