Hello friends, just wanted to share some links I read recently on subjects related to product management and product marketing. I liked them a lot, and thought you might too.

1. What You Can Learn From Trader Joe's

   Seth Godin, the popular author and speaker, blogs about lessons you can learn from Trader Joe's - one of my favorite businesses. I recommend their Pizza Mascarpone - Yum!

2. Customer Obsession at Amazon.com

   Ever wonder why Amazon.com is so successful? Peter Abilla, a former Amazon.com insider, blogs about one of the reasons - "Customer Obsession".

3. On Writing Better MRDs

   Scott Sehlhorst's excellent analysis of my recent tips (here and here) on writing better MRDs. Scott nicely categorizes the tips and offers some strong counter-points. Check it out.

4. Don't Give In to Feature Demands!

Ever felt overwhelmed by all the sundry feature requests coming at you from various directions? This blog post by Kathy Sierra provides a nice insight into handling them.

5. Why Product Managers Are Critical To Success

   James Shore, an agile development guru, writes on why product managers are critical to the success of a software company - even one that follows agile development. I couldn't agree more - and you know I'm not biased!

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