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Manager, Director, VP

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It’s from 10 years back but still great definitions of three ‘meaningful roles’ in organizations from Dave Kellog blog I am talking about one of three levels at which people operate: manager, director, and vice president. Here are my definitions: Managers are paid to drive results with some support. They have experience in the function, can take responsibility, but are still...

Strategy notes: Competitive strategy – Defense

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Defense strategies Position defenseprotect the shire – or defend and reinforce your most established product.like Coca Cola spending on brandFlank defensedefend vulnerable areas a.k.a flanksiPhone SE for price sensitive segments, Uni- -lever bottom of pyramid in IndiaPre-emptive defenseDisrupt competitors before they act with pricing strategies, loyalty programs, aggressive marketing, or...

TIL – OPEN BANKING

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Good primer on open banking by Blanca labs – PDF Open Banking is transforming financial services by enabling secure data sharing between banks and authorized third-party providers (TPPs) through APIs. Key Themes: • From Screen Scraping to Open Banking: Screen scraping is insecure. Open Banking addresses this with standardized APIs and enhanced security, ensuring transparent and secure data...

Product strategy memo

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1. Executive Summary TL;DR 2. Market and the Customer Target Customers: Who are your target customers? Include demographic and psychographic profiles. Customer Segmentation: Overview of the key customer segments, their needs, behaviors, and pain points. Value Proposition: What is the value proposition? Describe how your product or service uniquely meets the needs of your target customers...

Building recommendation systems

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2 tower models

I’ve been leveraging 2 Tower models with good enough results these past few years, but often fail to explain the building blocks of the model in a simple way. These posts do that –

Embeddings etc. 2 Tower models explained – link

Personalized recommendation systems – link

Surely you’re joking

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Then I had another thought: Physics disgusts me a little bit now, but I used to enjoy doing physics. Why did I enjoy it? I used to play with it. I used to do whatever I felt like doing – it didn’t have to do with whether it was important for the development of nuclear physics, but whether it was interesting and amusing for me to play with. When I was in high school, I’d see...

reading list

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𝗝𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆: 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 The Making of a Manager: Complete guide for new managers covering all the essential skills. Radical Candor: Focused specifically on the tough skill of providing candid feedback and guidance. 𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆: 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝘆 Playing to Win: Engaging primer on business strategy packed with case studies. Good Strategy Bad Strategy: Goes beyond surface-level strategy tips to examine the...

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