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My 5 Takeaways from The Mom Test
Latest, Books reviews Francesca Cortesi 2/13/25 Latest, Books reviews Francesca Cortesi 2/13/25

My 5 Takeaways from The Mom Test

If you’ve ever struggled with confirmation bias when validating ideas, this book is for you.

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My 5 Main Takeaways from Transformed
Books reviews, Latest Francesca Cortesi 9/2/24 Books reviews, Latest Francesca Cortesi 9/2/24

My 5 Main Takeaways from Transformed

The key to achieving the product model? Apply principles to your context and focus on mindset shifts.

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My takeaways from the Leader’s journey
Latest, Books reviews Francesca Cortesi 7/15/24 Latest, Books reviews Francesca Cortesi 7/15/24

My takeaways from the Leader’s journey

If you want to be a successful leader, start by knowing yourself.

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My main takeaways from Drive
Latest, Books reviews Francesca Cortesi 4/12/24 Latest, Books reviews Francesca Cortesi 4/12/24

My main takeaways from Drive

Keeping motivation high is crucial for leadership and self-development, but how can we incorporate key drivers in the workplace? After reading Drive, here is my take on it.

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The power of starting: the art of taking actions to drive success
Latest, Books reviews Francesca Cortesi 10/17/23 Latest, Books reviews Francesca Cortesi 10/17/23

The power of starting: the art of taking actions to drive success

Forward motion is an asset, for your and your business growth. But why is it that we often struggle to initiate action?

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My main takeaways from Shoe Dog
Latest, Books reviews Francesca Cortesi 7/24/23 Latest, Books reviews Francesca Cortesi 7/24/23

My main takeaways from Shoe Dog

What can the fonder of Nike teach us about product development?

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How to becoming a better listener and making your product better
Product In Practice, Books reviews, Latest Francesca Cortesi 5/2/23 Product In Practice, Books reviews, Latest Francesca Cortesi 5/2/23

How to becoming a better listener and making your product better

In a world where the only thing we want is to be understood, what it takes to become better listeners is what we aren’t talking enough about.

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My main takeaways from Turn the ship around
Latest, Books reviews Francesca Cortesi 2/19/23 Latest, Books reviews Francesca Cortesi 2/19/23

My main takeaways from Turn the ship around

Finally, a book gave me some concrete tips and frameworks on how to get better at delegating. Turn the Ship around has super actionable tips, here are my takeaways!

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I am in a book!
Latest, Books reviews Francesca Cortesi 10/1/22 Latest, Books reviews Francesca Cortesi 10/1/22

I am in a book!

I am super honored to have contributed to Johanna Olsson's book “Närhet trots avstånd ” with a chapter on how we changed our ways of working to adapt to hybrid work.

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My main takeaways from Loved
Latest, Books reviews Francesca Cortesi 8/16/22 Latest, Books reviews Francesca Cortesi 8/16/22

My main takeaways from Loved

Product marketing is not only a role but a mindset that needs to be adopted by product teams. You need a strategy to define how people are going to know, use, and talk about your product.

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Hemnet product development book club - spring-summer 2022
Latest, Books reviews Francesca Cortesi 7/18/22 Latest, Books reviews Francesca Cortesi 7/18/22

Hemnet product development book club - spring-summer 2022

Learning from the best. This is what we have been reading and discussing this spring.

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My main takeaways from The cold start problem
Latest, Books reviews Francesca Cortesi 2/22/22 Latest, Books reviews Francesca Cortesi 2/22/22

My main takeaways from The cold start problem

In The Cold Start Problem, Andrew Chen unpacks the dynamics of networked products. He provided me with concrete frameworks and food for thoughts. Here are my takeaways.

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Hemnet product development book club - spring/summer 2021
Latest, Books reviews Francesca Cortesi 7/7/21 Latest, Books reviews Francesca Cortesi 7/7/21

Hemnet product development book club - spring/summer 2021

Reading and sharing thoughts on product development is one way we feed our product culture at Hemnet. This is what we have been reading this spring.

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My main takeaways from Empowered
Latest, Books reviews, Product Leadership Francesca Cortesi 5/5/21 Latest, Books reviews, Product Leadership Francesca Cortesi 5/5/21

My main takeaways from Empowered

In Empowered Marty Cagan and Chris Jones describe the characteristics of product leaders of the most successful organizations in the world. Their description of product leadership is both fantastic and daunting to me. Here are my takeaways

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Hemnet product development book club - fall/winter 2020
Books reviews, Product Development Francesca Cortesi 1/26/21 Books reviews, Product Development Francesca Cortesi 1/26/21

Hemnet product development book club - fall/winter 2020

At Hemnet we have a product development book club to talk about product development. This is what we have been reading this fall.

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Where does innovation come from?
Books reviews, Product Leadership Francesca Cortesi 8/14/20 Books reviews, Product Leadership Francesca Cortesi 8/14/20

Where does innovation come from?

I recently read ”Always day one - how the tech titans plan to stay on top forever” by Alex Kantrowitz. While reading I really started to reflect on the quality a leader is supposed to have and on what society depicts success as.

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Hemnet Product Development book club - spring 2020
Books reviews, Product Development Francesca Cortesi 7/16/20 Books reviews, Product Development Francesca Cortesi 7/16/20

Hemnet Product Development book club - spring 2020

At Hemnet we have a product development book club where we read a book on a product development topic and meet weekly to discuss how the subject applies to our workplace. This is what we have been reading this spring.

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