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Latest, Books reviews Francesca Cortesi 10/25/26 Latest, Books reviews Francesca Cortesi 10/25/26

My main takeaways from Thinking in bets: making better decisions under uncertainty

How do you make good decisions when you do not have all the facts? My takeaways and reflections from Annie Duke's Thinking in Bets.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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