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You won’t be left behind by AI

I can’t decide whether I should be excited or terrified by the current pace of AI developments. On thinking about it, the answer is yes.

Apr 14, 2023

You won’t be left behind by AI

Apr 14, 2023

Build less, listen more — the antidote to failed products

Now, I have no doubt you have it all together. Far better than I do, at least. But if you’re like me, perhaps this will serve as a timely…

Dec 20, 2021

Build less, listen more — the antidote to failed products

Dec 20, 2021

Everything starts today

Dec 10, 2021

Skateboarder about to start skating

Dec 10, 2021

How we’ve embraced One-Pagers at Poncho

If you just want to see the one-pager template we use, skip to the bottom of this article.

Sep 15, 2021

How we’ve embraced One-Pagers at Poncho

Sep 15, 2021

CEO of the Product works, just not as you think

Fifteen years ago 😅 Ben Horowitz wrote the seminal Good Product Manager/Bad Product Manager. This included the famous statement: “A good…

Sep 2, 2021

Sep 2, 2021

Published in
UX Collective

Go left — great acquisition and onboarding beats a great product

If a customer doesn’t instantly understand how your product will improve their life, you will almost certainly lose them…

Nov 26, 2019

White arrow on green brick, pointing left

Nov 26, 2019

Published in
The Startup

Your engineering team is (probably) too big

Of all the places you can spend money in a tech company, the engineering team is often by far the largest cost-centre. Similar to digital…

Nov 5, 2019

Black and white image of a large crowd

Nov 5, 2019

Published in
The Startup

Creating a high performing product organisation

When you’re building a product, it’s tough to avoid the distractions and stay focused. Getting your entire product development team on…

Oct 15, 2019

Creating a high performing product organisation

Oct 15, 2019

Published in
The Startup

The best product is no product

The best UX is no UX. The best code is no code. Pretty much everything I, and probably you, have worked on would be better if it wasn’t…

Sep 27, 2019

The best product is no product

Sep 27, 2019

Published in
The Startup

The red alert approach to product development

Launching new products is really hard.

Sep 7, 2019

The red alert approach to product development

Sep 7, 2019

David Adams

David Adams

Product person, software engineer and sometime designer. I love building startups and simplifying complex problems. @davidmjadams on twitter.

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