Leah’s ProducTea

You're doing "Activation" wrong

We managed to mess up a great, simple metric for good.

Jul 19 • Leah Tharin

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"Token usage" is the least thing that you should worry about with AI

It's people who are sure and wrong, armed with an LLM

Jul 11 • Leah Tharin

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June 2026

Trust Before It's Earned

Most advice says that trust always has to be earned. I do the opposite, and here's the cost I pay for it if I'm not careful.

Jun 28 • Leah Tharin

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May 2026

No, you won't lose your job in 2027

Work has become a chaotic social media channel thanks to AI, and theres a skill you can learn to manage that.

May 23 • Leah Tharin

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Leah's 2026 PM Career Guide - V1

A guide to compounding skills now that execution is commodity.

May 2 • Leah Tharin

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April 2026

Direction Over Speed

How to structure product and growth teams now that shipping is cheap.

Apr 26 • Leah Tharin

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Why SaaS got priced out

HubSpot is up 141%. The market doesn't care.

Apr 6 • Leah Tharin

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March 2026

Wrong Facts, perfect Systems

How I taught my AI to catch what my team keeps missing

Mar 19 • Leah Tharin

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10 print "Hello World"

Wow.

Mar 13 • Leah Tharin

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I said AI can’t simulate your customers. Then I built a tool that does.

Sort of. Would you like to be insulted and advised at the same time?

Mar 6 • Leah Tharin

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October 2025

Why AI cannot simulate your customers behaviour

"Founders would literally rather boil the ocean than talk to customers."

Oct 23, 2025 • Leah Tharin

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How to be a commercial PM

Why reliability beats optimism in your roadmap

Oct 2, 2025 • Leah Tharin

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