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Why 50% of Seed-Funded Hardware Startups Stall Before Demo Day
Author: Waqar B. Hashim is a veteran product development leader with over 30 years of experience bringing complex hardware-software integrated products to market, generating more than $5 billion in...
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Imposter Syndrome Is a Feature, Not a Bug — Here’s What to Do
Author: Waqar B. Hashim is a veteran product development leader with over 30 years of experience bringing complex hardware-software integrated products to market, generating more than $5 billion in...
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The #1 Product Manager Superpower Most Teams Ignore: Customer Discovery
Author: Waqar B. Hashim is a veteran product development leader with over 30 years of experience bringing complex hardware-software integrated products to market, generating more than $5 billion i...
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Surviving Workplace Politics as a Product Manager
Author: Waqar B. Hashim is a veteran product development leader with over 30 years of experience bringing complex hardware-software integrated products to market, generating more than $5 billion i...
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From Feature Factory to Outcome-Driven Team
Author: Waqar B. Hashim is a veteran product development leader with over 30 years of experience bringing complex hardware-software integrated products to market, generating more than $5 billion in...
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Why Product Managers Lose Influence — and How to Get It Back
Ever feel like you're speaking product truths into a void while everyone else pushes their own agenda? You're not alone. But it doesn't have to stay that way. In this 5 part series we will review t...
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Author: Waqar B. Hashim is a veteran product development leader with over 30 years of experience bringing complex hardware-software integrated products to market, generating more than $5 billion in...
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How to Write Product Requirements That Build a High-Quality MVP
Author: Waqar B. Hashim is a veteran product development leader with over 30 years of experience bringing complex hardware-software integrated products to market, generating more than $5 billion i...
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Is It Time to Pivot? 5 Warning Signs Founders Can’t Afford to Ignore
Every founder wrestles with the same question at some point: “Are we on the right track—or do we need to pivot?” This is perhaps one of the most frequent questions that comes up during our initia...
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“It Was Just One More Feature…” — How Scope Creep Silently Destroys MVPs
When you hear “let’s just add this one last thing” during MVP development, it’s time to hit pause. Scope creep—the slow, unchecked expansion of your MVP—can kill your momentum, burn your team out, ...
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