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Andy Budd
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Design Founder, speaker, start-up advisor & coach. Seedcamp Venture Partner. Formerly Clearleft, LDConf & UXLondon. Ex shark-wrangler. Pilot. He/Him — https://stacklist.app/andybudd
This is not the mindset most product teams have. In fact most product teams will assume this is the job of product marketing, a discipline they often look down on as second tier citizens.
November 11, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Often the way to find prodoct t market for isn’t about adding more capabilities. In fact that can make matters worse. Instead it’s about helping users understand why those capabilities are importantly, what those capabilities can unlock, how to find them and how to get the most of them.
November 11, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Sometimes those capabilities are clear, easy to understand and easy to access. However more often than not they’re hidden, poorly described or poorly organised, leading to frustration.
November 11, 2025 at 11:23 AM
The Yamazaki 12 is lovely but the 18 and 25 are delicious. Sadly the 18 is now £600 a bottle while the 25 is a whopping £6k a bottle.
November 8, 2025 at 8:24 PM
If you don’t know, Japanese whisky got super popular about 10 years ago and all the “age statement” whisky‘s sold out. So anything with an age on it suddenly got super expensive.
November 8, 2025 at 8:21 PM
It’s very charming
November 8, 2025 at 7:50 PM
It’s the expectation that because they have money and notoriety that should grant them a level of access a normal person could get. Like he’s only just been voted in. I suspect he has better things to do than justify himself to you.
November 8, 2025 at 7:40 PM
I believe @hicks.design does something similar, although you may have to wait till Dec.
November 7, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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November 7, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Not Devon?
November 7, 2025 at 8:25 AM
I suspect they’d frown on that.
November 7, 2025 at 8:24 AM
This is a “joke” relying on the dual meaning of the word “portfolio” and should not be taken as either career advice or financial advice 😉

* Stocks can go down as well as up
November 3, 2025 at 1:55 PM
November 1, 2025 at 3:54 PM
While some tourists come to a country and attempt to fit in to the local culture, others bring their own bubble of behaviour with them. This is how I behave at home. How dare to attempt to police me or expect me to behave otherwise.
November 1, 2025 at 10:18 AM