Product building methods that work with Sam McAfee (Startup Patterns)

Blake Thorne (@blakethorne - https://twitter.com/blakethorne) of LaunchNotes talks with Sam McAfee about his experience in the early days of tech and how he came to write a book about the working methods of good startup teams. Sam also shares his favorite books related to the world of startups.

Links

• Sam’s company: https://www.startuppatterns.com/ 

• Sam’s book: https://a.co/d/1kehttN 

• Continuous Discovery Habits: https://a.co/d/iPhopiY

• Escaping the Build Trap: https://a.co/d/an3of1K

• Team Topologies: https://a.co/d/8771g1K 

• Everything in its place: https://a.co/d/8BAL0rU 

• Sam’s favorite product: https://merlin.allaboutbirds.org/ 

• Check out LaunchNotes: https://launchnotes.com

• Join Launch Awesome:  https://www.launchnotes.com/launch-awesome

• Follow on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClgMZx0kGDSSBAQG0wkDRyg

• Check out the LaunchNotes Podcast: https://launchnotes-podcast.launchnotes.io/
  

Show notes

(00:00) - Introductions

(06:50) - The early days of agile

(20:48) - A "case study" startup Sam featured in his book

(26:15) - Advice to product teams during a tech industry downturn

(36:19) - Sam's book recommendations

(43:10) - Sam's favorite product

Listen later? Here are the podcast links

Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/episode/0zKS5ZLRz4ig5iayUm1af5?si=ecc5af46041b45df

Apple - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nailing-the-transition-from-ic-pm-to-product-leadership/id1646061444?i=1000597440994