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Rich Mironov
Personal blog · mironov.combusinessstartups
Rich Mironov's personal blog at mironov.com covers business and startups. Since 2014, 12 different Hacker News readers have linked it 14 times, most often “Product Coaching and “Show, Don’t Tell””. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-08-20, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Rich Mironov's product management writing, which HN readers link for the ethics of showing prospects products that don't exist yet and for the role of a product owner.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Strategic product thinking for scrappy companies of all sizes
Most-linked posts?
- Product Coaching and “Show, Don’t Tell”2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2022-05-09
What Hacker News says?
It's all in the way you communicate things... People should never feel fooled, but you can show them something that doesn't exist yet to start their imagination. But there are of course ethical lines. Here's an interesting read: https://www.mironov.com/lying/
Comment linking /lying/
on “I got 400 signups with a video of a product that didn’t exist”Submitted Two Development Team Configurations I Lobby Against as a story · 3 points
HN discussionVaries, but generally a product owner is focused on taking the strategy and translating it down into actionable tasks. They work across teams and roles to make sure the team is executing properly. It tends to be more tactical than strategic. They don't have to know how to sell or market products well, or how to get those products into the market successfully. On paper (a narrower scrum view) they are responsible fro…
Comment linking /?s=product+owner
on “Ask HN: What does it mean to be a product owner?”Submitted Dog Whistles and the Myth of R&D Slack as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted My Next Word to Retire Is 'Prioritization' as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Risks of Replatforming as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted We Have to Support Every Line of Production Code Forever as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted What Do We Owe Our Teams? as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Product Models, Service Models, and Investor Valuations as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Slippery Slope of Sales-Led Development (2018) as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Prioritization Is a Political Problem as Much as an Analytical Problem as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Product Coaching and “Show, Don’t Tell” as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Product Coaching and “Show, Don’t Tell” (2021) as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted This Is Why I Hire First for Product Experience as a story · 1 points
HN discussion
