Jules Walter

Secure high-level mentors by starting with tiny, specific email requests that require minimal effort to answer, then building the relationship through follow-ups.

"make the smallest ask possible, which is the opposite of what 95% of people do. 95% of people is like, 'Hey, I've never met you... Can we set up a call?' That's like a big ask. What I do... reached ou..."

Breaking into product management usually requires either joining an early-stage startup to get the title or transitioning internally at a company where you already have domain expertise.

"making that initial transition is really hard. What I've seen is the path that we just talked about, join a startup and then from there go into different companies. And then the other path that is typ..."

Effective written communication is built by studying structured frameworks and maintaining a reference library of high-quality executive updates.

"On the communications side, I read some stuff like Minto's Pyramid Principles. Extremely helpful... Whenever I see a great email exec update or whatever, I literally save it in a special folder."

Focusing on the mobile onboarding experience can drive double-digit improvements in user activation metrics.

"I was able to ship changes in the new user experience, especially on mobile. That moved the needle by a lot, like double-digit percentages... We're talking about top line metrics like activation."

To receive honest, difficult feedback, you must lower the social risk for the provider by responding with extreme gratitude.

"if you manage to get them to take the risk to give you the feedback, your answer has to be enthusiastically grateful. That's the key... externally, I'm like, 'Hey, thank you,' and I mean it. I think t..."

Master product strategy by reverse-engineering successful strategy documents from top performers to understand their structure and the questions they answer.

"What I do specifically is I try to identify what's the best practice for something. For example, let's say strategy... Can you help me understand what are people at this company... where you think hav..."

Improve execution and shipping speed by shadowing high-performing PMs to observe how they run meetings and handle cross-functional hurdles.

"For execution, it would be things like me attending another PMs meeting. 'Oh, I heard this person is amazing at executing. Let me just see how they're on a meeting.' And then you're like, 'Whoa, thing..."