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Your career is leaking $42,000 a year.

Dec 11, 2025

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3 min read

Your career is leaking $42,000 a year.

We talk about P&L management for our products, but we ignore the P&L of our own careers.

richard ewing
richard ewing

#AI

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The Resume is Dead. Long Live the "Win Locker."

Dec 9, 2025

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5 min read

The Resume is Dead. Long Live the "Win Locker."

Why I am building an Agentic OS to match your "Wins" to Market Arbitrage. I am building the last career tool you will ever need.

richard ewing
richard ewing

#AI

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The Real-World MBA for Product Leaders.

Nov 25, 2025

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3 min read

The Real-World MBA for Product Leaders.

Why I am pivoting this newsletter to teach the financial mechanics of $25M ARR scale.

richard ewing
richard ewing

#AI

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The AI Revolution Isn’t Technical. It’s a Financial Leadership Test.

Nov 24, 2025

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5 min read

The AI Revolution Isn’t Technical. It’s a Financial Leadership Test.

Stop chasing chatbots. Start building the $25M strategic lever your leadership team actually needs.

richard ewing
richard ewing

#AI

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Your AI strategy is burning cash because you treated it like a feature.

Nov 21, 2025

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3 min read

Your AI strategy is burning cash because you treated it like a feature.

AI is not a feature.

richard ewing
richard ewing

#AI

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I reject 90% of inbound requests.

Nov 20, 2025

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3 min read

I reject 90% of inbound requests.

It is the only way to survive.

richard ewing
richard ewing

#AI

+22

Stop showing your CEO a roadmap.

Nov 19, 2025

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3 min read

Stop showing your CEO a roadmap.

Show them a P&L.

richard ewing
richard ewing

#AI

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The MVP vs. MLP Mindset

Nov 17, 2025

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2 min read

The MVP vs. MLP Mindset

I tell my PMs to stop chasing the Minimum Viable Product (MVP).

richard ewing
richard ewing

#AI

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The North Star Lie

Nov 14, 2025

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2 min read

The North Star Lie

The simple truth

richard ewing
richard ewing

#AI

+22

The Canonical Document

Nov 14, 2025

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2 min read

The Canonical Document

Organizational chaos isn’t caused by laziness; it’s caused by data fragmentation across niche tools.

richard ewing
richard ewing

#AI

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Jobs To Be Done

Nov 13, 2025

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2 min read

Jobs To Be Done

Empathy Test

richard ewing
richard ewing

#AI

+22

Outcomes Over Solutions

Nov 13, 2025

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2 min read

Outcomes Over Solutions

The easiest way to bloat your roadmap is to let people suggest solutions before defining the outcome. This is why your roadmap is 200 features long.

richard ewing
richard ewing

#AI

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P&L is the New Feature

Nov 12, 2025

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2 min read

P&L is the New Feature

Being an AI-forward Product Leader isn’t about running pilots.

richard ewing
richard ewing

#AI

+21

Does Your Certification Actually Prove Anything?

Nov 12, 2025

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4 min read

Does Your Certification Actually Prove Anything?

The Fatal Flaw That Kills Your Job Hunt

richard ewing
richard ewing

#AI

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I Used to Think Discipline Was the Answer.

Nov 11, 2025

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3 min read

I Used to Think Discipline Was the Answer.

(The 3 Systems That Compound Your Results.)

richard ewing
richard ewing

#AI

+21

Stop Managing Time and Start Controlling Output.

Nov 11, 2025

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3 min read

Stop Managing Time and Start Controlling Output.

Look, I’ve been there.

richard ewing
richard ewing

#AI

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The Biggest Waste in Business is Building Stuff Nobody Needs

Nov 10, 2025

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3 min read

The Biggest Waste in Business is Building Stuff Nobody Needs

This Substack is reader-supported.

richard ewing
richard ewing

#AI

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The 80/20 Rule of Product Leadership (Stop Building, Start Solving)

Nov 10, 2025

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3 min read

The 80/20 Rule of Product Leadership (Stop Building, Start Solving)

This Substack is reader-supported.

richard ewing
richard ewing

#AI

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Want a bigger salary? Stop solving the wrong problems.

Nov 9, 2025

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3 min read

Want a bigger salary? Stop solving the wrong problems.

We all have the same thing... Time, Energy, and Attention.

richard ewing
richard ewing

#AI

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Stop Working Hard on Your Job.

Nov 9, 2025

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3 min read

Stop Working Hard on Your Job.

Work Hard on Your Mindset.

richard ewing
richard ewing

#AI

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You’ll only hate this post if you haven’t been truly broken by “pressure.”

Nov 8, 2025

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3 min read

You’ll only hate this post if you haven’t been truly broken by “pressure.”

I’ve led VP-level transformations and scaled companies to $25M ARR. I’ll be honest: for years, I was a spoiled, oblivious leader who confused my high-stakes, high-salary job with real pressure. It took a single moment of total humility for me to realize the lie I was telling myself.

richard ewing
richard ewing

#AI

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To become a millionaire, the money is the least important part.

Nov 8, 2025

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3 min read

To become a millionaire, the money is the least important part.

I’ve led VP-level transformations and organizational turnarounds.

richard ewing
richard ewing

#AI

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💥 5 must read books

Nov 7, 2025

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4 min read

💥 5 must read books

Heres why Check it out

richard ewing
richard ewing

#AI

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The One Decision That Changes Everything

Nov 7, 2025

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5 min read

The One Decision That Changes Everything

I have to be honest: there was a period in my career where I was the problem.

richard ewing
richard ewing

#AI

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Stop Managing Activity. Start Creating Order.

Nov 7, 2025

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4 min read

Stop Managing Activity. Start Creating Order.

How We Scaled from 0 to Significant ARR

richard ewing
richard ewing
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