Looking for some great reads on product management? Here is our latest roundup, of top PM blog posts from the past week. We hope you find them helpful!

1. Stop (In)Validating: Start Refining Like a Gold Rush Prospector: Sebastien Secard explains the most common pitfall of lean startup practitioners and his experience with it.
2. How do Customer Development and Product Management Fit Together?: Cindy Alvarez explains why customer development is not the secret to creating a great product, but rather a risk mitigation tool.
3. The Product Thesis: Jason Evanish walks you through the product thesis: an easy way to communicate customer needs to design and engineering teams in order to build the right product.

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Looking for some great reads on product management? Here is a roundup of our top blog posts from the past week. We hope you find them helpful!

1. We Don’t Hire Product Owners Here – Rich Mironov talks about the importance of the Product Owner role.
2. How to Cultivate Curiosity and Build Better Products – A great blog post by Teresa Torres on why curiosity is necessary in order to build better products.
3. A Weak Value Proposition is a Symptom, Not a Disease – Nils Davis talks about the value proposition: how to write one, why it’s important and the benefit the value proposition has for you.

Editor’s Note:
Want to know how Accompa helps product management teams at 100s of companies (from Fortune 500s to growing startups)? Check out FREE 30-Day trial of Accompa or Sign Up for a Demo.