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Product strategy is the skill that separates product managers who ship features from PMs who build things people actually want. Here's why it's worth learning properly — and how to start. Picture two product managers at the same company. One holds a packed sprint calendar, three competing roadmaps, and a backlog that stretches two years. Her team ships every two weeks. Users barely notice. She's convinced that moving faster will fix it. The other PM runs a team half the size. He ships half as often. But every release lands. Users tweet about it. Revenue moves. He's not smarter. He's not more experienced. He just started every product decision with the same question: why does this need to exist? That's product strategy at work. Key Takeaways Product strategy defines why you're building something, not just what — it's the bridge between vision and execution. Without product strategy, teams fall into the "build trap": shipp...