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❤️ Celebrating the end of Cohort 1
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Hey Reader,
Wow, what an incredible journey April was 🎉
With my course, Product Strategy for Designers now all wrapped up I just can’t contain my excitement and gratitude for all those that attended. It was my first time creating and running a course, and I poured all my industry knowledge into the different modules in order to bring you a course that will truly elevate your design career.
I want to thank all the students that committed their time every week to meet and were committed to honing in their skill and diving deep into the world of product strategy together. It has been so exciting to be your guide, and at times there were questions that made me ponder too!
It’s been absolutely awesome seeing everyone post their certificate on Linkedin, a milestone for the both of us! I want to share a couple with everyone:
I’d also like to take a moment to acknowledge the mini-community we built together during this course. I know some of us had to wake up super early to catch the office hours, but despite that we had very fruitful discussions and fun collaborating!
All in all, it was a great experience and I’m so excited to run this course again soon 👀 Keep your eyes peeled an announcement, but for now—sign up for my wait list to stay in the loop!
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Gems of the week 💎
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🙌 LOVE this behind the scenes peek into Charli’s job
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🫶Please help?
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🥰So many incredible people in the space! Shoutout to Frank Bach
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