John Cutler
Head of Product @ Dotwork
Product thought leader and writer of The Beautiful Mess newsletter. Previously Product Evangelist at Amplitude.
“What differentiates the highest-performing product teams, covering team leadership, strategic decision-making, and growth systems.”
Career History
| Company | Role | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Dotwork | Head of Product | ~2024-present |
| Amplitude | Head of Product Research & Education | ~2019-~2024 |
| Pendo | Product Manager | ~2017-~2019 |
| Zendesk | Product Manager | ~2015-~2017 |
| AppFolio | UX Researcher | ~2013-~2015 |
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“Yeah. So Amplitude tries to meet customers where they are. We just launched starter templates and have a great scholarship program for startups. There's never been a more important time for growth.”
How to build trust and grow as a product leader | Fareed Mosavat (Reforge, Slack, Instacart, Zynga, Pixar)
“Yeah. So, Amplitude tries to meet customers where they are. We just launched starter templates and have a great scholarship program for startups. There's never been a more important time for growth.”
Building a meaningful career | Jason Shah (Airbnb, Amazon, Microsoft, Alchemy)
“Sure, yeah, I'm ready. This is exciting. I'm on vacation now between jobs, so this is the highlight of my day. We can go all day if you want.”
What differentiates the highest-performing product teams | John Cutler (Amplitude, The Beautiful Mess)
“Oh, lucky me. I mean, Jesus, Toast is this gem. I just was joking with Craig the other day. I was like, "I did not know all that stuff was going on at Toast."”
What differentiates the highest-performing product teams | John Cutler (Amplitude, The Beautiful Mess)
“I love that. In the spectrum of advice, every post of mine will say mostly, maybe, it depends, so we all have some opportunity to flex into the other direction.”
What differentiates the highest-performing product teams | John Cutler (Amplitude, The Beautiful Mess)
“Another example would be, and then I'm going to start listing these things off and then hopefully this makes more sense.”
What differentiates the highest-performing product teams | John Cutler (Amplitude, The Beautiful Mess)
“Yeah. So, Amplitude tries to meet customers where they are. We just launched starter templates and have a great scholarship program for startups. There's never been a more important time for growth.”
When and how to invest in new acquisition channels | Adam Grenier (Uber, MasterClass)
“It's like these things that seem so common sense are actually hard with what they're doing. I don't know if you've noticed that, but it's like a lot of the advice is common sense. That doesn't mean it...”
What differentiates the highest-performing product teams | John Cutler (Amplitude, The Beautiful Mess)
“They believed that was possible and when you think about it, those things are always debated. Like, "Oh, should we get technical debt or not? Or how much customer contact is it not?" These two founder...”
What differentiates the highest-performing product teams | John Cutler (Amplitude, The Beautiful Mess)
“But how many companies in general will hire a string of highly qualified people into a particular department and then fail each particular time? I don't know. I don't have the answer for you on that o...”
What differentiates the highest-performing product teams | John Cutler (Amplitude, The Beautiful Mess)
“I will mention some companies, but I'm not going to mention what people think in doing this. I'm just going to mention moments where I was like, "This thing is really clicking," and not because it was...”
What differentiates the highest-performing product teams | John Cutler (Amplitude, The Beautiful Mess)
“I was like, this thing is really clicking.”
What differentiates the highest-performing product teams | John Cutler (Amplitude, The Beautiful Mess)