<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Shashank Borse · Writing</title><link>https://shashankborse.com/notes</link><description>Weekly notes on product, delivery and data.</description><item><title>From shipping things to deciding what's worth shipping</title><link>https://shashankborse.com/notes/from-shipping-to-deciding</link><guid>https://shashankborse.com/notes/from-shipping-to-deciding</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Three months into a strategy role after years in delivery. Three things I've learnt so far.</description></item><item><title>Fix the workflow first</title><link>https://shashankborse.com/notes/fix-the-workflow-first</link><guid>https://shashankborse.com/notes/fix-the-workflow-first</guid><pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Most CRM implementations fail before they begin, and it's rarely the tool's fault.</description></item><item><title>How much does a portfolio matter in hiring?</title><link>https://shashankborse.com/notes/does-a-portfolio-matter</link><guid>https://shashankborse.com/notes/does-a-portfolio-matter</guid><pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>A CV tells you what someone has done. I wonder how much it shows how they think.</description></item><item><title>The best analytics I've seen came from small teams</title><link>https://shashankborse.com/notes/analytics-in-small-teams</link><guid>https://shashankborse.com/notes/analytics-in-small-teams</guid><pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Limited tools, sharp eye for impact. The scrappy mindset big organisations can learn from.</description></item><item><title>Data jams, or how product and analytics stop talking past each other</title><link>https://shashankborse.com/notes/data-jams</link><guid>https://shashankborse.com/notes/data-jams</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Product and analytics teams chase the same goals in different languages. Shared KPIs and a regular rhythm fix most of it.</description></item><item><title>The model wasn't the problem. The data was.</title><link>https://shashankborse.com/notes/the-data-was-the-problem</link><guid>https://shashankborse.com/notes/the-data-was-the-problem</guid><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>A cats-vs-dogs CNN stuck at 70% taught me more than any textbook.</description></item><item><title>You don't need to be an engineer to ship in the cloud</title><link>https://shashankborse.com/notes/aws-for-product-managers</link><guid>https://shashankborse.com/notes/aws-for-product-managers</guid><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Lambda, S3 and QuickSight gave me leverage as a PM. Start small and ship something useful.</description></item></channel></rss>