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Business · June 2026

Why I'm learning business acumen

Understanding users and technology is only part of the job. Products live inside businesses.

The more I work in Product, the more I realise that understanding users and technology is only part of the job. Products live inside businesses: they have costs, customers, competitors, pricing, constraints and opportunities. I'm spending more time learning how those pieces fit together — not to become a business analyst, but to make better product decisions.