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This time of year, it\u2019s only natural to pause and reflect on what you may be grateful for. The truth is \u2013 we have so much to be grateful for here at Product Collective. We thought we\u2019d share a few things that especially come to mind.<\/p>\n

First, we\u2019re just grateful to even exist. Seriously. To be honest, when COVID struck in early 2020, we had no idea if a business like ours could outlast a global pandemic. Yet, here we are \u2013 stronger than ever before.<\/p>\n

We\u2019re grateful to be getting people back together again. While we really enjoy serving product people year-round through our newsletter, the Rocketship.FM podcast, and our INDUSTRY Interview live video Q&A chats \u2013 we especially love being with our Product Collective community in person. In 2023, we\u2019ll be holding three in-person events for the first time ever \u2013 with INDUSTRY Europe<\/a> in March, the New York Product Conference<\/a> in May, and our flagship conference, INDUSTRY Global<\/a>, in October. And I really can\u2019t wait to be among our product people.<\/p>\n

We\u2019re certainly grateful for the product leaders we\u2019ve worked with as speakers and sponsors of our community. One of my favorite things to do is highlighting these people and companies, shining a spotlight where it\u2019s much deserved.<\/p>\n

But there\u2019s one thing we\u2019re most grateful for\u2026<\/p>\n

You!<\/p>\n

Seriously, thank you. We so appreciate you being a part of our Product Collective community and helping grow it to become the longest-running and largest independent community of product management professionals. We are so, so grateful for your support.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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