<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Nake Sekander · Essays</title><description>Essays on product leadership without the performance: strategy, cadence, discipline, and the unglamorous mechanics of shipping.</description><link>https://nakesekander.com/</link><item><title>Undeniable OS: Ship Proof, Not Opinions</title><link>https://nakesekander.com/essays/undeniable-os/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://nakesekander.com/essays/undeniable-os/</guid><description>My operating thesis after twenty years in product: decide what to build, what not to build, how to prove value fast, and when to scale.</description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The fractional CPO operating model</title><link>https://nakesekander.com/essays/fractional-cpo-operating-model/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://nakesekander.com/essays/fractional-cpo-operating-model/</guid><description>What two or three days a week actually buys a Series B company, and the three failure modes that make fractional leadership a waste of everyone&apos;s money.</description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Ninety-Day Test</title><link>https://nakesekander.com/essays/the-ninety-day-test/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://nakesekander.com/essays/the-ninety-day-test/</guid><description>Most product strategy is theatre. The tell is one question: what ships in the next ninety days, for whom, and who owns the outcome?</description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>