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PDX Webinar Trailer, Engineering for Success: Making Product-Market Fit an Actionable Design Goal

Being an Engineer · 2 Apr 2026 · 1m

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This episode is a trailer for an upcoming PDX webinar featuring Arne Lang-Ree, Chief Design Officer and Cofounder at Spanner. The webinar will demonstrate how engineering teams can transform product-market fit into a practical engineering objective by translating market insights and user needs into clear engineering constraints. It covers prioritizing design trade-offs and evaluating product success in the intended market.

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