# Paweł Huryn

> Paweł Huryn is a Warsaw-based product management expert, creator of The Product Compass - a Substack newsletter with 133,000+ subscribers ranked #1 in product management worldwide by Favikon. A former software developer turned CPO turned full-time educator, he brings 15+ years of hands-on product experience to weekly deep-dives on AI product management, strategy, and discovery. His philosophy: build it first, test it, then teach it.

- **Role:** Founder & Author at The Product Compass
- **Organizations:** The Product Compass, iDeals (former), Regiondo (former)
- **From:** Poland
- **Nationality:** Polish
- **Education:** Engineering/Technology (field unspecified), Warsaw University of Technology
- **Known for:** #1 Product Management creator worldwide (Favikon ranking), #1 PM on LinkedIn (Favikon ranking), 133,000+ newsletter subscribers on Substack

## Career timeline

- **early 2000s** — Finalist in LIII National Physics Competition in Poland, earning exemption from all university entrance exams
- **circa 2005-2010** — Started career as a Software Developer
- **circa 2010-2014** — Transitioned to Team Leader and Project Manager roles
- **circa 2014-2019** — Co-founded a tech startup in Poland, served as CPO for ~5 years before selling stake to partner
- **2019-2023** — Product Manager at Regiondo (European B2B activity booking platform)
- **2021-2022** — Launched The Product Compass newsletter on Substack
- **2023** — Left Regiondo in September 2023 to pursue full-time content creation
- **late 2023** — Joined iDeals as Senior Product Manager, led document permissions and management initiatives
- **2024** — Grew The Product Compass to 133,000+ subscribers; launched aigents.pm free AI agents platform
- **2024** — Partnered with Miqdad Jaffer (OpenAI) to co-lead Maven AI PM Certification cohort, ranked #1
- **2025** — Launched pm-skills open-source GitHub repo (gained 1,300+ stars in 72 hours, 10,600+ total); launched claude-usage dashboard
- **2025** — Became full-time author and AI PM educator; The Product Compass reaches ~400,000+ total followers across all platforms

## Achievements

- #1 Product Management creator worldwide (Favikon ranking)
- #1 PM on LinkedIn (Favikon ranking)
- 133,000+ newsletter subscribers on Substack
- Substack Technology Bestseller badge, ranked #17 in Technology paid newsletters
- 4M+ impressions per month across all platforms
- 400,000+ total followers across all platforms
- pm-skills GitHub repo: 10,600+ stars, 1,200+ forks
- pm-skills gained 1,300+ stars in first 72 hours (April 2026)
- claude-usage GitHub repo: 1,200+ stars, 197 forks
- LIII National Physics Competition Finalist in Poland
- Led Maven AI PM Certification cohort ranked #1 on Maven (with Miqdad Jaffer / OpenAI)
- Grew newsletter entirely organically with $0 marketing budget
- Rejected 15+ sponsorships to maintain editorial independence over 3+ years

## Latest updates

- **2026-04** — pm-skills open-source repo launched with 100+ agentic PM skills for Claude Code, Cursor, Gemini CLI and others - gained 1,300+ stars in 72 hours, 10,600+ total
- **2026-04** — Continues building swarm-protocol: TypeScript coordination protocol for agent-first teams
- **2025-12** — claude-usage local dashboard released tracking Claude Code token usage and costs - 1,200+ GitHub stars
- **2025-01** — Launched aigents.pm - free AI agent platform for PMs with PRD Generator, Resume Reviewer, Product Strategist agents
- **2024-12** — The Product Compass newsletter surpasses 133,000 subscribers; ranked #17 in Substack Technology paid newsletters
- **2024-06** — Co-led Maven AI PM Certification cohort with Miqdad Jaffer (OpenAI Product Lead), cohort ranked #1 on Maven platform

## Links

- Website: https://www.productcompass.pm/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pawel-huryn/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/pawelhuryn
- GitHub: https://github.com/phuryn
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@pawelhuryn
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pawel.huryn/

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Last updated: 2026-04-23