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Chief product officer is becoming one of the tech world’s most influential positions. Almost a quarter of product teams now report into a chief product officer, up from only 7% last year. Mark Zuckerberg and other product leaders should keep these virtues in mind. Product executives must have a near-obsessive desire to solve customer problems and feel a distinct unease if they’re not talking to customers regularly. Successful CPOs are constantly refining, reducing, and reworking as they seek to bring a level of artistry to the product.