Bain Public

DECEMBER 19, 2022

They monopolized the summer & fall to double down on their client efforts, market strategy and planning for new features for the next set of cities they targeted in 2023. We’ve helped provide them with the product leadership consulting, coaching, advice and support they need to bring their entire technical roadmap to the next level.

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Product Talk

JUNE 21, 2023

Meet Ellen Brandenberger , a product coach and consultant and Director of Product at Stack Overflow. Meet Ellen Brandenberger, a product coach and consultant and Director of Product at Stack Overflow. As I started doing research and talking to people, being in product management for educational products came to the top of that list.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 10, 2023

However, provoking productive disagreements is a key leadership skill you want to master. Here is how fostering healthy debates is essential for effective leadership and better outcomes. If you see the connection between that skill and product leadership you are 100% right. Think it through and consult with others.

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Bain Public

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

About Paul Ortchanian Paul Ortchanian is exceptionally knowledgeable and well-rounded in all aspects of product management. He acquired the breadth of experience to find common denominators to make businesses successful through his leadership roles at San Francisco Bay Area startups and high-growth companies.

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Bain Public

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

About Paul Ortchanian Paul Ortchanian is exceptionally knowledgeable and well-rounded in all aspects of product management. He acquired the breadth of experience to find common denominators to make businesses successful through his leadership roles at San Francisco Bay Area startups and high-growth companies.

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Modus Create

JANUARY 10, 2023

We kick off 2023 with an excited update! Since May, we have expanded our offerings through the acquisitions of software engineering company Tweag ; product development firm Promptworks ; and Atlassian consulting firms Atlas Authority and Twybee. . Also joining Modus will be 40 senior engineers, designers, and project managers. .

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Bain Public

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

About Paul Ortchanian Paul Ortchanian is exceptionally knowledgeable and well-rounded in all aspects of product management. He acquired the breadth of experience to find common denominators to make businesses successful through his leadership roles at San Francisco Bay Area startups and high-growth companies.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 18, 2023

Photo by cottonbro studio on Pexels When I started Infinify, I told the world I am shifting to product consulting. I knew what I really wanted to do, and the way I understood the term ‘product consulting’ described it quite well. The market, however, understood it differently. Not all markets want to buy this way.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 12, 2023

You are looking for a partner to join your team and take a significant leadership role. Photo by Mark Rabe on Unsplash When I started Infinify five years ago, I announced that I am offering product consulting services. That’s why they are looking to hire a product leader and not just a senior product manager.

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Gainsight

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Yet amidst the usual shuffling and strategic planning for the new year, I’ve seen a new trend emerge: companies are combining their Customer Success Management (value/adoption) and Account Management (renewal/expansion) roles. Our Take So—should Customer Success and Account Management be combined? Personally, I’m torn.

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Mironov Consulting

MAY 18, 2024

Something that comes up periodically in my product leadership coaching sessions: “As a Director or VP of Product, how do I get folks outside my immediate span of control to make improvements or do their jobs better or take my advice?”    But we don’t own those problems or manage those people. 

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Business of Software Conference

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Notes from the Sigmacorns at BoS USA 2023. 10:30: Chris Mele: Investors, Pricing Science, and Optionality Mastering software pricing is as important as product management Pricing strategies such as pay as you go, etc. Which created conflict later on. Easy, but first we need to finish rebuilding …, migrating.,

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Product Innovation Educators

MARCH 13, 2023

How product managers can prepare for a product leadership role Today we are talking about how you can prepare for and find a senior product leadership role, and we’ll be addressing this both for current senior leaders as well as for product managers. 21:42] What’s your outlook on the 2023 job market?

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Bain Public

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Session Information Title: It’s an AI product manager’s job to help an organization succeed with Predictive Machine Learning Date: March 16th, 2023 Register: [link] The workshop provides actionable strategies, tools, processes, and skills product leaders need to create AI innovations, adapt to market shifts, and anticipate what’s next.

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Product Talk

APRIL 12, 2023

And if they can’t distinguish, then I think their company hasn’t given them enough strategic context and they need to go push their leadership for clarity. A Consulting Company That Contributes to Revenue Generation and Cost Reduction for Clients Teresa Torres: Okay, let’s look at our next one. It’s everything.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 18, 2023

This mostly happens with products related to the product space itself — products for product managers and product teams. This is what I tell the founders that consult with me  — that to really solve the problem that they are looking to solve, a tool is not enough. But in product management that is never true.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 6, 2023

This phrasing was better than the ‘product consulting’ that I started with but still not quite there. In a way, the fact that it’s unclear is much better than a very clear statement that people understand the wrong way (like ‘product consulting’). heard my explanation and immediately said — ‘oh, you are doing product strategy’.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 19, 2023

Product management is a creative job in the deepest sense: We create products. Level 1: Painting Within the Lines In my first official product role I joined Imperva, then still a relatively young company with ~100 employees, as the product manager of their database security product. Where are you now? Are you up for the challenge?

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The Product Coalition

JULY 30, 2023

When I realized that consulting isn’t a one-time gig for me and that it’s what I want to do moving forward (it was a few months after I started doing it, before the CPO Bootcamp was even created) I immediately understood that I need to up my game in order to build a sustainable business. Do they still want to try alone? It’s pivot time.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 14, 2024

Photo by Marc-Olivier Jodoin on Unsplash 2023 was a rough year on multiple fronts. You can consult with your colleagues or even external advisors to find the best path forward. Realizing it is one thing, and a more important thing is to accept it as it is and then act to change it while you can. Here is a quick guide to get you going.

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The Product Manager Coach Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2023

If you struggle to identify what went well, check out my article “Three reasons why recording your wins will help you be a great product manager.” For information on setting goals for the new year, read my popular blog post, “How to Confidently Set Product Manager Goals for the New Year.” This post was updated on November 19, 2023.

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Product Talk

MARCH 1, 2023

I asked who was involved in choosing outcomes and was surprised to see that such a large percentage of teams said both their team and leadership were involved. In an ideal world, outcomes should be set by both the product team and executive leadership. of respondents said that their Head of Product (e.g. said their team was involved.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 11, 2023

While I was writing this article, one of my consulting clients called me to talk about this dilemma exactly: as their product is getting more mature and allows more functionality, their UX which was something they were super proud of up until now is getting slightly more complex. In my case, it worked and I got the budget increase.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 8, 2023

When I talk to the startups I consult to , or with the CPO Bootcamp participants, I always say that building a solid product strategy isn’t like solving a math equation. I can say that it also worked most of the time, and I kept my very long hair until I was 25. It also means that I have a lot of experience combing long hair.

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Product Talk

MAY 10, 2023

To learn more about how real product leaders are approaching this challenge, I recently sat down with fellow Product Talk instructor Ellen Juhlin (who’s also a product coach, consultant, and Senior Director of Product Management at Orion Labs ). How did that product manager get access to those end users?

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