The Basics of Product Management

JUNE 14, 2020

Not every company has the position of a Chief Product Officer (CPO). In some companies, product management roles up to the CTO (Chief Technology Officer). In some other companies, product management (along with project management), roles up to the CIO (Chief Information Officer).

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Product Management University

DECEMBER 2, 2022

In this article, we’ll break down what each persona looks like, how they influence the buying process, and why you need to understand them to see your product succeed. The IT Director or CTO (Influential Decision Maker). While the IT team might be the hands that deploy your product, the CTO is the one who ultimately needs convincing.

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The Review by First Round

JANUARY 12, 2023

For our first episode of 2023, our guest is Mike Boufford , CTO of Greenhouse , an applicant tracking system and recruiting platform. Mike also refers to his First Round Review article in the interview, which we definitely recommend reading: Why This Engineering Leader Thinks You Shouldn’t Aim for Zero Regrettable Attrition.

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Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 31, 2023

Robin Salimans, CTO at Luna “I say this about every new Intercom feature, but this time, I’m telling the truth – this could be my favorite! Generate a help center article from shorthand This last feature is similar to Expand in the composer, but works even better because help desk articles are long-form. Great stuff!”

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 23, 2023

In a LinkedIn post, CTO of Basecamp David Heinemeier Hansson in the face of possible chagrin, challenges notions that offices represent outmoded ways of working, according to telecommuting advocates. She expresses love for her office space by applying a comfortable “disco” and “pink-themed” home decor to her cubicle.

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The Product Coalition

MAY 8, 2023

In a LinkedIn post, CTO of Basecamp David Heinemeier Hansson in the face of possible chagrin, challenges notions that offices represent outmoded ways of working, according to telecommuting advocates. Special thanks to Janine Baker and Sheila Murphy for their research and input which contributed to the development of this article.

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TechEmpower - Product Management

OCTOBER 9, 2023

For instance, if a user seeks advice on a particular topic, instead of just presenting pre-existing articles or references, an LLM can synthesize its vast knowledge base to produce a coherent, contextually apt, and unique response on the spot. cto , infotech , innovation , product , project , saas

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The Product Coalition

JULY 28, 2022

We discussed various entrepreneur challenges, and he mentioned that the hardest thing he encounters daily as a co-founder and CTO is understanding the organization’s physical mechanics. Special thanks to Tremis Skeete, Executive Editor at Product Coalition for the valuable input which contributed to the editing of this article.

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Intercom, Inc.

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

This is the third in a recurring series of articles looking at how modern support leaders are navigating the support landscape as it continues to evolve. Jumping into customer conversations also helps everyone on the team to do their job better because they can understand our customers, their problems, and their questions.”.

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Bain Public

MARCH 6, 2023

Paul then jumped in with his own similar experience with a CTO where he was disregarded and sent down rabbit holes chasing more data and more interviews with customers, when all the CTO was really doing was trying to buy time, which burned the bridge of trust.

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The Review by First Round

DECEMBER 3, 2020

He’s also been a software engineer, a serial CTO, and the Chief Product Officer at Hubspot, giving him a unique lens into company building and leadership at different levels. Today’s episode is with David Cancel. David has been a CEO and founder of multiple different companies throughout his career.

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Userpilot

JULY 27, 2023

In this article, we’ve outlined the major roles that move the needle in terms of product growth alongside their KPIs and current salary ranges. Time to Market for New Products : Also known as velocity, this metric measures the CTO’s effectiveness and speed in rolling new products /features. That’s perfectly normal.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 23, 2022

The article discusses an approach to solving the “Cheaper/Faster/Better” problem from the lens of Vertical Integration. While this article focuses on startups in B2B markets, we can extend it to B2C and B2B2C, while some considerations might be different. I apply this lens to a startup that develops solutions in the health-tech market.

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Roy Madden

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Instantly sharing articles with external email addresses. Remi says “The Airbus Cybersecurity team had developed a clever workaround with IFTTT to send articles to a list of six external customers.” The Airbus Cybersecurity CTI team sends articles instantly from Feedly to external recipients via email, by tagging them in the Notes.

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Business of Software Conference

MARCH 5, 2021

Upcoming talk releases include: Jason Fried (CEO/Founder, Basecamp & Hey) on launching Hey April Dunford (Author, Obviously Awesome) on why you should stop selling your product Dharmesh Shah (CTO/Founder, Hubspot) on facing fears as an entrepreneur.

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Product Management Lessons from the Trenches

JULY 10, 2018

Two years ago this week, I started work as the first VP of Product Management at NTENT - a company with huge, rapidly growing market, world-famous CTO, seasoned executives and engineering team, and core technology that only a handful of companies in the world possess. This is so important, that it deserves its own post?—?see

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 4, 2023

A friend of mine was the CTO of a food company. Special thanks to Tremis Skeete, Executive Editor at Product Coalition for the valuable input which contributed to the editing of this article. That is ok, as long as you work enough to understand what you need to understand. Do You Have Thick Skin?

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Modus Create

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

The February 2020 McKinsey Quarterly article Are You Asking Enough From Your Design Leaders? Such new-found emphasis on design without effective change management can appear to be a land-grab by those who stand to benefit most, while alienating other leaders in the organization. indicates the struggle is real.

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 6, 2023

I have an Engeenering degree and have been in the Israeli tech scene for the past fifteen years, from a research and development leader, to a co-founder and CTO, to product leader. Special thanks to Jonathan Matheson and Sheila Murphy for their research and input which contributed to the development of this article.

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Mind the Product

MAY 21, 2019

A CTO friend of mine likes to talk about the importance of an uptime budget for devops engineers. When I was in design school I read an article with Donald Schon that has stuck with me ever since. They know they won’t get their hand slapped if they stay within their own “playground”.

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The Product Guy

OCTOBER 11, 2019

A common thing in product management is business leaders (like the head of product or the CTO) not having clear sight of every problem happening with a product or one specific part of a product. Guest Post by: Tiago Resmini (Mentee, Session 10, The Product Mentor) [Paired with Mentor, Erdem Ay ]. Make the right people listen.

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

You could be a lone PM in a tiny startup with no Product Management team, meaning that you only report to the CEO, or maybe a CTO. This article was also published on The Product Management Blog. I’m Carlos González, CEO at Product School, and I enjoy sharing weekly tips for Product leaders! Are you interested in Product Management?

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 26, 2020

The Dual Role of the Product Leader When you look at the product leader’s role (code name: CPO) compared to their peers (namely CMO, CTO, CRO, CFO), the product leader’s role stands out. When you get that everything is your business, don’t forget to include in that, well, the business side of the company. It is not an easy role?—?both

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Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 27, 2022

More, while women have been taking more and more jobs among top technology executives, at big U.S. firms, only 18% of chief information officers or chief technology officers are women. So, how can we discuss this in a way that isn’t performative or tokenistic?

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Do you want to get articles like this one on agile micromanagement in your inbox? If you consider the article helpful, please do me a favor and smack the ???? ?? Stakeholders bypass Product Owners by talking directly to developers or the CTO. Then sign up for the Food for Agile Thought newsletter and join 27k other subscribers.

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Business of Software Conference

JANUARY 25, 2021

We know our community of SaaS founders are busy – they don’t have time to scour the internet for niche software news and articles all the time. Every week we collate the most interesting stories from the SaaS world and send them to out in our Newsletter. That’s why we do it for them.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 9, 2020

There’s also a ton of very useful articles published every day on Medium. Keep everyone united As Tom Conrad, CTO of Pandora said in an interview : “Force yourselves to get everyone on the same page about what’s important for the business right now.” You can find here a really good article on the topic.

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Revulytics

JUNE 12, 2019

Implementing a robust compliance intelligence strategy that can bring so many benefits – from recovering previously undiscovered revenue, to protecting customers against malware and security threats - can often stall, bumping up against concerns from the VP of Engineering or the VP of Product or the CTO.

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Bain Public

MAY 26, 2022

This article provides advice for product managers on how to overcome this tension with the PLT and how to improve that relationship for the greater good of the product roadmap and its success.

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Product Innovation Educators

MAY 20, 2016

Each week I scour articles, wading through the dogs, and bringing you the best insights to help product managers, developers, and innovators be heroes. . This article explores simple and low-cost ways to use surveys to gain innovation insights: [link]. Read the article at [link]. 12 keys to open innovation 2.0.

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ProductPlan

JANUARY 31, 2019

Uber has a fleet of Product Operations Managers that are responsible for getting out of the office and talking with as many customers and users as possible. One easy way to understand the role of product ops is to break it down into three main categories: tools, data and experimentation.

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Product Innovation Educators

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

Each week I scour articles, wading through the dogs, and bringing you the best insights to help product managers and innovators be heroes. This article address 10 mistakes leaders make that drive away their innovative people. Leveraging marketing, customer service, and customer communities to build better products.

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Intercom, Inc.

JULY 10, 2018

We’ve built out Ad Reform’s knowledge base to allow users to search on their own and make it easy for our team to send help articles directly within the Intercom Messenger. An in-app message for a first-time user, linking them to helpful articles in the knowledge base.

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Bain Public

MAY 29, 2020

FUN FACT: It is actually thanks to the coaching service for innovative and technological SMBs (PMEit) administered by MAIN that we’ve been able to work with some of our incredible clients, Wastack , LiveScale , Blaise Transit and Enkidoo , and provide them with product management, consultancy and coaching support. Are you a product manager?

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Usersnap

JANUARY 12, 2022

In this article, we’ll detail to you all the things you need to know about the CPO, their superpowers, and role within an organization! What Is a Chief Product Officer? Salary Source Average Annual Salary Payscale $183,724- $291,000 Glassdoor $ 193,636 – $ 263,000 Indeed $ 215,647. What you can expect ?????? Innovation.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

MAY 14, 2021

That is why we wrote this article to give you an overview of the transition from software engineer to engineering manager. A sample engineering career trajectory from Kiwi.com Eventually, engineering managers can work their way up the ladder all the way to the CTO position. Engineering managers are tech experts and great leaders.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 17, 2019

by Sergey Kizayn, CTO, Intetics. In this article, we’ll take a look at the main reasons startups fail and how you can avoid these problems by choosing strategic partners at the most opportune moments. Every startup goes through three basic stages as it strives to become the next Uber or Amazon: idea, launch, and growth.

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