The Product Coalition

JUNE 23, 2022

If I told you I was going to trek off into the Texas Hill country in search of an undiscovered cold spring (a rarity, these days!), design, development, testing, budgeting…but you dutifully nod your head, and get to work. And yet this is how many digital product teams work today?—?building

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Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 13, 2018

The first game I remember being drawn to for the strategic skills it required was Theme Hospital – there was just something about planning, building and running a hospital and then dealing with patients suffering all sorts of surreal diseases and disorders (think extra long tongues or bloaty heads ), that I couldn’t get enough of.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 4, 2023

You get to meet amazing people, learn something valuable every day. Take short vacations if you need to clear your head and come back with more determination. You activate both your analytical and creative skills. But let’s face it, you’ll also get a lot of punches along the way. Are you optimistic and hopeful? It’s an act of faith.

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Adding that to the fact that Product Manager is a role within many different types of business with different structures, we’re left with a lot of uncertainty over who a PM should report to. 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.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 14, 2020

Photo by Wynand van Poortvliet on Unsplash In this article, I’ll share some lessons learned by adapting an existing digital product for new customer segments. I’ll keep this article not attached to the product itself but in the process of building it and it’s the current process up until now.

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People-First Product Leadership

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

I created an onboarding document to help frame the work, people, and history the new PM would encounter during their first 30, 60, and 90 days. To ensure I hit all the key topics, I asked individuals across the organization to do a review - anchoring on people the new PM would be working with directly.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

DECEMBER 3, 2020

I joined as “Head of Analytics” ?? Within two weeks, I started working on features to solve a major business crisis, and became a PM. Along the way, I’ve shipped hundreds of products, and managed other PMs. Along the way, I’ve shipped hundreds of products, and managed other PMs. since I had no real product experience.

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The Product Guy

MAY 21, 2020

First, I do not like the focus on social media, while face to face meetings are mostly neglected. Most of my best friends are from the first two, and there are some great colleagues from work. After these 3 days at Microsoft NERD Center at the edge of the MIT campus, I’ve had an epiphany. Or even more importantly, as a human. .

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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. The Problem. The feeling of underinvestment is very common in product teams.

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Userpilot

MARCH 11, 2022

To help you in your first 90 days on the job, we’ve compiled a collection of some of the best product management resources. This article is divided into sections to cover a curated list of different types of resources: Best product management tools. o get the sponge mode on and dive in! That’s a lot, right?

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Gainsight

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

This article was originally published in Fast Company. As a Chief Product Officer with over two decades of experience, I can tell you with certainty that in the current market, all product managers (PMs) should be thinking in terms of efficiency—how can we do more with less? Indeed, as a PM, there’s nothing that’s not your job.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

More than many other roles, PM positions tend to have stringent qualifications for desired applicants. Almost all PM jobs require 3+ years of experience building products. I’ll touch on the work you need to do in order to be competitive at the end of this article. Recently, a connection reached out to me. John doesn’t have that.

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Melissa Perri

MARCH 16, 2017

First up: Dave Masters, a Product Manager with 8 years experience in the role, most recently at Doorsteps in NYC. -- Hi Dave! I head up a cross functional team and set the strategic direction of our product. The class is filled with super relevant content for PM's of all levels. It's a big role which no two days are the same.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 1, 2020

We’ve previously discussed Product Data Management , and taken a look at some of the best data visualization platforms for PMs. But the best products are data-driven products, which means you need to get comfortable with handling data on a day-to-day basis. Here are the top five things that data can empower a PM to do.

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Userpilot

JULY 31, 2023

In this article, we will cover the key responsibilities of PMMs, as well as discuss the skills needed to succeed in this role. In cross-functional teams, it’s pivotal that the PM and product marketing manager work closely together. But what exactly does this entail? Who is a product marketing manager?

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Here, I’ll walk you through the failure that was eBay’s early-day search, and what we can learn from it. million items on sale on any given day. Ben Foster, who was the company’s PM of Findings between 2001–2004, was in charge of that effort. In this age, data is becoming increasingly easier to collect.

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Gainsight

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

To you this may sound like the tagline of a famous beer commercial , but to us, it’s a core value that we live by every day. A step-by-step strategy for new and seasoned PMs alike to learn how to build products customers will love. That’s a lot to keep up with. Let us introduce you to the mantra, “Stay thirsty my friends.”

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 20, 2019

This gives structure how to handle day-to-day feedback as well as input from interviews. This gives structure how to handle day-to-day feedback as well as input from interviews. And it leaves room for you to also do all the other stuff you need to do as a kick-ass PM. Especially when they seem to be moving targets?

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Usersnap

DECEMBER 8, 2021

How would you ever know if you are heading in the right direction? 1 Product leaders will act more like the “CEO of the product” Gone are the days of “on-time feature delivery” to measure a product leader’s success. or internal stakeholders. Get the report here. ??. Or check out Usersnap!

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

DECEMBER 1, 2021

The role is inherently multidisciplinary, with PMs sitting at the center of many related activities. The role is inherently multidisciplinary, with PMs sitting at the center of many related activities. At the end of the day, being a PM at a major tech company can be one of the most fascinating and fulfilling careers for many people.

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

a process to answer critical business questions in 5 days. Define the Big Challenge The first step towards the design sprint is to create a sprint brief so that everyone’s on the same page. And finally, block the participant’s calendar for 5 days. You can pick a set of following activities to plan your Understanding Day - a.

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ProductPlan

MARCH 17, 2020

A strategic product manager (PM) is responsible for shaping and sharing a strategic vision for a product, and yet—oddly enough—finding time for strategic activities can be a very real challenge. PMs have a unique role that brings together a synthesis of exploration, analysis, and strategic development. Developing a Product Strategy.

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Bryce York

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

After some brainstorming, I landed on the idea: A product to streamline the catching-up process when you’re returning from PTO I’m sure you can think of plenty of times when you or a colleague has spent a day or more “catching up” after being out of the office. Seems like a problem worthy of solving, right?

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 8, 2019

Highly effective Product Managers (or what I call Exponential PMs) tend to be strong in all of these areas. This is based on studying, speaking with, and coaching PMs and product leaders. We could do this any number of ways, but let’s slice it into 5 tasty layers: 5 Slices of the Exponential PM Burger Here’s how we’ve chopped it up: 1.

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Intercom, Inc.

MAY 25, 2022

We’re here to get practical, to talk product, and to take this next stage head-on. I’m not going to sugarcoat it – it’s not looking good out there. For product folks the pressure’s on to revise your roadmap and short-term strategy to account for a narrowing budget, and shifting customer priorities. It’s probably no longer accurate.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 3, 2020

Every journey begins with the first step Lewis Carroll in ‘ Alice Adventures in Wonderland’ To set the competencies, we needed to understand what is expected from a product manager. But, as one digs deeper, the lines start to get blurry: Does a PM need to know how to code? in that order.” It’s a simple saying, but it’s deep.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

JULY 3, 2020

In this article, we will explore how one's PM job responsibilities and compensation evolves as they climb the rungs of the PM career ladder. After all, PM is in and of itself an interdisciplinary role. Salary and Compensation The typical starting salary for an entry level PM differs based on location and company.

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 14, 2017

but in terms of ideology, as a PM, you will either be driven by a greater good that your product aims at serving, or you will be driven by smaller, tighter, one-step-at-a-time executables that your product arms solves your customer problems with. The first thoughts are always those of frustration and disgust? Did I do the right thing?

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 28, 2019

What No One Tells You About Being a Product Manager at an Early Stage Startup Over a year ago, I asked around, searched for books or articles, went to several talks but found very little advice on being a product manager at an early-stage startup. You will be doing lots of things for the first time and likely no one can guide or mentor you.

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Product Innovation Educators

JULY 29, 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. Need to validate product-market fit assumptions and prototypes in just a few days? Use Google’s “design sprints” in your product management work. Read more at [link].

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Bain Public

JANUARY 7, 2018

When discussed, the head of engineering states that excessive rework undermines motivation. Your first order of business is proving to the team that your process increases their contributions yielding more flexibility and autonomy. First establish a process where there is joint discovery, decision-making, and shared accountability.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 13, 2019

Through the years, we have encountered many aspiring PMs who tend to make the same rookie mistakes with their resumes. Whether you are hoping to get an Associate Product Management position or moving forward to a Head of Product Management vacancy, you will have a wealth of experiences to reflect on it. worth of experience.

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Userpilot

JANUARY 9, 2020

Product management has grown from strength to strength in recent years, fast becoming a vital area of any SaaS company. With that in mind, we thought we’d take a look at how you can become a product manager, even if you have no previous experience. In the US, product manager roles have grown by 32% over the last two years. These are: Communication.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 2, 2019

you tell the PM. The PM fills you in on more details, and the solution sounds good to you. It’s for an exciting brand in a very interesting space, and it would likely leverage some exciting technology. You’re looking forward to being part of the team which will bring it to life. Let’s get started. When’s the kick-off meeting?

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Bain Public

MARCH 14, 2022

In the book "How Google Works" by former CEO Eric Schmidt and former Head of Product Jonathan Rosenberg, a healthy product culture can be achieved through: Hiring and developing very strong product managers (the critical first step). Product-led cultures elevate products to the highest levels of the company’s mission. The result?

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 6, 2019

PMs are working with a team of real humans with different (and often competing) interests. There is a myriad of resources for connection in our day and age. You’re not going to knock it out of the park on day one. I scoured LinkedIn to create a database of local PMs. They were critical to a successful first year.

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Product Talk

APRIL 17, 2024

What was the day-to-day like that inspired this? Leading a product team (or several teams) comes with its own set of challenges that’s often similar to but distinct from the hurdles individual product contributors face. Their transparency helps us see that many product teams are on a similar journey. Teresa: Okay. Yes, great.

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