The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 29, 2022

This is a common dilemma for many budding PMs who are in the “youth” of their career. Pretend you’re a hiring manager looking for the next PM to help drive your digital finance product. A PM with a similar industry background will get the edge over a PM who doesn’t, no matter how good they are.” Everything’s a bet.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 11, 2023

Forcing a solution on a problem is never a good thing, but I do think that following tech news, and news about AI specifically, is a huge part of the toolbox for modern-day entrepreneurs. Yes, dear product managers (PM), especially if you’re not data scientists, you should be staying on top of what’s new in the world of AI.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Entry level” APM roles popped up all over LinkedIn, all asking for at least 2–4 years of PM experience. An APM role is the first step on the Product Management career ladder. In large organizations they can be rotated through several different teams, to give them exposure to as much of the PM world as possible.

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ProductCraft

AUGUST 24, 2020

In one of my previous ProductCraft articles, “Your First 30 Days on the PM Job: Strategies for Success,” I emphasized the fact that any product management position is a leadership role and one that requires leading by influence rather than authority.

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The Product Guy

MAY 7, 2020

This is my motivation behind writing this article. This article explores multiple aspects of product management. Definition of PM role. Often, this is due to resource constraints rather than a lack of understanding of a PM role. Mushrooming of training sessions and certifications on PM reflects the situation quite well.

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The Product Coalition

MAY 27, 2021

You might start out doing PM one way at the start of your career, and then have developed a completely different set of frameworks and techniques by the end. They want to know what you see as a PMs main responsibilities, the level of authority they have, and how far the buck stops with the PM in your opinion.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Pic by Flow Bohl The short answer is yes, as long as the PM role involves communicating with commercially oriented stakeholders like CEOs with an interest in financial growth, pretty much every CEO. Measure what’s valuable, don’t just value what’s measurable.

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Folding Burritos

DECEMBER 4, 2019

So the first thing we need to understand is the “types of value” we’re providing. I find it extremely helpful that the entirety of the team’s time is clearly defined, even when that line of work is not managed by the PM (such as technical debt, which should be managed by the engineering organization).

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freshtrax

APRIL 25, 2024

On August 10, 2023, California approved an all-day pay-as-you-go self-driving taxi service that has the city of San Francisco buzzing with excitement. Even though it was my first time using Waymo, I had no trouble using it. The future of transportation is here! This new cab service will be completely driverless! They have raised $9.25

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Building digital products over the past 20 years I have learned, first with my teams as a PM, then with my clients as a consultant, and lastly with my students as a professor, how essential it is to provide a concise and actionable definition of product management. and day to day tactics (we have a production incident, what to do?)

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

I’m saying people are jumping too fast into a now-saturated market without first considering the industries of tools and services which allow all of this to happen in the first place. It’s clear as day that only a small portion of all content creators end up making a enough to continue thriving. Via Unsplash I’m a victim myself.

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The Product Guy

MAY 23, 2019

After accepted a new PM role I knew I’m starting a new journey in my career, with new people, new products, new culture. Based on the previous job transition experiences and on other people advice, I started with drawing the classic 30/60/90 day onboarding plan. However, I began with the 30 days before and the day I start (-30/0).

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Later I will link it to the PM role, but first, let me put in my own words: Logotherapy explains our life's essence is seeking meaning. Dear reader, this is the very reason I'm writing this article. What if our targeted persona is the average Joe, doing his day to day job in marketing/finance/HR or anything else?

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 14, 2023

At first, I was blaming them. At the end of the day, it was not my company. The product was my focus every day. The problem in the PM situation is that they are the only ones who go through the dots and connect them at a certain point. Today may not be a good day, but what about next week? I couldn’t be at fault.

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Alchemer Mobile

JULY 11, 2019

As I’m writing this article, there are 2,687,780 mobile apps available in the Google Play store, and there were 2.2M Three days. As a mobile product manager, you have three days to delight your user before they turn to one of your competitors. Fear not—the whole point of this article is to provide some help!

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Here's how to crack the PM interview, written by Richa Pareekh, Uber PM and former Google PM. Are you worried about getting the ultimate PM job? PM interviews are difficult and very very demanding, especially with the rise of the prominence of the role. My Study Plan Below is my study plan I followed.

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The Secret PM Handbook

AUGUST 4, 2017

” In this case, the previous observations are the articles I’ve been posting on the blog. In this article, I tie the older posts to the framework. Create A Compelling Product Vision By Writing The (Amazon) Review First. The Secret To Successful Products That Users Love From Day One. Finding market problems.

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Lenny Rachitsky

APRIL 2, 2024

PMs and VPs of Product), Lennybot (an AI chatbot trained on my newsletter posts, podcast interviews, and more), and my swag store (great gifts for your favorite PM, or yourself!) “How Duolingo reignited user growth,” by Jorge Mazal , is my #1 most popular post of all time. But the story didn’t end there.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Well, the daily routine of a Product Manager (PM) includes many moments when you have to say “No,” and you will say this word repeatedly to your stakeholders in your career. Go with the basics in the first place. Let’s talk about why saying ‘No’ in the right ways is important. Or is it totally something different? Why is it important?

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Retailers can look at some of the reasons above and address their checkout process to be smooth as the first goal to reduce cart abandonment. In this article, we will focus on the 1st question. Has this user abandoned more than once in the last 30 days? Time metrics Session on a weekday or weekend Session 1 to 2 PM or 6 to 9 PM?

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Alchemer Mobile

APRIL 14, 2020

How deep does your understanding of the technology go as a PM? Can you provide any interesting insights on being a female PM? And I wanna set some ground rules and kinda guidelines for how this is gonna work today because this is our first ever panel that we’ve done remotely. And so I started out as the search PM.

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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

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Both are higher up on the PM food chain, but what exactly is the difference between the two? Which of these PM roles should you aspire to given your particular set of skills and work preferences? These are the questions that we set out to answer in this article. If you're not a PM already, you may be a little confused here.

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The Secret PM Handbook

AUGUST 4, 2017

” In this case, the previous observations are the articles I’ve been posting on the blog. In this article, I tie the older posts to the framework. Create A Compelling Product Vision By Writing The (Amazon) Review First. The Secret To Successful Products That Users Love From Day One. Finding market problems.

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The Secret PM Handbook

AUGUST 4, 2017

” In this case, the previous observations are the articles I’ve been posting on the blog. In this article, I tie the older posts to the framework. Create A Compelling Product Vision By Writing The (Amazon) Review First. The Secret To Successful Products That Users Love From Day One. Finding market problems.

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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!), Just stop reading this article for a few seconds while you click on that Amazon link and buy the book. (I At first they won’t understand. And yet this is how many digital product teams work today?

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 4, 2021

Here are the books (and articles) I read this year, with a bit of a summary: 1- “Man’s Search for Meaning” by Victor Frankel?—?I the first child, midlife crisis, and retirement. I took his advice to write 1000 words a day and followed it this year. 9-” Cracking the PM Interview”?—?I letting your partner flourish.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 13, 2019

Rightfully so, since many of them have not had productive relationships with their PM’s. Ask an engineer who’s worked with a bad PM, or has not had a productive relationship with an otherwise capable PM, and they’ll tell you that their PM… Slowed things down through unnecessary processes, meetings, ceremonies, etc.

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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

MARCH 4, 2023

You get to meet amazing people, learn something valuable every day. One day he resigned and started Later , a slow-fashion clothing company. I recently onboarded as a PM in an industry I knew very little about. During the first month I felt lost and clueless, and every step forward was followed by a step backward.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

AUGUST 25, 2020

As you progress through product management job interviews, you may notice that many companies ask for the PM candidates to complete a take-home assignment. The take-home assignment helps the interviewer assess two important qualities in the PM candidate: their thought process and their communication skills.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

We, Becca and Gabby, have been improvising since our college improv troupe days and have learned a few tricks of the trade. One of the first things that improvisers try to do in the scene is to establish a relationship (ie: classmates, cousins three times removed, wife and mother-in-law). I invited him to join a user call. And, scene!

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Of course, the more you understand data and the more you’re able to manipulate and leverage it for yourself, the better and more impactful you’ll be as a PM. Some other skills that’ll be great to add to your data-driven PM toolkit are: Knowing how to work with Data Scientists, and how to speak their language.

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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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Userpilot

APRIL 21, 2024

Try Userpilot and Take Your In-App Experiences to the Next Level Get a Demo 14 Day Trial No Credit Card Required What is a conversion path and why is it important? First, confirm that the action was successful. It’s a fairly complex product, so customers aren’t likely to buy the first time around. Ahrefs article in SERP.

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The Secret PM Handbook

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

Several years ago I had an article about three powerful tips for getting through a creative block. Crappy first drafts. You could start by describing how the user would experience the feature, how it would help his or her day-to-day life. ” Your first drafts are often not going to be usable. Morning pages.

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Alchemer Mobile

MARCH 17, 2020

Challenge #2: There’s not enough time in the day. The key to rearranging your day to give yourself more time is to figure out which productivity method works for you, and to stick to it as much as possible. This can help you determine what problems need to be triaged first. Time is the one thing we can’t buy. That’s a big deal.

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