Product Talk

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Instead of relying on someone else (like a coach or leader) to tell them what to do next, product teams can use an opportunity solution tree to keep track of their desired outcome , the opportunities they’ve identified to chip away at that outcome, and the solutions they’re considering to address those opportunities.

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Mironov Consulting

JUNE 28, 2018

I’m often asked by B2C product managers how B2B companies are different, or about switching between the two. Here are some thoughts on company-wide structural differences and how we product managers get our work done. It’s a more precise, if less emotional, version of a May talk for Lean Product/UX SV meetup.

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Product Talk

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

This is only natural: Through years of bad habits, many of us have shown engineers that we only value them for the code they can write. Their perspective is valid and can lead to meaningful product improvements. This is because they have a depth of knowledge of what’s possible technically. Tweet This.

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Mind the Product

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

While gaming and entertainment are the first obvious applications of VR, the more interesting applications – and the ones we focus on here – are in B2B and B2C products and services. As we look at what it takes to develop non-gaming VR products, their separation from gaming becomes very important.

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Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Throughout the year, we’ve talked to business leaders, experts, and pioneers about all kinds of topics: from creating world-class customer experiences to the challenges of running a business during the pandemic, from being an ally and addressing gaps in diversity to building technical leadership careers.

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Mironov Consulting

AUGUST 8, 2017

As a product manager, I think it’s my obligation to bring clarity and precision to discussions… so talking generically about customers or users can be exasperating. Being more specific also gives us an opportunity to connect our teams emotionally to our (ahem) users. Bonus points for clarity.

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ProductPlan

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Product managers, product leaders, and product executives have no shortage of educational opportunities. From books , podcasts , and blogs to earning certificates and joining online communities , there is truly an abundance of options (read the short Guide to Product Management Resources to learn even more).

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Some think that a discipline based on close contacts with products and stakeholders demands that you remain in the office. They’re wrong: it’s possible to be a remote product manager. Even though product managers are supposed to engage various teams during the day, chances are you are not moving that much.

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People-First Product Leadership

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Throughout the post, I provide practical tips and steps for developing these strategic elements, setting the foundation for further strategic planning. Looking ahead, Part 3 brings together the Product specific Vision, Roadmap and Goals. Identify their strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT).

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Userpilot

JULY 5, 2022

Why is incremental innovation important for product managers ? Incremental innovation is a process of gradually modifying a company’s existing products or services through small improvements. Small but regular improvements are a more reliable way to achieve product-market fit. What is incremental innovation?

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Alchemer Mobile

MARCH 18, 2021

Almost all apps experienced significant change in their DAU due to COVID-19. This is going to be a fantastic presentation for both product managers, mobile marketers alike. During the webinar, you can engage with Team Apptentive by chatting along, I hope you do that. Transcript. So bear with my enthusiasm.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Customer Development It always starts with the customer. While the mainstream market is tempting, early adopters are usually an easier group to experiment on—they are willing to forgive more and risk more for the chance of getting an innovative advantage or just playing with new tech. and how much they want it.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 21, 2019

There may be a sales strategy, a marketing strategy, and product strategy, and operational strategy, an technology strategy, etc. Diffusion of Focus Product strategy is especially tricky because of the centrality of a product to any business. This is why product management exists?—?to Sales has to sell it.

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Intercom, Inc.

JULY 5, 2018

Previously, however, he ran sales productivity for teams at Google, Salesforce and Box. His time at the latter culminated in the title of Chief Storyteller, where he rewrote the script for how Box sales team talked to and about their customers. I help source and complete deals, and I perform due diligence on deals.

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Intercom, Inc.

JULY 5, 2018

Previously, however, he ran sales productivity for teams at Google, Salesforce and Box. His time a the latter culminated in the title of Chief Storyteller, where he rewrote the script for how Box sales team talked to and about their customers. I help source and complete deals, and I perform due diligence on deals.

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Mironov Consulting

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Just as every organization needs a finance/accounting team that follows GAAP and tracks cashflow. So we should take the time to propose various metrics, review them with our teams, argue a bit, and consider our first choices as experiments rather than instant full-year commitments. But metrics aren’t generic.

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Andrew Chen

JUNE 25, 2019

Hi readers, The growth teams at Uber and Airbnb occasionally met over the years to share best practices, brainstorm ideas, and share observations on the startup world. Stage : Early-stage for B2C, an evergreen lever for B2B. Use that same creativity to develop PR pitches. Cost : Medium. Examples : Lyft: [link]. DoorDash: [link].

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Userzoom

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

I wanna, first of all, thank Tom and the whole marketing team for putting this show together, can we get a round of applause for them? You don’t have to just have great, you know, enterprise grade back-end, you have to have fantastic consumer grade front-end as well, whether you’re in B2C or B2B, doesn’t matter.

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Userpilot

APRIL 29, 2021

Some customer onboarding software requires no code, and can be integrated into your product using walkthroughs or tooltips. Other software requires direct integrations and developer participation to create more complex product experiences. Most will include some form of product analytics. Source: Pendo. Source: Apty.

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The Product Coalition

MAY 25, 2018

It covers more than 160 scrum anti-patterns that hold your scrum team back. Before we start talking about the product backlog anti-patterns, I would like to make a small detour to make you familiar with my mental model, how agile software development works. From the product backlog to sprint backlog.

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Andrew Chen

JUNE 25, 2019

Hi readers, The growth teams at Uber and Airbnb occasionally met over the years to share best practices, brainstorm ideas, and share observations on the startup world. Stage : Early-stage for B2C, an evergreen lever for B2B. Use that same creativity to develop PR pitches. Cost : Medium. Examples : Lyft: [link]. DoorDash: [link].

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Business of Software Conference

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Yeah, and I forced our team to build a trebuchet – in retrospect, that was a very bad idea. He says, Product-Market Fit… You can always feel it when it isn’t happening. Press reviews are kind of blah, sales cycles take too damn long, but you can almost always feel it when it is happening.

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