Ask Benny

JULY 1, 2019

Why product managers should be working in different markets and expertise and why companies should be looking for such product managers. The same goes for product managers themselves. Jump Markets It is not necessarily bad to have product managers that already know the market.

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Product Innovation Educators

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

How to find your passion in any product management work environment. Montie used my online training course to prepare for, and pass, the New Product Development Professional exam, earning him the NPDP certification from PDMA, which is the oldest and most established professional group for product managers.

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Ask Benny

JULY 1, 2019

, Why product managers should be working in different markets and expertise and why companies should be looking for such product managers. The same goes for product managers themselves. It is not necessarily bad to have product managers that already know the market. Jump Markets.

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Ronke PM

APRIL 5, 2023

Table of Contents Product and design partnership What does design-driven leadership mean? Design-driven leadership is product management Final thoughts The very essence of leadership is creating a space that enables our teams to dream big, imagine, and bring what was once unthinkable to life - therefore, changing humanity.

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Mironov Consulting

JUNE 27, 2020

I have a narrow, somewhat puritanical view about product manager conversations with customers and prospects: we should never lie to them. B2B is lumpier than B2C.). B2B is lumpier than B2C.). At some companies, brutally honest communication with customers is assumed, and reinforced by the executive team.

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

For example, a B2B product for developers might need a PO/PM with great technical skills while a pure marketing B2C product with low tech features might not. WEAK answer : he/she is speaking about a small topic and is not able to go deep into details about the subject or the learning process.

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Userpilot

JUNE 27, 2022

What is developer marketing, and what is the point of it? As the name suggests, developer marketing is marketing to developers. In short, developer marketing is more than just capturing the attention of software developers and getting them to use your product. What is developer marketing?

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Mind the Product

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Observations of a B2C startup product manager working in enterprise. A startup, finding its feet and learning how to stand, should by certain logic be less wise, less capable and less developed than its older, wiser counterparts. Here are two of my most notable product take-aways and one piece of advice for survival.

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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. Ellen is the Senior Director of Product Management at Orion Labs , a B2B company that offers voice communication to teams in industries like hospitality, retail, transportation, logistics, and security.

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Mind the Product

JANUARY 22, 2018

Replatforming is arguably one of the most difficult things you can tackle in a product management career. Here, replatforming is about replacing the computing platform on which a number of other products or systems are built. First,we should start with a quick definition. Replacing them is an expensive and high-stakes endeavour.

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Arpit Rai

OCTOBER 29, 2019

I did an AMA (Ask Me Anything) on product management on NextBigWhat a couple of months ago. There were a bunch of questions I was asked about product management. What’s the difference between product management in B2B/SaaS and B2C? What’s the difference between product management in B2B/SaaS and B2C?

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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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Arpit Rai

OCTOBER 29, 2019

My AMA on NextBigWhat I did an AMA (AskMeAnything) on product management on NextBigWhat a couple of months ago. There were a bunch of questions I was asked about product management. What’s the difference between product management in B2B/SaaS and B2C? To be honest, I haven’t worked in the B2C sector.

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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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Mind the Product

JUNE 28, 2018

Is there a difference between developing an enterprise and a consumer product? In both cases your software product is used by humans, but an enterprise is a legal entity, while a consumer is a person. And the fact that an enterprise is a legal entity makes product management for enterprise products a little different.

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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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Mind the Product

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

The smarter your investment in testing, the better your chances of product success. Here’s what we’ve learned based on our experience of adopting a testing mindset and seeing your way through innovative product development. Product/Market fit Cannot be Planned. Chaos Report 2015. Reachability. Technical Feasibility.

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Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Later’s Farhan Virji on adapting B2C support strategies for B2B teams. On the surface, B2B customer support issues might look quite different from those of B2C. Webflow’s Maggie Hott on building a scalable sales team from the ground up. Intercom on Product: Keeping the momentum going as you scale.

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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. Sound Byte. Clarity is free.

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Userpilot

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Wondering which product analytics metrics you should track and improve to increase your product growth ? You must select the right product analytics metrics to serve as KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) for your product development process. Find Friction Points And Make Product Improvements. Time to Value.

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Atomic Spin PM

AUGUST 1, 2019

Instead, it enables the team to be more creative in solving that problem. There are many ways to define the customer, such as developing personas or using the “Jobs to Be Done” framework. In my previous job as a Product Manager, I used to hear, “Let’s just do what so and so is doing, but better.”

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Atomic Spin PM

AUGUST 1, 2019

Instead, it enables the team to be more creative in solving that problem. There are many ways to define the customer, such as developing personas or using the “Jobs to Be Done” framework. In my previous job as a Product Manager, I used to hear, “Let’s just do what so and so is doing, but better.”

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BrainMates

APRIL 30, 2018

In April 2018, Brainmates hosted a Product Talks Sydney Meetup based on the “hypotheticals” format popularised by Geoffrey Robertson. A bright and brave cross functional team of panellists were on hand to tackle an imagined (but realistic) Product Management scenario. Marie Kellett, former CPO eftpos.

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The Product Coalition

JULY 17, 2018

Is there a difference between developing a product for enterprise and a consumer? Although in both cases your software product is used by humans, an enterprise is a legal entity, while a consumer is a person. And the fact that an enterprise is a legal entity makes product management for enterprise products a little different.

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Radical Product

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Educate your team and investors. Educate your team and investors on why the metrics you selected are the best indicators of traction for your company. This approach for prioritization requires defining two concepts for your team: Vision : What’s the end-goal for the team? This is also true for B2C.

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Revulytics

OCTOBER 30, 2019

Revulytics sponsors a series of Product Management Today webinars featuring innovative ideas from top software product management thought leaders. I talk with product managers around the world, and it’s really common to spend most of our time talking about what’s sometimes called “vanity metrics.”

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 11, 2019

Business is a bad place for surprises?—?after If you’re starting a business or working on a new product, there are efficient ways to save yourself from unexpected things happening?—?like like your product failing and you losing money. But this is another thing you shouldn’t forget when developing a product?—?you

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Userpilot

MARCH 21, 2024

You can collect data via multiple sources, such as feedback surveys , user interviews, product data analytics , and firsthand observations from your customer-facing teams Create a high-level customer journey map with all the relevant touchpoints to contextualize the collected data. Let’s discuss these benefits in more detail.

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 2, 2019

Product Management Journey?—?Developer Developer to Consultant to Product Manager If you asked me 5 years ago, I didn’t even know what Product Management was. I received a lot of questions recently on how to transition into a Product Manager role. in Computer Science) in 2008.

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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. Communication management.

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Mironov Consulting

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Over the last three decades, across 10 full-time jobs and 150 consulting clients, I’ve headed up product teams 18 times (mostly as interim VP ) and helped another dozen companies choose their Head of Product. Here are some patterns I’ve seen in picking successful Heads of Product.

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Mironov Consulting

JULY 27, 2023

 This post lays out a related challenge: finding a scalable way for product management to support sales organizations rather than individual sales opportunities.  Sales teams inundate us with urgent-but-repetitive ‘does product X do thing Y?’  There’s something more systematic here.

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Roadmunk

APRIL 3, 2018

As a product consultant and founder of a product school, Melissa has trained over 2,000 PMs across her career. And her mission has always been clear-cut: teach people how to effectively think like a product manager. Melissa: So, Product Institute is an online school for product managers to level up their skills.

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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

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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Product Innovation Educators

AUGUST 14, 2023

How to solve common dysfunctions in product management Today’s guest is Ben Foster, the Co-Founder and Executive Chairman at Prodify. He is also the co-author of Build What Matters: Delivering Key Outcomes with Vision-Led Product Management. It’s not because they’re bad at what they do.

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Lenny Rachitsky

MARCH 5, 2024

When working with Leo’s team, the launch preparations will take on average around 10 hours, versus 50 to 120 hours when managing the campaign entirely in-house. It’s tempting to see Product Hunt as the golden ticket to startup fame. B2B versus B2C). A huge thank-you to Leo for sharing his hard-earned wisdom.

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