Alchemer Mobile

OCTOBER 22, 2020

How do PMs apply innovative techniques across their own products, especially if they’re new to their discipline or industry? Cracking the PM Interview. Cracking the PM Interview is a comprehensive book about landing a product management role in a startup or bigger tech company. But where do these ideas come from? Buy it here.

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 25, 2022

Product managers (PMs) are ninjas of aligning people, management, and processes. Now, to the 12 product management tools the best PMs use: Phase 1: Opportunity Identification and Validation In the identification and validation phase, you’ll be researching where customers are willing to pay to get their problems solved.

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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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Mind the Product

JUNE 7, 2017

In March I attended Product Camp in London, an all-day event where the crowd is greeted by an empty schedule, and it is up to participants to create the agenda and content of the talks. First the Blog, Then the Book? Why am I doing this? The most popular talk was from Prad Patel , on impostor syndrome. Please get in Touch.

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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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Amplitude

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

The PM’s day-to-day job involves balancing the needs of all different groups, from marketing to engineering, and carving out a clear path for the product. The latest tactic you read about in a flavor-of-the-week blog post may have worked for someone —but it isn’t necessarily going to work for you.

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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. The collection includes our favorite conferences, podcasts, blogs, books, newsletters, courses, and Slack groups for product managers. Best blogs for product managers. Best books for product managers.

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Product Talk

DECEMBER 15, 2021

He says, “The work I did at the front end to make decisions about the outcome I was looking for—I wanted to go into a PM role, I was looking for a place where I could do a lot of experimentation —having those outcomes in mind was really important to my overall success.”. Andrew Skotzko, Product Director. Tweet This.

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The Product Guy

MAY 21, 2020

On social media, business blogs and among other hype channels, networking topic is among most published. Sure, there are books, online courses, and blogs which can help, and they do. One of the best decisions in my life. After these 3 days at Microsoft NERD Center at the edge of the MIT campus, I’ve had an epiphany.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

MAY 5, 2020

He'll deep-dive on what a typical day as a Google Product Marketing Manager looks like. It's difficult, to sum up, a "typical" day as a Product Marketing Manager since every day genuinely feels quite different. to business products like Google My Business and Google Ads in India.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 23, 2020

Having a daily routine and rituals to officially start and end your day is super critical for me as a PM. I do other things to emphasise this difference: separate workspace, no home chores during working hours… Similarly when the day ends, I change out of my work clothes. After that, I wash up and change into “work clothes”.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

MARCH 3, 2022

However, a PM career looks different than other roles in tech. PMs lead the way on what to build and why. But being a PM comes with a lot of pressure to perform and drive results. This means that as a new PM, you may not have much say in the strategy of the company. Every day will look different.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

DECEMBER 3, 2020

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. Recently, a Facebook recruiter reached out to me about senior PM openings. This is a story I did not expect to write. Even with a referral, I was cast aside.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 22, 2019

In my last blog, we talked about being a PM in a Startup and PM at a Scale-Up. In this chapter, we’ll be talking about what to expect as a PM in large corporate. If you’re a new PM, joining a corporate company will be an excellent move for you. You’ll also have a good work/life balance compare to a startup.

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ProductPlan

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Software product management involves “building, implementing, and managing software or digital products , taking into account life cycle considerations and an audience.”. Digital PMs are responsible for digital products (e.g., In this post, we’ll explore unique aspects of each role and where they intersect.

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ProductPlan

JULY 23, 2020

I’m writing for the first time on the ProductPlan blog! A Day in the Life of a Lead Engineer at ProductPlan. So, what does a Lead Engineer at ProductPlan do in a day? Next, I go into my personal Trello and organize my to-do list for the day. Long time reader, first time writer. Working here is pretty special.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

MAY 5, 2020

So, what’s the difference between a Product Manager (PM) and a Product Marketing Manager (PMM)? Robin is a current Google PM and former Google PMM. PMs are ultimately accountable for the product's success or failure. In this article, we’ll highlight some of these similarities and differences.

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Userpilot

MARCH 6, 2020

As a team supporting diversity and women in tech – we decided to use the International Women’s Day as an opportunity to showcase some of the best talent in the industry – and interviewed the top female Product Managers, Product Owners and SaaS founders and CEOs. Women in SaaS. Women in Product.

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Userpilot

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Shobhit Chugh – Ex-Google Product Manager helping PMs fast-track their career – says it’s time to treat your career like a product! It’s a hands-on profession where I cannot teach you to tackle the day-to-day challenges in a class. What mistakes did you make and what mistakes do you see PMs make most often?

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CardBoard

AUGUST 24, 2023

A Day in the Life of a Product Operations Manager Here’s a glimpse into what a typical day might look like for Product Ops: Morning Stand-up Meeting: Start the day with a quick stand-up meeting with the Product Ops team to discuss the day’s priorities and any pressing issues.

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Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Curiously, when I look back at some of the photographs of the whiteboard, we used to write down what we were doing every day on a whiteboard. And you literally list out, bullet out, what are you doing that day. Getting this right allows your teams to work in lockstep together. What follows is a lightly edited transcript of the episode.

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Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Curiously, when I look back at some of the photographs of the whiteboard, we used to write down what we were doing every day on a whiteboard. And you literally list out, bullet out, what are you doing that day. Getting this right allows your teams to work in lockstep together. What follows is a lightly edited transcript of the episode.

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Userpilot

JANUARY 21, 2021

Product Manager is the JOB title ” ( Melissa Perri , CEO of Produx Labs) A smaller organization may not need two distinct roles and the duties of both the PM and the PO will usually fall under the ‘Product Manager’. In a hurry? Product Manager’s roles is the stage in the product development process where each is involved. a Product Owner.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

DECEMBER 4, 2018

In this Path to PM blog post, Emma and I discuss breaking into product management as an analyst, and the importance of saying "no" as a PM. Don’t burn bridges - you never know who will be in a position to help you one day) The chance to make reporting software better for users like myself was very appealing.

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Userpilot

JANUARY 28, 2021

So if you’re looking to switch careers and become a PM – you will for sure find some insights in this blog. Becoming a PM is not an easy task as it’s a fairly new career path and there are no specific degrees for PMs. Most commonly – employers look for experience when hiring PMs.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 22, 2021

We’ve talked about cross functional collaboration a lot on this blog, but only ever in passing. You have no idea what’s going on under the surface of someone’s life. It’s such an integral part of a Product Manager’s job description, that it’s just kind of a given that everyone knows what it means and how to do it well.

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Usersnap

DECEMBER 8, 2021

It requires product leaders to be strategic thinkers and forward-thinking by nature, as well as to see product opportunities when others are “lost” in ambiguity. How would you ever know if you are heading in the right direction? or internal stakeholders. But that’s not enough anymore. We’ve got you covered as well.

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 4, 2019

Whatever your level of PM experience, there’s a lot to be said for picking up a good book. Inspired: How To Create Products Customers Love Inspiration, tools and techniques, and practical help Marty Cagan founded Silicon Valley Product Group to help and inspire other PMs, condensing years of experience into this book.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 7, 2018

In addition, PM frameworks are notoriously hard to implement, more about that in a separate blog post. A common sense approach & thinking from first principles will help you much more than any reading a book on PM frameworks. I provide this disclaimer becasue its probably why you clicked on this post :-) Here is why?—?I

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

MAY 4, 2022

  Manager – The PMM is responsible for successfully launching the product, following the product through its life cycle and managing the product’s growth with the PMM team. Day in the life: Google Product Marketing Manager Robin was a Product Marketing Manager at Google and now a Product Manager at Google.

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 6, 2019

Rather than realizing that you need to learn a particular skill, process or tool after the interviewer or worse, on your first day of the job, here are 5 of the most common Product Management questions (and answers) that you might not have thought to ask. To put it simply, it’s a plan for the life of a product.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

DECEMBER 7, 2020

In this article, I’ll explain ways that you can grow and leverage your network to help you in your PM career. I recommend starting with people you know/have met in real life: Friends and Family : This is the easiest group of people to connect with, people who have known you for a long time and can vouch for you as a person/professional.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 11, 2019

Some of us even know what it takes to be a great PM. We asked our community of Product Managers on Facebook what are the characteristics/habits that make a really mediocre PM. We asked our community of Product Managers on Facebook what are the characteristics/habits that make a really mediocre PM.

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The Product Cafe

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

The answer is at the end of this newsletter Working at different companies over the years, I’ve heard my fair share of “How fast can you ship this blog out?” But a great PM doesn’t just stop once the product is released, but sees it all the way through to measuring the impact it delivers. Lesson learned.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

MAY 4, 2020

In this post, an enterprise (IBM) and a consumer (Google) product manager describe a typical day in their life on the job. While there doesn't exactly exist a "typical" day in product management, you can expect to perform certain tasks based on the stage of your product. Here's a snapshot of my day.

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Bain Public

DECEMBER 8, 2020

In response to a Reddit question asking whether there are product roles that exist with a work-life balance, one user answered: "It depends. If you're a PM at an early stage startup, expect to work a lot. Luckily, you can avoid the trap, guaranteeing you achieve and maintain a solid work-life balance. What mistakes did you make?

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freshtrax

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

million daily unique users and individual users listen to radio programs through radiko for about 130 minutes a day. Is traditional media such as radio, newspapers or TV going to be a thing of the past? In Japan, traditional media is facing issues of declining viewership and revenue in this new age of how Japanese are consuming media.

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