Product Talk

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

One of the primary benefits of working in a product trio is we reduce the hand-offs between functional roles. This means that by the time it gets to the engineers, the message is unrecognizable. It’s no wonder we end up with software that doesn’t work for our customers. Products aren’t built by trios. Tweet This.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 7, 2023

Aspiring product managers, nothing you’ll want to build will ever come easy, so let me give you some words of advice. Many who aspire to become a product manager (PM) always come to me with the same pattern of questions: Will I get to drive my ideas from start to finish? Will I go from concept to release?

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Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 19, 2018

In engineering, you want to move fast, ship often and solve real customer problems. Yet competition and the exponential rate of change in software are pushing against that mission. Enter our philosophy of Run Less Software. The concept was the foundation for his popular talk and ultimately his classic, long-form blog post.

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

This reinterpretation of the Opportunity Solution Tree helped me bring the product mentality to conversations successfully. Not all companies do Product management (Product) the same way. In the year of 2019, before the world went ‘ bananas ’, I met what would become the backbone of my prioritization mindset?—?

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Intercom, Inc.

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

by Rich Archbold, Senior Director of Engineering at Intercom. The same is true in software. We are all in a battle, multiple battles in fact, with a lot at stake: whether it’s the fate of the company we work for or for the product that we build. It’s hard to win a battle you don’t realise you’re in. Innovative startups.

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Intercom, Inc.

MARCH 15, 2018

As a startup scales, the importance of infrastructure engineers simply can’t be overstated. They’re the ones making sure your app is secure, that uptime looks good, and that the rest of your engineering org has the right tools to build features your users need and want. One of the blog posts was about this Yahoo!

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Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 14, 2021

With a background in computer science and an MBA, he soon realized that understanding the markets and customers is as important as building the products. And so, in 2014, he founded Productboard , a product management system that incorporates customer feedback and insights to help product teams build better products.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 16, 2021

A few days back my father came to me and asked what I do at work. I explained to him what Product Managers do. I told him that Product managers are responsible for guiding the success of a product and that they lead the cross-functional team that is responsible for building, scaling, and supporting it.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Add value to your team whilst getting to grips with software concepts If you’re coming to product management from a non-engineering background, there’ll be times during the first few months where you’ll feel lost. And most PMs I know had similar experiences. I prioritised creating a roadmap over the next few weeks.

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Userpilot

APRIL 6, 2023

Developing and releasing sophisticated products with all the bells and whistles imaginable might seem like a great idea. After all, you want your newly released software to be as good as it gets when it’s finally launched, right? Low feature adoption is one of the symptoms of over-engineering. Book the demo!

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Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 27, 2022

While the movement has helped spark awareness over the stubborn gender gap in the tech industry, helping to drive more diverse hiring initiatives across all businesses and encouraging women to succeed in STEM fields, women still hold an astonishingly low percentage of tech roles according to recent data – 16% in engineering, 27% in computing.

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Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Intercom, the product, continued to develop at a fast pace with hundreds of new features big and small – from an entirely reimagined Messenger to a thriving Intercom App Store to next generation chatbots, Custom Bots and Answer Bot. The best of the blog. Significant digits: 240 blog posts, 18 videos.

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

My journey to product management was not what you might expect , but then again, maybe you would. I studied accounting and computers in high school. At 19 I got a job as a computer technician and by 21 I was a computer science major. I then got a job on campus as a network administrator.

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Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 1, 2020

On this episode of Intercom on Product myself and Paul Adams, our SVP of Product, take a look at roadmapping. If you’re short on time, here’s a few quick takeaways: The time horizon for your roadmap should be proportional to the age of your company. Des: Welcome to the 12th episode of Intercom on Product.

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Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 1, 2020

On this episode of Intercom on Product myself and Paul Adams, our SVP of Product, take a look at roadmapping. If you’re short on time, here’s a few quick takeaways: The time horizon for your roadmap should be proportional to the age of your company. Des: Welcome to the 12th episode of Intercom on Product.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

We’re well overdue a conversation about Product Managers and technical skills. It doesn’t seem to matter how many times the industry tries to reassure newcomers that you don’t need to be a full stack software engineer to be a good Product Manager. SQL : Used for data management and manipulation.

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The People of Product Management

DECEMBER 5, 2022

As a surfer, I am at the mercy of the wind. At a practical level, the wind governs if I surf or not and how much I spend on petrol to get to various surf locations. When the wind blows strong from the wrong direction, I am on edge, I get fidgety and annoy those around me. There is a sense that anything is possible.

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Modus Create

MAY 26, 2021

I had my own ideas around what conventions made sense, although these are influenced by the type of work I do. I had my own ideas around what conventions made sense, although these are influenced by the type of work I do. These, of course, might not make sense to individuals in other fields. Enter semantics. Consistent.

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

You’ll find yourself working closely with UX and UI designers throughout your career as a Product Manager. While you won’t be expected to know everything about product design (otherwise you’d be a designer, right?) there are at least a couple of key things you should have a solid grasp on. That’s a big mistake!

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Anyone familiar with Product Management will recognize the immortal phrase ‘influence without authority.’ As a Product Manager, you’re a team player who guides product development along its chartered course, but you have to do that without being the literal captain of the ship. What Does ‘Influence’ Mean?

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Usersnap

JULY 3, 2023

If you’re new to the bug tracking system, issue management or web development in general, you might wonder what a bug report is. In this blog post, we will be answering this question from different viewpoints. So, even Apple’s management team admits that their workflow is not great. This has since changed though.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

I recently led a workshop for an organic tech farm startup that wanted to set its foot online for selling organic food to B2B customers. I have some takeaways and learnings to share that I covered as a coach for their onboarding strategy. I have defined the below dimensions as a cohesive framework.

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Userpilot

OCTOBER 8, 2021

If you want to take your SaaS company's MRR to the next level , it might be time for you to investigate the subject of product growth platforms. By turning your product itself into a viral sales engine, these platforms take the pressure off traditional sales and marketing departments — and, of course, their associated budgets.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 29, 2021

TL; DR: Product Backlog Defense Make no mistake: Your Product Backlog is the last line of defense preventing your Scrum Team from becoming a feature factory; hence Product Backlog defense is vital: Figure out a process that creates value for your customers. Shall I notify you about articles like this one?

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Userpilot

APRIL 22, 2021

If you’re an aspiring or a junior product manager – technical skills are something that will give you a massive leg up in your career. Product Management is a very young profession. Product Management is a very young profession. But where have Product Managers come from? What is it?

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Userpilot

MARCH 8, 2022

Women are still underrepresented in the Product Profession – with only 33.3% of US Product Managers being female in 2021, according to a metastudy of 30 million profiles conducted by Zippia : Source: [link]. Melissa Perri – Speaker, consultant, and teacher in Product Management. CEO of Product Labs.

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Userpilot

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

What do you need to successfully navigate the different product launch phases? What will it take to turn your product into a bonafide growth engine ? TL;DR A product launch is a three-step plan (pre-launch, launch, and post-launch) to successfully bring a new product to market. What is a product launch?

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Userpilot

SEPTEMBER 5, 2021

Are you looking for the best strategies on how to market software products? Marketing software products can be challenging with the abundance of tools out there saying they do everything for everyone. How is marketing for software products different? You might be wondering, how to compete.

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Userpilot

JANUARY 28, 2021

The internet is rife with advice on how to become a Product Manager – often written by people who have never worked as a Product Manager themselves. So if you’re looking to switch careers and become a PM – you will for sure find some insights in this blog. Here are some tips from experienced PMs!

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Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 15, 2019

If an organization’s founders aren’t designers and don’t come from a background where well-designed products played a key role in their lives, it can often be the last discipline to be brought onboard the team. Short on time? Here are five quick takeaways: You must establish deep empathy for the customer. Focus on outcomes over output.

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Department of Product

OCTOBER 23, 2022

Product Principles – Examples for Product Managers Make decision making easier with inspiration from top product companies Product principles are used by product teams to help guide decision making. What colour should our homepage CTA buttons be?

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Userpilot

MAY 3, 2022

When you’re trying to sell to an upmarket target audience, you have to realize that the sales process is a lot more hands-on than the search engine optimization or inbound marketing efforts that you used to get your current customers. Inbound works really well for smaller SaaS businesses, whether B2B or B2C.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 15, 2020

One of the latest buzzwords in the Product world is ‘Product Led-Growth.’ And does focusing on a product-led growth strategy make you a Growth Product Manager? Let’s examine this “new” trend… What Does Product-Led Growth Mean? from engineering to sales and marketing?—?around The secret?

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 3, 2021

Check out the 10-minute video version of this blog post. link] Have you ever found yourself sweating bullets staring down a product decision? What about your product intuition? But below are five mental models to help you make better decisions and hone your product sense. But what about in Product? mental models.

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Centercode

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Today we’re talking technographics — what they are, why they matter, who they benefit, and how using them improves your testing efficiency and product performance. Some examples would be the make of their security systems, which phone models they own, or the current software version of their smart speakers.

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Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 15, 2018

On day one as Reddit’s new VP of Engineering, Nick Caldwell faced a dilemma. He had just spent 13 years at Microsoft, most recently as the head of 300 engineers. At Reddit, he led a team of 35 – none of whom knew how to manage other engineers. Managers oversee their team members’ work and career development.

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Userpilot

DECEMBER 15, 2021

In this article, we’re going to cover the 3 key growth benefits that you can leverage by expanding and scaling your product integration roadmap. Beyond improving efficiency, integrations can unlock additional value in your product through account expansion and co-marketing campaigns. Paragon integrations.

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