Product Talk

JANUARY 31, 2024

At Plum.io, Leann says, “The Product team ’s purpose is to figure out what opportunities we should be pursuing and why, and to work with Design and Development to make that a reality.” After reading the Product Talk blog and Continuous Discovery Habits , Leann was ready to start putting some of the ideas into practice. Let’s dive in!

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Product Talk

JANUARY 10, 2024

I know it’s an incredible privilege to give myself this opportunity and I’m grateful to every single one of you who has read my blog, bought Continuous Discovery Habits , or enrolled in our courses , as you are why I can now take some time for myself. This year is going to look a little different. Seriously, this surgery is no joke.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

What are some of the most common PM interview questions? Introducing: PMLesson's Blog. Introducing: PMLesson's Blog. In the coming few weeks, we'll be posting the following, to complement PMLesson's comprehensive online PM interview prep course. Submit blog requests to submissions@pmlesson.com.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

In this Path to PM blog post, Suzanne and I discuss the "why" of PM interviewing, and how to break into product management. What do you find to be some of the common mistakes that product managers make in their interviews? How did you break into product management as your first career?

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Userpilot

JUNE 13, 2022

Are you looking for the best SaaS blogs and influencers to follow in 2022? We curated a list of the best SaaS blogs and influencers to help you learn more about SaaS and increase your revenue. We covered the best blogs on SaaS growth, product marketing , UX analytics, venture capital, and sales. What is a SaaS blog?

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Product Talk

APRIL 6, 2022

It means identifying the right people to talk to , automating the recruiting process , synthesizing what you learn during interviews, and for many people, completely changing the way you conduct interviews. This approach also helps limit the interviewer’s bias by focusing on the customer’s context. Tweet This. Tweet This.

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Product Talk

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

I’ve designed my business to allow plenty of time for reading books, articles, interviews, etc. Like any good product person, she decided to conduct both qualitative and quantitative research to dig into this topic, including running a survey and holding in-depth interviews with community leaders and organizers (like me).

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Gainsight

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

In the spirit of “Staying Thirsty” we’ve compiled this list of books, blogs, Slack communities, and podcasts for product-obsessed people that want to develop themselves in and out of the office. Blogs for Product Managers. That’s a lot to keep up with. Let us introduce you to the mantra, “Stay thirsty my friends.” Young [Free].

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Product Talk

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Paolo Appley, Senior Product Manager at User Interviews. Paolo began his job search at the beginning of 2021 and started his current role as Senior Product Manager at User Interviews in April. Paolo began his job search at the beginning of 2021 and started his current role as Senior Product Manager at User Interviews in April.

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Lenny Rachitsky

JANUARY 30, 2024

Subscribe now P.S. Don’t miss Lennybot ✨ (an AI chatbot trained on my newsletter posts, podcast interviews, and more) and my new swag store (makes great gifts!). Why do work trials? How do they fit into the overall interview process? How do you convince people to invest this much time in an interview?

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Product Talk

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

However, not everyone on the team can take part in every interview or every assumption test. This is why we talk about the product trio leading discovery. One of the primary benefits of working in a product trio is we reduce the hand-offs between functional roles. With each hand-off, we lost context and nuance. Tweet This. Tweet This.

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Product Talk

OCTOBER 11, 2023

When interviewing readers, we uncovered a common desire: “I know someone who should read this article.” Assumption testing is at the heart of what good continuous discovery teams do week over week. It’s how we evaluate which ideas will work and which won’t. But before we can test our assumptions, we have to identify them.

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Product Talk

MARCH 1, 2023

And just the same, many people do work in product trios, interview customers , test their ideas , and work on empowered product teams. The reason why it’s so hard for the first group to believe that the second group exists is because they’ve never seen it. “Product thought leaders talk about an ideal way of working. And I hate it.

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Product Talk

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Tweet This That’s why we started the Tools of the Trade series. Tweet This That’s why we started the Tools of the Trade series. We’re zooming in on one aspect of discovery: automating the recruiting process for customer interviews. When it comes to continuous discovery , there’s no such thing as “the perfect tool.”

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The Product Coalition

MAY 27, 2021

The secret to acing a product management interview isn’t just knowing what questions to expect. It’s getting inside your interviewer’s mind, and understanding why they’re asking you these questions, and what they want to know. Why do you want to work at [our company]? What are your main strengths and weaknesses?

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Product Talk

MARCH 16, 2022

They are interviewing to discover opportunities and they are assumption testing to discover the best solutions. They are interviewing to discover opportunities and they are assumption testing to discover the best solutions. Interviewing is generative. Interviewing is generative. At the top, we start with a clear outcome.

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Product Talk

JULY 6, 2022

It’s easy to get caught up in your day-to-day work and lose sight of how to continue to grow and prepare yourself for a successful career in product. In this edition of Ask Teresa, I tackle how to gain experience as a new product manager and which skills you should focus on building. Find the rest of the posts in this series here. Tweet This.

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 17, 2023

Customer calls and interviews I honestly don’t think there’s anything more valuable for a PM than talking to customers about what they need. It tells you exactly what customers want to do with your product and why It helps you understand their “Aha!” Here are 12 of the most common feedback collection methods. Automation ftw.

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Product Talk

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

This would be a much shorter blog post if that were the case! Continuous discovery is not a linear journey—as much as we might want it to be. Like a lot of learning, it often feels messy and chaotic. Continuous discovery is not a linear journey—as much as we might want it to be. Like a lot of learning, it often feels messy and chaotic.

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Product Talk

AUGUST 4, 2021

I know many authors who use their blog as a way to test content. But blog analytics (views and shares) don’t track impact. It won’t surprise you to hear that I use the same continuous discovery habits that I wrote about in my book to run my business. They didn’t know what tactics to use when. That was a mistake. Tweet This.

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Userpilot

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

In this blog post we’ll explore the correct terminology, how to go about executing product testing, and how you can get ready for your next user session. Preparing for interviews : Define who, what, why, when, and how early on – and set a measurement for success. If you’re lost about the difference, don’t worry!

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Mixpanel

APRIL 18, 2024

And there are several reasons why. This is why go-to-market (GTM) teams play a large role in B2B rollouts, whether it’s running training with their account teams or answering basic support questions. Believe it or not, rolling out a new product can be a lot trickier for B2B companies. Take Mixpanel, for example.

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Product Talk

MARCH 3, 2021

A few months ago, fellow Product Talk coach Hope Gurion and I sat down to discuss why there’s no single right way to do discovery. Welcome to “Why There’s No Single ‘Right’ Way to Do Product Discovery.” If you’re not familiar with me, I blog at Product Talk. Want to read Part 1 of the series? Find it here.

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Userpilot

MARCH 25, 2024

In this article, we’ll explain what user sentiment analysis is, why it’s important, and uncover some of the best tools for tracking and analyzing customer sentiment. What if we told you you could track user sentiment in the user feedback , social comments, and online reviews you receive? Sentiment Analysis Examples.

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Product Talk

JULY 8, 2020

This is why digital products are never complete. If you interview continuously , your opportunity space will always be evolving—expanding as you learn about new needs, contracting as you address known problems, and gaining clarity as you learn more about specific needs. It’s the opening to my chapter on Opportunity Mapping.

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Product Talk

APRIL 7, 2021

A few months ago, fellow Product Talk coach Hope Gurion and I sat down to discuss why there’s no single right way to do discovery. In this third and final conversation in the series, we discussed two core principles of continuous discovery : why it’s essential to set up compare and contrast decisions and surface and test assumptions.

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Product Talk

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Tweet This To put the ideas into practice, he began mapping customers’ experiences and interviewing customers without attempting to make a tree. The opportunity solution tree helps visualize all the work that goes into continuous discovery. We’ll dig into the tools in a moment, but first, let’s get to know David and Trevor.

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UX Studio

JULY 13, 2023

Why podcasts Are you tired of scrolling through endless blog posts and textbooks in search of valuable insights and information related to UX? Plus, with the variety of podcast formats available, from interviews to storytelling to roundtable discussions, there’s always something new and exciting to discover. So all of us.

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Mixpanel

JANUARY 12, 2023

We’ve run dozens of customer interviews, analyzed our competitors, tracked our customer lifecycle, and aligned with the company vision: now we’re finally ready to write copy. Qualitative research tells you why people do things. Conducting interviews with users on what “aha” could be for them is a good starting point.

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Product Talk

APRIL 8, 2020

For this post, we spoke with a product team from Simply Business about some of the major lessons they’ve learned since adopting continuous discovery habits like interviewing their customers, questioning their assumptions , and using the opportunity solution tree to guide their work. Welcome to the latest installment of Product in Practice!

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 8, 2024

Why is product management an attractive career? An article on Product School’s blog claims it may be slightly less than that, but it’s still a significant increase for many technical roles, especially support roles. Product management is an attractive career path, and getting into the field is harder than ever.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

In this blog post, we’ll explore a 5-step product validation framework that can help you validate your product ideas and make informed decisions about which ones are worth pursuing. As product managers, it’s our job to develop solutions that solve real problems for our customers and create value for the business.

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The Product Coalition

MAY 23, 2022

In this blog, I will consider a hypothetical scenario?—? Also, I will assume this to be more of an interview scenario and so my approach will be how I would think about this in a relatively short 30–45 minutes call. Let's assume that for the scope of this blog we are only facing the said issue on the drivers’ side cancellations.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 24, 2020

TL; DR: The Agile Movers & Shakers Interview w/ Ryan Ripley Today’s guest is Ryan Ripley. The Agile Movers & Shakers Interview with Ryan Ripley Today’s guest is Ryan Ripley. Why do you believe that being passionate about ‘agile’ is worth your time? “A Ryan is a Professional Scrum Trainer (PST) with Scrum.org.

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Userpilot

OCTOBER 29, 2023

Effective customer research techniques include interviews and focus groups as they allow you to collect qualitative feedback. What’s the willingness to pay? If you’re after the answer to the question, we’ve got you covered! WTP helps SaaS companies choose optimum prices for their products to maximize profit.

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Userpilot

OCTOBER 18, 2022

That’s why we’ve created our curated podcast list. Product Heroes from Userpilot is a product management videocast that features interviews with product and thought leaders. 100 Product Managers is a series of… 61 interviews with product leaders from market leaders like Squarespace. It focuses on product-led growth.

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Lenny Rachitsky

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

If you don’t complete a highlight one day, instead of beating yourself up, ask, “Why not?” They have helped more than 300 teams design new products and bring them to market, including those at YouTube, Gusto, One Medical Group, and Slack. This is the one thing that would make your whole day a success if you get it done.

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