The Accidental Product Manager

JUNE 13, 2022

Ad product managers think that they have found a new market Image Credit: United Nations Development Programme. Advertising product managers are always looking for the next “big thing” The advertising market has its ups and downs as customer’s needs, wants, and moods change seemingly overnight.

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The Accidental Product Manager

AUGUST 7, 2023

Clearly, for the product managers who promote musicians this was a major setback. However, product managers are never stopped for long and virtual concerts that were delivered online were then quickly created. That has helped artist product managers to zero in on their superfans.

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The Product Coalition

MAY 3, 2022

In this blog, I’ll talk about the steps that I as a Product Manager at Youtube would take to do this. Along with Youtube’s core mission, people go to Youtube for entertainment , to consume educational content , and to learn new things about various topics. Photo by Stephen Dawson on Unsplash 5.

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The Accidental Product Manager

MARCH 6, 2023

The ease of doing this is one of the challenges that product managers are facing these days. Online product managers realize this and they are currently looking for ways that they can stand out from among all of the other sellers who are online. Since it is so easy to do, everyone seems to be doing it.

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BrainMates

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

Case Study: How Pets.com Failed Product Development. If we reflect back on the noughties (2000-2009) through the lens of today, we’ll see plenty of high-profile cases where businesses that were built on high expectations failed to deliver with their product. Here’s The Product – Start Marketing Now! By NICK COSTER.

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Mind the Product

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

One of the co-organisers of the MtP Engage conference in Hamburg (and a featured speaker at the Leadership Forum this year), she gave a talk a while back on Egoless Product Development. Even if your brand is cool. The Product Experience is hosted by Lily Smith and Randy Silver. Quote of the Episode. Quote of the Episode.

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Mind the Product

DECEMBER 10, 2019

In this talk at ProductTank London, get set for a giggle as Sophie Deen, CEO of Bright Little Labs , heartwarmingly takes us through her journey of building a product to help introduce computer science to children in the UK. She covers: Using mainstream entertainment to teach kids. Building a product in a reactive way.

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Mind the Product

MAY 5, 2020

Integrating product, development and UX effectively. Adrian’s video on Lean Personas at Mind The Product. . The Product Experience is hosted by Lily Smith and Randy Silver. Lily enjoys working as a consultant product manager with early-stage and growing startups and as a mentor to other product managers.

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Mind the Product

MAY 5, 2020

Ahead of the ninth Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) on May 21st and, at a time where digital products are very much in the spotlight, we’re digging deep into accessibility to better understand how we, as product managers, can improve our digital products. What’s right for my product?

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Mind the Product

APRIL 21, 2020

The Product Experience is hosted by Lily Smith and Randy Silver. Lily enjoys working as a consultant product manager with early-stage and growing startups and as a mentor to other product managers. Now the Product Director at Symec, Lily also runs ProductCamp in Bristol and Bath. Suggest a guest to us here.

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Innovatemap

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Lenny Rachitsky Jake Trowbridge, Principal Product Manager Lenny Rachitsky is a goldmine for product management, UX design, product marketing and general business resources. You can always count on his podcast or newsletter to help you deepen your understanding of the product world.

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Mind the Product

MARCH 24, 2020

The point is to get as evil as possible, and not hold back, and not think about the feelings of others, it’s just about being really harsh about what your product could be used for, and then putting it into a little dystopian future that you create. Ethical frameworks for product development. The Black Mirror Test.

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Roman Pichler

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

I once worked with a telco company that was developing a brand-new commercial product. Product management and development were located at separate sites in different countries. But this didn’t seem to matter much as everybody was in great spirits and had high hopes for the new product.

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Roman Pichler

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

I once worked with a telco company that was developing a brand-new commercial product. Product management and development were located at separate sites in different countries. But this didn’t seem to matter much as everybody was in great spirits and had high hopes for the new product.

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Mind the Product

APRIL 7, 2020

A longtime consultant, author and teacher, we grabbed him for a chat focusing on some of the lessons contained in his fourth book, How to Lead in Product Management. Roman’s new book is How to Lead in Product Management. The Product Experience is hosted by Lily Smith and Randy Silver. Quote of the Episode.

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The Accidental Product Manager

OCTOBER 1, 2018

However, things are starting to change for the Apple product managers. What’s a product manager to do? Who wouldn’t want to be able to put that on your product manager resume? A host of new competitors have shown up and are challenging the Apple product managers when it comes to music sales.

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Mind the Product

MARCH 14, 2019

The Kano Model, developed by Noriak Kano in the 1980s, uses a simple grid that compares investment with customer satisfaction, helping us prioritise product development. If they have to jump through several verification hoops to set up their account, keeping them entertained during this process can be make or break.

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UX Studio: Product Management

OCTOBER 2, 2023

They play an essential role in creating fascinating websites that engage users and appealing branding that leaves a lasting impression. Notable clients in our portfolio include Google, Netflix, Cisco, The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), and other brands from around the world like from New York or San Francisco.

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Melissa Perri

MARCH 16, 2017

Product Institute is an online school for Product Managers looking to level up their skills. First up: Dave Masters, a Product Manager with 8 years experience in the role, most recently at Doorsteps in NYC. -- Hi Dave! Can you tell our readers about your current role, and how you got into Product Management?

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Product Innovation Educators

AUGUST 1, 2022

How product managers can empower teams to create a winning product strategy. We hear a lot about strategy and that product managers need to create a product strategy. In practice, what does that mean and how does a product strategy help you be more successful? 2:31] What is strategy?

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

If you’ve been in the SaaS or start-up space for some time, there’s no way you haven’t heard about ‘delightful products.’ And what can product managers do to build quality products that really delight users ? This happens because users find interactions with the product rewarding.

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The Accidental Product Manager

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

If you were a product manager who worked for a car company, would my behavior be a boon or a threat to you? What Car Maker Product Manager Product Managers Would Like Us To Do. Car maker product managers don’t want to give up either the entrainment links nor the key information in their vehicles.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 11, 2020

While there’s no joy in watching a well-intentioned product fail, it’s important to examine why a seemingly sure-fire recipe for success still managed to be dead on arrival. Here, we’re going to take a close look at what went wrong with Quibi , and what the moral of the story is for Product Managers. What Was Quibi?

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Product Innovation Educators

OCTOBER 14, 2016

Each week I scour articles, wading through the dogs, and bringing you the best insights to help product managers and innovators be heroes. How product managers can end team conflicts quickly. Uncommon path and practices for building richer products. Product managers depend on teams that perform well.

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Mind the Product

APRIL 25, 2017

The role of product management is becoming more and more important inside media companies. The reason is twofold: media companies increasingly need a direct relationship with their audiences through new digital products, and they need to transform their cultures to adapt more quickly to the changing world around them.

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Mind the Product

DECEMBER 13, 2018

It’s testament to the appeal of Manchester and its product community that we’ve been able to attract some of the world’s best speakers from some phenomenally interesting brands. There’s no better conference to attend if you’re working in product management, digital, or marketing in or near Manchester.

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Amplitude

MAY 6, 2020

If products do not entertain us, make us more effective at our jobs, connect us, inform us, delight and inspire us—we fire them and try something new. We are a burger company,” explains Elie Javice, VP of Tech Product Management from Restaurant Brands International (Burger King), “that is our product.

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Userpilot

MARCH 2, 2022

Definitely not the kind of questions you want to get in a product demo. But this was my reality when I first started giving product demos as a Junior Product Manager. I used to think product demos weren’t that important. And that it didn’t matter how you demoed a product because it just spoke for itself.

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Department of Product

JANUARY 17, 2023

And whilst some roles in product require a background in software engineering, these are usually optional. Building successful products is impossible without developing a successful business model. Here is a thread about unintended consequences Typically 60-70% of direct-to-consumer brands in the US are on @Shopify.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

We talk to Katja Muradyan , an Exponent alumnus, on her journey to breaking into product management from a consulting background and her experiences building various products in Europe. I started there as a Project Manager and left as Product Manager. Hence, the hiring process is not yet standardized.

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Mind the Product

DECEMBER 28, 2016

2016 has been a year when the craft of product management grew, evolved, and matured at a staggering rate! Brant touches on clear foundation such as focusing on customer problems rather than products, and also suggests some structures to help incentivise the kind of innovative behaviours you want.

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Mind the Product

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Indeed startups are often launching with or driving the development of new technologies. Today’s consumers are quickly becoming dependent on a constant connection with information, entertainment and education, all only a tap away all day, every day. Social Media and Brand Reputation.

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Tyner Blain

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

When developing a product strategy, we are not only activating our teams to go “in that direction” but also establishing “how far to go.” When teams are disconnected from the development of outcome hypotheses, they are disempowered. You hamper collaboration on achieving outcomes.

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B2B Product Management

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Getting confused between what to do as a B2B Product vs B2C Product manager role? Let us start with understanding the difference in those two types of products. It is important to understand what B2B and B2C products are. The investment required to start a B2C product is comparatively lesser than a B2B product.

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UX Studio: Product Management

JULY 14, 2021

As a product design consulting firm , we often get questions from our clients who look for reliable design, development, or marketing partners. As a design thinking consulting firm , we advise on product strategy, lead workshops, and offer customized training to equip your business with the best UX practices.

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Mind the Product

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

Integration into the Internet of Things: we took a brand of industrial ovens for canteens and restaurants online and made them part of the Internet of Things. So how can product managers build new and/or better data products? Data products can offer two types of value propositions, in my experience. at the present.

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Alchemer Mobile

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

So, we help really large consumer brands capture feedback, collect information from their customers about their experiences, analyze it so they can understand what people are struggling with, where are their problems, opportunities to grow the business and get better, and then take action. Robi Ganguly: And this is really an ongoing process.

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