The Product Cafe

JANUARY 30, 2023

Not going to lie, PMs do work alone on many occasions, from figuring out the roadmap to dealing with customers. Let’s look at some tips and tricks companies follow to ensure they’re nurturing a successful product team. Their roadmap is fuelled by 3 sources: a. Things that the product leadership believes in.

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Mironov Consulting

DECEMBER 31, 2017

I get pulled into lots of discussions among product managers about the best ways to represent (and then present and present and present) roadmaps or backlogs, especially to internal sales/marketing/support audiences. Each functional group has its own product priorities, so each wants a different roadmap. Just sign here.”)

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Usersnap

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Competitive analysis of current market offerings absolutely helps your SaaS company. You need to collect customer feedback , prioritize roadmaps , and ship features and products that offer a brilliant user experience. Therefore, creating a strong competitive advantage over its competitors is always a priority for SaaS companies.

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Mind the Product

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Mixcloud CTO and co-founder Mat Clayton helped bootstrap his company from humble beginnings in an empty warehouse with no internet connection to more than 15 million active users over a 10-year period, all before they took their first round of funding. Building a roadmap backwards. Building a roadmap backwards.

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 6, 2023

Do we need to escalate any critical issues to company leadership? Keren Koshman Keren Koshman, Director of Product at Darrow Tremis: Keren, I’d like to start with your career — what does your company do, what do you do in your role, and what’s your academic background? Did you identify bugs and coordinate with engineering, etc?

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Modus Create

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

As consumers have raised their expectations of what they want out of digital and physical products and services, companies have had to act on those increased demands or risk losing their business with little chance such business ever returns. Several recent studies indicate that investing in design is a worthwhile initiative.

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Mind the Product

MAY 29, 2018

Mind the Product returns to Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco on July 16-17 and promises to be one of our best product conferences yet, with a leadership forum, more workshops, more networking events around the conference, and more fun than ever before. Todd Lombardo, Co-Author of Roadmaps Relaunched. Nir Eyal, Author and Investor.

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Business of Software Conference

MARCH 8, 2021

Join us for an interactive online Q&A on 11th March 2021 with Bruce McCarthy (Founder of Product Culture and Author of Product Roadmaps Relaunched ). “In Bruce’s latest best seller, Product Roadmapping Relaunched is one of our top recommended books for every product leader. Find out more and register for FREE.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

JANUARY 18, 2022

Product managers are often called "mini-CEOs" because of the influence they have at a company. Generally speaking, associate product managers will work under other product managers in larger companies. Using this data, APMs can help influence the product development roadmap, if need be. What Does a Senior Product Manager Do?

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The Product Guy

JULY 30, 2020

Product Managers (PM) need to effectively communicate product vision, strategic roadmaps and concepts to a variety of different stakeholders through the different stages of the product life cycle. Guest Post by: Inis Hormann (Mentee, Session 11, The Product Mentor) [Paired with Mentor, Paul Hurwitz].

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The Product Guy

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

He grows revenue and adoption, and ensures product by turning business problems into profitable, simple, easy-to-use solutions Jordan works closely with his market, executives, and internal subject matter experts to develop roadmaps, and communicate these roadmaps internally and with clients. Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.”

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Bain Public

MAY 29, 2020

The right mentoring and coaching support facilitates a startup’s transformation and enables roadmap planning and execution, without straying from the ultimate vision and goal. See the end of this article for more information on how we helped bring these companies and their product management to the next level. In fact, 83.9%

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The Product Guy

OCTOBER 25, 2016

He grows revenue and adoption, and ensures product by turning business problems into profitable, simple, easy-to-use solutions Jordan works closely with his market, executives, and internal subject matter experts to develop roadmaps, and communicate these roadmaps internally and with clients. Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.”

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Mironov Consulting

JUNE 27, 2019

That maps to titles like Director of Product Management, Group Product Manager, VP of Products, or Chief Product Officer. There may also be some designers or a few developers reporting into such roles, but I’m focused away from CTO and VP Engineering roles where the majority of staff are developers. .

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Gainsight

OCTOBER 22, 2020

From Marketing to Sales to Services, and even a CRM, the platform connects companies with tools they need to scale effectively. Founded in 2006 by Brian Halligan , Chief Executive Officer, and Dharmesh Shah, Chief Technology Officer, Hubspot is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with offices and customers worldwide.

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The Product Guy

JANUARY 5, 2017

He grows revenue and adoption, and ensures product by turning business problems into profitable, simple, easy-to-use solutions Jordan works closely with his market, executives, and internal subject matter experts to develop roadmaps, and communicate these roadmaps internally and with clients. Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.”

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The Product Guy

APRIL 4, 2017

He grows revenue and adoption, and ensures product by turning business problems into profitable, simple, easy-to-use solutions Jordan works closely with his market, executives, and internal subject matter experts to develop roadmaps, and communicate these roadmaps internally and with clients. Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.”

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The Product Guy

FEBRUARY 18, 2017

He grows revenue and adoption, and ensures product by turning business problems into profitable, simple, easy-to-use solutions Jordan works closely with his market, executives, and internal subject matter experts to develop roadmaps, and communicate these roadmaps internally and with clients. Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.”

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Gainsight

APRIL 17, 2019

Companies had to rethink product development to embrace Agile and DevOps. Yet for many cloud CEOs, the only part of their business that they are the most blind about is the aspect that’s most existential to being a software company—namely the product. I fully believe in the concept of servant leadership. Business has changed.

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The Product Guy

MAY 15, 2017

He grows revenue and adoption, and ensures product by turning business problems into profitable, simple, easy-to-use solutions Jordan works closely with his market, executives, and internal subject matter experts to develop roadmaps, and communicate these roadmaps internally and with clients. Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.”

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Product Innovation Educators

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

gain the influence in your company you want. create a path to executive leadership. Click here to download the Product Mastery Roadmap – your path to become a product master. You can apply these to any level of leadership. Go from product manager to Product Master and…. increase the number of right products developed.

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Product Innovation Educators

MAY 20, 2016

Companies share they are only “marginally effective” at converting R&D spending into product advancements. Interestingly, 80% of companies claim to be customer-centric while only 8% of customers agree they are. Get the Product Mastery Roadmap and…. gain the influence in your company you want. Enjoy the read at [link].

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Adeo Ressi, of ‘Founders Institute’ will tell anyone listening that “ At the end of the day there is only one thing that kills a company, that is when the founder gives up ”. Yet their paths, strategy, roadmap prioritization were not well decided, if set at all. Startup die because companies don’t maximize their opportunity to succeed.

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Roman Pichler

MARCH 12, 2024

Most companies offer more than a single product. Instead, they provide a product portfolio, think of Microsoft Office/365 as an example. The company took the strategic decision to heavily invest in artificial intelligence and now uses AI to help Office users be more productive. [1] But that’s still not enough.

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The Product Guy

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

He grows revenue and adoption, and ensures product by turning business problems into profitable, simple, easy-to-use solutions Jordan works closely with his market, executives, and internal subject matter experts to develop roadmaps, and communicate these roadmaps internally and with clients. Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.”

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The Product Guy

JANUARY 31, 2017

He grows revenue and adoption, and ensures product by turning business problems into profitable, simple, easy-to-use solutions Jordan works closely with his market, executives, and internal subject matter experts to develop roadmaps, and communicate these roadmaps internally and with clients. Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.”

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The Product Guy

JANUARY 27, 2017

He grows revenue and adoption, and ensures product by turning business problems into profitable, simple, easy-to-use solutions Jordan works closely with his market, executives, and internal subject matter experts to develop roadmaps, and communicate these roadmaps internally and with clients. Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.”

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DISQO

DECEMBER 22, 2018

Bombacino spent 15+ years in various digital and direct marketing leadership roles at companies of all sizes including Andersen, United Airlines, Omnicom Media Group, and Restaurant.com. Stories are an emotional an effective roadmap from going from A to B, especially within chaotic and stressful environments.

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BrainMates

JULY 3, 2018

Every company wields its set of Product Management activities slightly differently, making it difficult to define the function with exact clarity. But across every company, Product Management has to make decisions and achieve its objectives within four competing forces. Welcome to the best role in the company. Product Manager.

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The Product Guy

MARCH 2, 2017

He grows revenue and adoption, and ensures product by turning business problems into profitable, simple, easy-to-use solutions Jordan works closely with his market, executives, and internal subject matter experts to develop roadmaps, and communicate these roadmaps internally and with clients. Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.”

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DISQO

DECEMBER 22, 2018

Bombacino spent 15+ years in various digital and direct marketing leadership roles at companies of all sizes including Andersen, United Airlines, Omnicom Media Group, and Restaurant.com. Stories are an emotional an effective roadmap from going from A to B, especially within chaotic and stressful environments.

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DISQO

DECEMBER 22, 2018

Bombacino spent 15+ years in various digital and direct marketing leadership roles at companies of all sizes including Andersen, United Airlines, Omnicom Media Group, and Restaurant.com. Stories are an emotional an effective roadmap from going from A to B, especially within chaotic and stressful environments.

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Mironov Consulting

JANUARY 17, 2019

Many CEOs tell me that they (personally) are the best-informed people within their companies about what customers need , and they (personally) are best positioned to drive decisions on product priorities. A not-yet-generating-repeatable-revenue company of 6 people might have one architect/CTO, one designer, three other developers, and a CEO.

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Agile Velocity

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Titled, “Mastering the Art of Integration: Strategic Planning with SAFe ® for Agile Organizations”, the webinar explored the challenges many companies face when bridging the gap between strategy and execution. We’re talking about the CTO, the CIO, someone in technology needs to be behind it, the CFO.

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Usersnap

JANUARY 12, 2022

They must understand all aspects of a business to thoughtfully plan for the company’s future. Many business decisions fall on the CPO’s shoulders, including those that affect company-wide issues such as infrastructure or restructuring. A CPO must be able to seamlessly align their goals with those of the company.

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Hutwork

MARCH 9, 2018

Just like you use the latest technology to inform products of today, you need to change the way you build products to optimize for the future. This insightful article from McKinsey & Company talks about today’s product manager evolving into a mini-CEO. 8 3 Types of Product Management: Which One is Right for Your Company?

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Roadmunk

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

It’s a compelling and non-BS answer relevant for PMs at any sized-company. But I’ve always been fascinated with Spotify’s famous squad, tribe, Survivor-esque sounding setup—especially as agile becomes status quo for product orgs, and more companies shift to this specific engineering culture. 12 things about product-market fit.

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