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How to Become a Startup Product Manager without Experience

The Product HQ

Startup Product managers are in charge of setting up the foundation for product management at a new company. Since product development is such a lucrative field, this is a crucial role for the company. In this guide, we will break down a few steps you can take to increase your chances of being a startup product manager.

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Good Product Team/Bad Product Team

Amplitude

As VP of Product at Amplitude, I get the opportunity to work with hundreds of different products teams every year?—?ranging ranging from startups with only a handful of engineers to large enterprises with thousands of PMs. But this naturally raises a simple question: why do companies need help building better products?

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How to Be a Truly Great Head of Product: Strategy

The Product Coalition

Strategy and enabling your team to solve problems makes the difference between a boss and an impactful leader. Without well-researched facts that are based on reality for your company and customers ( insights ), you won’t make good decisions. There’s no separate ‘product strategy’ from company strategy?—?strategy

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Seven Product Backlog Mistakes to Avoid

Roman Pichler

A few years ago, I was asked to help a healthcare company with their agile transition and its impact on product management. One of the challenges the agile transition team was concerned about was the choice of the right product backlog tool, which at first seemed odd to me. The Product Backlog is Too Big. Third, they can be tested.

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Beyond “Cheaper, Faster, Better”?—?Vertical Integration for Startups

The Product Coalition

Vertical Integration for Startups In the past couple of years, I have worked with multiple startups in an advisory capacity and this has provided an opportunity to think about strategy in innovative ways. I apply this lens to a startup that develops solutions in the health-tech market. Beyond “Cheaper, Faster, Better”?—?Vertical

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Strategic Debt Is the Silent Killer of Startups

The Product Coalition

Startups also have a silent killer. Unaware of it, you let it slide — and it grows and grows until the entire company is impacted. Still, because startup life is so hectic — it might feel like business as usual. Note: everything I say here is true for mature product companies as well. For startups, this can be the end.

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490: Product Process: Fourth of Seven Knowledge Areas of Product Mastery – with Chad McAllister, PhD

Product Innovation Educators

How product managers can master product process Watch on YouTube TLDR – The Product Innovation Charter (PIC) is a short document that provides direction and alignment for a product development project. – Stage-Gate and Agile Stage-Gate are popular product development processes that manage risk and incorporate Agile elements.