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492: Mastering Market Research: Sixth of Seven Knowledge Areas of Product Mastery – with Chad McAllister, PhD

Product Innovation Educators

Using multiple methods provides a more complete and insightful picture of customer needs. Qualitative research uncovers deep insights, while quantitative research offers statistical confidence. Primary research: Gathering new data directly from potential customers via surveys, interviews, focus groups, and observation.

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Calm’s Will Larson on how to build a technical leadership career

Intercom, Inc.

After writing An Elegant Puzzle about the challenges of engineering management in high-growth organizations, his focus shifted to a career path that’s much less understood – the technical leadership track. You last chatted with us way back in 2018, when you shared your insights on engineering and infrastructure management.

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Business model first–and other innovation insights for product managers Aug 19, 2016 - The Everyday Innovator – Resources for Product Managers and Innovators

Product Innovation Educators

Each week I scour articles, wading through the dogs, and bringing you the best insights to help product managers, developers, and innovators be heroes. Using the Lean Canvas is one tool I recommend to help product managers think through the business model while crafting new product concepts. create a path to executive leadership.

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The Most Under-Appreciated Product Management Skill

ProductPlan

In these situations, silence (followed by thoughtful responses) shows you’re valuing the opinions and insights of others. Crowdsourced Picks. We prize data-driven decision making. We have hundreds of methods and tools, but sometimes the solutions come from within…”. Want more leadership tips?

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It’s Not Just You: Trends Are Moving Faster Than Ever

Roy Madden

Ninety percent of the world’s data has been generated in the last two years, according to one study. In 2014, WordPress reported that it was publishing 17 posts every second—or 1.5 As a result, while trends used to come and go over the span of years, these days discussions are moving thought leadership at a cadence of months or weeks.

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Why You Need to Keep MOATs Front and Center in Your Product Roadmap Strategies

Bain Public

Network FX A network effect is when another user makes the service more valuable for every other user. Direct ( LinkedIn , WhatsApp , Facebook ) Two-sided ( eBay , Craigslist , Microsoft , iOS ) Data ( Google Maps , Waze ) Tech performance ( BitTorrent , Skype ) Interpersonal ( Slack , Apple ). Think about the phone.

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The Top 7 Product Management Software Systems You Should Know About

Bain Public

In order to get the job done properly and efficiently, product managers deserve the proper software, tools and resources needed to create and execute successful products. It provides tools to help with the entire product management process such as managing ideas and releasing features. Take a look at their website to learn more 2.