Userpilot

DECEMBER 9, 2021

In the competitive world of SaaS products, product positioning is definitely something your product marketing team can’t afford to ignore. This enables the marketing team to set clear expectations from the very beginning of the marketing campaign. Strong positioning makes the work of the marketing and sales teams easier.

Research Software 96

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Userpilot

JULY 14, 2021

They are not helping you – the potential user; they are not helping our smaller competitors, who find themselves juxtaposed with enterprise software for a completely different user persona, and it’s not helping us – when we get leads that want something we can’t offer anyway. Best for large enterprises. There are two.

Analytic Tools 105

Analytic Tools Feedback Software Data Visualization Onboarding KPIs 105

Mironov Consulting

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Pure revenue may be helpful for the Sales organization, since they probably need to hire 35% more account teams each year.  ”  “Once product/engineering give us hard dates tied to exact feature definitions and use cases and Ideal Customer Profiles, Sales can form the right account-based selling teams.” 

Data Visualization 78

Data Visualization Strategy Artificial Inteligence Weak Development Team 78

UX Planet

JANUARY 16, 2024

The last thing you need is to stumble into the abyss of bad branding, a place where countless others have lost their way. In this article, we’ll uncover the common branding mistakes that have haunted both enterprises and small ventures. Budget constraints: Small businesses often operate on shoestring budgets.

Branding 94

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ProductPlan

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

The internal pressure to deliver faster and more frequently often leaves product teams feeling like they have to slim down the scope of a feature, change the architecture, or make design decisions, all in the name of expediency. Thankfully, the product development lifecycle doesn’t always have to exist in a pressure cooker.

Customer Experience 59

Customer Experience User Testing User Experience Customer Feedback 59

Mironov Consulting

OCTOBER 7, 2020

One destructive side effect of this misunderstanding can be repeatedly changing the #1 top priority part-way through development, before there’s much to show the world but after spending significant discovery/design/architecture/development time on the previous #1 top priority. So something new becomes the #1 top priority.

Reporting Tools 137

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 23, 2022

I apply this lens to a startup that develops solutions in the health-tech market. While the SAAS model has disrupted this thought process, enterprise software very much depends on forward integrators. The article discusses an approach to solving the “Cheaper/Faster/Better” problem from the lens of Vertical Integration.

Startups 128

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Userpilot

AUGUST 31, 2023

Both Heap and GA4 come with a free plan and premium options for large businesses and enterprises. The tool is still under development, so there are a number of known issues that can cause problems for users. Heap pricing Heap comes with a free plan and three other premium options for middle-sized businesses and enterprises.

Data Visualization 86

Data Visualization Analytic Tools Feedback Software Reporting Tools 86

Intercom, Inc.

JULY 29, 2021

And so, Mark Rudden and his team had to figure it all out by themselves. Fortunately, Mark had quite a bit of experience working and scaling teams in demanding, hypergrowth environments. Building a great sales team: How Intercom fosters and maintains its sales culture. Onboarding, but make it remote.

Feedback Software 223

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Ask Benny

JANUARY 25, 2020

They see it totally as the domain of the development. Most of the developers also do not want product managers involved in technical debt decisions because they feel that product managers care only about features. Technical debt is not necessarily a bad thing. The later you pay the more expansive it is to close the debt.

Product Management 109

Product Management Product Manager Weak Development Team Management 109

Intercom, Inc.

JULY 28, 2022

Sanj has plenty of experience scaling sales teams at growing businesses, and that’s precisely why, as of November of last year, he‘s overseeing EMEA sales at Intercom. In today’s episode, we sat down with Sanj to talk about scaling sales teams, what makes a great salesperson, and strategies to deliver the best outcomes for your customers.

Feedback Software 210

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Ask Benny

DECEMBER 4, 2019

They see it totally as the domain of the development. Most of the developers also do not want product managers involved in technical debt decisions because they feel that product managers care only about features. Technical debt is not necessarily a bad thing. The later you pay the more expansive it is to close the debt.

Product Management 109

Product Management Product Manager Weak Development Team Management 109

Mixpanel

JANUARY 3, 2022

Engineers are always looking for ways to differentiate themselves. As data-driven product development continues to balloon in popularity, so does the need for accurate and sophisticated implementation of analytics tracking in software products. One of those niches that’s become more valuable in recent years: product analytics.

Analytic Tools 59

Analytic Tools Data Visualization Engineering Weak Development Team 59

The Product Coalition

JANUARY 16, 2022

As a product leader who is creating this roadmap, you need to treat it as a compass and plan not only for your team and the technology team but rather as the direction that the entire company needs to go in. So, having a great platform but poor content won’t really help them. if you fail, what would you have done wrong?

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Ask Benny

JANUARY 25, 2020

They see it totally as the domain of the development. Most of the developers also do not want product managers involved in technical debt decisions because they feel that product managers care only about features. Technical debt is not necessarily a bad thing. The later you pay the more expansive it is to close the debt.

Product Management 78

Product Management Product Manager Weak Development Team Management 78

Ask Benny

JANUARY 25, 2020

They see it totally as the domain of the development. Most of the developers also do not want product managers involved in technical debt decisions because they feel that product managers care only about features. Technical debt is not necessarily a bad thing. The later you pay the more expansive it is to close the debt.

Product Management 78

Product Management Product Manager Weak Development Team Management 78

Userpilot

AUGUST 31, 2023

Both Heap and GA4 come with a free plan and premium options for large businesses and enterprises. The tool is still under development, so there are a number of known issues that can cause problems for users. Heap pricing Heap comes with a free plan and three other premium options for middle-sized businesses and enterprises.

Data Visualization 59

Data Visualization Analytic Tools Feedback Software Reporting Tools 59

The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 5, 2019

They see it totally as the domain of the development. Most of the developers also do not want product managers involved in technical debt decisions because they feel that product managers care only about features. Technical debt is not necessarily a bad thing. The later you pay the more expansive it is to close the debt.

Product Management 78

Product Management Product Manager Weak Development Team Management 78

Ask Benny

DECEMBER 4, 2019

They see it totally as the domain of the development. Most of the developers also do not want product managers involved in technical debt decisions because they feel that product managers care only about features. Technical debt is not necessarily a bad thing. The later you pay the more expansive it is to close the debt.

Product Management 78

Product Management Product Manager Weak Development Team Management 78

The Secret PM Handbook

MARCH 9, 2018

There’s the monetary cost – usually substantial for an enterprise application or system. After all, a known bad (the current situation) is sometimes better than an unknown bad (a new application that doesn’t work). How do you prepare the sales team for these kinds of objections? They might postpone the decision.

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Weak Development Team Customer Experience User Testing Demo 95

Mind the Product

APRIL 27, 2017

Some product teams are moving away from written PRDs to visual artifacts like mockups and prototypes. Eric Ries, in his post “What is customer development? Some product teams will use written methods across both the problem identification and solution definition steps, while others will use visual methods. Written Methods.

Framework 109

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BrainMates

DECEMBER 12, 2019

The gap between rich and poor is widening, and this is causing an increasing disenchantment with the model which has been so successful. In my portfolio lifestyle, I work with both big organisations that want to develop more innovative products and startups that are innovating from the ground up.

Product Management 52

Product Management Product Manager Reporting Tools Weak Development Team 52

Gainsight

JANUARY 9, 2019

How many of us have heard a business claim “our key differentiator is that we’re very focused on the customer?” The overwhelming majority of the 160 enterprises surveyed stated digital services were important to “better serve customers.” And how often has that claim lined up with reality? It’s another to put it into practice.

Research Software 73

Research Software User Testing Product Research Customer Experience 73

BrainMates

MARCH 6, 2018

In March 2018, Rich Mironov visited Australia and presented to the Product Talks Sydney Meetup Group on building and scaling Product teams. Why do we need a Product Management team? My recent experience is more with startups, and I tend toward enterprise rather than consumer. Do they have money? Who pays us money?

User Testing 75

User Testing Feedback Software Product Management Product Manager 75

Mironov Consulting

MAY 2, 2019

But product management and development processes that work well for long-lived hardware can handicap software organizations. 1] For industrial hardware, the development/design cycle is separate from the manufacturing cycle. For software products, the development and design process *is* the manufacturing process.

Reporting Tools 91

Reporting Tools Analytic Tools Research Software Data Visualization 91

Reveal

OCTOBER 14, 2021

We call one application a modern application when it is built with a combination of modular architecture patterns, DevOps, DevSecOps, serverless operational models, and agile development processes that allow businesses to reduce risk and accelerate time to market. Not a bad deal, don’t you think? for every dollar spent.

Analytic Tools 59

Analytic Tools Data Visualization Research Software Reporting Tools 59

Gainsight

JULY 16, 2019

CS integration : Gainsight PX integrates seamlessly with Gainsight’s CS platform , providing a constant stream of usage analytics for your customer success team. Contrast this with Mixpanel, where customers consistently complain of bottlenecking from poor upstream implementation. The result? One big mess.

Analytic Tools 45

Analytic Tools Data Visualization Feedback Software Research Software 45

The Product Guy

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

If a persona says no to both questions, users like her won’t care about this feature, even if you consider it your magnum opus or your product’s big differentiator. This is more likely to work for a mobile app for consumers than for a desktop application for enterprise. Sad but true. Landing pages. You may buy this ebook at [link].

Research Software 109

Research Software User Testing Analytic Tools Product Research 109

Department of Product

MAY 22, 2020

And the product team responsible got some pretty brutal reviews in the process. Features, you could argue then, are what drives revenue for SaaS products as enterprise customers shift packages to get access to more of the features they need, reducing the feature deficit they experience on a lower end package. They’re addictive.

Feedback Software 52

Feedback Software Customer Experience User Testing Customer Feedback 52

Userpilot

APRIL 8, 2021

The “customers” part of this definition is important, since this is what differentiates customer analytics software from tools like Google Analytics, which look at data from website visitors as opposed to customers. This feature is useful if you need to zoom in on a particular enterprise customer’s feedback. How big is your company?

Analytic Tools 52

Analytic Tools Feedback Software Data Visualization Embedded Analytics 52

BrainMates

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Developing and launching a product only to have it fail is the complete antithesis of the “Fail Fast” innovation motto. You have just invested 1000s of work hours and millions of dollars in developing & launching this product. Failure Point #3 – No clear differentiation in the market. To that, I say unequivocally NO !

Weak Development Team 105

Weak Development Team Product Research Development Research Software 105

Userpilot

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

B2C and SMB-B2B companies are more likely to develop products that meet those characteristics. B2B companies (especially upmarket and enterprise) struggle with freemium because they operate in highly competitive and narrow markets. Now let’s look at the benefits of developing a product with a freemium business model in mind.

User Testing 98

User Testing Reporting Tools B2C Onboarding KPIs 98

Userpilot

JANUARY 18, 2021

The time tracking feature doesn’t differentiate between billable and non-billable time. His company actually has the funds to become an enterprise customer. If you recall the story of Simon and his project management tool, the tool failed because his first experience with the product was so bad. Simon is bitterly disappointed.

Analytic Tools 80

Analytic Tools Feedback Software Data Visualization Customer Experience 80

Intercom, Inc.

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Tara and her team used it to take a deep dive into the customer’s journey through the product and make a focused effort to truly understand each step along the way. I really recommend it, because the biggest differentiator we saw is that in a persona-driven world, you’re really thinking about that fictional character.

Customer Experience 34

Customer Experience User Testing Customer Feedback User Friction 34

Roadmunk

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

Some sit outside the product domain, but still directly pushed me as a product manager to connect and empathize with other team members. But in part 4 of a 9-part series on startups by Marc Andreessen (co-founder of Andreessen Horowitz), there are three factors to startup success identified: your team, product and market.

Article 81

Article User Testing Product Research Technical Review 81

Intercom, Inc.

JULY 26, 2018

Remarkably, the team stuck around with few exceptions. Or you had to go to the other extreme of spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on some massive analytics software with this enterprise-y sales thing. I’m not a good developer, but I know enough to sort of be dangerous. This is a bad situation.”

Feedback Software 137

Feedback Software Analytic Tools User Testing Product Research 137

Intercom, Inc.

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Developing a sales strategy is one of the core activities every business will have to undertake. When done correctly, your sales strategy will help your sales team execute with focus – SMB or enterprise, inbound or outbound, hunting or farming. 8 steps to develop a winning sales strategy. But that threshold exists.

Outbound 177

Outbound Strategy Inbound Customer Experience 177