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Leveraging New Technologies: 3 Tips for Product People

Roman Pichler

Listen to the audio version of this article: [link] Make Time to Keep up with Technology Trends As new technologies come and go, it’s important for you—the person in charge of the product—to stay on top of the developments. The following four measures will help you with this.

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Sales Technology: 3 Trends You Need to Know

Intercom, Inc.

The COVID-19 pandemic has upended entire industries, forcing rapid change in the ways companies do business and dramatically accelerating the adoption of new technologies. Below, we take a closer look at the top three trends in the sales tech landscape to consider when choosing the right software for your sales organization.

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Startups need dual theories on distribution and product/market fit. One is not enough

Andrew Chen

99% of startups are not differentiated on their underlying technology, and there is very little engineering risk involved. (I’m I’m ignoring deep tech and foundational AI research companies, for the sake of this conversation). Hmm… If you find yourself at this moment, then you are already in a bad place.

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53 Questions Developers Should Ask Innovators

TechEmpower - Product Management

At TechEmpower, we frequently talk to startup founders, CEOs, product leaders, and other innovators about their next big tech initiative. After all, that’s what tech innovation is all about. How will you be taking this to market? How will you differentiate from these? Often this ties to marketing support.

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Tech proposes, Market disposes

The Product Coalition

Lessons from big money tech failures An opinionated analysis of why some hyped products failed Last year, I did a talk, as part of orienting a team of automotive executives in modern way of iterative working, challenging the prevailing belief that perfect pre-planning backed by big money will always be a clear winner. Microsoft writes off $7.6

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Tips for Effective Product Strategy Reviews

Roman Pichler

Hold Regular Product Strategy Reviews. As long as your product hasn’t reached product-market fit, the strategy is usually volatile. But as the strategy will change, I recommend that you review and adjust it at least once per quarter—as a rule of thumb. Use Collaborative Workshops to Review and Adapt the Strategy.

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A Brief Guide to Product Discovery

Roman Pichler

Which market and market segment should the product address? What architecture patterns and technologies may be used? Whenever you create a brand-new product or when you make bigger changes to an existing one, like taking it to a new market , you will benefit from using a dedicated, timeboxed product discovery period.