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Student Spotlight: Dave Masters

Melissa Perri

Product Institute is an online school for Product Managers looking to level up their skills. We're featuring some of our recent graduates and asking them to share their experiences, both in the field and in our class. First up: Dave Masters, a Product Manager with 8 years experience in the role, most recently at Doorsteps in NYC. -- Hi Dave! Can you tell our readers about your current role, and how you got into Product Management?

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Managing – not Just Maintaining – a Product Backlog

Mind the Product

Or Three Ways Product Owners can Stay on top of Scrum. 2016 was a big year for the Justinmind product development team. We shipped a new feature every month or so, tackled bug fixes and upgraded the usability of our software (an interactive prototyping tool). With hindsight it was exciting, but such intense activity presents challenges for a product owner: backlogs can get baggy and prioritization between user stories can become complex.

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Product Institute: Student Spotlight

Melissa Perri

Product Institute is an online school for Product Managers looking to level up their skills. We’re featuring some of our recent graduates and asking them to share their experiences, both in the field and in our class.

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Why Our Tech Obsession Might Be a Work Obsession

Nir Eyal

Nir’s Note: Below is the transcript of an interview I did with David Burkus, an award-winning podcaster and author of Under New Management: The Unexpected Truths about Leading Great Organizations. This interview was part of a Heleo Conversation on the topic of technology obsession, work-life balance, and challenging assumptions in order to change behavior.

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Product Management Careers: Job Prospects, Pathways, and Must-Have Skills (2024)

The product management job market in 2024 reflects the fast-growing and ever-evolving nature of the field. For product managers looking to future-proof their careers and take advantage of new opportunities, staying informed about the professional landscape is a smart move. In this comprehensive career guide from Regis College, you’ll learn about: The current job outlook for product managers in 2024 Six professional pathways and the average salaries for these roles in the U.S.

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More Awesome Speakers for #mtpcon SF 2017

Mind the Product

UPDATED Mind the Product San Francisco 2017 promises to be one of our best product conferences yet, with double the number of workshops , more networking events around the conference, and more fun than ever before. But most importantly , we are thrilled to bring you some of the best minds in product and design from around the world to share some truly world-class insights, which is why I’m excited to announce our first three amazing speakers!

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Larry Ellison on ‘The Cloud’ in 2008

Business of Software Conference

Oracle’s Cloud Computing sales are now running at $5 billion a year. It is fair to say that Larry Ellison hasn’t always taken the cloud as seriously as Oracle does now. This is a recording of an analyst call in 2008… “The technology industry is the only industry more fashion-driven than women’s fashion.” “We’ll make cloud computing announcements because if orange is the new pink, we will make orange blouses.” Larry Ellison.

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Grow Customers Through Marketing and Services Convergence

TSIA

In our multi-part blog series on organizational convergence , TSIA’s Phil Nanus and others have written extensively about the convergence of sales and services in an XaaS world. For a great primer on how these lines are blurring, be sure to read his blog post or Chapter 7 of the Technology-as-a-Service Playbook. A much less talked about topic, however, is the convergence of marketing and services, and their potential to work together to drive cost-effective leads and revenue from existing