The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Restaurants don’t put an Apprentice Chef in charge of the kitchen overnight, so why do we do this with Product Managers? Photo by Sebastian Herrmann on Unsplash Whilst it has been around for decades, product management has grown rapidly over the last few years. Executives have been watching the success of product led scale ups and are kicking off transformation projects to rapidly establish or scale their product management capability.

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Product Innovation Educators

DECEMBER 20, 2021

How product managers can better understand consumer decisions. Today we are revisiting one of the best tools for product managers, Jobs-to-be-Done (JTBD). Our guest has been applying JTBD to help SaaS companies sell better, retain more, and avoid 6-figure go-to-market mistakes. His name is Aggelos Mouzakitis, and his company is called Growth Sandwich.

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Product Management Unpacked

DECEMBER 20, 2021

“Crossing the Chasm” author on how user-experience design has driven product management from product-focused development to fostering customer engagement. There was a time not so long ago that Silicon Valley tech companies were developing systems management computer products – financial, transaction, and customer relationship management systems, for instance, and the products “would get adopted and bought,” says famed author and tech startup guru Geoffrey Moore, who wrote the best-selling book,

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Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Another year draws to a close, and there won’t be many people sorry to leave this one behind us. From the ongoing pandemic to political turmoil around the globe, we can all agree that 2021 has been a lot to handle. It has often felt like a year we’d rather forget, even if it turns out to be a year we’ll long remember. And yet, here at Intercom, we have been determined to make the most of these difficult times.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 21, 2021

You can find numerous articles out there that will rattle off a list of “essential e-commerce metrics” however the problem with these are… Continue reading on Product Coalition ».

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Product Management Unpacked

DECEMBER 21, 2021

How product managers can identify the right customer problems to solve. Perhaps Albert Einstein summed up successful product management best when he said, “If I had an hour to solve a problem, I’d spend 55 minutes thinking about the problem and five minutes thinking about solutions.”. Product management, at its heart, is about managing a process that develops solutions to problems.

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Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 21, 2021

We’re not exactly sure how, but yes, it’s that time of the year again. And what a year it has been! More than integrations and features and quarterly reports, back in August, Intercom turned 10. It’s been 10 years since co-founders Eoghan McCabe , Des Traynor , David Barrett , and Ciaran Lee sat in a small Dublin coffee shop and dreamed of making internet business personal, and we’re still every bit as excited.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 23, 2021

“If you think good design is expensive, you should look at the cost of bad design,” Ralf Speth, a former Jaguar Land Rover CEO. UX does matter. If you still doubt it, assess this. The study by the Design Management Institute analyzed the performance of design-led organizations that place influential design decisions at the top as compared to the Standard & Poor’s index over 10 years.

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Mind the Product

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Ashley Smith has a long career in helping early-stage startups scale into successful organisations. In this rebroadcasted episode, Ashley talks to our hosts about product-led growth, and how everyone can and should do it. Listen to more episodes… Featured Links: Follow Ashley on LinkedIn and Twitter | OpenView Partners Product-Led Growth Index Episode transcript Lily Smith: 0:00 Hey, Randy, it’s holiday season [.

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Speaker: Scott Sehlhorst

We know we want to create products which our customers find to be valuable. Whether we label it as customer-centric or product-led depends on how long we've been doing product management. There are three challenges we face when doing this. The obvious challenge is figuring out what our users need; the non-obvious challenges are in creating a shared understanding of those needs and in sensing if what we're doing is meeting those needs.

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Userpilot

DECEMBER 22, 2021

What will be the biggest Product Trends in 2022? Interestingly – they seem completely different from the product trends we’ve identified for 2021 – including Product Led Growth , the rise of a Growth Product Management Role, chatbots, or gamification. Will AI transform Product Management in 2022 by allowing PMs to make a better use of user behavior data ?

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Mironov Consulting

DECEMBER 21, 2021

I sometimes find product management teams composed entirely of first-timers, where not a single person has any previous experience as a product manager. This presents a fundamental challenge: how do we train or skill up a whole product team from scratch?

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 21, 2021

How many of you came across Airbnb case studies during an interview? It is quite common for a PM interview, but the type of answers expected from the panel varies with the role and position offered. The answer presented by an entry-level or an experienced PM, or by a Group product manager (GPM) lies majorly between two parameters - execution & strategy.

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Mind the Product

DECEMBER 20, 2021

In this #mtpcon London+EMEA keynote, Leyla Acaroglu, the Founder of Disrupt Design and the UnSchool, and UNEP Champion of the Earth describes how we can better understand the world’s greatest challenges by employing Systems Thinking to analyse complex relationships and design solutions that prioritise sustainable and ethical goals. Watch the talk in full or read on [.

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Speaker: Timothy Chan, PhD., Head of Data Science

Are you ready to move beyond the basics and take a deep dive into the cutting-edge techniques that are reshaping the landscape of experimentation? 🌐 From Sequential Testing to Multi-Armed Bandits, Switchback Experiments to Stratified Sampling, Timothy Chan, Data Science Lead, is here to unravel the mysteries of these powerful methodologies that are revolutionizing how we approach testing.

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NextBigWhat

DECEMBER 24, 2021

There’s no formula for dealing with hard things. Hard things are hard because no one’s figured them out yet. Don’t get stuck on a single approach. Find smart people and collect the best ideas… Test them out. 22 startup principles to scale your company in 2022: 1) The obstacle is the way Every hard problem you solve is a moat that others will shrink from.

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The Product Guy

DECEMBER 19, 2021

Being part of a product team that is engaged and solving problems can be the greatest motivator for a product manager — the product doesn’t have to be “cool” Watch and learn more from product management expert, Benny Reich.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 19, 2021

The first product manager in a startup is a critical role with immense impact on the startup’s success?—?both in the short and long term. However, understanding what you really need and then finding the right person is quite a challenge. Here are the things that you must keep in mind before?—?and during?—?the search process. Photo by Tolga Ulkan on Unsplash When I joined Twiggle as their first VP Product I was the thirteenth employee.

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Mind the Product

DECEMBER 21, 2021

The term "customer development" is attracting not only startups that create digital products but also offline businesses owners. In this post, we explain why it is so important, and share several ways to collect it. [.] Read more » The post The most effective channels to gain customer feedback: Part 1 of 2 appeared first on Mind the Product.

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DECEMBER 20, 2021

As Product School says in their survey article trying to define what Product Ops is: “Product Ops operates differently at every company.” Which might be true, but isn’t very helpful. From my own interactions with companies implementing or exploring Product Ops, I have found no fewer than six distinct definitions. So the first and most. View Article.

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Nir Eyal

DECEMBER 20, 2021

It’s that time of year when kids have a long break from school and parents and guardians likely have some time off work. What will we do with all that free time? The post Here’s How to Ensure Your Kids Don’t Spend the Entire Break Staring at Screens appeared first on Nir and Far.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Guest post by Mark Mayo, Senior Quality Engineer at Terem Technologies This is the process of writing code and using tools to automate the user interface (UI) testing of front-end components of websites, desktop applications or mobile applications. But, getting it right goes beyond the coding of the tests and the tools you use. You need to make sure you understand things like what you’re testing, how your tests need to fit your team’s workflow and your release plan.

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Mind the Product

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Maahir Shah has been working as a Product Manager for eight years. Here’s how he got his job as a Product Manager at Facebook. [.] Read more » The post How I got my job in product – Maahir Shah appeared first on Mind the Product.

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Nulab

DECEMBER 22, 2021

You know the saying, ‘all hands on deck?’ Well, that’s the gist of an All Hands meeting. It’s an event where everyone in your organization gets together to catch up on what they’re working on and plan for the future. Often, you see a few worried faces when an all hands meeting is called. That’s because many companies only call everyone together when something big (aka ‘bad’) happens.

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UserInterviews

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Creating inclusive research environments, for participants and practitioners.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Strategy before everything. Before structure, before process, and before product. Continue reading on Product Coalition ».

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Mind the Product

DECEMBER 24, 2021

In this ProductTak talk, Product Director Jason Knight provides some insight into enterprise product management for B2B companies, specifically startups and scale-ups selling products to large companies. [.] Read more » The post Enterprise B2B product management by Jason Knight appeared first on Mind the Product.

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Speaker: Aarushi Kansal, AI Leader & Author and Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO at Aggregage

Software leaders who are building applications based on Large Language Models (LLMs) often find it a challenge to achieve reliability. It’s no surprise given the non-deterministic nature of LLMs. To effectively create reliable LLM-based (often with RAG) applications, extensive testing and evaluation processes are crucial. This often ends up involving meticulous adjustments to prompts.

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Qrvey

DECEMBER 23, 2021

It’s the holiday season, that magical time of the year when software product managers begin loading up their sleigh with plans for the new year. But with so many competing priorities and never enough time, resources or budget, it’s no wonder most product roadmaps take a few unexpected twists and turns when dashing through the. The post A SaaS Product Managers Holiday Wishlist appeared first on Qrvey.

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TryMyUI

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Artificial intelligence is one of the most important technologies that will shape our future. One area where this technology has already had a significant impact on UX, is voice recognition software. This article will discuss how artificial intelligence impacts UX, and why you should pay attention to it if you are designing for an intelligent machine.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 23, 2021

As a self-taught product manager, I initially struggled with feelings of inadequacy on the Job. I … Continue reading on Product Coalition ».

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