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Developing your spidey Product sense

BrainMates

Recently, I’ve interviewed folks from the Australian Army, Navy, and Airforce. These people are taught to sense and react to danger before it occurs. They carry out tasks without having to use all of their senses. They have the physical and mental capacity to evaluate and react to danger on the battlefield. They make decisions without having a commander direct their every move.

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The Three True-North Metrics that Your Product and Business Need

The Product Coalition

Imagine finding yourself in an elevator with your CEO or top investor. After a brief hello she lands the big question on you: “How is the product doing?” You have 30 seconds to answer. A simple “all good” won’t cut it?—?you need numbers. Your mind runs through your dashboard. Each metric conveys a part of the picture, but in isolation is not meaningful enough and might confuse the exec.

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Shortcuts to superpowers: What an emerging design pattern tells us about disruption

Intercom, Inc.

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How new technology is affecting SMBs

Lead on Purpose

Guest post by Cayden Whitmond Now more than ever, the future of business is one shaped by fast-paced innovations to technology and the way that work is done.

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Get Better Network Graphs & Save Analysts Time

Many organizations today are unlocking the power of their data by using graph databases to feed downstream analytics, enahance visualizations, and more. Yet, when different graph nodes represent the same entity, graphs get messy. Watch this essential video with Senzing CEO Jeff Jonas on how adding entity resolution to a graph database condenses network graphs to improve analytics and save your analysts time.

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12 Product Management Myths

Alchemer Mobile

The path to success in product management is not a straight line. PMs have diverse backgrounds, ambiguous responsibilities, and varied definitions of what their role includes. “Product” isn’t a major that can be studied in school, the role looks vastly different across industries, and many product managers don’t begin their careers in the field until they’ve amassed experience in other areas.

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Going from College to Product Manager

The Product Guy

Guest Post by: Magdaline Derosena (Mentee, Session 9, The Product Mentor) [Paired with Mentor, Andrew Hsu]. Transitioning from a young college student to an entry level Business Analyst , the top lesson I learned was how to problem solve effectively. I discovered that I must research and understand the entire system and process, problem solve with my team, and share lessons learned.

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The Best Product Management Tools and the Problems they Solve

UserVoice

As a product manager, you probably wear a lot of hats. Strategist. Liaison. Analyst. Salesperson. QA…and those are just the ones you wear before lunch. With the litany of responsibilities on your plate, eliminating inefficiencies becomes an(other) important task. Fortunately, there’s no lack of solutions. There are tons of specialized product management tools available today to solve some of your most frustrating challenges.

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The Inside Story of How This Startup Turned a 216-Word Pitch Email into a $2.6 Billion Acquisition

First Round Review

Looker went from a single customer to more than 1700, from a small, scrappy team in Santa Cruz to a 700-person company spanning eight offices around the globe. Now on the heels of its acquisition by Google, co-founders Lloyd Tabb and Ben Porterfield, CEO Frank Bien, and first investor Bill Trenchard come together to fill in the details and dig into the lessons learned from Looker's founding story.

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How I Built an app Without Writing a Line of Code

Mind the Product

Once upon a time, if you wanted to create a new app or website and didn’t know how to code, you had few options: hire an expensive agency, scour the web for a decent freelancer, or learn to code. That meant investing a lot of your time or money, often without knowing if it would all be worth it. But nowadays, that’s not the case. What if I told you that you can build almost any type of app or website yourself, without breaking the bank and without writing a single line of code?

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Understanding User Needs and Satisfying Them

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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Creating KPIs – Time to Benefit and Pie

The Product Guy

Excerpts from our conversation with The Best Product Person of 2018, Brian Crofts. Watch now and see why he is counted amongst the ranks of the best in product management. More to Come. The Best Product Person (TBPP) is the leading international award honoring excellence in Product Management. Established in 2010, TBPP is awarded annually in association with The Product Guy and The Product Group.

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7 Product Management Lessons From Real Product Managers

ProductPlan

With broad, sometimes ambiguous responsibilities and high expectations, the product manager role is constantly evolving. Product managers are continuously learning new things and need to improve themselves (not just the products they manage) on a daily basis. So, we asked real product managers to share their most valuable tips, tricks, and best kept secrets.

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The Inside Story of How This Startup Turned a 216-Word Pitch Email into a $2.6 Billion Acquisition

First Round Review

Looker went from a single customer to more than 1700, from a small, scrappy team in Santa Cruz to a 700-person company spanning eight offices around the globe. Now on the heels of its acquisition by Google, co-founders Lloyd Tabb and Ben Porterfield, CEO Frank Bien, and first investor Bill Trenchard come together to fill in the details and dig into the lessons learned from Looker's founding story.

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When in Product, do as the Romans do

Mind the Product

The Roman legion was one of the best-run organisations of the ancient world, and outright the most successful military unit for the better part of eight centuries. This in itself makes it interesting for some (like myself) as a topic for study, but understandably it’s not for everyone. It is possible however, to learn how better to run a startup, by studying the legion’s organisation and history, simply because there are (not surprisingly) more than a few common challenges when organising a big

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Beyond the Basics of A/B Tests: Highly Innovative Experimentation Tactics You Need to Know

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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Specializing Product

The Product Guy

The role of product manager continues to evolve. As companies and complexity continue to improve what will that mean for this valuable position? Watch and learn more from product management expert, Tanya Koshy.

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The Versatile Product Manager

Ask Benny

Why product managers should be working in different markets and expertise and why companies should be looking for such product managers. Too many times, companies look for an exact match of a product manager’s experience with the company’s market or for a very technical product manager that can get very deep into engineering work. While these requirements are not bad by themselves, it is much more important to have a competent product manager than that product manager having the exact market or

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Selling in Japan: E-commerce Landscape in Japan 2019

freshtrax

With Japan ranking as the world’s 4th largest e-commerce market following China, the United States, and the United Kingdom, it’s reasonable to gravitate towards Japan as a key market to expand your retail business. Once you decide to sell your products in the Japanese market, one of the first things you need to do is decide whether you will sell via your own website, on a Japanese e-commerce marketplace, or maybe both.

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Hedging Your Bets – Lucie McLean on the Product Experience

Mind the Product

Lucie McLean started on mobile products before the launch of the iPhone – she once held a phone for an illustration in a BBC article, and as a result, has some of the most famous hands on the internet. She joined us to talk about some of the things she’s learned from her long career at the BBC (including the Olympics and Children’s products), especially why product managers and hedge fund managers do the same job.

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Exploring PerfDog Whitepaper 2024: Unlock the Power of Performance Testing

Key Takeaways Robust Platform & Multi-System Support: Brief introduction to PerfDog's extensive compatibility across various operating systems and hardware platforms including Android, iOS, PC, gaming consoles and more. In-Depth Performance Metrics: Quick view of the extensive range of metrics for system, graphics and rendering, user experience, in-depth analysis, and more.

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Best practices for running remote one-on-ones to improve team trust

Miro

Best practices for running remote one-on-ones to improve team trustOne-on-one meetings are one of the best ways for managers to build a strong rapport with their teams and create a culture of trust. Unlike standups, status reports, and other types of meetings, one-on-ones are more flexible and create dedicated space for a manager to address […].

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The Top 10 Metrics a Citrix Administrator Must Monitor in Their Environment

eG Innovations

Citrix application and desktop virtualization technologies are widely used by organizations that are embarking on digital transformation initiatives. The success of these initiatives is closely tied to ensuring a great user experience for end users as they access their virtual apps and desktops. Given the multitude of components and services that make up the Citrix delivery architecture, administrators constantly face an uphill challenge in measuring performance and knowing what key performance

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Product Love Podcast: Hiten Shah, Co-Founder of FYI and Product Habits

ProductCraft

When I asked Hiten Shah what prepared him to be a founder, he answered, “I don’t know any better.” Hiten credits his career interest to his father, who encouraged him from a young age to consider entrepreneurship. He’s built more than ten different products and has started companies like a marketing consultancy, a podcast advertising.

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ProductTank, the Black Mirror Edition by Amie-Rose Long

Mind the Product

Amie-Rose Long is a contract product manager at NBC Universal Media. In this ProductTank London talk she discusses the answers of three product managers to her question: “Give me your horror stories, spare no gory detail.”. The stories reveal just how much the law of unforeseen consequences and ethical dilemmas can affect the decisions we make – and ultimately the users’ experience.

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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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5 Costly Event Marketing Mistakes to Avoid

Pragmatic Marketing

Event marketing is a cornerstone for any business or enterprise that hosts events, regardless of size. Successful corporate event planning offers many potential benefits, including: Increasing brand awareness. Building brand affinity. Establishing and developing relationships. Increasing leads. Promoting products and/or improving sales. Increasing the customer database.

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How to measure the impact of remote workshops

Miro

How to measure the impact of remote workshopsGrisha PavlotskyVP of Operations at Miro How do you decide how to collaborate for a specific project? Here at Miro, we’re a globally distributed company tackling cross-functional challenges; We need to align on the best, most agile way to solve them together.While a colocated team may just jump […].

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Stop Confusing Habits for Routines: What You Need To Know

Nir Eyal

The post Stop Confusing Habits for Routines: What You Need To Know appeared first on Nir and Far.

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What Questions Should you ask Your Product Manager Interviewers?

Mind the Product

Smart candidates know they need to prepare thoroughly for their product management interviews. However, most candidates focus their prep exclusively on answering questions and completely overlook the importance of preparing questions to ask their interviewers. In this post, I look at the value of asking great questions, cover a few strong sample questions and suggest some exercises to help you generate your own insightful questions.

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Peak Performance: Continuous Testing & Evaluation of LLM-Based Applications

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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5 Costly Event Marketing Mistakes to Avoid

Pragmatic Marketing

Event marketing is a cornerstone for any business or enterprise that hosts events, regardless of size. Successful corporate event planning offers many potential benefits, including: Increasing brand awareness. Building brand affinity. Establishing and developing relationships. Increasing leads. Promoting products and/or improving sales. Increasing the customer database.

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Introducing a Premier Community of Product Analytics Specialists

Amplitude

Tracking behavioral data about your product and its users is challenging. Making sense of the collected information and relevant learnings is challenging. Uncovering actionable insights, driving intelligent data-informed decisions, and aligning on meaningful measurements for success across a digital organization is very challenging. The best product and growth teams in the world today are able to effectively use data to deeply understand user behavior to help them create better digital experienc

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TEI 236: The best tools for managing virtual product teams – with Jonathan Soares

Product Innovation Educators

Work together on product projects, rather than throwing them over the wall. In this discussion, our guest, Jonathan Soares, shares his tips and tools for working with product teams. Jonathan is the CEO of Agency Labs, a group that creates custom software, apps, and websites. He has good experience applying tools to help product development teams work better, and we’ll find out more in just a minute.