Lenny Rachitsky

APRIL 9, 2024

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Mind the Product

APRIL 11, 2024

Unlock the potential of Agile product management with actionable strategies to overcome challenges like backlog management and prioritization. Read more » The post Principles of rapid innovation appeared first on Mind the Product.

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Product Management University

APRIL 8, 2024

There are a million and one things that go into creating a market leading company. But products are the nucleus, and that means market leadership starts with product management. There are the obvious things product management does. Everyone knows what they are, so there’s no need to rehash them. A simple ChatGPT inquiry will give you everything you need.

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UX Planet

APRIL 7, 2024

Exploring the impact of ‘fake’ UI designers on aesthetics vs functionality, urging a balance for truly user-centered design experiences.

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Bryce York

APRIL 7, 2024

To become a product manager, you’ll need to build a skillset that spans business, technology, and user experience. Product managers need a mix of soft and hard skills, including: written & spoken communication interpersonal skills empathy problem-solving business acumen data analysis user research collaboration project management Outside of big tech, the specifics of your education aren’t nearly as important as its relevance and a demonstration of relevant knowledge.

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Gocious Blog

APRIL 9, 2024

Product roadmaps are essential tools to help manufacturers of all sizes navigate the ever-evolving landscape of innovation and development. The value that dynamic roadmaps deliver will depend on how product teams manage those roadmaps. Making regular updates and tracking key performance metrics (KPIs) is key to ensuring success across the entire product portfolio.

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Product Culture

APRIL 10, 2024

Great roadmaps show goals, priority and options. They capture direction, discovery and delivery. Yet they stay simple enough for everyone to understand. Subscribe to my weekly Nano-letter: Sign Up Subscribe to One Thing Weekly Name * First Name Last Name Email * Our Privacy Policy * You can change your mind at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link in the footer of any email you receive from us, or by contacting us at bruce@productculture.com.

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Userpilot

APRIL 9, 2024

What are the best onboarding platforms available on the market in 2024? This depends on your use case. Are you looking for an onboarding solution for web or mobile apps? Do you need it to support customer or employee onboarding processes? Are you after specific features to support your onboarding tasks? What’s your budget? There are many variables to consider.

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dscout People Nerds

APRIL 10, 2024

Research leader Laura Oxenfeld entered SiriusXM in the thick of a major product launch—but soon realized the org needed a plan far beyond the near future.

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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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Mind the Product

APRIL 12, 2024

Customer feedback provides cross-functional teams with confirmation that they are on the right path, which leads to the development of products that bring value to customers - products that impact their lives for the better. Ronke Majekodunmi dives in. Read more » The post Customer feedback is product management appeared first on Mind the Product.

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Amplitude

APRIL 8, 2024

Amplitude has successfully achieved Google Cloud Ready - BigQuery Designation by meeting a core set of functional and interoperability requirements when integrating with BigQuery.

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Userpilot

APRIL 10, 2024

Knowledge base creation is critical to enhancing self-service support. As your business grows, you can expect the number of support tickets to increase and the stress levels of your customer service team to go up. Building a knowledge management system can stem the tide, keeping your customers happy and ensuring your support agents can focus on more important tasks.

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Lenny Rachitsky

APRIL 11, 2024

Brought to you by: • WorkOS —The modern API for auth and user identity • Eppo —Run reliable, impactful experiments • CommandBar —AI-powered user assistance for modern products and impatient users — Todd Jackson is a Partner at First Round Capital. Before moving into venture capital, he played a crucial role as VP of Product and Design at Dropbox, guiding the company until its IPO in 2018.

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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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Mind the Product

APRIL 7, 2024

In this post from 2020 occupational psychologist Kim Atherton looks at the benefits and pitfalls of using OKRs. Read more » The post SUNDAY REWIND: OKRs: So simple! So then why isn’t everyone using them? appeared first on Mind the Product.

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UX Planet

APRIL 7, 2024

Background With 19k Twitch followers, 8k+ Instagram followers, and partnerships with countless high-profile brands, DJ Lani Love is a prolific DJ with a vast following across the world. Lani came to me looking for a website refresh to match her rising success. Discovery First, I conducted a discovery call to learn about her goals. I learned that she wanted to attract more deals with luxury brands, particularly in fashion.

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Amplitude

APRIL 10, 2024

Learn the story behind Amplitude Session Replay and how it helps teams build better products. Use Session Replay to develop products and diagnose user issues.

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Userpilot

APRIL 8, 2024

Think about the last software application that you used for work. Whose idea was it to buy it? Did it come from the management or employees? If it’s the latter, then you’ve already experienced what bottom-up SaaS is! Our guide explains what exactly bottom-up SaaS is and covers the main growth strategies and tactics used by bottom-up companies.

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Mind the Product

APRIL 9, 2024

w to choose and implement the right product lifecycle to drive innovation, mitigate risks, and delight customers. Read more » The post How to choose the right product lifecycle appeared first on Mind the Product.

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UX Planet

APRIL 10, 2024

Game mechanics are everywhere — and the wonderful world of games is how humans create meaning in our modern age Continue reading on UX Planet »

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Nir Eyal

APRIL 8, 2024

Pushing ourselves and holding ourselves accountable are how we achieve success. Unfortunately, many of us mistake harsh self-criticism and self-castigation for “pushing ourselves.” And that has the opposite of the desired effect. The post Studies Show Self-Compassion is the Motivator You’re Missing appeared first on Nir and Far.

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Amplitude

APRIL 9, 2024

Learn how our team at Amplitude uses our own product and integrations to support our growth marketing and success goals.

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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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Mind the Product

APRIL 12, 2024

What I learned from my journey into freelance product management. In 2017, I left my full-time job to work as a freelance product manager. Recently, someone was surprised to learn that I’d done this and started quizzing me. So, I thought I’d share what we talked about in case it’s useful for you too. Starting Read more » The post What I learned from my journey into freelance product management appeared first on Mind the Product.

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UX Planet

APRIL 12, 2024

A complete dummy guide to understand the basic concepts of AI and how AI works — for non technical beginners or designers.

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Johanna Rothman

APRIL 9, 2024

I was on the Agile Uprising podcast this past Sunday, discussing my most recent book. See (and hear!): Project Lifecycles with Johanna Rothman. I had a great time discussing the issues with Jay and Claudia. Some of what we discussed: That managers want agility but do not care about any agile methods or frameworks. While we might think “agile” is another project organization method—or lifecycle—it's not.

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 6, 2024

Product leader Holly Hester-Reilly has enjoyed many successes, but not without first learning from many mistakes.

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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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Mind the Product

APRIL 8, 2024

What are the implications for product managers of the various legal challenges to Apple's walled garden approach? Read more » The post Apple under attack: what should product managers do? appeared first on Mind the Product.

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UX Planet

APRIL 12, 2024

“Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.

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DevelopmentCorporate

APRIL 10, 2024

SaaS VC investing is finally showing signs that the winter of VC investing is coming to an end. The post North American Startup Investment Q1 2024. A Mixed Bag of Performance, but Signs of Hope first appeared on Development Corporate. The post North American Startup Investment Q1 2024. A Mixed Bag of Performance, but Signs of Hope appeared first on Development Corporate.

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