The Product Guy

OCTOBER 9, 2018

First, I did not know how to frame, develop and present product strategy in a systematic way, and second, as a startup, my company has not historically had a good track record of strategy being developed outside of senior management (read: founder). Two major obstacles stood in my way.

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Modus Create

JUNE 1, 2020

The news is filled with tales of hackers breaking into financial institutions, DDoS attacks on credit card companies, and data breaches due to poor software configuration. Phase 1: Due Diligence and Discovery. Due diligence comes first but has its origins in other engagements Modus has conducted over the years.

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The Product Guy

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

We had just hired a new VP of Product who was radically (and rapidly) changing our product development process, and our engineers – based remotely, in Argentina – were struggling to keep up. “To Well, before, product knew what was going on and engineering didn’t.” and one engineer in Iceland. And what can I do about it?

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Three years later I became a web application engineer at a startup that built software for military and private industries. I became director of communications, leading the development of intranets and web applications. From Startup to Enterprise A job at a startup means a lot of responsibility.

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Userpilot

JUNE 22, 2021

To provide the best onboarding experience, you naturally need the best onboarding software for SaaS. In this post, we will very briefly discuss what to look for in the best onboarding software for SaaS for you, and then move on to analyzing the top 6 choices you may want to consider. Which is the best onboarding software for you?

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Mironov Consulting

JUNE 27, 2020

That might seem obvious or naïve, but recent conversations with several B2B/enterprise clients suggest that it’s actually controversial. For context, enterprise tech companies tend to have a small number of large deals each quarter that really matter. ( Expect account-level distrust, bad blood, and a search for who’s to blame.

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The Product Coalition

JULY 6, 2022

Fifteen years ago Ben Horowitz published his now famous memo, “G ood Product Manager/Bad Product Manager ” in which he posits that “A good product manager is the CEO of the product”. A bad CEO takes the credit and passes on the blame. A bad CEO assumes they have the best idea in the room.

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Userpilot

APRIL 29, 2021

A product without customer onboarding software is a lot like attending a dinner party where you don’t know anyone and haven’t been welcomed in. Good onboarding software contains interactive walkthroughs, modals, tooltips, segmentation options, analytics, automation, in-app surveys and help centers. Table of Contents. Userpilot.

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Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 5, 2022

There are enough stories of data breaches and cyber attacks to chill even the savviest security engineer to the core. An aerospace engineer turned entrepreneur, Adam learned early the best way to earn trust was proving you deserve it. Cyber security and compliance, it turns out, is in demand. Less than a year later, Drata was launched.

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Userpilot

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

TL;DR Heap is a digital insights platform that allows product teams to track user behavior in mobile and web-based applications. While Userpilot is developing funnel analysis functionality, you can achieve the same results by tagging and tracking Goals. The majority of Heap's clients are large enterprises, like Uber or Salesforce.

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Business of Software Conference

DECEMBER 14, 2023

As Gail Goodman said in her 2012 BoS talk, ‘ The Long, Slow SaaS Ramp of Death ’, these are all just mirages along the pathway to software company profitability. He connects this story to building a software company. What this means is, if you’re Adobe, you don’t have a choice but to buy a code review tool from us.

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ProductPlan

JANUARY 28, 2022

There are several reasons for a product team to consolidate its products. Let’s say your company sells enterprise SaaS solutions. That gives your enterprise buyer the chance to pick and choose. Again, imagine you sell B2B software tools. Do we want to retire some of our older or underperforming products?

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Mind the Product

DECEMBER 11, 2017

Three years later I became a web application engineer at a startup that built software for military and private industries. I became director of communications, leading the development of intranets and web applications. From Startup to Enterprise. Designers vs Developers. Developers are Also our Customers.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 17, 2019

“The digital transformation of any enterprise is a herculean task requiring a willingness to embrace cultural change, the ability to immerse the entire organization in the customer journey, and a total commitment to digitize to the core”?—? To begin with, the development of new functionality requires considerable resources, including people.

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Intercom, Inc.

JULY 29, 2021

And so, Mark Rudden and his team had to figure it all out by themselves. Fortunately, Mark had quite a bit of experience working and scaling teams in demanding, hypergrowth environments. Building a great sales team: How Intercom fosters and maintains its sales culture. From selling bikes to software.

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The Product Coalition

JULY 13, 2022

Best teams on a budget who need the basics. Advanced record and playback tools enable customer experience (CX) teams to capture user sessions across browsers, interfaces, and devices. FullStory is used by enterprises and large organizations but the platform has a few shortcomings: Mobile integrations. What is FullStory used for?

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The Product Guy

APRIL 9, 2019

In my company, we review a living document with our management chain on a quarterly basis to align business direction for the short-term (immediate one to two quarters) to the long-term (two to five years). The challenge to the product managers is to translate these into a more functional plan for our engineering team.

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Userpilot

JULY 9, 2021

Product Mastery by Geoff Watts teaches you how to be a successful product owner within agile software development practices with the use of case studies. She coaches teams on how to collect meaningful customer input and use it to make product decisions on a daily basis. How to build an onboarding team. Plot summary.

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Mind the Product

APRIL 27, 2017

Some product teams are moving away from written PRDs to visual artifacts like mockups and prototypes. A separate set of both written and visual techniques can be used to define solutions that should be implemented in software to address the pain points. Eric Ries, in his post “What is customer development? Written Methods.

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Tyner Blain

AUGUST 10, 2023

The Jobs of the Problem Statement This article continues a series on the three critical flaws in most product development processes a problem statement exists to address. To reduce the confusion, delays, and waste teams face as a result of not knowing why something is being asked for and not knowing what good enough looks like.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

DECEMBER 13, 2021

The STEP (Student Training in Engineering Program) is for those engineering and tech-related roles. The BOLD (Build Opportunities for Leadership & Development) is meant for those business and marketing-related roles. This is not necessarily a bad thing by any means. Many internship roles last between 12-16 weeks.

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Intercom, Inc.

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

It is important that these friendly connections represent the target persona market you have outlined, as otherwise, the feedback loop is likely to be weak. Blog posts – these can generate leads as more accessible forms of content that help from a Search Engine Optimization perspective as well as serving to educate your audience.

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ProductPlan

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Why Do You Need Roadmapping Software? Roadmapping software has emerged as a core need for the modern product manager. While some software may try to cover the entire gamut of what a product manager might do on any given day, there are those tools that focus solely on roadmapping. This is for a good reason. Product Introduction.

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ProductPlan

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Why Do You Need Roadmapping Software? Roadmapping software has emerged as a core need for the modern product manager. While some software may try to cover the entire gamut of what a product manager might do on any given day, there are those tools that focus solely on roadmapping. This is for a good reason. Product Introduction.

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UX Studio: Product Management

JULY 5, 2021

As an expert and an opinion leader in the UX field, we’ve reviewed the competency, portfolio, and former projects of New York design agencies to define the best user experience design agencies in New York , based on our judgment. . As a client, you invest your time, energy, and limited resources into your digital product development.

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Mironov Consulting

DECEMBER 31, 2017

Hint: this is how engineers would approach prioritization and roadmapping in an unemotional world of perfect information and fully aligned organizational goals. I strongly advocate a “portfolio pie” model of prioritization, to avoid putting all of our development eggs into the feature basket. More here.)

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 15, 2019

For new product managers or in startups with newly formed product teams, the building roadmap is their first kick at having the influence of the company direction. I have had a fair share of experience working at enterprise and startup level companies. Their immediate reaction was we cannot do this.

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Userpilot

MARCH 16, 2024

Is Appcues or WalkMe the best tool for no-code growth? And is there a better in-app onboarding software that would better fit your needs? With so many alternatives on review sites, it’s a bit tricky to really choose one. TL;DR Let’s explore how Appcues, and WalkMe compare when it comes to enabling SaaS no-code growth.

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Amplitude

JANUARY 9, 2018

Most famously, it outlines the role of data in the build –> measure –> learn product development cycle, and what makes a good metric. A less well known concept discussed in Lean Analytics is a process in product development that they call ‘drawing a line in the sand’. After that, all decisions were emotional.”.

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Userpilot

MARCH 15, 2024

Is Appcues or UserGuiding the best tool for no-code growth? And is there a better in-app onboarding software that would better fit your needs? With so many alternatives on review sites, it’s a bit tricky to really choose one. TL;DR Let’s explore how Appcues and UserGuiding compare when it comes to enabling SaaS no-code growth.

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UX Studio

APRIL 6, 2023

As a global design agency, we collaborate with both startups and enterprises worldwide and have broad experience in nearly every niche and industry. This includes UX redesign, UX consulting , UX audit, product discovery, and UX training for teams. UX studio is a web designing company founded by Dávid Pásztor in 2013.

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UX Studio

APRIL 6, 2023

As a global design agency, we collaborate with both startups and enterprises worldwide and have broad experience in nearly every niche and industry. This includes UX redesign, UX consulting , UX audit, product discovery, and UX training for teams. UX studio is a web designing company founded by Dávid Pásztor in 2013.

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Userpilot

MARCH 16, 2024

Is Appcues or Userlane the best tool for no-code growth? And is there a better in-app onboarding software that would better fit your needs? With so many alternatives on review sites, it’s a bit tricky to really choose one. TL;DR Let’s explore how Appcues and Userlane compare when it comes to enabling SaaS no-code growth.

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UX Studio: Product Management

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

We have reviewed Berlin design studios’ competency, portfolios, and experience to define the best web design Berlin companies to work with. . At UX studio, we work with rising startups and established enterprises worldwide. It offers product strategy, design, and development services. Phoenix Design.

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Hutwork

MARCH 9, 2018

And as a product manager finding out how others made a strategy work, whether it was implementing a road-map software or avoiding other’s pitfalls can make or break your product’s success. You may be an entrepreneur creating SaaS platforms or a product manager for an enterprise. As a successful product manager reading is a must.

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Userpilot

MARCH 30, 2024

Is WalkMe or Userlane the best tool for no-code growth? And is there a better in-app onboarding software that would better fit your needs? With so many alternatives on review sites, it’s a bit tricky to really choose one. TL;DR Let’s explore how WalkMe and Userlane compare when it comes to enabling SaaS no-code growth.

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Roadmunk

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

Some sit outside the product domain, but still directly pushed me as a product manager to connect and empathize with other team members. But in part 4 of a 9-part series on startups by Marc Andreessen (co-founder of Andreessen Horowitz), there are three factors to startup success identified: your team, product and market.

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