Mind the Product

OCTOBER 15, 2019

A manager of product management at Pivotal Software, Brazilian native Gabrielle Bufrem has worked on three continents (North America, Europe and Asia) and hails from a fourth. Prioritisation frameworks. Scalable product strategy. The Product Experience is hosted by Lily Smith and Randy Silver. Feature requests.

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Mind the Product

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Basecamp is well known for its approach to product development – after starting out as an agency (37 Signals), it realised that the tools it used to manage its own projects would have value for others. Product teams of two to three people. The Product Experience is hosted by Lily Smith and Randy Silver.

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The Secret PM Handbook

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

In this part we dive into what you really came here for – product management-specific mental models. Why are product management-related mental models different? The mental models I’m going to talk about share two key characteristics: They are about about products. Who the product is for (the market).

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Modus Create

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

In October 2021, we surveyed over 1,000 senior executives in the US, with a goal to understand their digital appetite and aspirations for 2022. . The survey revealed interesting insights on Corporate America’s readiness for various digital initiatives, which we consolidated in our 2022 State of Digital Transformation report.

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NextBigWhat

JUNE 22, 2021

I’ve helped 750+ startup founders. Then build a startup to solve it.” I’ll start by defining what a good startup idea looks like to me. Btw, some people say startups must be “10x better to succeed.” So takeaway number one is that new infrastructure spawns startups. But, we’re not done.

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Product Talk

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Opportunity solution trees help product teams chart the best path to their desired outcome. They keep the team aligned as they manage the messy cycles of continuous discovery. How do you test to make sure your opportunity is not a solution in disguise? How does an opportunity solution tree connect to a product roadmap?

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Mind the Product

AUGUST 28, 2017

Jamie Parkins is a senior product manager at JustGiving, the online fundraising platform that enables people from all round the world to raise money for their cause of choice. He joined JustGiving after two years at Vzaar, a startup that focuses on video streaming. He has been the product manager for this B2B audience.

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Andrew Chen

DECEMBER 10, 2018

Dear readers, I’m often asked- so what kind of startups are you investing in at Andreessen Horowitz? How chain letters were invented and rethinking its effectiveness in the framework of viral growth. The most exciting new technologies coming around the corner, and how to evaluate them for producing new startups.

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Bain Public

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Product leaders and managers are busy in their careers. Podcasts are a great alternative for people who are busy yet still want to learn and keep in the loop in their industry. We’ve listed below the top 9 podcasts we think product managers would love! They are constantly trying to stay on top of the learning curve.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 3, 2019

Some of the things that I miss about the “other” way of project management The world of product management is very much one of “our way vs. the highway”. Waterfall” is a broad categorization of traditional project management frameworks which are defined by stage-gating and phasing of a project over a long period of time.

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BrainMates

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

It’s heart-breaking that, after all the effort that goes into developing and launching a new Product, from so many different people, 40% of product launches fail. Markham’s landmark study showed [1] and this is what we learned about at the latest Product Talks in Sydney. So, why does Kent think product launches fail?

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Product Talk

MAY 3, 2023

In the book, the authors recommend that for any new product idea, we need to consider the monetization potential from the very beginning. Assessing a customer’s willingness to pay is a critical discovery activity that directly ties to our viability assumptions. This I agree with. This I 100% disagree with. Let’s dive in.

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Department of Product

JANUARY 17, 2023

Alternative Product Business Models The rise of the microsubscription and more as an alternatves to ad funded models The world, as always, is changing – and keeping on top of trends that matter to product teams is an essential part of succeeding in building winning products. All roles, however, require business skills.

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Andrew Chen

DECEMBER 10, 2018

Dear readers, I’m often asked- so what kind of startups are you investing in at Andreessen Horowitz? How chain letters were invented and rethinking its effectiveness in the framework of viral growth. The most exciting new technologies coming around the corner, and how to evaluate them for producing new startups.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

DECEMBER 3, 2020

In 2017, a friend intro’d me to a tiny startup called Indigo Fair. since I had no real product experience. Along the way, I’ve shipped hundreds of products, and managed other PMs. Curious, I went through the interview process to put my learnings to the test. I was less comfortable with product sense.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 8, 2019

Highly effective Product Managers develop themselves in 5 key areas. Highly effective Product Managers (or what I call Exponential PMs) tend to be strong in all of these areas. This is based on studying, speaking with, and coaching PMs and product leaders. Let’s tuck in… What makes for a highly effective Product Manager? ??

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Userpilot

JUNE 25, 2023

Which product management books do you have on your shelf (or Kindle)? Whether you’re a seasoned product management pro or just starting out on this thrilling journey, we’re pretty sure you’ll discover a book or two that will help you boost your product management game. Are you not sure what to add to it?

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Vertical SaaS products that effectively integrate finance goods into their offerings can generate significantly more value for themselves and their clients. Unlike Vertical SaaS, Horizontal SaaS is a distribution model in which a SaaS product serves the demands of many industries. Conducting market research is also essential.

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Product Talk

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Customer interviewing is one of the most valuable activities a product team can do. Customer interviewing is one of the most valuable activities a product team can do. Product teams have a variety of research activities they can draw upon when engaging with customers. If you work on a subscription product (e.g.

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Sachin Rekhi

MARCH 6, 2009

A/B Testing. Everyone knows that A/B testing is a good idea and they should do it. It's because A/B testing is hard and the tools often used to perform it are limited. Investing in A/B testing tools is hugely useful, especially for optimizing monetization for sites where small gains have huge effects due to volume.

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Mind the Product

JULY 16, 2019

Rich Mironov got his start in product with a a single, very demanding customer: Apple. I’m happy when my team picks whatever framework they like – whatever flavour of scrum or kanban or agile something else, or any process they want to use, I don’t care how they write user stories – if they write user stories.

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Indicative

OCTOBER 8, 2020

By the end, we hope you’ll come away with tips for building an effective Customer Analytics strategy for your company’s product and marketing teams. . With this context in mind, gaming analytics is the process of applying user behavior data to guide marketing, product, and business decisions. What Is Gaming Analytics?

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BrainStation Product Management

AUGUST 7, 2019

Lifelong education is a reality for Product Managers – in fact, BrainStation’s 2019 Digital Skills Survey found that more than 66 percent of product professionals participate in workshops, online courses, and in-person courses to stay on top of a profession that keeps changing. This is Product Management. Rocketship.fm.

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Business of Software Conference

JUNE 29, 2020

Teresa Torres is a Product Coach at ProductTalk.org advocating strong critical thinking practices to ensure there is a strong connection between what teams are learning in their research with the product outcomes that they are making. A lot of product teams are asked to deliver a fixed roadmap with some dates on it.

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BrainStation Product Management

AUGUST 7, 2019

Lifelong education is a reality for Product Managers – in fact, BrainStation’s 2019 Digital Skills Survey found that more than 66 percent of product professionals participate in workshops, online courses, and in-person courses to stay on top of a profession that keeps changing. This is Product Management. Rocketship.fm.

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Andrew Chen

DECEMBER 1, 2021

The Cold Start Problem , as the book is called, is about the secret that drives many of tech’s most successful products. It’s the story of how messaging apps, marketplaces, workplace collaboration tools, multiplayer games, all share a common thread of being products that connect people with each other. The question is, how?

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Andrew Chen

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Growing startups and evaluating startups share common skills. Earlier this year, I joined Andreessen Horowitz as a General Partner, where I focus on a broad spectrum of consumer startups: marketplaces, entertainment/media, and social platforms. 3) And finally, to prioritize and make decisions that impact the future.

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Andrew Chen

DECEMBER 13, 2018

I recently did a podcast with Ryan Hoover, co-founder of Product Hunt and my sister Ada Chen Rekhi, previously SVP Marketing at Survey Monkey – here’s what we talk about: The network effects that makes Silicon Valley what it is. Companies and Products Mentioned in This Episode. Personal life OKRs. Transcript.

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Business of Software Conference

JULY 13, 2020

Whether the game is taking on investors or the game is A/B testing, you’ve got to think how will this game end. So, let’s talk about A/B testing. A/B testing measuring the results of the test, but not the morality of the means. But who can argue with the objectivity of A/B testing producing measurable results?

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Business of Software Conference

JANUARY 23, 2020

Rahul has spoken before at Business of Software in USA 2018 about the product-market fit engine and creating something people love to use. Rahul Vohra (Founder/CEO, Superhuman) – How Game Design Can Inform Product Design from Business of Software Conference. It’s an altogether different kind of product development.

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Andrew Chen

DECEMBER 13, 2018

I recently did a podcast with Ryan Hoover, co-founder of Product Hunt and my sister Ada Chen Rekhi, previously SVP Marketing at Survey Monkey – here’s what we talk about: The network effects that makes Silicon Valley what it is. Companies and Products Mentioned in This Episode. Personal life OKRs. Transcript.

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Andrew Chen

AUGUST 13, 2023

This is the “Next Next Job” framework for thinking about career moves, particularly in the highly chaotic situations that we find ourselves in today where there are many many opportunities across different industries and company stages. Here’s my favorite question to ask: “What do you want to be your next next job?

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Andrew Chen

MAY 28, 2019

I’m looking for startups that can change the game there. I’d be interested in other products that tap into the trends around AirPods, Alexa, voice assistants, etc., It could create a strong advantage around paid marketing if a product has high subscription retention or ARPU, allowing them to make higher bids in the various ad networks.

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Andrew Chen

MAY 28, 2019

I’m looking for startups that can change the game there. I’d be interested in other products that tap into the trends around AirPods, Alexa, voice assistants, etc., It could create a strong advantage around paid marketing if a product has high subscription retention or ARPU, allowing them to make higher bids in the various ad networks.

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