The Product Coalition

APRIL 2, 2023

Still, we have a duty to advise what’s best for the product. I have launched 3 different (successful) companies, I have sold my own products, I have helped 200+ startups launch theirs and I have designed many products for customers. I’m not speaking for all Product Managers but here is my list.

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Mind the Product

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

It’s partly because few companies that hire PMs attend university careers fairs and so careers advisers and tutors are not aware of or familiar with the role. Many graduates are keen to work in a startup or technology company, but are not aware of the existence of the Product Manager role, and that it is ideally suited to them.

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Ask Benny

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

How to enter into a new product management position in a new company. You just landed into a new product management position. If you are lucky, there is someone in the company that has thought about your on-boarding, but many times especially if this is a small startup, there isn’t. I would advise differently.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Often we talk more about the technical skills, like, portfolio management, being more strategic, etc but being good at those things mean nothing if you can’t build a culture conducive to good product management practices. It’s seldom their ability to do the job technically?—?to interpersonal, emotional intelligence, etc?—?that

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UX Studio: Product Management

JULY 14, 2021

Considering that none of the established innovation consulting companies are cheap, you want to make sure your return on the investment is positive. . As a design thinking consulting firm , we advise on product strategy, lead workshops, and offer customized training to equip your business with the best UX practices.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Many top employers are looking for computer science or engineering graduates to fill PM positions, and this is an excellent route into the role. MBAs from technical and engineering backgrounds will have an edge, so if that’s not you, you should focus on evidencing your abilities to be technical in those interviews.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

How to enter a new product management position in a new company. Congratulations, you just landed a new product management position. If you are lucky, there is someone in the company that has thought about your on-boarding, but many times, especially if this is a small startup, there isn’t. I would advise you differently.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

MARCH 1, 2020

I studied mathematics at UCLA, worked 2 summers as a software engineering intern at a Series E AdTech startup, and advised Metta World Peace (Ron Artest) as the product manager for his social basketball app, Gradelo. Technical experience is not required. I'm excited to shed some light on product management at IBM.

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Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 15, 2018

Building trust can be tough when you’re a new hire in a leadership position. A couple of years later, I got into a real leadership position. dev/color is a charity I’m a board member of, and one of its goals is to promote leadership – particularly getting people of color into leadership positions.

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BrainStation Product Management

APRIL 8, 2019

The position of Product Manager has been one of the fastest-growing roles in tech in recent years, with a 30 percent growth in job openings year over year. Speak to a Learning Advisor. Perhaps you need someone with an uncanny design eye, or razor-sharp technical skills, or deep experience in analytics? Do Some Soul-Searching.

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Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 5, 2023

He’s a keynote speaker, adviser, and co-author of several books on the subject, including the provocatively titled The Best Service is No Service , Your Customer Rules , and his latest The Frictionless Organization: Deliver Great Customer Experiences with Less Effort. Bill: Sure, absolutely. We got acquired by the large U.S.

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Userpilot

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

We generally advise against linear, top-down product tours. Great product tours have a positive effect on just about every important SaaS metric that you can possibly imagine. But if you want a shortcut that's less technically demanding, read on… Why is product tour software important for SaaS? Get a demo today!

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Userpilot

JULY 13, 2021

That’s why we often advise SaaS companies to segment users prior to their walkthrough, to make sure that customers only see features during their walkthrough that make sense for their individual use case. Your non-technical product managers and product marketing managers will certainly thank you! Get a demo today!

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BrainStation Product Management

APRIL 8, 2019

The position of Product Manager has been one of the fastest-growing roles in tech in recent years, with a 30 percent growth in job openings year over year. Perhaps you need someone with an uncanny design eye, or razor-sharp technical skills, or deep experience in analytics? People can’t help it,” he said.

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Sachin Rekhi

JANUARY 27, 2013

What I most often advise is to err on the side of fewer features for the benefit of getting the product out sooner to optimize for learning. Or it could be ensuring open product, design, and technical decisions get resolved in an efficient manner.

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Mind the Product

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

TalkTalk was fined £400,000 in 2016 for failing to have appropriate technical and organisational measures in place to secure its customers’ personal data, and for keeping their personal data for longer than necessary. Under the GDPR this fine could have risen to £35 million. Why Product Needs to Care.

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Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 14, 2021

I got an MBA and tried several startups – some failures under my belt there – and then ended up at a company in the business intelligence space called GoodData. As I mentioned, I was a PM at a fast-growing San Francisco startup and I grew to be VP product, so I’d seen the pain points and the struggles of being an individual PM.

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Andrew Chen

OCTOBER 31, 2016

I gave some my 2 cents based on my experience helping startups and growth folks. I recently asked a handful of folks from the Reforge Collective about the questions they ask when interviewing candidates for competitive positions in growth. They asked a great question – how do you interview for growth folks?

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Alchemer Mobile

APRIL 14, 2020

How do you manage executive expectations, customer expectations, and technical resources? I’ve been kind of actively running away from management roles, and mostly that’s just a factor of the things that I really wanna learn or I just really wanna learn how to be a really, like, kick-ass technical PM. So that’s me.

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The Product Coalition

MAY 15, 2019

Later whilst being an adviser at Stanford university Neil H. The rise of the internet, smart phones and all kinds of technical advancements, saw many monolithic empires crumble through disruption?—?leaving particularly those in a “leadership” position, or better put a position of influence. names look familiar, anyone?

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Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 19, 2021

But alas, as startups scale, as more people join and those people turn into teams, which then turn into teams of teams and into orgs, you’re adding a lot of complexity to the mix. If you’re short on time, here are a few quick takeaways: As a startup grows, things like more teams, processes, and cross-collaboration are unavoidable.

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Department of Product

MARCH 28, 2022

Which means at some point, every product must reassess its position in the market – and the strategic decisions that underpin it – to decide whether to evolve and adapt to new emerging market trends, or to ignore them. It is extremely difficult (and probably not advisable) to attempt to stay on top of all trends.

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Product Bookshelf

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

OKRs were brought from Intel to Google by John Doerr where the method gained popularity within the high tech and startup communities. The first part of Radical Focus is a story about a startup which sells tea. The story begins with the struggling founders meeting with their top advisor and board member who recommends OKRs.

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Intercom, Inc.

JULY 12, 2018

He’s also co-founded Color Genomics and invested in and been an adviser to companies like Airbnb, Coinbase, Instacart, Square, Stripe and more. I stuck around for another year as an advisor, so I really saw extreme growth in both of those cases. I do think it’s been a net positive though.

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Usersnap

JUNE 15, 2023

Identifying and implementing customer needs and problems will help you: Position your company as customer-centric. So, I’d advise you to With Usersnap, you can smartly manage feedback from both internal and external stakeholders in one place. They can act as consultants or advisors to help project managers or engineers hit their KPIs.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 30, 2019

Payment Processors : For the sake of simplicity, think of payment processors as technical arm of acquiring bank. Technically, the authorization leg is also called BASE 1 and clearing/settlement leg is called BASE 2. The network calculates the net positions, pays the acquirer bank and debits the card-issuer bank.

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Userpilot

DECEMBER 6, 2021

A customer success platform designed for non-technical people will help your customer success teams be more efficient. #3 Mid-sized SaaS businesses with product teams: At $249 a month, Userpilot is going to be expensive for really small startups. Few customer success managers are also developers. Basic analytics are a must.

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Business of Software Conference

JUNE 29, 2020

So I was a startup CEO from 2009 to 2011, somebody else’s startup- I don’t recommend becoming the CEO of somebody else’s startup it’s not very fun – and I learned which I’m sure many of you have had this experience that I’ve been talking with people on my team and I was expressing an opinion.

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Roadmunk

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Most recently, Ellen left Lola to launch her own startup that will make it possible to build a complete scalable app in an afternoon. While her startup is still in very early stages, Ellen is completely in founder mode. While her startup is still in very early stages, Ellen is completely in founder mode.

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