Be a Schedule Builder, Not a To-Do List Maker
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OCTOBER 26, 2020
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Indistractable Schedule Maker Tool
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SEPTEMBER 26, 2020
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The Path to Product Excellence: Avoiding Common Pitfalls and Enhancing Communication
Peak Performance: Continuous Testing & Evaluation of LLM-Based Applications
From Developer Experience to Product Experience: How a Shared Focus Fuels Product Success
Understanding User Needs and Satisfying Them
Beyond the Basics of A/B Tests: Highly Innovative Experimentation Tactics You Need to Know
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Cross-Functional Collaboration: A Real-World Guide
The Product Coalition
DECEMBER 27, 2023
❌ Common Wrong Strategy: Appointing a single decision-maker to resolve disagreements. Challenge #2: Leadership versus Decision-Maker ? This approach requires skill, as it’s challenging to lead without being the decision-maker. Effective Strategy: Implement perspective sharing. .
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The Path to Product Excellence: Avoiding Common Pitfalls and Enhancing Communication
Peak Performance: Continuous Testing & Evaluation of LLM-Based Applications
From Developer Experience to Product Experience: How a Shared Focus Fuels Product Success
Understanding User Needs and Satisfying Them
Beyond the Basics of A/B Tests: Highly Innovative Experimentation Tactics You Need to Know
How to successfully launch on Product Hunt (when it’s right for your startup)
Lenny Rachitsky
MARCH 5, 2024
Maker Network: Engage with the community well before your launch. If you are active on Product Hunt in the weeks leading up to your launch and support other makers throughout their launches with meaningful feedback and comments, they are often more than happy to reciprocate the favor and support your launch in turn. PT when U.S.
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Product Demo Discovery – Nail It With This Agenda
Product Management University
OCTOBER 19, 2021
Sales discovery is all about qualifying the sales opportunity…compelling need, timeframe, budget, executive level sponsorship, decision makers, etc. When demo discovery meetings are scheduled, they’re usually done in casual fashion. It’s the ultimate value bullseye you’ll need to hit. Formalizing the Agenda.
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How I Survived the Lifestyle of a Product Manager as an Introvert
The Product Coalition
APRIL 3, 2023
However, if I have scheduled in breaks every 1-2 hours, I regain my productivity quite quickly. Rule #2: Schedule your most important work for when you’re the most productive Product managers must typically balance the schedules of makers and managers : we require time for both focused work and collaboration.
A Guide for Stepping Into Leadership
The Product Coalition
SEPTEMBER 21, 2023
Schedule one-on-one meetings with each of them. Invest time to understand the influencers and decision-makers. Here’s how you can make a difference from day one: Start with Listening and Asking: The initial phase is all about learning (I would go further and say that it is always all about learning).
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How Can Product Managers Deal With Faulty Components?
The Accidental Product Manager
FEBRUARY 21, 2022
That launch schedule had to be postponed, with internal tests showing the battery, supplied by A123 Systems, didn’t meet GM’s quality standards. Auto makers operating in China are scrambling to fulfill a Chinese government order requiring them to start building electric vehicles next year. Though seen as an EV market leader in the U.S.,
Radical Remote Tip: No Standups
Johanna Rothman
APRIL 17, 2020
We ask makers to work as managers. (If If you're not sure of those words, read Paul Graham's classic article, “ Maker's Schedule Manager's Schedule “ ). Your team members might have more or different circumstances that create pressure on their “normal” daily schedule.
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2024: Focusing on Finding Joy in My Work
Product Talk
JANUARY 10, 2024
It’s reminding me how exciting new technology can be and that I need to preserve more maker time on my calendar. I’ll continue to do podcast interviews as they fit my schedule. Right now, I’m experimenting with ChatGPT Plus to build these tools and expect to release some experiments throughout the year. I’ve gotten away from this.
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How Product Can (and Can’t) Speed Up Development
Mironov Consulting
JANUARY 17, 2021
Half of the calls I get from CEOs include requests for Product Management to boost productivity in Engineering (aka Development aka Makers). But it’s not Product’s role to wring more code out of the maker team (developers + designers + CloudOps + test engineering + tech docs) or to restructure the development process.
Develop a Content Strategy for Product Marketing in 5 Steps
Product Management University
JUNE 21, 2023
The end game is to open more doors for sales at the decision-maker/influencer level and give them higher quality leads that are warmer from the start. In the nursing department example, staffing and scheduling issues speak to the nurse managers. This list of obstacles is how you’ll engage all the various job roles in that department.
How We Launched Our B2B Product Three Times on Product Hunt and Won “Product of the Day” Every Time
The Product Coalition
JULY 4, 2023
The most important technical consideration is that you can only create a “Coming soon” page (or teaser) after you’ve scheduled your launch: you publish it on Product Hunt, then wait for the product to launch automatically. We recommend creating a scheduled launch as early as possible.
When You Know Your Customers As Well As They Know Themselves…3 Things
Product Management University
NOVEMBER 26, 2018
Your marketing messages speak directly to the agendas of influencers and decision-makers. Or, schedule an instructor led workshop onsite for the most relevant training on the market. When you know your customers as well as they know themselves, three things will happen. Your solutions deliver value that’s indispensable.
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Creating a Sales Playbook: 5 Must-Haves
Product Management University
MARCH 21, 2023
Qualifying the opportunity is usually something that comes from your sales methodology and focuses on things like budget, compelling events, approval process and building relationships with the right influencers and decision-makers. Unfortunately, most sales methodologies only give salespeople the equivalent of a high-level checklist.
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Product Council
ProductPlan
MAY 26, 2022
With a more frequent schedule, the updates won’t be significant enough to justify bringing together a team of executives to discuss the product status. It gives the team regular exposure to decision-makers. Earning respect and faith of your company’s decision-makers will make it easier to gain approval for your next product idea.
Radical Remote Tip: No Standups
Johanna Rothman
APRIL 17, 2020
We ask makers to work as managers. (If If you're not sure of those words, read Paul Graham's classic article, “ Maker's Schedule Manager's Schedule “ ). Your team members might have more or different circumstances that create pressure on their “normal” daily schedule.
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Dealing with an Underperforming Development Team
Roman Pichler
NOVEMBER 2, 2021
It seems that the development team is behind schedule and will find it hard to reach the sprint goal. Instead, recognise that the lack of a qualified, available Scrum Master needs to be addressed and engage with the decision-makers in the organisation to find a solution. The team, however, does not seem to be concerned.
Establishing an Effective Product Strategy Process
Roman Pichler
OCTOBER 2, 2018
Schedule collaborative strategy reviews on a regular basis—once per quarter, as a rule of thumb. While scheduled strategy reviews are helpful, you should, of course, not wait for the next review if your daily strategy work shows that there are developments that need to be urgently discussed with the dev team and stakeholders.
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ONE THING on Pivots
Product Culture
NOVEMBER 9, 2022
Sometimes it doesn’t make sense to wait for a regularly scheduled roadmap review to change strategy. 8, hosted by Product Makers. By clicking below, you agree that we may process your information in accordance with these terms. You will receive an email asking you to confirm your subscription.
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3 Vitals for Creating High-Impact Wearables and Health Trackers
Centercode
SEPTEMBER 14, 2020
If you’re a wearables maker, here are the success checkpoints on the way to ensuring your device is both functional and delightful — and how Centercode gets you there. Every connected product maker knows how critical interoperability is to a frictionless experience. Interoperability.
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Cultivating a Product Mindset: How “No” became “YES, if…” became “Yes, IF…”
The Product Coalition
NOVEMBER 23, 2021
Yes, if’ is the approach of a deal maker. But then you consider the hard questions: “Does this mean you have to maintain a development schedule that supports new exciting releases each month?” “You Walt liked this language. ‘No, No, because’ is the language of a deal killer. Creative people thrive on ‘yes if.’”
How Product managers can manage stakeholders
NextBigWhat
SEPTEMBER 3, 2021
Actionable tips on how to send a document in advance and following up with decision makers to give their feedback. 7) Identify the key decision makers and ways to work with them. It is a tough job 3) Relationships matter - The examples Mouli gave were on point and very relatable. Writing in prose helps. 5) Disagree and commit.
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Mismatched Expectations: Product Information and Sales Teams
Mironov Consulting
JULY 27, 2023
Lately, I’ve been writing a lot about entirely predictable goal misalignments between the maker side (product, engineering, design) and the go-to-market side (sales, marketing, customer success) of tech firms, especially at B2B/enterprise software companies. That that the world cares deeply about the details.
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How Speed to Market Starts With a Strong Foundation
Mind the Product
NOVEMBER 28, 2018
Well, according to the Center for New Product Development , “the average new product development project exceeds its schedule by 120%.” During my time at Foot Locker, we had an awful 76% on-time delivery rate (out of 100%, with 100% meaning you shipped your product on time every launch) despite owning the scheduling!
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More than just conversations: the next frontier of live chat for sales
Intercom, Inc.
JUNE 6, 2018
Since we launched our live chat for sales product , the people reaching out to us to learn more are sales decision-makers. We see the demand for action clearly in our data: 1 in 7 conversations in the Intercom Messenger links out to forms, meeting scheduling services, surveys, video conferencing tools, articles and other similar resources.
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That Pesky REQUEST A DEMO Button! Keep It or Chuck It?
Product Management University
JULY 26, 2021
There’s lots of interest in your products and you’re busy scheduling and doing demos. The pipeline mirage happens when so many of the people requesting demos are far removed from the decision-makers. It’s easy to think things are going great because of all the activity.
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Product in Practice: Shifting from a Feature Factory to Continuous Discovery at Doodle
Product Talk
APRIL 17, 2024
We’re a scheduling company, so we make finding mutual availability between groups of people fairly easy. We’re a scheduling tool, so obviously setting up the whole process is not a big deal. Let’s start with, tell me just a little bit about your role in your company. Stephanie: Absolutely. Teresa: Excellent.
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What is Marketing Resource Management and How it Can Streamline Your Marketing Efforts?
Userpilot
DECEMBER 6, 2022
Marketing resource management covers everything, from project planning to budget tracking, scheduling, workflow management, collaboration, etc. Scheduling: Often paired with project planning, scheduling involves determining task timing concerning available resources, budget, and deadlines. Userpilot interactive onboarding flows.
Tech For Seniors Creates New Opportunities For Product Managers
The Accidental Product Manager
DECEMBER 18, 2023
In addition to leading classes for residents once a week, product managers have realized that tech concierges can schedule one-on-one visits. Full-time tech concierge service can be a big money maker. Solving The Tech Support Gap Many senior communities have on-site computer classes already. They can also offer one-on-one support.
DIY Data Visualizations: Provide Unique Insights of Your Data with Reveal BI
Reveal
NOVEMBER 1, 2023
By arranging data elements and visuals in a narrative, you can guide your audience through a logical flow of information, leading decision-makers toward actionable insights. You can learn more about our product by scheduling a free product tour so we can take you through Reveal’s different features and functionalities.
OEM Analytics: What Is it & How Does it Work?
Reveal
DECEMBER 6, 2023
OEM analytics provides businesses with accurate and real-time data, empowering decision-makers to make informed and strategic choices. Learn more about Reveal’s ease of use and capabilities by scheduling a free product tour or by downloading our SDK to test our OEM analytics solution yourself.
TEI 259: Become indistractable and get more done better – with Nir Eyal
Product Innovation Educators
DECEMBER 9, 2019
Start with your values and put time on your schedule for what matters to you. Put time on your schedule as often as your schedule changes. Finally, schedule sync with your boss. Show your boss your schedule and the things you couldn’t fit in and ask how you should reprioritize. Next is relationships.
Building a Foundation for Smarter Home Automation
Centercode
SEPTEMBER 22, 2020
Products are getting more sophisticated, and as home automation spreads to wider audiences, product makers are running into both new opportunities and challenges in equal measure. Guaranteeing a streamlined setup process and ease of use is close to the heart of every connected device maker. Ease of Setup and Operation.
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Start Here
Bryce York
MAY 1, 2021
Maker’s Schedule, Manager’s Schedule. An excellent explanation of the very different ways of work between managers and makers. People ask me to recommend tools all the time, so I made this page as a reference point for my most recommended software and tools for startups and product managers.
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Digital Solutions Shape Consumer Behavior in Tourism
The Product Coalition
NOVEMBER 1, 2022
Besides, tourism-makers have to consider tourists’ moods and emotions at the measurement time. Satisfaction The data after the journey is vital for hoteliers and tourism-makers. It can facilitate change and scheduling of alternative transportation in unplanned situations. Satisfaction defines the assessment of a purchase.
6 Ways for Product Managers to Manage their Time Off (and Still Drive their Roadmap Forward)
ProductPlan
AUGUST 20, 2019
Also, the further in advance, you schedule your trip, the more time you’ll have to prepare your cross-functional team to handle things while you’re gone. One best practice for making your time off as smooth and panic-free as possible for your product team is to build your vacation schedule into your product planning.
Product Waste and The ROI of Discovery
Mironov Consulting
MAY 24, 2022
everything we spend on the “maker” side of the house. Developers, Replatforming projects abandoned part-way when our optimistic schedules run long (even though we all knew this was likely). So as a bilingual exec (speaking both tech and go-to-market), I want to reframe this as a discussion about money.
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One-on-Ones: Regular and Sacrosanct
Johanna Rothman
JUNE 26, 2019
I recommend you read Paul Graham's Maker's Schedule, Manager's Schedule. You don't gain the organizational information you need. Find a time that works for both of you. That means understanding how the other person needs to organize his or her time.
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Product Briefing – September 21, 2023
Department of Product
SEPTEMBER 21, 2023
Designed to integrate directly into your workflow, TimeOS can capture notes, schedule your calendar and even attend meetings for you. In this edition, chip maker Nvidia is the focus. TimeOS is described as the world’s first “time operating system” and this week the company unveiled a new browser extension.
Eyes on the future – How to predict your revenue with sales forecasting
Intercom, Inc.
JULY 24, 2019
If a decision maker has been “trying to get budget approval” for several weeks, that’s probably a sign they’re not going to close anytime soon. Our decision makers haven’t signed on the dotted line yet, but there are no major blockers we can see that will prevent us from winning the deal.
Dark Funnel in SaaS: How To Confront Dark Funnel and Make It Work for You?
Userpilot
JULY 15, 2022
Industry blogs contain valuable resources, tips, and best practices that many decision-makers on their buying journey trust. Now let’s see how dark funnels can influence someone who wants to buy a social media scheduling tool, for example. During their search, they find lots of scheduling software with good reviews.
Reasons Why the Internet of Things Needs Artificial Intelligence
The Product Coalition
OCTOBER 22, 2019
The future looks bright with AI powered IoT and here are some of the reasons why: #1 AI powered IoT IoT device makers with AI development are spending money and resources to create self-learning systems that can improve themselves without any human intervention.
What are The Different Types of Personas Used in SaaS?
Userpilot
FEBRUARY 10, 2023
The sales team often uses these personas to cater to the decision maker’s pain points, objections, and goals to close the sale. If the buyer persona represents the decision maker, the user persona represents the user of your product. It also helps to segment your users properly to make accurate assessments.
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