March, 2025

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Setting up Product Teams for Success

Roman Pichler

Listen to the audio version of this article: [link] Product Teams: Benefits and Challenges A product team is a group of people who collaborate effectively, have ownership of a product , and are responsible for achieving product success. Product teams have become popular for a good reason: None of us is as smart as all of us, as Ken Blanchard once put it.

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How to Succeed with AI in 2025

Piyanka Jain

Unlocking Success with AI in 2025: The Future isNow By now, weve all seen the headlines. AI is going to revolutionize everything, automate the world,etc But most AI initiatives in businesses fail. And not because AI itself is broken, but because companies keep treating it like a science project instead of a tool that actually needs to solve problems.

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#HowIPM Combating Overconfidence

The Product Guy

John Kresse, Senior Director of Product Management at SoulCycle and a former college basketball player at Emory shares a simple but powerful way to combat overconfidence and make better product decisions. 3 Key Questions to Challenge Assumptions & De-Risk Your Roadmap: 1. How confident are you in the projected impact? Assign a confidence percentage to ROI estimates. 2.

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When a product doesn’t fit: Skype’s decline inside Microsoft

Mind the Product

Microsoft is shutting down its Skype service in May, 14 years after it paid $8.5 billion for the once pioneering video calling company. Skype users will be migrated to Teams. The service had 36 million users in 2023, when Microsoft last reported user numbers, compared with 300 million users at its peak. Its a decision Read more » The post When a product doesn’t fit: Skype’s decline inside Microsoft appeared first on Mind the Product.

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How to Achieve High-Accuracy Results When Using LLMs

Speaker: Ben Epstein, Stealth Founder & CTO | Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO, Aggregage

When tasked with building a fundamentally new product line with deeper insights than previously achievable for a high-value client, Ben Epstein and his team faced a significant challenge: how to harness LLMs to produce consistent, high-accuracy outputs at scale. In this new session, Ben will share how he and his team engineered a system (based on proven software engineering approaches) that employs reproducible test variations (via temperature 0 and fixed seeds), and enables non-LLM evaluation m

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How to Validate Product Ideas Quickly (Without Writing a Single Line of Code)

Productside

Did you know that 42 percent of startups fail because they build products no one wants? Many companies pour monthsor even yearsinto developing new features and products, only to realize too late that there is no real demand. The key to avoiding this costly mistake? Validate product ideas quickly. In our recent webinar, Kenny Kranseler. The post How to Validate Product Ideas Quickly (Without Writing a Single Line of Code) appeared first on Productside | Product Management Courses & Training.

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Product Manager Demos – 3 Reasons They Have To Be Great

Product Management University

The biggest reason product manager demos need to be great has a lot more to do with internal stakeholders than any other audience. Sure, there are customer and prospect scenarios where great demo skills are highly beneficial for product managers, but most product manager demos are to internal audiences. Ive seen more than my fair share of product manager demos to internal audiences.

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Ask the Community: Tracking Opportunities Not Related to Your Outcome

Product Talk

When you conduct story-based interviews every week, you quickly begin to collect a range of opportunities. And while some of these opportunities might be related to your current outcome , thats not always the case. It can be hard to know what to do when this happens. You might be tempted to try to guide your customer back to talking about your current outcome, but that doesnt necessarily work.

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Sustainability & Longevity in Product Development: Key Takeaways from TPG Live

The Product Guy

The latest TPG Live brought together product leaders to tackle a critical topic: How do we build sustainable and long-lasting products without sacrificing business impact? Our discussion explored strategies that leading companies are using to integrate sustainability, design for durability, and make smarter decisions about product evolution. For those who missed itor want a refresherheres a recap of the key takeaways and debates from the event.

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How to craft a product vision: Ebi Atawodi at #mtpcon London 2025 (Director of Product, YouTube)

Mind the Product

“Theres nothing more magical than coming together as a group to envision something and then seeing it come to life.” Creating a product vision is the backbone of every great product, yet for many, it remains a mystery on how to get started with it. In the opening keynote session at #mtpcon London 2025, Ebi Read more » The post How to craft a product vision: Ebi Atawodi at#mtpconLondon 2025 (Director of Product, YouTube) appeared first on Mind the Product.

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Your Guide to Product Management Interviews: Top Questions with Answers

Stand out in your product management interview with guidance from Priyanka Upadhyay, an experienced product leader and Stanford Online program coach. In this guide, Upadhay dives into five key competencies interviewers will likely want to assess. She provides sample questions with detailed answers spanning: Product strategy Product design Execution Market estimation Teamwork Confidently land the product management role you want by pre-empting what interviewers are looking for and demonstrating y

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How to Be an Effective Product Management Leader

Productside

Taking charge of a product management team can feel like juggling flaming torchesthrilling, but also risky if you dont have the right game plan. In our latest Productside webinar, Becoming an Effective Product Management Leader , Principal Consultants Roger Snyder and Kenny Kranseler delivered a no-nonsense roadmap for new leaders who want to nail their first 90 days (and beyond) and get the tools on how to become a product management leadereffectively.

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The overlooked differentiator: how customer support fuels success 

Alchemer Mobile

Why customer support is an overlooked differentiator Product features, pricing, and branding all play key roles in differentiating your organization from the laundry list of competitors, but theres one often-overlooked factor that can make or break customer loyalty: how well you support your customers. 1. Great customer support drives adoption When someone is learning a new product, a knowledgeable support team does more than just answer their questions.

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If It Doesn’t Have Customer Value First, FAHGETTABOUDIT!

Product Management University

No matter what role you playproduct management, marketing, sales, customer onboarding, or account managementif your starting point isnt quantifiable customer value, fuhgeddaboudit! Nothing else matters. Period. End of story. Its easy to get caught up in your own goalscorporate goals, sales targets, marketing KPIs, retention quotas. Before you know it, your view of what the market actually values is as clear as a foggy windshield.

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Which companies produce the best product managers

Lenny Rachitsky

👋 Welcome to a 🔒 subscriber-only edition 🔒 of my weekly newsletter. Each week I tackle reader questions about building product, driving growth, and accelerating your career. Annual subscribers now get a free year of Perplexity Pro, Notion Plus, Superhuman, Linear, and Granola. Subscribe now For more: Lennybot | Podcast | Courses | Hiring | Swag My first-ever deep dive a few months ago into which companies accelerate PM careers most led to a lot of great feedback and ideas

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Effective Risk Management: Balancing Safety, Compliance, and Opportunity

Effective risk management in product development balances safety, compliance, and opportunity. Risks can't be eliminated, but they can be mitigated through structured assessments, clear documentation, and expert guidance. Engaging specialists ensures efficiency, regulatory adherence, and product security while reducing costly oversights. A well-executed risk management plan includes frequent evaluations, defined assessment criteria, and a structured decision-making process.

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Balancing Revenue and Social Impact—Building Products That Serve Users

The Product Guy

In this episode of “Product Excellence: Insights from Award-Winning Leaders | Strategies for Success,” Maya Brooks discusses the balance between creating revenue-focused and socially impactful products. She explains how flexibility in product design supports entrepreneurs through both good times and challenges. If you’re interested in social impact product management, this episode offers key insights on building user-centric solutions.

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Are you struggling with SQL? AI can give you analytics superpowers

Mind the Product

Discover how a struggling product manager transformed into 'Super SQL Man' by using AI-powered LLMs to conquer SQL queries, streamline data analysis, and unlock powerful business insightsno expert coding required! Read more » The post Are you struggling with SQL? AI can give you analytics superpowers appeared first on Mind the Product.

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The Future of Product Management: Why Soft Skills Matter More Than Ever

Productside

The role of a product manager has always been complex, balancing business goals, customer needs, and cross-functional collaboration. But as AI-driven tools take on more of the execution workanalyzing data, optimizing workflows, and even generating roadmapsthe future of product management is in flux. Technical skills alone wont make you a great product leader.

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Design Chronicles #1: Into the Darkness

UX Planet

Dark mode isnt just a featureits a necessity. It enhances comfort, saves battery, and delivers a sleek, modern experience across all your devices. Dark mode isnt just a trendy feature anymoreits a standard. In 2025, people dont ask if an app has dark mode; they expect it. Apple, Google, and Microsoft have all doubled down on dark-themed interfaces, and its easy to see why.

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Enterprise ABM Marketing Tools: A Marketers Guide

Savvy B2B marketers know that a great account-based marketing (ABM) strategy leads to higher ROI and sustainable growth. In this guide, we’ll cover: What makes for a successful ABM strategy? What are the key elements and capabilities of ABM that can make a real difference? How is AI changing workflows and driving functionality? This Martech Intelligence Report on Enterprise Account-Based Marketing examines the state of ABM in 2024 and what to consider when implementing ABM software.

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529: Is this the best AI-powered market research approach? – with Carmel Dibner

Product Innovation Educators

How AI captures customer needs that human product managers miss Watch on YouTube TLDR In my recent conversation with Carmel Dibner from Applied Marketing Science, we explored how artificial intelligence is transforming Voice of the Customer (VOC) research for product teams. The collaboration between AMS and MIT researchers has yielded impressive results, with AI tools not only matching human analysts in identifying customer needs but often exceeding themespecially for emotional needs that humans

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Notion’s lost years, its near collapse during Covid, staying small to move fast, the joy and suffering of building horizontal, more | Ivan Zhao (CEO and co-founder)

Lenny Rachitsky

Listen now on Apple , Spotify , and YouTube. Brought to you by: • Eppo —Run reliable, impactful experiments • Airtable ProductCentral —Launch to new heights with a unified system for product development • Sinch —Build messaging, email, and calling into your product — Ivan Zhao is the co-founder and CEO of Notion.

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These “Best Practices” Are Slowly Killing Your Product

The Product Guy

You’re Stuckand It’s Because You’re Playing by the Rules In product management, youve been told to follow the rules: stick to the roadmap, build consensus, and hit your OKRs. These practices are promoted as essential for success. But what if I told you they’re actually sabotaging your product’s potential? As can be easily found in many organizations: Roadmaps trap you in outdated plans.

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Women in Product share their stories and career advice: International Women’s Day

Mind the Product

Tomorrow is International Womens Day (IWD), a moment to celebrate the contributions of women across every industryincluding product management. At Mind the Product, weve featured hundreds of female product professionals on the #mtpcon mainstage, on our blog, on The Product Experience podcast, and in our training sessions. To mark the occasion, we reached out to Read more » The post Women in Product share their stories and career advice: International Women’s Day appeared first on Mind

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Less Stress, More Success: Accounting Best Practices & Processes for 2025

Speaker: Duke Heninger, Partner and Fractional CFO at Ampleo & Creator of CFO System

Are you ready to elevate your accounting processes for 2025? 🚀 Join us for an exclusive webinar led by Duke Heninger, a seasoned fractional CFO and CPA passionate about transforming back-office operations for finance teams. This session will cover critical best practices and process improvements tailored specifically for accounting professionals.

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Mastering Product Leadership, AI, and Ad Tech with Neha Bansal

Productside

Stepping into product leadership means balancing strategic vision, customer focus, and emerging tech. In this episode of Productside Stories, Neha Bansal , Head of Product at Meta Ads Manager Reporting, joins Nicole Tieche to discuss her career, the high-speed role of AI in advertising, and how PMs can stay ahead of industry shifts. Key Topics Discussed in This Episode Key topic #1 From Consulting to Product Leadership Neha shares how a customer-first mindset led her from consulting to product

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Product Redesign Proposal: Structure & Tips

UX Planet

Image by TamannaRumee Product redesign is an inevitable thing. No matter how good your original product is, you will likely decide to redesign it at some point in time. Maybe your audiences preferences shift so you will need to adapt to the new market demand, or maybe you decide to embrace a new visual style to make your product look fresh and modern.

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Customer Research 101: The Complete Guide for SaaS

Userpilot

What happens when you build a product or service around what you think potential customers want, only for them to buy something else? For starters, it shows you dont know your customers well enough. But worse than that, it leads to lower revenue, failed products, and plummeting customer loyalty. According to Harvard Business Review, 80% of new products fail, primarily because companies fail to conduct proper customer research.

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A Product Manager’s Guide to Building Trust with Stakeholders (and why it matters)

The Product Manager Coach Blog

Building trust with stakeholders isnt just a nice-to-haveits essential to preventing failed product launches due to poor stakeholder management. Without trust, even the most well-thought-out product strategies can face pushback, leading to misalignment, delays, and increased risks. But when you build strong relationships, you create alignment, accelerate decision-making, and drive better results for your users and your business.

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B2B eCommerce, Self-Service Portals, and PIM Trends for 2024

In 2024, B2B customers expect better quality and service with streamlined experiences that match consumer-grade simplicity—no long calls or meetings required. Our B2B eCommerce Trends Report, surveying 400+ B2B professionals in the US and Europe, reveals how eCommerce has become vital to top companies’ strategies. The report shows how leaders are leveraging eCommerce to break data silos, unify channels, and deliver the personalized experiences that customers demand.

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Product Management is Killing Your Product

The Product Guy

You think you’re doing everything right. Your team is following the roadmap. You’re gathering customer feedback, hitting your OKRs, and tracking every metric imaginable. And yet, your product is stuck. Users churn, innovation stalls, and your team feels like theyre running on a never-ending treadmill. Heres the uncomfortable truth: these very practicesroadmaps, obsessive customer listening, and metrics worshipare strangling your products potential.

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From Co-op CPO to Co-Founder – Adam Warburton (Co-Founder, Rove)

Mind the Product

In this conversation on this week’s podcast, Adam Warburton, Co-Founder of Rove, shares his journey from being a Chief Product Officer at large firms like Co-op and Travelex, to co-founding his startup, Rove. He discusses the challenges and learnings from transitioning to a startup environment, the importance of prototyping and user feedback, and the balance Read more » The post From Co-op CPO to Co-Founder – Adam Warburton (Co-Founder, Rove) appeared first on Mind the Product.

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AI in Product Management: How Meta’s Neha Bansal Sees the Future

Productside

For our next installment of our Women in Product Management Series, I interviewedNeha Bansal, Head of Product, Ads Manager Reporting at Meta about AI in product management and how it’s reshaping advertising. A Journey Rooted in Curiosity and Customer Obsession Neha Bansals path into product management started not in tech, but in data. Growing.