The Accidental Product Manager

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

NASCAR product managers try to attract a new fan base Image Credit: roger blake So when I say “NASCAR” to you, what do you think of? The problem that the NASCAR product managers are facing is that fans warmly nostalgic for Old Dixie are aging out. In the past, this image would have been fairly accurate.

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Mironov Consulting

JUNE 16, 2022

I remember major tech downturns in 1985, 1992, 2001 and 2008.  Especially  Especially 2001.  I  I quit my third startup on Sept 1st, 2001, in a very hot tech moment.  9/11 came around less than two weeks later, which crushed financial markets and VC funding.  

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 3, 2021

Is It Time For Mailchimp To Give Up The Throne: Who Are The Other Promising Contenders In The Market? Source: Unsplash For years, Mailchimp has been the go-to for email marketing needs. Founded in 2001, Mailchimp has grown its user base to more than 11 million. featuring powerful email and SMS marketing automation.

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The Accidental Product Manager

MARCH 1, 2021

However, the product managers at Amazon have come to a realization that they need to find a way to save money. That kind of increase in sales would look good on anyone’s product manager resume. All of this would make you think that it must be a great job to be a product manager for one of those companies that makes boxes.

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ProductPlan

DECEMBER 6, 2022

The product management function in any given industry has both similarities and differences. In all cases, product managers drive the development of products and are ultimately responsible for the success of those products. With company leadership, product management sets the strategic direction for the product(s).

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Ever since the Agile Manifesto was written in 2001, the concept of becoming more efficient by embracing iterative delivery models and “learning-on-the-go” has captivated senior executives to junior project managers alike. It’s great in targeted environments but not appropriate for all.

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NextBigWhat

APRIL 5, 2021

Barry Enderwick Former marketing Netflix 2001 – 2012 ( Via ). And you have to spend ad money/attention educating consumer on what the name of the plans mean. If I tell you that you’re on the “3 DVDs-at-a-time” plan it is much clearer than telling you that you are on the “Gold” plan. Simple, right?

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Pragmatic Marketing

AUGUST 17, 2014

Marketing has changed more in the last five to seven years than at any other time during my career. Despite all this change, many of the core processes of marketing remain unchanged. Some marketers, including myself, are taking a different approach—one based on agile development. What Is Agile Marketing?

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The Product Coalition

MAY 15, 2019

One signal I’ve been giving much thought too of late is the collision of two roles, Product Management and Product Ownership. As time progressed many Product Managers wondered if they should be a Product Owner and similarly many Product Owners started to wonder where they fit in relation to their Product Manager counterparts.

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Product Innovation Educators

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

A strategic approach product managers can use for choosing product features. Helping us is someone who’s been prioritizing customer feedback professionally since 2001. He is a serial entrepreneur and previously a product manager and software developer. Summary of some concepts discussed for product managers.

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 13, 2020

Changes in fundraising Entrepreneurs expect to see private financing decreased, at least slightly, as it happened during economic downturns in 2001 and 2009. Businesses that are ready to timely optimize business models, marketing, product design and development for changes in the modern market will take advantage in 2020.

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Dear Strategy

OCTOBER 23, 2018

Dear Strategy: “What are the strategies to help drive consumer needs into product benefits to go to market faster?”. . They rush products to market that are half-baked just to get there quicker than anyone else. There are two parts to this question that we can focus on. And then they wonder why customers don’t buy in.

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UX Planet

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

After failing to convince my manager to change our waterfall methodology, I joined a company where Agile was deeply ingrained in the culture. Scrum was created by developers It all started in 2001 when 17 engineers defined a set of principles known as the Agile Manifesto to improve the development of software. Guess what? It never did.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Here is our list of the best and most trusted UX design companies in the world based on our market research. Fireart has many positive reviews on Clutch, and all of its previous clients claim that this team stands out with its excellent project management, effective communication, and beautiful UX design.

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Mind the Product

JUNE 20, 2018

Famously, back in 2001, inventor Dean Kamen was going to change the world. Segways have been on the market for 17 years. And that’s a hugely important lesson for startups and product managers alike. The buzz just before the launch of his Segway personal transporter was astonishing.

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The Basics of Product Management

JUNE 13, 2020

In some fields like product management and project management, every single person is expected to display leadership qualities. Learn how to become a Product Manager. The individual tasks of a Product Manager may be different from those of a Project Manager, but the leadership qualities should remain the same.

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Johanna Rothman

JUNE 18, 2021

Management can't hire people for the same salaries they used to pay.). Or, that while managers might want people “back” in the office, not everyone wants to work in an office. Worst of all, too many managers still want to micromanage people—and that's more difficult when people aren't in the office.

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The Product Cafe

MARCH 22, 2023

💜 Welcome to this week's edition of Product Café, your weekly cup of coffee for everything product management, startups, and more. 🫡 Mailchimp Launched in the middle of the dot-com crash in 2001 - with the simple objective to help their customers i.e. small businesses. Hello, all you product-loving folks!

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UX Planet

DECEMBER 19, 2023

They consist of members from all avenues of the product design process, including product managers, UX designers, front-end developers, back-end developers, Quality Assurance (QA) engineers, etc. They are broken down into small, manageable tasks that can be completed and improved upon during each sprint.

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Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 14, 2021

With a background in computer science and an MBA, he soon realized that understanding the markets and customers is as important as building the products. And so, in 2014, he founded Productboard , a product management system that incorporates customer feedback and insights to help product teams build better products. A CRM for Product.

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UX Studio

JUNE 30, 2023

San Jose, CA; San Francisco, CA $150 – $199 / hr Web Design, Corporate Identity, Graphic Design, Social Media Marketing, Animation, and Motion Design Propane Agency Propane Agency is a brand and digital experience agency. UX training: Manage your UX team better or up-skill your team with practical knowledge.

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CardBoard

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Balancing requirements, managing deadlines, and aligning stakeholder expectations are just a part of your daily routine. It’s a practical, hands-on framework that’s designed to make your role as a product owner more manageable and more effective. Scrum provides a framework for managing and completing complex projects.

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BrainMates

MARCH 6, 2018

This blog is a transcript of part of that meetup, focusing on why we need Product Management. Rich Mironov presenting on why we need Product Management. Why do we need a Product Management team? I have 30 years in Silicon Valley product management, so this isn’t a new thing. As in “Do we actually have market fit?

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The Product Bistro

JANUARY 31, 2017

When the bubble burst in 2001 or so, a lot of that gear ended up on eBay , for pennies on the dollar. This definitely cast a shadow on the principal go to market strategy that drove the original dot com bubble. Duplicate servers, duplicate storage, well, you get the idea.

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 6, 2020

There’s much uncertainty, but it’s likely that for a number of years markets will cool down, investments will dry up, customers will clamp down on spendings, and lots of people will be unemployed. the markets dry up, and things that worked before stop working. What does it mean to you, your job and your company?

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freshtrax

AUGUST 3, 2021

While still in highschool, Rika started her company, AMF, a marketing startup run entirely by girls in their teens. She’s developed a reputation as a “marketer who hears the voices of young girls around Japan.” Rika Shiiki – Co-Founder & President of AMF. hayakawagomi. Akiko Naka – Founder & CEO of Wantedly.

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Product Management University

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Learn B2B Skills Anytime, Anywhere With Product Management University On-Demand. Product Management University On-Demand is ideal for: Individuals that want to pursue a career in product management and product marketing. Product Management University On-Demand is really unique.

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Product Innovation Educators

JANUARY 22, 2018

Fundamentally, product managers should be driving success for their organization. In his recent book, The Power of Little Ideas: A Low-Risk, High-Reward Approach to Innovation , he studies other companies who have won their market using a similar approach. How companies have innovated close to their core to create market success.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

It was at that time that the company entered into fierce competition with the other major disruptor in the market?—?Amazon. Ben Foster, who was the company’s PM of Findings between 2001–2004, was in charge of that effort. Online shopping was growing as people joined the internet revolution.

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

In product management circles the term “Product Discovery” has become most synonymous with evidence-driven product development. Here’s how product management guru Marty Cagan describes product discovery in his book “Inspired”: “Our goal in discovery is to validate our ideas the fastest, cheapest way possible. Last tickets available!

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eG Innovations

MARCH 5, 2021

We want to take some time to introduce you to a few of them, who make eG Innovations the leading performance monitoring company in the market. I have spent 18+ years in the software industry playing various roles: from a developer to an architect to a product manager. I joined eG Innovations in 2001 when the company was an infant.

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Sachin Rekhi

SEPTEMBER 2, 2013

Most entrepreneurs assume that the marketing and audience building phase of their startup begins post product launch. It launched its now famous Signal vs. Noise blog in 2001 to share their ideas about design, business, and the web. Yet I’ve seen some startups successfully build their audience well before they reach this point.

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Agile Velocity

MAY 29, 2020

The respondents stated by using Agile approaches, they’ve seen greater ability to manage changing priorities, increased project visibility, higher alignment between IT and the business, faster delivery speed/time to market , and increased team morale. Digging Deeper into Some Stats. There are two interpretations of this statistic.

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freshtrax

JULY 16, 2019

Top 10 Japanese Startups by Market Capitalization. The Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) is the world’s third largest and Asia’s largest exchange by market capitalization. We will focus on the Market of the High-growth and Emerging Stocks (Mothers) market which is usually where the shares of startup companies are listed and traded.

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UX Planet

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Don’t make the mistake of thinking that in every country, even in Europe, a UX Designer or a Developer is always paid more than, for example, a Recruiter, a Marketing Manager or a Customer Support Team Leader, because this is not always the case. That is perhaps more of an American, German and some Northern European countries reality.

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Pragmatic Marketing

MAY 23, 2017

Unfortunately, in 2001 as the dot-com boom went bust, Fujitsu, for the first time in the company’s history, lost money. And that means having to manage your career in a completely different way than previous generations. And if you are the product, why not manage your personal brand like a product? Continuously Market.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 14, 2019

The market is saturated with hundreds of FinTech software development companies, so it can be challenging to choose the one that best fits your business. These companies will help you build a user-friendly software that allows you to manage your financial activity efficiently. The financial industry is not an exception.

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