Mind the Product

JUNE 20, 2018

Famously, back in 2001, inventor Dean Kamen was going to change the world. South Park devoted an episode to making fun of the hype before the product was released. And that’s a hugely important lesson for startups and product managers alike.

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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.

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 6, 2020

Google, still just a scale-up in 2001, managed to come out stronger from the dot com bust and made a successful IPO in 2004. I’ve been a proponent of GIST ever since I started using it at Google, and over the years have helped numerous companies, from startups to corporations, implement it. In fact it may be now or never.

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ProductBoard

DECEMBER 20, 2017

At productboard we aim to bake best practices of product management straight into the interface, so you can improve the way you manage your products right out of the box. In the meantime, we’ll continue publishing thoughts and ideas we’ve learned from great product managers here. Read more… ??

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 3, 2023

Quoting Eric Ries, from “the lean startup”: “The only way to win is to learn faster than anyone else” You test and iterate to learn the best way to do business in a way “that our customers love and yet work for our business”, as Marty Cagan would say. link] Amazon laid-off 15% of its workforce in 2001.

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Modus Create

JANUARY 12, 2021

In today’s climate, however, one can expect substantial change in one or more of these areas during the development of a product, so the waterfall approach is becoming less effective at consistently delivering value to customers. Lean Startup. The entire manifesto can be found at.

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

It’s a core principle of Lean Startup, Design Thinking, and other modern product development methods, and the default mode of operation for many successful tech companies today. In product management circles the term “Product Discovery” has become most synonymous with evidence-driven product development.

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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. Agile development and Lean Startup. The term “startup” in this case is a misnomer, as the concept is perfectly viable in larger organizations, having been employed successfully in places like Intuit and General Electric.

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Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 30, 2018

where they help a robust portfolio of startups find their way. I was at an agency for a while and then moved to the Bay Area in 2001. I did interaction, visual design, and then got into management. I did a little bit of consulting along the way and was also at startup called Wealthfront for a while. What do I do?”

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Product Talk

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Product management is evolving quickly. The days of gathering requirements from business stakeholders and documenting them in long product requirements documents are vanishing. Instead, product teams are experimenting their way to viable solutions. Modern Product Discovery [:54]. The Lean Startup: Eric Ries [9:49].

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Business of Software Conference

DECEMBER 11, 2019

By the way you can tell I’m a product/program manager because there’s an agenda for every meeting – I don’t go into anything without telling people where we’re going to go. So it’s like okay you’re a product manager what is your potential. If you’re an H.R.

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