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10+ Resources to awaken your strategic brain

The Product Coalition

but we had no previous training on strategy. Furthermore, there is no clear path to learn product strategy and no agreed-upon “go-to” resource to start developing this muscle. Blue Ocean Strategy Published in 2004, the ideas of professors W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne quickly gained popularity.

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Why We Fail: What I Learned From 5 Years with Friends, Netflix’s Social Strategy

Mind the Product

Netflix’s Friends (Born 2004, died 2010). I write a lot about product strategy, and use Netflix as an example so that others can learn from the company’s success and failure. Netflix launched Friends in 2004, the year that Facebook grew from one million to six million members.

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6 Product Managers Who Became CEOs-and How!

The Product Coalition

While some may say that a Product Manager is ‘the CEO of the product’, that’s not entirely true. Both positions involve being the keeper of a vision, and both also have to be decision makers by curating ideas from many different sources. As a Product Manager, you have very little authority. Chrome now has 59.3%

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Introducing the Speakers for MTP Engage Manchester 2019

Mind the Product

Formed in 2004, THG (The Hut Group) has grown from a start-up business to a global digital commerce group, fast becoming one of the world’s leading beauty and well-being online retail organisations. This puts him in a unique position to bridge the gap between corporations and startups, fostering open innovation.

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K.I.S.S??—?my ass!

The Product Coalition

Not the monstrous product you are connected to on all of your devices. TheFacebook.com of 2004/5 that didn’t yet include the ‘like’ button or even the feed! That Facebook was NOT a simple nor easy product to understand?—?try 4 time CEO, numerous product lead positions, lecturer, writer and mentor.

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K.I.S.S??—?my ass!

The Product Coalition

Not the monstrous product you are connected to on all of your devices. TheFacebook.com of 2004/5 that didn’t yet include the ‘like’ button or even the feed! That Facebook was NOT a simple nor easy product to understand?—?try 4 time CEO, numerous product lead positions, lecturer, writer and mentor.

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Tech Needs Leaders with Global Experience

Amplitude

In order to advance to a top leadership position, executives were expected to have worked in several markets and handled difficult situations well. When I was based in Moscow as an advertising executive in 2003-2004 working with Procter & Gamble, there were many unknowns that we tackled on a weekly basis.