The Product Coalition

MARCH 17, 2019

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.

Analytic Tools 61

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Amplitude

AUGUST 16, 2018

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. How should we craft the Tide product strategy in a country where more than half of the population doesn’t own a washing machine?

Customer Experience 74

Customer Experience Weak Development Team Leadership Construction 74

The Product Guy

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

Ladislav focuses on user centric product development, especially on brand, usability and revenue product challenges. He is passionate about Lean and Agile Product management, innovative business models and business and product strategies. Dustin Levy Director of Product Management, Gentex Corporation.

Research Software 148

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The Product Guy

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Ladislav focuses on user centric product development, especially on brand, usability and revenue product challenges. He is passionate about Lean and Agile Product management, innovative business models and business and product strategies. Dustin Levy Director of Product Management, Gentex Corporation.

Analytic Tools 142

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The Product Coalition

JULY 10, 2020

In smaller companies and startups, both need to have a clear and firm understanding of the product strategy. It’s common for Product Managers to transition to CEO in this way, because they’ve already been playing the role of leader. What you may not know, is that he started his career at Google as a Product Leader. (

Product Management 102

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BrainMates

OCTOBER 10, 2019

From these definitions we can see that a project manager’s focus is internal and tactical whereas a Product Manager’s focus is external — on the customers’ needs and on the product strategy required to meet them. A Product Manager tries to find out the customers’ needs and develop a product to satisfy them.

Product Management 75

Product Management Product Manager Management Management 75

ProductPlan

APRIL 4, 2019

He abandoned plans for a PhD and instead worked as an engineer and product manager at Applied Materials before getting his MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, graduating with an MBA. He then joined Google in 2004, and 11 years later found himself named CEO as part of the Alphabet reorganization of the firm.

Technical Review 95

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 6, 2019

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.

Analytic Tools 62

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Birst BI

JANUARY 29, 2019

When creating Birst in 2004, the idea was to get insight out to as many people in an organization as you can, so that even non-analyst people are empowered to use data to make decisions. Our focus was correct, and we began a path of building machine learning automation into the product.

Data Visualization 78

Data Visualization Analytic Tools Reporting Tools Artificial Inteligence 78

The Product Guy

JANUARY 5, 2017

Ladislav focuses on user centric product development, especially on brand, usability and revenue product challenges. He is passionate about Lean and Agile Product management, innovative business models and business and product strategies. Dustin Levy Director of Product Management, Gentex Corporation.

Analytic Tools 108

Analytic Tools Research Software CTO Coach Fractional CTO 108

Mind the Product

APRIL 18, 2017

Most recently Jeff co-founded Neo Innovation (sold to Pivotal Labs) in New York City and helped build it into one of the most recognized brands in modern product strategy, development and design. Nate started his first company in 2004 where he revolutionized medical evacuation with Paraslyde, later acquired by Stryker Medical.

Research Software 75

Research Software User Testing Customer Experience Workshop 75

The Product Guy

FEBRUARY 18, 2017

Ladislav focuses on user centric product development, especially on brand, usability and revenue product challenges. He is passionate about Lean and Agile Product management, innovative business models and business and product strategies. Dustin Levy Director of Product Management, Gentex Corporation.

Analytic Tools 96

Analytic Tools Research Software CTO Coach Fractional CTO 96

Roman Pichler

MARCH 9, 2021

What’s more, I like to ensure that product goals are connected to the product strategy and its user and business goals. This helps me choose the right product goals and it ensures that meeting a product goal is a step towards creating the desired value for the users and the business, as figure 1 shows.

Product Goals 366

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ProductPlan

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

What’s the best-known product management beta-testing? Gmail launched in 2004, yet Google didn’t remove its beta tag until 2009. Why were five years required to switch the product to a finished state? In the history of lengthy betas, none received quite as much attention as Google’s foray into the email market.

Feedback Software 56

Feedback Software User Testing Product Research Customer Feedback 56

ProductPlan

APRIL 27, 2021

Rather than the previous generation of software companies with high friction sales models, in a product-led company the customers themselves foster the growth. In 2004 I helped launch GoToMeeting , one of the earliest web-based products with a SaaS model. The product was acquired by Citrix, and later by LogMeIn.

Customer Experience 53

Customer Experience Product Research Inbound Customer Feedback 53

The Product Guy

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Ladislav focuses on user centric product development, especially on brand, usability and revenue product challenges. He is passionate about Lean and Agile Product management, innovative business models and business and product strategies. Dustin Levy Director of Product Management, Gentex Corporation.

Analytic Tools 60

Analytic Tools Research Software CTO Coach Fractional CTO 60

The Product Guy

JANUARY 31, 2017

Ladislav focuses on user centric product development, especially on brand, usability and revenue product challenges. He is passionate about Lean and Agile Product management, innovative business models and business and product strategies. Dustin Levy Director of Product Management, Gentex Corporation.

Analytic Tools 60

Analytic Tools Research Software Customer Experience User Testing 60

The Product Guy

JANUARY 27, 2017

Ladislav focuses on user centric product development, especially on brand, usability and revenue product challenges. He is passionate about Lean and Agile Product management, innovative business models and business and product strategies. Dustin Levy Director of Product Management, Gentex Corporation.

Analytic Tools 60

Analytic Tools Research Software Enterprise Startups 60

The Product Coalition

JULY 17, 2018

On top of that, it offers digital design, development and branding strategy development. What they’re known for: Intellectsoft’s specialties include enterprise solutions, product strategy and app development for multiple platforms. It was founded in 2004, and has since worked with more than 1,200 clients in 40 countries.

Research Software 60

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ProductPlan

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

To put this in product management terms, Carolla built a minimum valuable product on his own, launched it to his target market, and let the audience tell him if it was worthy. Air America, an outlet for liberal talk radio, launched in 2004. Let’s contrast this with a story of a failed radio station.

User Testing 49

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Roman Pichler

MARCH 9, 2021

What’s more, I like to ensure that product goals are connected to the product strategy and its user and business goals. This helps me choose the right product goals and it ensures that meeting a product goal is a step towards creating the desired value for the users and the business, as figure 1 shows.

Product Goals 156

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Product Talk

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

I have no idea if this product even made it to Europe, because it was a complete flop. This is one of Microsoft’s worst products. By 2004, Microsoft was already announcing that they didn’t want to support it anymore, and by 2006 they ended support for it. The opportunity space is where product strategy happens.

Product Research 100

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Roman Pichler

JUNE 28, 2016

(I discuss the difference between products, features, and components in more detail in my post What is a Digital Product? ). The alternative to sharing the responsibility of managing a product is to break up the latter. Another technique is creating product variants—think of iPod shuffle and iPod Touch, for example.

User Testing 198

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