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519: Product verification, most important of the 19 activities of product management – with Nishant Parikh

Product Innovation Educators

Building the Foundation for Product Vision This activity serves as a bridge between problem validation and product vision development. By identifying and validating solutions before creating a product vision, product managers ensure they’re building on solid ground rather than assumptions.

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Intercom’s Sanj Bhayro on creating the right foundation to help businesses scale

Intercom, Inc.

Sanj started working at Salesforce back in 2005, when the company had around 1,000 employees and a few hundred million in revenue, and he was a part of its growth for 14 years, holding several leadership positions in multiple markets in EMEA. In 2005, I was very lucky to join a company called Salesforce, which had just IPO’d.

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In My Humble Opinion by Thor Mitchell

Mind the Product

Sitting at the hard end of the spectrum are leadership, collaboration and communication skills – all of which are coachable, but take time and investment. As Ken Norton wrote in his 2005 article, How to Hire a Product Manager : ‘No one asked you to show up’. Running throughout them all are character traits.

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TEI 323: Product management insights, stories, and secrets from inside Amazon – with Colin Bryar & Bill Carr

Product Innovation Educators

Our 14 leadership principles are woven into the DNA of everyone who works there and every process in the company, and six of them are directly related to innovation: Customer obsession—people wake up every day trying to figure out how to delight their customers. And, they are here to share their insights with us. .

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Business Development vs. Product Management

The Product Guy

She is a University of Melbourne Asialink Leadership Fellow and Asia Education Foundation Literacy Ambassador. When digging into a new challenge, he starts by establishing a long range product vision, then ruthlessly prioritizes opportunities and features to find the sweet spot between customer needs and business strategy.

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Product Strategies for Non-Strategists

The Product Guy

She is a University of Melbourne Asialink Leadership Fellow and Asia Education Foundation Literacy Ambassador. When digging into a new challenge, he starts by establishing a long range product vision, then ruthlessly prioritizes opportunities and features to find the sweet spot between customer needs and business strategy.

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Why Gender Diversity Leads to Better Products

ProductPlan

Unfortunately, in 2005, women only earned about one in five CS degrees in the US, which continues today. The impact of the years with fewer women in product, plus the higher churn of women in this role, is finding its way into senior leadership. According to our report, both women and men see product leadership in their future.