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The PM’s Guide To Getting Stuff Done: Tackle Your To-Do List in 3 Easy Steps

UserVoice

Ben Horowitz touched passively on “micro-managing” in Good Product Manager/Bad Product Manager , reminding us that Product Managers should be more vision-focused than execution-focused : “Good product managers crisply define the target, the “what” (as opposed to the how) and manage the delivery of the “what.”

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Top 10 Japanese Startups

freshtrax

With a vision to deliver legal consultation to people in need as quickly as an ambulance, Bengo4 made a difference in the conventional industry where technology almost had never been applied. Also, early this year, Kudan announced its partnership with Synopsys to accelerate the development of an intelligent computer vision processor.

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The Product Manager vs. the Strategist

Pragmatic Marketing

Both turn grand visions into tangible goods and market realities. The direction can come from the top (product executing on executives’ visions) or from the bottom (product weaving features into marketable stories). Breaking into the Market Product people find gaps of unmet needs using market research.

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

Product Innovation Educators

Market research and focus groups can verify some hypotheses, but the best ideas come from looking for a unique solution to a customer problem. In 2005, when the PRFAQ was written, wifi was not prevalent, so we didn’t know how we could solve that problem. 23:48] Where do ideas come from in the Working Backwards process?

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Top 7 UX Research Agency in 2023

UX Studio: Product Management

Founded in 2005 by Theresa Neil, Guidea is a Woman-Owned Small Business (WOSB) – a national certification that verifies that a company is at least 51% woman/women-owned and operated. Among research needs, they cover: . Market Research. User Research. Product Vision & Strategy. 4 – Guidea.

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Launching a New Breakout Product | Jason Fried | BoS USA Online 2020

Business of Software Conference

And then you end up building multiple products over a number of years, we launched in 2004, we launch Basecamp, and 2005, we launch Ta-da list, and then we launched Backpack in the same year in 2006, we launched Campfire. So David and I set the direction, and the strategy and the vision and sort of where we’re headed.