Product Innovation Educators

APRIL 3, 2023

Since 2006 at Crossmedia, she has helped clients navigate the changing marketing landscape. Since 2006 at Crossmedia, she has helped clients navigate the changing marketing landscape. To help us, Ali Plonchak is with us. Ali is the COO of Crossmedia. To help us, Ali Plonchak is with us. Ali is the COO of Crossmedia.

Data Visualization 94

Data Visualization Marketing Advertising Customer Feedback 94

The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

I grew up on all its handhelds and home consoles, starting with the original DS back in 2006. The Nintendo Switch is one of the many primary mainstream consoles which contribute to these rising numbers; for good reason. I’m a massive Switch fan. I almost exclusively play Nintendo devices and titles.

Customer Experience 116

Customer Experience Vision Article Naming 116

Bain Public

MARCH 20, 2021

FITC Winnipeg 2006, Canada FITC Toronto 2006, Canada FITC Toronto 2005, Canada Flash Forward 2005, New York, U.S. Flash Forward 2008, San Francisco, U.S. FITC Toronto 2008, Canada FITC Toronto 2007, Canada Flash Belt 2007, Minneapolis, U.S. Flash Forward 2007, Boston, U.S. Flash Forward 2005, San Francisco, U.S.

Roadmap 52

Roadmap User Testing Artificial Inteligence Product Research 52

Mind the Product

DECEMBER 26, 2019

Between 2002 and 2006, cybersecurity technologies for networks were now entering into a period of maturity. His key points include: Creating a category at Assurent. Surviving in a maturing market at Enomaly. Consumer security at PasswordBox. Creating a Category at Assurent.

Product Research 100

Product Research Customer Experience User Testing Marketing 100

bpma ProductHub

JUNE 30, 2017

John served as the chairman for the Technology Association of Georgia’s Product Management Society from 2006 – 2010. As the managing partner of Proficientz, John has worked with more than 2000 organizations that span high technology, business services, telecom, healthcare, financial services, manufacturing and many others.

Customer Experience 150

Customer Experience User Testing Customer Feedback Development 150

The Product Coalition

MAY 9, 2020

Microsoft Zune (2006) Healthy competition between companies can be great. That’s the exact problem Microsoft encountered when it launched the Zune in 2006. People wanted to drink what they’d been enjoying for decades. There was no opt-out. It leads to more choices for consumers and more motivation for companies to innovate.

User Testing 78

User Testing Product Research Product Management Product Manager 78

The Product Guy

MARCH 26, 2019

For example, in 2005 the audience received items such as a Burberry coat, an iPod, and a Blackberry phone, but in 2006 each audience member received a $1,000 gift card and a camcorder and were told to record themselves using the money to do a good deed for someone else.

Product Management 144

Product Management Product Manager Management Management 144

The Product Coalition

JUNE 14, 2020

Microsoft Zune Zune , the music player that also ran, launched in 2006, roughly five years after the iPod, and eventually discontinued in 2011. Apparently, the Zune adventure cost MS $289 million in last quarter of 2006. This article has a short take on some of Zune’s shortcomings. The Zune Is Dead.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Marketing Data Visualization Customer Experience 78

freshtrax

MAY 26, 2021

In 2006, IKEA opened a megastore in Tokyo offering smaller furniture with simple designs, specifically designed to match the Japanese lifestyle. Learning from their first failure, IKEA redeemed themselves with ample consumer behavior research.

User Testing 131

User Testing Customer Feedback Customer Experience Product Research 131

NextBigWhat

DECEMBER 14, 2020

12) By 2006, Cremica was cashing in ?100 Cremica commissioned a biscuit plant in Ludhiana in 1991. Big break came in 1995 — when McDonalds was expanding in India. Cremica became the sole supplier of buns and sauces. 100 crores in revenues, with a 30% consistent growth rate.

Product Management 52

Product Management Product Manager Management Management 52

The Accidental Product Manager

APRIL 24, 2017

Scion had it’s greatest number of sales during 2006. Ever since hitting a high in 2006, sales have been on a slide. Their best year for sales was back in 2006. The next model that Toyota introduced was the tC sports coupe. This model went on to become Scion’s best selling model. Last year, only 56,167 cars were sold.

Product Management 62

Product Management Product Manager Customer Experience Differentiation 62

bpma ProductHub

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

John served as the chairman for the Technology Association of Georgia’s Product Management Society from 2006 – 2010. As the managing partner of Proficientz, John has worked with more than 2000 organizations that span high technology, business services, telecom, healthcare, financial services, manufacturing and many others.

Product Management 150

Product Management Product Manager Engineering Management 150

Intercom, Inc.

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

This was one of the defining moments that inspired the creation of HubSpot back in 2006. Brian says: “My ‘aha’ was that it was impossible to market to a modern human, they were getting good at blocking it out.”. One thing was clear: it was time to throw the old playbook out.

Customer Experience 211

Customer Experience Inbound Research Software Reporting Tools 211

Mind the Product

JANUARY 30, 2020

When it launched in 2006, it was met with immediate uproar, with thousands of Facebook users calling for a removal of the feature, prompting CEO Mark Zuckerberg to respond, “Calm down. The introduction of the Facebook News Feed is a pinnacle example of disrupting momentum behavior.

Customer Experience 166

Customer Experience User Testing Research Software Product Research 166

freshtrax

APRIL 24, 2023

Tower Records went bankrupt and almost all of its stores had disappeared by 2006. The booming business began to decline in the 2000s with the rapid spread of cheap CD sales at mass retailers, online sales, and download sharing. The company was, unfortunately, unable to keep up with the changing times.

Branding 82

Branding Marketing User Testing Customer Experience 82

Mironov Consulting

MARCH 12, 2018

The network was established as a strategic initiative of Technology Ireland in 2006. The mission of the Software Skillnet is to enable companies with software technology functions, to remain highly competitive, by facilitating active talent development and continuous up-skilling for staff.

Workshop 45

Workshop Management Management Roadmap 45

NextBigWhat

NOVEMBER 22, 2020

A few days after I joined as head of biz dev at Facebook in 2006, MySpace announced a partnership w/Google worth $1B. I sent an internal email suggesting we pursue a similar deal and Zuck gave me a hunting license. Here’s how I signed the biggest deal of my career with Microsoft: Microsoft had been left at the alter with MySpace.

Reporting Tools 52

Reporting Tools Customer Experience Strategy Development 52

bpma ProductHub

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

John served as the chairman for the Technology Association of Georgia’s Product Management Society from 2006 – 2010. As the managing partner of Proficientz, John has worked with more than 2000 organizations that span high technology, business services, telecom, healthcare, financial services, manufacturing and many others.

Product Management 150

Product Management Product Manager Customer Experience Management 150

The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

The term freemium was first coined by Jarid Lukin at the suggestion of Fred Wilson in 2006. App provider can get insights from the potential paying customer, while the customer can use the product without committing to pay for it. Since then, it turned out to be an effective way to acquire customers for subscription business.

Customer Feedback 60

Customer Feedback Strategy Development Marketing 60

Good Product Manager

DECEMBER 4, 2016

On December 4, 2006, I published my first post on this blog , where I wrote, “If you want to be a good product manager, share your knowledge. It’s amazing to think about how much has changed since this blog started in 2006 — on the web, of course, but also for me personally and professionally. Ten Year Anniversary!

Product Management 60

Product Management Product Manager Product Research Management 60

Good Product Manager

DECEMBER 4, 2016

On December 4, 2006, I published my first post on this blog , where I wrote, “If you want to be a good product manager, share your knowledge. It’s amazing to think about how much has changed since this blog started in 2006 — on the web, of course, but also for me personally and professionally. Ten Year Anniversary!

Product Management 60

Product Management Product Manager Product Research Management 60

The Product Bistro

DECEMBER 11, 2018

this time in conjunction with the 2006 Strategic Thinking exercise. Probably the nicest room I ever stayed in (and ever will!) That was a fun week. Wrong clothes too. Teambuilding event in Tucson – Cart racing (again?!?) Nothing like beating Joe Glancy in the final race. I still smile thinking about that day.

Sales Training 195

Sales Training Customer Experience Travel Product Research 195

Under 10 Consulting

JANUARY 3, 2019

Facebook was founded in 2004; Twitter in 2006—so it’s unlikely there are many people who meet the “15 year” requirement. I wonder whether most product managers would get selected to interview for their existing jobs. (I I read one posting for a product marketing person with 15 years of social media experience.

Product Management 58

Product Management Product Manager Customer Experience Workshop 58

freshtrax

APRIL 24, 2023

Tower Records went bankrupt and almost all of its stores had disappeared by 2006. The booming business began to decline in the 2000s with the rapid spread of cheap CD sales at mass retailers, online sales, and download sharing. The company was, unfortunately, unable to keep up with the changing times.

Branding 71

Branding Marketing User Testing Customer Experience 71

Crafty CTO

JUNE 10, 2023

Audi has likewise innovated on its internal combustion engine: starting in 2006, Audi made an unprecedented switch to diesel power. It’s shaping up to be a great race, perhaps as exciting as the classic Audi - Peugeot duels of 2006-2011.

Engineering 52

Engineering User Testing Naming Events 52

Product Management Unpacked

AUGUST 8, 2018

When I joined a company in 2006 to run product management (as a CMO), the VP of sales would meet with the product managers every Monday morning to make new feature requests per what sales had sold the week before. I see product management reduced to a gopher for development and a clean-up function. It’s basically powerless.

Product Management 101

Product Management Product Manager User Testing Management 101

The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 21, 2019

The company didn’t even offer an online shopping option until 2006, and even then, it was a “ship-to-store” only site. Gymboree’s Chief Restructuring Officer James Mesterharm actually admitted that the company’s web systems were “dated and unsupported.” Another doomed retail giant?—?one is RadioShack.

Reporting Tools 61

Reporting Tools Technology User Testing Embedded Analytics 61

Mixpanel

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

In 2006, Facebook rolled out its News Feed feature–and boy, did people hate it. The uproar among the website’s (then) small user base of 12M was big enough to draw headlines.

Data Visualization 95

Data Visualization User Testing Product Research Customer Feedback 95

Johanna Rothman

APRIL 4, 2022

In 2006 or 2007, a little too late, I moved to WordPress. (There were several versions of easy-to-use HTML site builders. I'm sure I used most of them.). When I started to blog in 2003, I used Blogger. As I published more, I realized Blogger was not sufficient for my needs. Why “too late?”

Feedback Software 59

Feedback Software Technical Review Blog Product Research 59

Revulytics

JANUARY 30, 2018

We have been in business since 2006 and our sole focus is software usage analytics. And when you need to perform advanced mining, you can download full data exports for CSV or JSON. Revulytics: the Partner You Can Depend On.

Analytic Tools 59

Analytic Tools Data Visualization Reporting Tools Feedback Software 59

BrainMates

AUGUST 7, 2018

Says Nick Coster, “Since 2004-2006 when Facebook, Twitter and other social media ushered in a new era for the internet as a two-way medium, people shared the successes and failures of their product experiences with huge networks that enabled viral spreads of customer experiences. So why are Product Managers in short supply now?

Product Management 74

Product Management Product Manager Management Management 74

Product Bookshelf

FEBRUARY 27, 2016

Published in 2006, one year before the introduction of the iPhone and two years after the founding of facebook, this book looks at software platforms through an economic lens. Although the examples are all pre-2006, there’s a lot of history to enjoy and compare to today’s landscape.

Engineering 48

Engineering Customer Feedback Software Review Customer Experience 48

Sachin Rekhi

JUNE 25, 2017

Amazon.com - Shareholder Letter, 1997 - Jeff Bezos Google - The Anatomy of a Large-Scale Hypertextual Web Search Engine, 1998 - Larry Page & Sergey Brin Tesla - The Secret Tesla Motors Master Plan, 2006 - Elon Musk Apple - iPhone Introduction, 2007 - Steve Jobs Slack - We Don't Sell Saddles Here, 2013 - Stewart Butterfield AngelList - Startups are (..)

Product Management 167

Product Management Product Manager Product Research Management 167

Product Innovation Educators

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

In 2006, we added Michigan and Northwestern to the program. In 2006, we added Michigan and Northwestern to the program. My team is responsible for our global R&D alliances with universities, national laboratories, and a few companies. The bulk of the work is with universities. The bulk of the work is with universities.

Product Research 67

Product Research Research Software Analytic Tools Technical Review 67

The Product Coalition

MARCH 23, 2018

HubSpot defines inbound marketing this way: “Since 2006, inbound marketing has been the most effective marketing method for doing business online.

Inbound 60

Inbound Marketing Customer Experience Outbound 60

The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 28, 2019

As YouTube was bought by Google in 2006, you can expect YouTube’s company values to be very much in line with theirs. YouTube is definitely a place for more experienced PMs, so if you’re looking to transition from another discipline or need to build up some experience first, a career with YouTube may be further down the line.

Product Management 60

Product Management Product Manager Product Research Management 60

PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

JANUARY 16, 2019

in 2006 as my first PM job. I increasingly found myself doing product work and more in a state of flow when I was doing the product work than when I was doing the engineering work. That was the point at which it became clear that I needed to do this full-time. I later joined Yahoo! to Google, to Twitter, and now to Stripe.

Product Management 88

Product Management Product Manager Weak Development Team Management 88