Product Leader – Your Comfort Zone Kills Innovation
280 Group
AUGUST 23, 2016
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Restoring Media Assets by Harnessing the Power of Machine Learning
Emerge Insights
OCTOBER 13, 2021
Snow Leopard (2006) on my personal blog, upscaling them from their original 1920 x 1200 resolutions to 5k, likely much higher than even the original photos ever existed. Recently, I restored a bunch of old macOS (OS X) desktop backgrounds from OS X 10.6
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Business of Software Conference
JANUARY 19, 2023
Late in 2006 Mark Daoust, received a call from a good friend and fellow entrepreneur who was considering selling his 8-year-old web hosting website.
Welcoming our newest board member to Intercom
Intercom, Inc.
APRIL 26, 2022
I’m excited to announce that we have welcomed a new and accomplished member to the Intercom board: Eileen Naughton, previously an executive leader at Google, President of Time Magazine, and General Manager of Fortune.
One last trip to San Diego
The Product Bistro
MAY 2, 2022
During a better time, 2006, Tucson, AZ. Regular readers will recall that my father had been in the deadly grasp of Alzheimer’s for the last several years.
Product Failure is An Opportunity
The Product Coalition
FEBRUARY 1, 2022
The dating platform “YouTube” rebranded as a video website and sold in 2006 to Google for USD 1.6 The decision to pivot in 2006 came at the right time and allowed the team to fully focus on the Twitter product and all of its 5,000 users at the time.
Creating and Marketing Cybersecurity Products by Richard Reiner
Mind the Product
DECEMBER 26, 2019
Between 2002 and 2006, cybersecurity technologies for networks were now entering into a period of maturity.
Here’s how to develop the most successful user stories
bpma ProductHub
JUNE 30, 2017
John served as the chairman for the Technology Association of Georgia’s Product Management Society from 2006 – 2010. By Jeffrey Segarra – The precision and quality of your product requirements determine if your product will succeed or fail in the marketplace. Developing product requirements is part science and part art. There are many ways to deliver your requirements to your engineers but none is more effective than user stories.
Climbing the Product Management Career Ladder
bpma ProductHub
NOVEMBER 21, 2016
John served as the chairman for the Technology Association of Georgia’s Product Management Society from 2006 – 2010. Contributed by John Mansour. Before your mind wanders too far, let’s set the record straight. In B2B product management, tactical, operational and strategic refer to layers in the customer organization – not your job responsibilities. Master each of these customer domains and the next rung on the product management career ladder awaits.
Saying Goodbye
The Product Bistro
DECEMBER 11, 2018
this time in conjunction with the 2006 Strategic Thinking exercise. A recent round of staff reductions at work has led to the expected “goodbye” emails, where departing colleagues send notes of their departure, some memories, and contact information.
From Engineering To Product Management: The Two-Step Career Move
bpma ProductHub
SEPTEMBER 6, 2016
John served as the chairman for the Technology Association of Georgia’s Product Management Society from 2006 – 2010. Contributed by John Mansour. The transition from engineering to product management is one of the most difficult. Of all roles that touch the product, engineers are the furthest removed from the market and the customers. It can be done successfully however, as many engineers have already proven.
Getting conversational: HubSpot’s CEO on a new species of disruptor
Intercom, Inc.
SEPTEMBER 22, 2020
This was one of the defining moments that inspired the creation of HubSpot back in 2006. Strong customer relationships are more important than ever for business success, but the old ways of communicating and building relationships with customers are broken.
Purple Squirrels and Your Product Team
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. Many product management job postings are impossible to fill. The idea is to find someone with many years of experience in product management… with a similar product… built on similar technology… in a similar domain… serving a similar market. They’re looking for a unicorn. Recruiters use another term for this: The Purple Squirrel.
Upcoming Speaking Engagements
Bain Public
MARCH 20, 2021
FITC Winnipeg 2006, Canada FITC Toronto 2006, Canada FITC Toronto 2005, Canada Flash Forward 2005, New York, U.S. I am ready to provide business leaders and product managers the information, access, and expert guidance that they wish they had earlier in their product journey.
The 5 Pillars Of Good Design Leadership
StudioTeam
JULY 29, 2020
Industry expert Jacob Nielsen developed another model in 2006 , and countless others have written about this subject. What does leadership entail in the context of design? What does a lead product designer have to concentrate on in order to be a good design leader?
Where Does Product Management Fit?
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. Recently a CEO asked me if the marketing department should include product management and marketing communications.
Find the Best UX Agency London Based Companies Work With
StudioTeam
JULY 9, 2021
Founded in 2006, Plug & Play is a UX agency based in London and Surrey. We are a UX design agency based in Europe with a decade of experience in UX design and research.
Understanding Product-Market Fit: A Guide for New Product Managers
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. A lot of information and knowledge comes your way when you’re a new Product Manager. It can be a little overwhelming!
Technology Gets Old One Day at a Time: Broken Blog Feeds and What You Missed
Johanna Rothman
APRIL 4, 2022
In 2006 or 2007, a little too late, I moved to WordPress. Technology gets old. While we know that intellectually, we might not know it as it pertains to us. Here's a story about how technology changes one day at a time and everything is okay—until it's not. Don't want the long sad story?
Technology Transformation – Adobe Lightroom
The Product Bistro
MARCH 3, 2018
Lightroom (LR), or its official name, “Photoshop Lightroom” began as a public beta of a Mac only software in early 2006, was a response to Apple’s “Aperture” program targeted at professional photographers. Introduction. One of the most challenging tasks in product management is a major architecture shift of a product.
Business Intelligence vs. Customer Analytics: Why You Need Both
Indicative
FEBRUARY 25, 2020
With the launch of Amazon Web Services (AWS) EC2 in 2006, computing power reached an unprecedented level of scalability. Data is the most valuable asset of our time. But organizations of all sizes are struggling to tap into the full potential of the information that they collect.
Goodbye Scion – What Happened To You?
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 Scion brand is being retired by Toyota Image Credit: Aaron Van Dike. You would think that if you became the product manager of something as big as an automobile, you’d be set for life.
Mrs. Bector’s Cremica set to IPO this week: The story behind how a woman entrepreneur turned her kitchen-business into a ?1,000 crore global empire
NextBigWhat
DECEMBER 14, 2020
12) By 2006, Cremica was cashing in ?100 2) Rajni Bector is the founder and CEO of Mrs. Bector’s Cremica, a maker of biscuits and bread in India and a key supplier of McDonald’s, KFC and Burger King. Rajni was born in Karachi, and had moved to Delhi with her family post partition.
Ten Years of How To Be a Good Product Manager
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! Realize that you have lessons to share but even more to learn. Know that you improve your own skills and expertise when you teach others.
Ten Years of How To Be a Good Product Manager
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! Realize that you have lessons to share but even more to learn. Know that you improve your own skills and expertise when you teach others.
10-30-50 Product Management—Shreyas Doshi, Product Lead at Stripe
PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview
JANUARY 16, 2019
in 2006 as my first PM job. Shreyas Doshi is a product lead at Stripe. In this Path to PM post, we discuss switching product management careers and Shreyas's 10-30-50 product management framework to becoming a successful product lead. Previously Shreyas has served as a director of product management at Twitter, and a group product manager at Google and Yahoo! Tell us about how you first broke into product management.
Overcoming Cognitive Biases That Reduce Feature Adoption
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.
Tech proposes, Market disposes
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.
Top 7 UX Research Agency in 2023
UX Studio
DECEMBER 7, 2022
Since the company’s foundation in 2006, Qubstudio’s team has grown into 75 professionals, expanding from Product Designers and UX Researchers to Content Writers, Strategists, and Project Managers. .
Remix: What You Should Know From Our Experience
Modus Create
APRIL 19, 2022
In 2006 everybody wanted to introduce dynamic data loading (aka “Ajax”) into their PHP websites. Then we spent a decade with JavaScript rendered single-page applications.
Dublin, 11 April Workshop: Managing Stakeholders and Priorities
Mironov Consulting
MARCH 12, 2018
The network was established as a strategic initiative of Technology Ireland in 2006. Managing Stakeholders and Priorities : A One Day Workshop for Product Managers. Hosted by Software Skillnet/Technology Ireland. Where: Dublin (location tbd). When: 11 March 2018, 9am – 5pm. Cost: €500, register here.
Top 75+ Resources for Product Managers
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 Here to Save the World, 2013 - Naval Ravikant Hooked - How We Got 10 Million Teens to Read Fiction on Their Phones, 2017 - Prerna Gupta.
The pitfalls of being data-driven
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. Speaking about the rollout in 2010, Facebook executive Adam Mosseri said his team stuck to their guns because their experience and intuition told them that it was a good strategy – even in the absence of supporting data, and with a backlash from users.
From PM to CEO: How Sundar Pichai’s Background in Product Paved the Way for Becoming CEO at Google
ProductPlan
APRIL 4, 2019
Pichai’s bold claim in 2006 that Microsoft could change Internet Explorer and threaten Google’s toolbar business was clear evidence of his strategic thinking and ability to challenge the status quo. It’s been nearly five years since Sundar Pichai took the reins as CEO of Google. How did this relatively unknown product manager in his early 40s rocket through the ranks to take control of one of the largest and most powerful tech companies of all time?
Project Manager vs Product Manager
BrainMates
OCTOBER 10, 2019
2006) Marketing, 7th Ed. by Nick Coster, updated October, 2019. These days, businesses are under constant pressure to do more with less. One common ‘solution’ is for a single person to perform multiple roles. In the early days of a business, when it has very few employees, this is more of a constraint than a choice, but as the scope of each activity is generally small it can be manageable.
Telerik Retiring: Alternatives and Next Steps for Software Usage Analytics Customers
Revulytics
JANUARY 30, 2018
We have been in business since 2006 and our sole focus is software usage analytics. The Telerik Platform is retiring on May 10, 2018 (“retiring products that have served their purpose”). This leaves users of Telerik Analytics (formerly EQATEC Analytics) in a bit of a jam as they seek an alternative software usage analytics platform. Telerik may be retiring, but you still have work to do!
TEI 214: Want more innovation? Build a partner program – with Ed Krause
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. Choose the right university partners to drive research and innovation. Let’s face it, the smartest people don’t all work in your organization. The thought has been shared by many leaders, such as Steve Jobs and Bill Gates, and is originally attributed to Bill Joy, the co-founder of Sun Microsystems and UNIX contributor.
4 Traits of Successful Product Leaders
UserVoice
MARCH 21, 2017
Elon Musk published his initial “ Master Plan ” for Tesla Motors in 2006, then updated it ten years later. Product managers may or may not be the “CEOs of product,” but how do you boss around a bunch of CEOs? Leading a product management organization is a unique role in modern technology companies, and one that was quite uncommon until fairly recently.
How to forge partnerships: This backstory of Facebook and Microsoft partnership will help you get deeper perspective
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.
How spider diagrams can help you organize your best ideas
Cacoo
AUGUST 2, 2019
In fact, according to one 2006 study , concept mapping (such as a spider diagram) is more effective than “reading text passages, attending lectures, and participating in class discussions” Who should use a spider diagram? Don’t you love those moments at the beginning of a project when the sparks are flying and you have idea after idea? You’re all fired up, full of enthusiasm, and raring to go. What could possibly go wrong?
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