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The Nintendo Switch Did Everything Right, Except for Just One Thing…

The Product Coalition

If you’re in a developing or developed country, the chances of you having touched a gaming platform (of any shape or size) is probably even higher. I grew up on all its handhelds and home consoles, starting with the original DS back in 2006. This is a pretty important tool for many who are vision-impaired.

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Product Failure is An Opportunity

The Product Coalition

Pivoting done well means the team doesn’t lose direction and can build on the insights for new product development. The dating platform “YouTube” rebranded as a video website and sold in 2006 to Google for USD 1.6 It begins with the vision to recognize when a job, a life stage, or a relationship is over?—?and and let it go.

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5 Costly Branding Mistakes

UX Planet

They believe so strongly in their vision that they assume it’s universally appealing. Market research for startup branding can be perceived as an unnecessary expense, especially when compared to product development or marketing activities that seem more directly linked to revenue generation. This document will serve as a reference.

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Top 75+ Resources for Product Managers

Sachin Rekhi

I then break down the resources into the way I think about what a product manager does, which is drive the vision, strategy, design, and execution of their product. One of the key responsibilities of a product manager is to define, articulate, and evangelize the vision for their product.

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6 Product Managers Who Became CEOs-and How!

The Product Coalition

Both positions involve being the keeper of a vision, and both also have to be decision makers by curating ideas from many different sources. That means that they’ve worked closely with different cross functional teams, and have at least a broad understand of each stage of product development. CEOs Who Came From Product 1.

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4 Traits of Successful Product Leaders

UserVoice

Having a plan and a vision, communicating it well and sticking to it. Elon Musk published his initial “ Master Plan ” for Tesla Motors in 2006, then updated it ten years later. Of course, not everyone is thinking quite that far ahead or has much of an audience for their audacious vision.

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Product Management is on the up-and-up – why now?

BrainMates

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?