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Trailblazing Women in Product Management: Joyce Schofield, Head of Product & UXD at The Container Store

280 Group

For our next installment of our Women in Product Management Series, I interviewed Joyce Schofield , Head of Product & UXD at The Container Store. I believe the role of Product Manager is not understood and is underleveraged. I discovered this role called Product Manager, while I was a Sr., I’ve been in Product since 2006.

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Welcoming our newest board member to Intercom

Intercom, Inc.

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. Prior to that, Eileen was President of Time Magazine, President of Time Interactive and General Manager of Fortune.

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Product Failure is An Opportunity

The Product Coalition

As a product manager I hosted a regular workshop called “Cutting Club”. 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.

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Why Product Management Is Not The Same As Oprah’s Favorite Things

The Product Guy

Because I’m not Oprah and Product Management is a dialogue, not a show. 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.

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Product Leader – Your Comfort Zone Kills Innovation

280 Group

The post Product Leader – Your Comfort Zone Kills Innovation appeared first on 280 Group Product Management. continue reading].

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Understanding Product-Market Fit: A Guide for New Product Managers

The Product Coalition

A lot of information and knowledge comes your way when you’re a new Product Manager. You might also be interested in: Setting Targets and KPIs with UserTesting Product Manager New Coke (1985) Yes, it’s not always tech which flops! Microsoft Zune (2006) Healthy competition between companies can be great. There was no opt-out.

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From Engineering To Product Management: The Two-Step Career Move

bpma ProductHub

The transition from engineering to product management is one of the most difficult. If you’re an engineer with product manager aspirations, make the move in two smaller steps instead of one big leap. The textbook product manager is a problem-finder by default. When you’re a product manager, very few things are black or white.