All About Product Management

JANUARY 6, 2008

What you would do differently in 2008 Harvard Business Review went out on the streets of Boston and interviewed a number of individual and asked what they would do differently next year. The full video interview can be seen at 2008 workplace resolutions. Listed below are the key points that managers in the Boston area said.

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Mind the Product

JULY 29, 2019

The banking industry changed significantly after the 2008 financial crisis. She discusses the challenges involved in starting a bank and how to succeed in a highly regulated industry. The Product Experience gap in Banking. More rules and regulations were put in place with banks facing heavy fines for breaches in compliance.

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Mironov Consulting

JULY 3, 2020

” And here’s one token that’s close to my heart: a 2008 memento from the first Product Camp — which I misnamed P-Camp. Here’s the list of 2008 P-Camp presenters and sponsors. The events were different, but with the same message: “we’ve all pulled together to accomplish something important.” Sound Byte.

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Mind the Product

APRIL 8, 2019

In 2008, he had to decide whether Shopify would remain the lifestyle business he set out to build or shift towards a growth company. Performance will improve when there’s a greater degree of autonomy and teams have more creative control over the product. With venture capital implications, it warranted thoughtful consideration.[1].

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Product Innovation Educators

JULY 18, 2022

I co-founded the company with another MIT grad student, and we were coming out of the 2008-2009 recession when a lot of stimulus funding went to clean energy applications and technology development. It was a good choice for our first product because it’s easy to understand and it has a simple, small manufacturing footprint. [16:21]

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First Round Review

MARCH 17, 2020

Bob Moore's first brush with life as a founder started in 2008—three days before Lehman Brothers collapsed. Since he cut his teeth as a first-time founder in turbulent times, he's gone on to build two other companies.

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 13, 2020

However, as we could see it during the global economic crisis in 2008–2009, the numbers of angel investors may not go down but remain the same or even increase. Consequently, it may cause a slight decrease in investing startups and initiatives pitched by medium-sized companies. What will decrease indeed is the size of investments.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 26, 2021

an unbeatable value proposition Started during the 2008 crisis, it doesn’t need any introduction. Because according to their customer research the added value of this action is marginal and doesn’t justify the extra personnel cost for CM. shows technology, space efficiency and the multiskilled Ambassadors Airbnb?—?an

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Tyner Blain

APRIL 20, 2025

I have a bit of a history with the concept of ‘good enough’, from satisficing in sprint planning (2008) to Kano analysis for product managers (2009) to trying not to miss the mark in problem solving (2012) to understanding intent and satisfying customer needs (2014).

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 7, 2021

It was established in 2008 in Poznan. The company has collaborated with hundreds of businesses worldwide, including brands like InterCars, Deloitte Digital, DHL, LUX MED (Bupa Group), Top Secret, Makro C&C, Rossmann, Sodexo, Bank BPH, and many others. Today, the company operates in 5 local offices in Warsaw, Kraków, Wroc?aw, sk and Bia?ystok.

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Mind the Product

OCTOBER 18, 2016

In 2008 25m people watched American Idol twice a week, with great audience engagement. She proposed a new strategy to the BBC “BBC out of home” which became its mobile strategy. This is a story as much about force of will as product management, says Cagan – today more than 50m people a week use BBC mobile products. Apple iTunes.

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Mind the Product

APRIL 11, 2017

Published in 2008, Cagan continues Cooper’s work by instructing his readers to focus on their customer’s misery, rather than technical solutions. Like a cool breeze on a hot day, this seminal work by Marty Cagan from Silicon Valley Product Group is an easy-to-read primer on the role of a modern Product Manager.

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Mind the Product

DECEMBER 26, 2019

When he joined Enomaly in 2008, Richard found himself at a company that was at the forefront of cloud computing having created the category when it was still nascent. It needs to be the right time to offer that solution and customers must be willing to spend money on it now as opposed to in the future.

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Product Innovation Educators

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Since then I’ve been to every international conference since 2008, and I’ve been in nearly every role in PDMA, including president. I’ve been in product management my entire career, in many roles, but I didn’t even know much about PDMA until around 2007.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

How it all started For over a decade the definitions I adopted were based on the ultimate guru every PM (including myself) worships: Marty Cagan.

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Intercom, Inc.

MAY 1, 2018

I’ve been working with my co-founders since 2007-2008. You can check out the slides and video below. Would you prefer a written account? What follows is a lightly edited transcript of the presentation. The nature of traction itself has changed quite a bit in that period.

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Product Innovation Educators

JUNE 24, 2019

One example of this was the housing crisis in 2008. I think a lot about the “what could possibly happen” mentality. Things that a lot of people think are impossible actually end up happening fairly often. Everyone writing the mortgages assumed that home prices across the country could not go down all at once.

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Product Innovation Educators

DECEMBER 25, 2017

I worked on this project in 2008 when it was a startup company. The Archer project was creating a disposable applicator for a wearable blood glucose sensor. It is one of the most popular devices for diabetics. It uses Bluetooth to connect to smartphones and provides constant monitoring. By 2014 they were very successful, growing at 50% year.

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UX Planet

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

chelsea green publishing, 2008. System Dynamics Review: The Journal of the System Dynamics Society, v. 345–358, 2007. MEADOWS, Donella H. Thinking in systems: A primer.

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freshtrax

AUGUST 6, 2019

freshtrax published its first article in 2008. As we saw a need to provide services that complemented our design expertise, we also started offering marketing and branding services in 2008. Learn more about Startup Fukuoka here. Post-it sticky notes. Can you guess how many sticky notes btrax uses in a year? Major shifts in the company.

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Sachin Rekhi

JANUARY 16, 2009

2008 definitely saw a rise in media APIs across the major media content types with ProgrammableWeb cataloging 38 music, 42 video, and 37 photo APIs. YouTube finally launched its own video APIs in a big way in March 2008, quickly becoming the default video API of choice. Media APIs. Browsing Experience.

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ProductCraft

AUGUST 1, 2019

If you had told me, a fresh 2008 graduate with a master’s degree in social work, that I’d eventually be working at a fast-growing tech startup as a product manager, I’d have laughed. To me, and probably to most people, they are two completely unrelated things. Coming from a small town in Georgia, I didn’t.

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Arkenea

JANUARY 1, 2025

AppStorewent LIVE In July 2008 the Apple’s App Store went live. Ahead of the launch of iPhone 3G, Apple announced its plans to introduce an iPhone software development kit for app development companies.So, now the iPhone would support third-party applications using the Safari engine on the device.

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Mironov Consulting

JUNE 16, 2022

Feels like 2008 to me. I remember major tech downturns in 1985, 1992, 2001 and 2008.  Especially COVID, global supply chain issues, war in Ukraine, inflation, energy supply disruptions, virtual currency meltdown… pick your precipitating event.  A  To pay it forward.*  To be a mensch.**

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Andrew Chen

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Nivi, half of the Venture Hacks blog, wrote back in 2008: The pitch is the perfect tool for fans who are spreading the word about your company. Third, it makes it easy for the people passionate about what you’re doing — your employees, investors, and customers — to spread the news about what you’re doing.

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Userpilot

JULY 6, 2021

When Dropbox was first launched in 2008, software storage was relatively new, as was the market, and Dropbox had to convince its audience that they were better than physical storage. But surprisingly, they spend next to nothing on advertising. How did they become so successful?

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Product Talk

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

Back in 2008, I was a product manager at a startup that operated online communities for university alumni associations. It’s a bit hard to explain outside the context of a specific product challenge, so I’m going to start by sharing a story that I think will resonate with many of you, and then we’ll get into the tool itself.

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Sachin Rekhi

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

2008 saw an explosion in virtual currencies and their associated virtual goods all across the internet. To top it off, over $580 million was invested in virtual goods related startups in 2008. monthly active users on Facebook , respectively.

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Mironov Consulting

APRIL 19, 2017

I share three personal vignettes from 2001, 2008 and 2016 to highlight why face-to-face networking is so important — and ways we can all Pay It Forward to build an even stronger product community. This short talk is about Paying It Forward and the important of personal networking in the product management community.

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Bain Public

MARCH 20, 2021

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

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DevelopmentCorporate

OCTOBER 11, 2019

Will the impending recession in 2020 prompt another version of the infamous Sequoia 2008 RIP Good Times presentation? The post Will 2020 Be Sequoia’s RIP Good Times Redux? appeared first on Development Corporate.

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Userpilot

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Starbucks launched the “My Idea” platform for continuous innovation Launched in 2008, Starbucks’ “My Idea” platform was a digital suggestion box that allowed customers to submit ideas for new products, services, and experience improvements. Join other product marketing geeks.

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DevelopmentCorporate

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

After surviving the DotCom bubble of 2000, the housing bubble (2008), and the Bitcoin bubble of 2018 are we witnessing the start of an NFT bubble? NFTs have been around since 2014. It is estimated that there were $25 billion of NFT sales in 2021.

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Intercom, Inc.

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

If you invested $1,000 in Starbucks at its low point in 2008, that investment would currently be worth over $14,000. In a period where analysts were calling for Starbucks to be dismantled and sold for parts, the company found a way to cut costs and remain true to one of their fundamental values of investing in their employees.

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Sachin Rekhi

JANUARY 5, 2009

Based on what I've seen, there are three music verticals that I am bullish about and 5 exciting startups that have started to pursue them in 2008 and expect to see much more from them in the new year. In 2008 we started to see what the next generation of music gaming will look like. Music Gaming.

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Sachin Rekhi

MAY 7, 2022

The Lean Startup methodology, first described in 2008 by Eric Ries, has taken the startup world by storm. His 2011 book, The Lean Startup , has become a New York Times best seller, selling millions of copies to aspirational entrepreneurs.

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Mind the Product

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

The job title only came into David Norris ’ vocabulary in about 2008. I had no idea what I was doing, but then no one else did. You just made it up as you went along in 2000. Before that he’d been through numerous roles that had been doing that job without realising it – Production Manager, Producer, Operations Manager are all examples.

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