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How to Take Part in a Product Bootcamp and Revitalize a Product Department

The Product Coalition

Bruno actually had his first Product Management experience back in 2008. For those who do achieve a position, it helps them keep away potential competitors. This means, roughly, “I will fulfill my product vision, but I’m not talking to customers”. In a way, you must craft your own way to the position.

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Prashanth Chandrasekar on writing the script of the future

Intercom, Inc.

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Indecision in Product: How to Avoid Becoming a Bottleneck

Mind the Product

As a product manager, the worst position you can put yourself in is creating a bottleneck by making slow decisions. Leaving your team in limbo without a sense of direction is a far worse position to be in than taking a wrong step. But, as I’ve learned, the quest for a perfect decision often does more harm than good. Nassim Taleb. [1]

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Are you cut out for Product Management?

BrainMates

Of course, there are many kind ways to say ‘no’ (check out this great article by Sebastien Phlix, Product Manager at Typeform, on the art of delivering a ‘ Positive No’ ). Being a Product Manager is a leadership role, not an order-taker role. A Product vision is key to delivering great products. Shy away from taking initiative?

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What Makes Amazon’s Product Strategy So Sticky?

ProductPlan

By unpacking Amazon’s product strategy, we endeavored to see whether or not the company stayed true to its core vision and mission when put to the ultimate test. In 2008, millions shifted to billions with $19.1 According to Godden, successful product leadership comes down to having a leader solely dedicated to a product.

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Behind Every Great Product

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Kate would be the first to credit a pretty amazing team, including some exceptional engineers, and the vision and courage of the founders, but I would argue that without a Kate driving for the technology-based solutions that could actually power this business, there’s a good chance Netflix as we know it never would have happened.

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Beyond the hype: Practical advice on building a platform

Intercom, Inc.

. “Over time companies that want to dominate certain categories will need to think about building a platform” Over time a lot of companies that want to dominate certain categories or have a category leadership position will need to think about building a platform. But the way that you do it is in multiple stages.