The Accidental Product Manager

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

It is estimated that Americans over 55 will account for half of all domestic consumer-spending growth from 2008 to 2030. Product Managers Respond To A Changing Market Customers over age 55 say their favorite retail brand no longer understands them or what they need. The market potential of meeting the needs of older customers is huge.

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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  9/11 came around less than two weeks later, which crushed financial markets and VC funding.    A lot of companies that were counting on hoping for near-term funding rounds will be disappointed.

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Gainsight

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

If you’re my age (or older), you probably remember exactly where you were and how you felt when the last Great Recession hit in 2008. And while the economic and geopolitical uncertainty doesn’t look like it’s going away anytime soon, I’m making a bold prediction about the future of SaaS: 2022 will not be a repeat of 2008.

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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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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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Userpilot

JULY 6, 2021

SaaS product growth strategy #1 – Market penetration. SaaS product growth strategy #3 – Market development. A SaaS product growth strategy is an action plan designed to increase your market share. Market penetration- promoting your existing products in your established market. The Ansoff Matrix.

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 7, 2021

Fireart engineers have vast expertise and domain knowledge in fintech, health tech, marketing and advertising, telecommunications, eCommerce and retail, and many other business sectors. It was established in 2008 in Poznan. Netguru Netguru is one of the leading product design and software development companies in Poland. sk and Bia?ystok.

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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. Businesses that are ready to timely optimize business models, marketing, product design and development for changes in the modern market will take advantage in 2020.

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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. But the market collapse was ultimately interpreted "as a kind of divine judgment against the technological optimism of the 90s". Improve on the competition — “Don’t try to create a new market prematurely. Sequencing Markets.

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Sequent Learning

MAY 6, 2021

This book often referred to as the “bible of product management” was originally published in 2008 and 2014. It also serves as a guide for business executives so they can establish the kind of market-driven, product-led organization that can compete and win. For more information, send an email to marketing@sequentlearning.com.

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Iteratively Blog

APRIL 26, 2020

This storm is significant because nothing like this has happened since the great recession of 2008. In these few weeks, we have seen massive job losses across tech, marketing, sales, support, and analytics. A storm hit us and set the world in a turmoil. The fortunate ones have taken up the baton to help those in need.

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freshtrax

AUGUST 6, 2019

freshtrax is btrax’s blog where readers can find articles on the latest marketing, business, and design trends in Japan and America. 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.

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Intercom, Inc.

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

You joined YouTube back in 2008, and you helped guide the company through hypergrowth after its acquisition by Google. When I got to YouTube in 2008, we had amazing growth in lots of different ways. When I showed up in 2008, YouTube was basically seen as a big mistake. This was 2008. I think that’s strong.

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The Product Cafe

MARCH 22, 2023

Marty Cagan in the 2008 SVGP blog said - ‘during the major economic downturn in the late 1990s, various tech companies were impacted, some shut shop whereas some developed their product strategy to take advantage of the eventual recovery.’ .🤝 We all agree that economic downturns are never pleasing to see.

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Mind the Product

JULY 29, 2019

The banking industry changed significantly after the 2008 financial crisis. Adopting a Lean approach and launching a bare-bones MVP is difficult when you need to have raised millions and obtained a banking licence before you enter the market. The Product Experience gap in Banking. Have Clear Product Principles.

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Mironov Consulting

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

Role definitions, or “who does what” Even if we assume a team of individually great product managers (and developers and designers and marketing/sales/services/support folks), organizations are complex. He also parachutes into software companies as interim VP Products/CPO to address company-level product/market/leadership issues.

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Userpilot

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Common reasons for churn: Product-market fit failure. Customers could churn due to one of the following reasons: Product-market fit failure: This is one of the biggest reasons for churn and something that most startups deal with. Churn happens when a customer stops doing business with you. Poor onboarding. Delayed Aha moment.

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UX Studio

APRIL 6, 2023

They provide custom web design services that help clients achieve their brand and digital marketing objectives. Although Parachute can be described as a web design company, they also offer development and digital marketing services. Parachute Design is a website design company, founded by Jay Eckert in 2003.

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UX Studio

APRIL 6, 2023

They provide custom web design services that help clients achieve their brand and digital marketing objectives. Although Parachute can be described as a web design company, they also offer development and digital marketing services. Parachute Design is a website design company, founded by Jay Eckert in 2003.

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freshtrax

AUGUST 3, 2021

While still in highschool, Rika started her company, AMF, a marketing startup run entirely by girls in their teens. She’s developed a reputation as a “marketer who hears the voices of young girls around Japan.” Rika Shiiki – Co-Founder & President of AMF. rikashiikiamf. Chika Tsunoda: Founder & CEO of Anytimes.

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Mind the Product

OCTOBER 18, 2016

To be able to get the new model out the door, product manager Kate Arnold had to bring together the Netflix founders on strategy, and work with users, analytics, design, engineering, with marketing on the new acquisition model, with finance on the business model and billing, with the warehouse on fulfillment, and with film industry.

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Gainsight

JUNE 23, 2022

The fact is that the glut of capital in the past few years has resulted in too many companies in every market. Chief marketing officers should consider investing in customer marketing. While marketing leaders often have a broad remit, inevitably the top metric in boom times is “new logo pipeline.”

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Usersnap

JANUARY 25, 2021

If you’re already selling online, two of your biggest target markets are likely doubling down on ecommerce. Brick-and-mortar locations tend to be less tied to a specific brand, so they could pick up traction by noting all of the brands they carry in their marketing. Take these big surveys and look for ways to apply them to your market.

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 6, 2020

There’s much uncertainty, but it’s likely that for a number of years markets will cool down, investments will dry up, customers will clamp down on spendings, and lots of people will be unemployed. the markets dry up, and things that worked before stop working. Facebook emerged stronger from the 2008 recession.

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Mind the Product

JANUARY 7, 2020

She works with a handful of large businesses, helping their efforts to transform the way they bring new businesses to market, and acting as a strategic meeting facilitator. She says it became very commercial very quickly in the late 90s and post the 2008 recession has been very aggressively commercial.

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Andrew Chen

AUGUST 8, 2022

They have big advantages over paid marketing channels, in that you give your CAC to your users, who then spend it within your product, as opposed to handing it over to Google or Facebook. It’s not a silver bullet, but it’s worth adding to complement other marketing efforts. The history of the referral program.

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UX Studio: Product Management

JULY 9, 2021

Super User Studio was founded in 2008 by two professionals with previous experience working in the digital field. Super User Studio markets its services in starter service packages. A team of designers, marketers, and developers working with entrepreneurs, teams and, businesses to improve user interfaces and digital products.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 14, 2019

The market is saturated with hundreds of FinTech software development companies, so it can be challenging to choose the one that best fits your business. Digital transformation has recently evolved and changed the way many industries operate today. The financial industry is not an exception.

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The Accidental Product Manager

JUNE 11, 2018

The market for coffee has become so large and so well served that the Starbucks product managers have a real problem on their hands. So you’re a product manager with a well-known brand and a saturated market. Facing this very dilemma, the Starbucks product managers have taken a look around in their market.

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Imaginary Cloud - Design

APRIL 16, 2020

If you're about to design a new product or to expand it to a new market, leave your assumptions aside: focus on your users first. Look at the example of the world-wide famous Starbucks when expanding to Australia: the northern american chain decided to open their business in Australia in 2000 and by 2008, it had 87 open stores.

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Mind the Product

MAY 29, 2018

He is the co-author of the New York Times bestseller, The Lean Entrepreneur and has over 20 years experience helping companies bring high-growth products to market. Kate has more than 20 years product management, leadership and marketing experience with the likes of Yahoo! Brant Cooper helps organizations big and small innovate.

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Good Product Manager

DECEMBER 4, 2016

1 “spinoff” site: Ask A Good Product Manager (2008-2012) 1 design (in need of an upgrade/overhaul, I know). Being early to market is great, but if you really want your #product to succeed, focus on being BEST to market over being FIRST to market. Nearly 850,000 sessions. million pages viewed. 200+ posts.

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Good Product Manager

DECEMBER 4, 2016

1 “spinoff” site: Ask A Good Product Manager (2008-2012) 1 design (in need of an upgrade/overhaul, I know). Being early to market is great, but if you really want your #product to succeed, focus on being BEST to market over being FIRST to market. Nearly 850,000 sessions. million pages viewed. 200+ posts.

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Tyner Blain

APRIL 6, 2016

If you ask someone if they require encryption on their device, first of all, you will likely get one of two answers – yes or no – useful for segmenting your market or developing persona. Inside-out thinking is taking your current view of your product (or product-to-be), and mapping it to the problems you discover in the market.

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Product Innovation Educators

JUNE 24, 2019

Your success is defined by whether the case sells well in the market. The risk you’re being paid to take is understanding the market, but you’re also being exposed to risks like foreign exchange rates. ” An edge is something you both know and can do that others in the market don’t know and cannot do.

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Crafty CTO

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Sears had pioneered the mail-order catalog business almost 40 years earlier, but Herter had the insight that the same concept might work in a much smaller niche market that was, at the time, served by mom-and-pop storefronts. Disruptive? In 1937, mail order was as innovative and disruptive as e-commerce in 1999.

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Amplitude

AUGUST 24, 2018

Mostly, we helped in a marketing capacity: extending their web functionality or running ad campaigns. WillowTree began in 2008, on the day that the iOS SDK was first released. When WillowTree first got started, it was early days for mobile.

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