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Layoffs: Has the Product Management Industry Failed Us?

The Product Coalition

Quoting Eric Ries, from “the lean startup”: “The only way to win is to learn faster than anyone else” You test and iterate to learn the best way to do business in a way “that our customers love and yet work for our business”, as Marty Cagan would say. 2009 was not easy after the 2008 crash, but we all lived through it in one piece.

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The Transition From Customer Success to Product Management

ProductCraft

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. Read more » The post The Transition From Customer Success to Product Management appeared first on ProductCraft by Pendo.

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Paying It Forward

Mironov Consulting

 I don’t know how long it will last, or how deep it will go, but over the last few weeks many companies announced staff cuts or closed startups. Feels like 2008 to me. I remember major tech downturns in 1985, 1992, 2001 and 2008.  Especially  Especially 2001.  I

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Recognizing Longevity

Mironov Consulting

Back story: I joined a 20-person startup in 1998 as the first product person. Newbies like me could scan their desktops and instantly jump to the right conclusion: I might be smart and smug, but here was someone who’d been part of the company’s earlier startup struggles. I was jealous! To be a visible member of the tribe.

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Product Management Journey?—?Developer to Consultant to Product Manager

The Product Coalition

Product Management Journey?—?Developer Developer to Consultant to Product Manager If you asked me 5 years ago, I didn’t even know what Product Management was. I received a lot of questions recently on how to transition into a Product Manager role. in Computer Science) in 2008.

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The Six Essential Books that Every Product Manager Should Read

Mind the Product

I always tell the participants of my workshops that as a Product Manager you should be voraciously curious about what’s happening in the field. Here are some of the first books I read after getting into product management. I spent a few years working as a consulting Product Manager at Pivotal Labs.

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Can Product Managers Market Furnished Housing Rentals?

The Accidental Product Manager

We’re product managers, we should be able to solve any problem, right? We’ll it turns out that the pain and hassle of moving into a new apartment is one such challenge that product managers are in the process of trying to solve. So just exactly what is the product development definition of a furnished apartment?