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Driving Impact Through Influence and Experimentation: Key Insights from TPG Live

The Product Guy

Reframing Conversations: Position experiments as a way to test ideas and validate assumptions, rather than as costly endeavors. Watch the replay now: Support Our Community Since 2009, The Product Group has thrived thanks to the support of product professionals like you.

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Book Review: The Phenomenal Product Manager

The Product Bistro

I bought a copy of “ The Phenomenal Product Manager ” in 2009 or so on a lark. So, in 2009, I skimmed through it and dismissed it, instead spending more time reading Rich Mironov’s “The Art of Product Management” Turns out that was a bad choice. And much more.

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Saying Goodbye

The Product Bistro

It is long, so get a fresh cuppa… Without further ado, here is the message I sent: Sent: Friday, September 18, 2009 8:05 AM. March 10 2009, my 6th anniversary. Unless the place was a disaster, focus on the positives. I got literally dozens of appreciative replies, and remain friends with many of those I sent this to.

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Ask Alexis and the SMS MVP by Josh Seiden

Mind the Product

It caught on among other users, and in 2009 Twitter added official support to the hashtag. People responded very positively when it was a more branded experience. Josh points out that the first hashtag wasn’t something that Twitter planned to use. Many other features, such as @replies and retweeting, emerged in a similar way.

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When a collaboration is not a collaboration

UX Planet

Moreover, I would argue that designers are often in a less favourable position, as they typically lack both the final decision-making power (like managers) and the responsibility for implementing the agreed-upon solution (like engineers). Knowledge gaps create a mutual dependency that can only be resolved throughtrust.

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2019 Goals Gone off the Rails? 3 Ways to get Back on Track

Mind the Product

Are you moving towards a positive outcome, or away from a negative one? Research into Approach goals and Avoidance goals shows that if we frame our goals as a positive (Approach), we have a better chance of success and feeling positive about the experience. Are they working towards something positive? Stober & A.

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Different Ways to Make Money With Multi-Party Products

Mind the Product

In 2009 a number of competitors started to emerge — who were willing and able to charge a lower % or nothing at all to the charities. They are no longer about making fundraising easy, they position themselves as a partner that can help charities ‘raise more money and reach more people.’