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Why The Product Demo Is a Dangerous Selling Tool

The Product Coalition

Photo by Pixabay on Pexels When I joined eBay back in 2011, the largest group on the Israeli R&D center was actually a content operations group. But since the roots of the team were still in content operations and back-office processes, this remained their default solution even at times where technology could have been a better one.

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Finding Flow in Your Product Management Career

Mind the Product

A few years ago, I wrote a couple of blog posts about working as a consultant in product management. At that time in London – we’re talking 2011/2012 – it was, dare I say, a bold step to leave a full-time, good product position to go freelance. New Year, new you? New year, new you, right? Find Your Flow. Obliged to Work.

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Five Berlin Design Studios to Work With in 2021

UX Studio: Product Management

As a design studio that often works with international companies, we’ve developed a remote collaboration process that lets us work effectively with our clients. As an expert design agency, we offer product design, and user experience research services, UX consulting, and customized solutions to address our clients’ challenges.

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Growth, Funding, Pivotal Moments and the Evolution of Adzerk to Kevel

Business of Software Conference

So, this was focused on software developers, specifically, for dotnet software developers, this very small ad network, I ran those ad networks for a couple years, and realized that that was a terrible business. And I was a software developer before. In 2011 we raised money. The Good and the Bad of Taking Money.

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Reflecting on the Intercom journey – Karen Peacock and Des Traynor in conversation

Intercom, Inc.

Think about what you could be doing to bring more diversity into your teams and be more inclusive as a company, and go actively out of your way in order to achieve set goals. I usually do them with Paul or people from the product teams – it’s much more fun to be on a podcast with your boss. Be open-minded. If not now, then when?”

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Why your startup might never achieve great design

UX Planet

Avoiding the 7 most common mistakes founders make when building a design team and culture in their startups. Intro If you’re reading this article, you’re probably at a point where forming a competent design team for your business is essential. Consequently, many products are initially developed without a designer on the team.

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Why Your ‘Brilliant’ Technology Fails To Have Impact | Tom Adeyoola, Metail | BoS Europe 2018

Business of Software Conference

I went on to do management consultancy at ZS associates. On the casino side what we developed was a machine which allowed you to play on four roulette wheels simultaneously. People, people in the team. So where have I been since school and dreams of being the Fresh Prince. I’ve had quite a varied career. How do we do that?