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14 Can’t Miss Conferences for Product Leaders

ProductPlan

From books , podcasts , and blogs to earning certificates and joining online communities , there is truly an abundance of options (read the short Guide to Product Management Resources to learn even more). This event grew as an outcropping from the highly popular SaaStr blog started in 2012 by EchoSign’s Jason Lemkin.

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10 Things We Learned About Customer Success in 2020

Gainsight

Once companies got through the initial panic from March to May, many technology firms started growing thanks to expansion in their existing clients again. In fact, we observed Chief Revenue Officers doubling down on Customer Success more than ever in 2020 due to this phenomenon. Net Dollar Retention Becomes THE Metric.

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The Top Product Moments of the Decade…and What’s Coming Next

The Product Coalition

We’ve just made it through a decade that completely revolutionized the way we think about tech. Top companies have completely changed the face of tech, transforming our lives. Siri received mixed reviews when she first landed in the iPhone 4S in 2011. Siri received mixed reviews when she first landed in the iPhone 4S in 2011.

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What Is The Candy Crush Saga’s Product Manager’s Secret To Success?

The Accidental Product Manager

The product managers at King Digital enjoyed an advantage early on because mobile games were still somewhat of a novelty when it made its debut in 2012. Reviews on the app stores are also full of customer commentary. Click here to get automatic updates when The Accidental Product Manager Blog is updated.

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5 Business ‘Rules’ Worth Breaking

Business of Software Conference

As Gail Goodman said in her 2012 BoS talk, ‘ The Long, Slow SaaS Ramp of Death ’, these are all just mirages along the pathway to software company profitability. Cohen starts his presentation by telling a story about how he started blogging in 2009. So, I decided, screw blogging. None of them made or broke the blog.

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Free Your Product Roadmap and Ditch the Timeline

Mind the Product

I even wrote about it in my Mind the Product blog post, Lean Strategies for Maturing Products. The biggest reason people stick with the timeline roadmap is due to other stakeholders, like their boss or customers. What the boss doesn’t know is that it often leads to burn-out and tech debt. But, we don’t live in that world.

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How JustGiving Crowdfunding Went From an Idea to £100m in Five Years

Mind the Product

JustGiving’s goal is to grow the world of giving, enabling more money to be raised for good causes through the use of technology. In 2012, when I was working as part of the JustGiving team responsible for innovative products and disruptive business models, we decided to test how people could raise money for non-charitable good causes.