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Can Apple’s Product Managers Win Back The Movie Market?

The Accidental Product Manager

Apple’s share of the movie market has been falling lately Image Credit: So just in case you didn’t realize it, Apple makes a lot of money from both renting and selling movies. Their share of the video rental / sales market has started to slip because of changing customer needs and new competitors.

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

Mind the Product

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. 2012 – the Inception. The MVP in 2012 (and the world’s first fully responsive crowdfunding website).

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TEI 295: Do you have what it takes to be a great product manager? Results of the Product Team Performance study – with Greg Geracie

Product Innovation Educators

The Product Team Performance study has been identifying the characteristics of high-performing teams since 2012. The Guide to the Product Management and Marketing Body of Knowledge, as well as our mutual involvement in PDMA and AIPMM professional associations for product managers.

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Introducing the Speakers for MTP Engage Manchester 2019

Mind the Product

There’s no better conference to attend if you’re working in product management, digital, or marketing in or near Manchester. It operates more than 160 websites that sell premium products across 140 markets. Prior to TransferWise Nilan was VP of Growth at HouseTrip, in charge of scaling the company’s growth in the European market.

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Metrics that matter to Viber: A formula to meaningfully measure active users

Mixpanel

If we’re going to grow in new markets, or to maintain our current market position in countries where we have a strong presence, new users must start a conversation. If you cast your mind back to 2010-2012, messaging apps experienced exponential growth because everyone just adopted one. We’re dominating in nine countries.

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6 Product Managers Who Became CEOs-and How!

The Product Coalition

Both positions involve being the keeper of a vision, and both also have to be decision makers by curating ideas from many different sources. Wojicki, now known for being the CEO of YouTube, actually started her career as Google’s first Marketing Manager, where she launched the now beloved Google Doodle. of the browser market.

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How do you Become a Product Manager?

Mind the Product

I’ve done courses in related areas like software development, marketing and project management but hold almost no formal certifications. The story of how I landed my first product role is far from trailblazing: I started with my old company in 2012 as a business analyst when my boss decided that we needed “one of these product managers”.