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TEI 290: What product managers must know about Customer Development and Lean Startup – with Steve Blank

Product Innovation Educators

How product managers can boost innovation in companies large and small. In 2012 I read a book titled, Startup Owner’s Manual: The Step-by-Step Guide for Building a Great Company. Consequently, I think of Eric Ries as the create of Lean Startup and Steve Blank as its father. It’s a book that spoke to me.

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Product Management History: The Nineties, The Noughties, and Beyond

The Product Coalition

With more people entering the Product landscape than ever, now is a good time to help the newbies understand where Product Management came from, and how far the industry has come. When Hewlett-Packard ran with his ideas, it introduced an organizational structure where each product group functioned as a separate organization.

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Who is Lenny Rachitsky: Background, Newsletter, Podcast, and More

Userpilot

There is a ton of product management advice out there, but most of it is generic tips repeated over and over again. With a self-named newsletter and podcast, Lenny is a widely followed product expert. Lenny is a newsletter writer, podcast host, angel investor, and product consultant.

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Women Succeeding in the World of Product Management

Product Management Unpacked

They became my female role models and heroines – strong, intelligent problem-solvers who used their feminine skills to their advantage,” says Kate Hare, Chief Product Officer at Photobucket, to Women 2.0 , a media and tech industry leader in gender equality. Product management is a cross-functional discipline.

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The Making of Product Managers: Michael’s Story

The Product Coalition

This is a free sample story from my book The Making of Product Managers. It is unusual that Michael’s first brush with product management was during his master’s degree in systems design engineering. In the academia of applied science in 2012 it was not common practice to think about design and user experience.

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Influential Product Management Mentors

The Product Guy

. > What key people helped shape you into the product manager you are today? The first person who really started me on the path to where I am today was my VP of Product at OpenSky, Chris Keane. Chris also gave me my first book specifically on Product Management, “The Art of Product Management” by Rich Mironov.

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How do you Become a Product Manager?

Mind the Product

I’ve been building digital products for nearly a decade now. A few weeks ago, a friend messaged me for advice on becoming a product manager. Product Management HQ also has a well-established Slack community, though I’ve not tried it. The post How do you Become a Product Manager? How do I Find a job?