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Driven by Purpose: The Secret Behind Successful Products

The Product Coalition

A purpose we could share with the company’s leadership team, customers, and those working on the product. Fairphone was founded in 2013 to challenge this status quo and prove that a more ethical approach is possible. Instead, think about a product roadmap like a GPS for your product’s journey. A purpose we believed in.

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Top 75+ Resources for Product Managers

Sachin Rekhi

I then have a section on product leadership, which is important for all product managers, but especially for senior folks looking to advance in their career. Themes: A Small Change to Product Roadmaps with Large Effects - Jared M. Leadership. These essays touch upon some of the unique aspects of product leadership.

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

Mind the Product

From there we put together a basic roadmap and started writing user stories. 2013 – Launch as Yimby. The Yimby homepage, 2013. Support from the senior leadership team also shot up. We prioritised our roadmap based on whichever lever we thought was the most important to pull at a given time.

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Intercom on Product: Facing the tech slowdown

Intercom, Inc.

For product folks the pressure’s on to revise your roadmap and short-term strategy to account for a narrowing budget, and shifting customer priorities. Chances are you need to rethink your roadmap. Adjusting the roadmap. I assume, for most companies, the things on your roadmap are tied to teams and people.

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How Going Part-Time Made me a Better Product Manager

Mind the Product

In 2013, before Shared Parental Leave was a thing in the UK, I decided that I wanted to change my work-life balance from full-time to a four-day working week with one day of childcare. Improved Leadership. Naturally there are big decisions that a product manager should always own, like the product vision and roadmap.

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Two Powerhouses, One Vision: How Northpass and Gainsight Will Shape the Future of Digital Customer Education

Gainsight

A few years later, in 2012, my company was acquired by SPS Commerce (NASDAQ SPSC), and as part of that acquisition, I joined their leadership team. Northpass was born in November 2013, just eight weeks after my wife and I welcomed our first child. That was when I became passionate about solving the B2B customer education problem.

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The Making of Product Managers: Negar’s Story

The Product Coalition

After graduating in 2013, she moved to London, U.K. The role did not require a lot of experience in product management because it did not involve developing and managing a product roadmap. Spending a year leading a team as Marketing Manager strengthened Negar’s leadership skills.