Mind the Product

APRIL 20, 2017

App developers and designers may look at other apps for inspiration on new features, but most only look to well-known apps like Facebook Messenger and Snapchat. Here are seven lessons product developers and designers can learn from WeChat product development: 1. Take Messenger for example.

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The Accidental Product Manager

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

The product managers at Amazon have a bit of a problem on their hands right now. Google and Apple both have competing products. This means that the Amazon product managers have to do something to make their product unique. That’s not going to look good on anyone’s product manager resume.

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Good Product Manager

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

Top Challenges for Product Management. At SiriusDecisions, we’ve recently been conducting research into the top priorities of product management leaders. We’ll be sharing more results from the survey in the “Priorities for Product Management Leaders for 2015″ webcast.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 4, 2024

On February 24, 2009, Koum completed the development of the iOS application and established “WhatsApp Inc.” He quickly realized that the status app needed to be upgraded to an internet-based instant messaging tool leading to the development of WhatsApp Version 2.0. in California. Jan had accidentally created a messaging service.

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The Accidental Product Manager

AUGUST 12, 2019

Change is happening and watch product managers need to learn to deal with it Image Credit: Barron Fujimoto. What can watch product managers do to change things? The Problems Facing Watch Product Managers. The challenge that watch product managers are facing is that we now live in a different world.

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Mind the Product

MARCH 7, 2017

Or “ How to Manage Software Development in Teams who Think Nothing Like you “ Product management has two diversity problems. Cultural homogeneity in product teams is dead, welcome cultural diversity. Product managers who work with cross-cultural teams are in the crossfire.

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Lenny Rachitsky

APRIL 11, 2024

Before moving into venture capital, he played a crucial role as VP of Product and Design at Dropbox, guiding the company until its IPO in 2018. Prior to Dropbox, Todd led product management for Twitter’s Content and Discovery teams after selling his startup, Cover, to Twitter in 2014.

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The Product Guy

JUNE 25, 2018

This article highlights a few ways to increase clarity and provide better role definition between a manager and a direct report as it pertains to daily situations involving escalations, blockers, and air cover. Given the split responsibility between manager and direct report, alignment and effective communication in these situations is key.

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The Accidental Product Manager

MARCH 18, 2019

What should a product manager do when their new product is followed by a similar one? What’s a product manager to do? Well, Bunch O Balloons generates US$125M per year from their water balloon filling product. It’s also not clear how this is going to look on your product manager resume.

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Mind the Product

JULY 1, 2019

Smart candidates know they need to prepare thoroughly for their product management interviews. Do not go into a product management interview without preparing questions for your interviewer. Winging it or asking generic questions here can kill your chances at landing a product management job.

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 23, 2023

By the look on the face of the product manager asking me, she didn’t want a canned answer; she was looking for a reason to believe, to rekindle her energy. I knew why the company existed, but I never thought about the purpose behind the product other than the problem it solved for the customer and the value it delivered.

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bpma ProductHub

APRIL 17, 2017

OKR’s are way to translate strategy into action by having teams think in context of results they want to achieve prior to developing a roadmap. This sets up the product roadmap so that it can be used as a tool to help drive results and link back to the business objectives and strategic direction. What is Good Product Strategy?

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Product Culture

FEBRUARY 1, 2014

Some of you may know that I've taken on a role as Vice President and Chief Evangelist for the Boston Product Management Association. The BPMA is the second-largest professional association for product managers and product marketers, after the SVPMA, and I am honored to be involved. What are you waiting for?

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ProductPlan

JUNE 16, 2022

In the years leading up to the pandemic, there was already a notable increase in demand for product managers. And as organizations pivoted to digital spaces, this hunger for product management expertise grew ravenous. Organizations across sectors invested much in the way of building out product teams.

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bpma ProductHub

JANUARY 3, 2017

While talking to her we realized her deep roots in Product Management in the Greater Boston area all way into Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) in the late 80s. Product Management was still figuring out if it’s a necessary discipline in software companies.

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People-First Product Leadership

MARCH 24, 2024

The leader shares opportunities for growth as they know employees who have time for professional development are the happiest. They know they’re human and have areas to develop, which have informed their interest in the role. Subscribe now People should matter more than the location I’ve been working remotely since 2014.

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The Secret PM Handbook

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

For example, let’s say your product is a project management tool. For example, you can specify that the project will take two DBAs, three Developers, a Project Manager, and a Business Analyst. For example, some Developers know Java, and some know.Net. That’s a very powerful capability.

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Good Product Manager

JUNE 7, 2017

.” This SiriusView covers seven vendors whose offerings are designed to assist product managers with developing product plans, prioritizing features and enhancements, and maintaining and communicating product roadmaps. Podcast: B2B Product Management with The Everyday Innovator.

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Good Product Manager

JUNE 7, 2017

.” This SiriusView covers seven vendors whose offerings are designed to assist product managers with developing product plans, prioritizing features and enhancements, and maintaining and communicating product roadmaps. Podcast: B2B Product Management with The Everyday Innovator.

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The Accidental Product Manager

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Paytm is one such firm and their product managers have done an excellent job of conquering the Indian payment market. When this offering took off, Paytm changed their product development definition and expanded to provide payment services for buying movie tickets and paying an electricity bill.

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Good Product Manager

JUNE 7, 2017

.” This SiriusView covers seven vendors whose offerings are designed to assist product managers with developing product plans, prioritizing features and enhancements, and maintaining and communicating product roadmaps. Podcast: B2B Product Management with The Everyday Innovator.

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The Accidental Product Manager

AUGUST 27, 2018

Over at General Motors, their product managers have been hard at work trying to come up with ways to change their product development definition and get more people to select Cadillacs when it comes time to buy or lease their next car. The GM product managers are taking a bit of a chance with this program.

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Amplitude

DECEMBER 12, 2018

In 2014, data predicted that less than 0.01% of mobile apps would be considered a financial success by 2018. For those working with an outside development agency–especially for the first time– it begins with finding the right partner. The actual development of an app is no longer the most important stage of creating one.

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Innovatemap

JANUARY 26, 2021

Innovatemap, a digital product agency and three-time Inc 5000 award winner, announced today the addition of five new hires, a new client delivery service, and a new location for service delivery. The agency serves high-growth SaaS startups and scaleups through excellence in product management, product marketing, product design, and brand.

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Minimum Viable Products: Why You Should Test Before Investing In Ideas Let’s analyze the advantages of MVP-based software development. Why should you invest in MVP development? You can successfully prevent these problems by starting software development with a Minimum Viable Product (MVP). In this case, a car.

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Mind the Product

AUGUST 30, 2018

For the past 7 years Mind the Product has run #mtpcon in London and San Francisco and #mtpengage in Hamburg – the biggest and best product management conferences in the world. 20 Years of Product Management in 25 Minutes by Dave Wascha. Building Products AI-First by Aparna Chennapragada. by Jon Kolko.

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The Accidental Product Manager

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

What role can product managers play in the creation of meat product substitutes? There is no question that in the developed 1st world countries, people do love their meat. Looks like its time for the product managers to step in and lend a helping hand by changing their protein product development definition.

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Product Innovation Educators

MARCH 27, 2023

Lessons for product managers from PDMA’s Outstanding Corporate Innovators Award Every year the Product Management and Development Association (PDMA) recognizes an organization with the Outstanding Corporate Innovators Award (OCI). We conducted two more retrospective analyses covering 2004-2013 and 2014-2021.

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The Secret PM Handbook

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

For example, let’s say your product is a project management tool. For example, you can specify that the project will take two DBAs, three Developers, a Project Manager, and a Business Analyst. For example, some Developers know Java, and some know.Net. That’s a very powerful capability.

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DevelopmentCorporate

APRIL 22, 2022

SaaS Enterprise Value/Revenue Multiples 2014 – 2022 High Flying SaaS Companies Have Taken a Major […]. The post Median SaaS Valuations Drop 24% in Q1 2022 appeared first on Development Corporate. Many once high-flying SaaS companies have seen their valuations slashed.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

JULY 13, 2020

Product Managers are often called “Product CEOs” or “Mini GMs”, but they rarely have direct control over the inputs that lead to successful products. PMs come in all shapes and sizes, but ultimately they’re responsible for managing the product through its lifecycle. To ship a great product.

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Mind the Product

DECEMBER 5, 2017

For the past 6 years Mind the Product has run #mtpcon in London and San Francisco – the biggest and best product management conferences in the world. 20 Years of Product Management in 25 Minutes by Dave Wascha. Building Products AI-First by Aparna Chennapragada. Grounding Product by Scott Belsky.

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DevelopmentCorporate

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

NFTs have been around since 2014. appeared first on Development Corporate. It is estimated that there were $25 billion of NFT sales in 2021. After surviving the DotCom bubble of 2000, the housing bubble (2008), and the Bitcoin bubble of 2018 are we witnessing the start of an NFT bubble? The post Is This the Start of an NFT Bubble?

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 9, 2023

Roadmaps contribute to trust  — a fundamental element of successful teams in product-led organizations. Through openness and granting employees a clear understanding of the company’s priorities, roadmaps facilitate the development of trust-based relationships among teams and individuals. In Conclusion Roadmaps have many uses.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 28, 2019

If you’re from one of the world’s least developed nations , reach out for free Product Management mentorship in 2020 Jay Stansell, founder of Product Coalition I founded The Product Coalition in 2014, to make mastery of product management globally accessible, for all.

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Userpilot

MARCH 8, 2021

Margaret Zablocka is a founder and CEO of Onoco – a parenting app with 20,000 users – and the former Lead Product Manager at Betfair. Born in Poland, she moved to London in 2014 to embark on her career in Product Management. Different companies call “product manager” different things.

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The Product Guy

JUNE 20, 2019

Guest Post by: Terri Boshoff (Mentee, Session 9, The Product Mentor) [Paired with Mentor, Nis Frome]. When I joined Wetu in 2014, I was the 7th employee, we had just over 100 companies using our software, we were exclusively available in Africa, and the product was already 5 years old. Start at the Top.

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