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Sustainable Pace in Product Management

Roman Pichler

These include interviewing users, working on the product roadmap, updating the product backlog, engaging with the stakeholders, and working with the development team, to name just a few. Please refer to my article “ Scaling the Product Owner Role ” for more information on how to jointly manage a product.).

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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. Through this, I learned a key lesson — don’t build a product solely based on a problem or motivated by profit. A purpose we believed in.

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

Mind the Product

So we decided to come up with a sub-brand that would help us position the product differently and talk more about what it was rather than what it wasn’t. And for that, we needed a new name… Output of one naming brainstorm. After a lot of deliberation we settled on the name Yimby, which stood for “yes in my backyard”.

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All the Awesome Speakers for #mtpcon SF 2017

Mind the Product

Josh led Greylock’s investment in SmartThings (acquired by Samsung in 2014) and Jelly (acquired by Pinterest in 2017). Jeff has worked in various roles and leadership positions at iXL, Fidelity, AOL, WebTrends, and TheLadders. Josh also works closely with our investments in Nextdoor and Whosay. Janice Fraser, SVP, Bionic.

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Is Product Management Certification Right For You?

PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

Product School's Product Management Certification Founded in 2014, Product School boasts a community of 1 million+. Industry leaders from Microsoft, Google, and Airbnb (to name a few) will teach you the basics of product management. The only catch? Location: Online Online Available?:

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Product Strategy: Learnings from Slack’s Rapid Ascent

ProductPlan

Slack’s product strategy put it on a trajectory for success. So far, Salesforce only plans to add the messaging app to its enterprise software suite without immediately changing Slack’s functionality, branding, or leadership. Let’s explore the company’s product strategy to see what makes it different.

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The Journey to Hybrid: 20+ Things We Learned Transforming Pulse Everywhere

Gainsight

Plus, it wasn’t often that someone starting a SaaS company in Phoenix, Arizona got to hear from the likes of SaaS all-stars such as Aaron Levie, Tien Tzuo, Neeracha Taychakhoonavudh, Bill Binch, Bernie Kassar, Kia Puhm, Byron Deeter, Roger Lee…and some guy named Nick Mehta. The same held true when we decided to go virtual in 2020.