Mind the Product

DECEMBER 29, 2016

2016 was a year when the product management community grew significantly and continued to mature. I think what marks out the following is that they all deliver practical and actionable advice – advice which can be applied by anyone at any stage in their product career. Organise around customers.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 4, 2024

They wanted to create an app that would allow users to send text messages, images, videos, and other media, without the need for expensive SMS plans. Its user base grew exponentially, reaching over 2 billion users worldwide by 2020. This feature catered to users who preferred spoken communication or found typing inconvenient.

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Alchemer Mobile

APRIL 9, 2020

See actionable strategies for engaging with customers during this difficult time here. So, what can these brands do to capture, analyze, and act on these changing customer behaviors? We’re thankful that our annual Mobile App Engagement Report was published right around the time that everything started to really shift in the U.S.

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Good Product Manager

JANUARY 11, 2016

Improving Product Management in 2016: Strategy vs. Technique. For many people, the new year is a time to make personal or professional resolutions. Technique I talk about the key strategic behaviors for product managers, the importance of focusing on them, and how to quickly assess this as an area of focus for 2016.

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The Product Bistro

JANUARY 25, 2021

In the way back time, before Agile, before OKRs and other fads, product managers wrote MRDs, or Market Requirement Documents. This was the artifact the began the process of developing a new product, or a variant of a product. There are times when the old ways really are both appropriate and better.

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Product Management Unpacked

MARCH 12, 2019

Marty Cagan, founder of the Silicon Valley Product Group , delivered the opening keynote to the 2016 Mind the Product Conference. His keynote, “Behind Every Great Product,” highlights professionals involved in some of the most iconic technology products of our time, including Netflix, iTunes and Word for Mac.

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The Product Guy

DECEMBER 15, 2019

The Product Management Awards (#TPMAS) are the leading international award honoring excellence in Product Management. The Best Product Person & The Best Product Leader. In this role, Gaudio drives the strategy behind roadmap management, agile product development, and cross-functional communication.

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Alchemer Mobile

APRIL 21, 2020

This information is critical for most product managers and mobile marketers to optimize the mobile customer experience. We published six new research reports today – each industry-specific guide reveals exclusive benchmark data gathered from more than 800 mobile apps with 5,000+ active users.

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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. I mean, how else were you going to be able to tell what time it was? Now when people want to know what time it is, they whip out their mobile phones and glance at them. The Problems Facing Watch Product Managers.

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The Accidental Product Manager

JANUARY 8, 2024

Complicated products have to deal with many challenges Image Credit: Emms Benitez As product managers, we all want to be responsible for products that our customers really, really want. That’s why being a lingerie product manager sounds like a very good job. What is a product manager to do?

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Mind the Product

OCTOBER 25, 2018

It takes many different competences to be a product manager, but one of the most important ones is the ability to decide on the future direction of your product. A product manager ideally uses a mix of methods to figure this out, with experiments at the forefront of strategic and meaningful decision-making.

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Mind the Product

DECEMBER 27, 2016

Mind the Product and ProductTank were founded on the importance of sharing stories between product managers in order to further our craft, so we love recording those talks and sharing our speakers’ hard-earned lessons with everyone else in the product community. Your Product is Already Obsolete – How to Survive.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 3, 2023

When role model companies have their structures shaken by what appears to be poor management, it’s inevitable to think that they are not that different from your “under digital transformation” every-day business. The limit of Product Product as a whole was built on top of two solid foundations: Agile and Lean. But it didn’t.

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Intercom, Inc.

JULY 14, 2022

Regardless of the industry or the product you’re selling, the old sales playbook is falling short of customers’ expectations. For James Dyett , a customer-centric mindset shouldn’t just be the purview of post-sales departments. And so, in 2016, he joined Stripe, where he’s now the Head of Strategic Accounts for the Americas.

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Mind the Product

JULY 14, 2020

Nandini Jammi started out in product marketing and growth, but after the US elections in 2016, her career took an unexpected turn when she joined Sleeping Giants, an organisation that aims to make bigotry and sexism less profitable. In this episode of The Product Experience, sponsored by Amplitude, learn how to apply this ethos to [.].

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Alchemer Mobile

MAY 21, 2020

As we look ahead to our “new normal,” Finance app product managers and marketers must plan for usage swings both positive and negative depending on their offerings, and even within different pieces of their mobile experiences. Mobile Customer Sentiment. Let customer feedback drive your product roadmap.

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Good Product Manager

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

Product Management in 2017: What Does the Future Hold? Product management is sometimes referred to as a “next year” job. It’s usually around this time of year that product management leaders are well into planning for the following calendar year. Upcoming Events for Fall 2016.

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Good Product Manager

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

Product Management in 2017: What Does the Future Hold? Product management is sometimes referred to as a “next year” job. It’s usually around this time of year that product management leaders are well into planning for the following calendar year. Upcoming Events for Fall 2016.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 5, 2021

Intent on expanding the business to offer more to their users, the company observed a gap in the market and took a chance on something very different. In 2016, Sleep Stories was born. Since Sleep Stories, retention rates and time on app have increased dramatically. essential oils, candles, white noise, or zero screen time?—?Calm

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Mind the Product

JANUARY 3, 2017

Every week we curate the best product content from across the web into our weekly product management newsletter Prioritised. Planning Product Discovery. Rich Mironov highlights some mistakes most first-time product managers make – even after coursework, certificates, and online tutorials. FIRSTROUND].

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Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 22, 2019

Some think customers will see the advent of AI as a welcome way to get self-help quickly and get back to their task. Others worry that AI will worsen the customer experience as more and more companies use it to save costs. He joined me for a conversation on tackling issues that come up as you scale your customer experience.

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Good Product Manager

DECEMBER 2, 2015

We’ve been busy at SiriusDecisions with a lot of new research and resources for b-to-b product management leaders and product managers: The ABCs of Product Management Technologies. In my first post for the new SiriusDecisions Marketplace, I cover The ABCs of Product Management Technologies.

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The Accidental Product Manager

AUGUST 14, 2023

Equipment product managers are searching for steady revenue Image Credit: Laura Gilmore The product managers for heavy equipment, you know things like cranes, backhoes, rollers, etc., When times are good and people are buying their product, then times are really good.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 18, 2021

I’m talking about creating things, processes, and relationships that create outsized impact over time. Here’s a nugget from his intro thread on the concept:  —  @EricJorgenson [link] But why does leverage matter for Product folks? Pivot to video like it’s 2016. constant context switching. Enter leverage.

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Mind the Product

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Nandini Jammi started out in product marketing and growth, but after the US elections in 2016 her career took an unexpected turn when she joined Sleeping Giants, an organisation that aims to make bigotry and sexism less profitable. The Product Experience is hosted by Lily Smith and Randy Silver. Quote of the Episode.

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bpma ProductHub

AUGUST 1, 2016

In 2016, Glassdoor identified Product Management as the #8 best job to have in America, with a job score of 4.5 Other jobs on the list included Data Scientist, Tax Manager and HR Manager. Unlike many of those jobs, product management is known for its nebulous career pathing and ambiguity.

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Mind the Product

DECEMBER 28, 2016

2016 has been a year when the craft of product management grew, evolved, and matured at a staggering rate! Brant touches on clear foundation such as focusing on customer problems rather than products, and also suggests some structures to help incentivise the kind of innovative behaviours you want. We asked C.

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The Accidental Product Manager

JANUARY 23, 2023

Burger product managers are battling for the same customers Image Credit: cyclonebill One of the biggest challenges that product managers face is when there is someone else offering a product that is very similar to ours. Product managers understand that this a great opportunity to attract new customers.

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Alchemer Mobile

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

According to AppAnnie’s 2019 State of Mobile Report , consumers sourced food and drinks through apps 130% more often in 2018 than in 2016. Clearly, people enjoy the convenience of having their meals delivered without having to talk to someone on the phone, or repeating their address and credit card information every time.

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Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 25, 2021

We have achieved a great deal in the past decade – we have built a lot of great product , hired hundreds of wonderful people , and helped thousands of amazing companies form lasting relationships with their own customers. It’s in our nature to look forward, to focus on shipping , to keep innovating and providing value.

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Good Product Manager

JUNE 9, 2016

SiriusDecisions 2016 Summit Recap. I’ve mentioned the annual SiriusDecisions Summit a few times previously here on this blog. We had 2500+ sales, marketing and product leaders together for 4 days of sharing of new research, practitioner case studies, lots of networking and some fantastic evening events.

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Good Product Manager

JUNE 9, 2016

SiriusDecisions 2016 Summit Recap. I’ve mentioned the annual SiriusDecisions Summit a few times previously here on this blog. We had 2500+ sales, marketing and product leaders together for 4 days of sharing of new research, practitioner case studies, lots of networking and some fantastic evening events.

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Product Club

DECEMBER 20, 2016

On the 4th November the Product Manager Club attended JAM 2016 in London. We met a lot of great people and we learned a lot of interesting things and we thought it was only right to share our experience! Yeah but what’s Jam 2016?! How do product managers, designers and engineers make it all happen?

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Mind the Product

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Nandini Jammi started out in product marketing and growth, but after the US elections in 2016 her career took an unexpected turn when she joined Sleeping Giants, an organisation that aims to make bigotry and sexism less profitable. The Product Experience is hosted by Lily Smith and Randy Silver. Quote of the Episode.

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The Accidental Product Manager

AUGUST 2, 2021

Being a product manager in a growth industry is one of the best jobs that any of us can have. This is exactly how life must be for product managers who are involved in the fracking industry. A product management job in this industry has been one to have for a long time. The Problem With Sand.

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Mind the Product

JANUARY 13, 2020

I’ve been working in digital products for 15 years and, throughout this time, I’ve found that product management has many faces. I’ve done the job in different companies and in each one, it was a completely different experience. one ops and one product manager). My Career Experience.

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Good Product Manager

DECEMBER 2, 2015

We’ve been busy at SiriusDecisions with a lot of new research and resources for b-to-b product management leaders and product managers: The ABCs of Product Management Technologies. In my first post for the new SiriusDecisions Marketplace, I cover The ABCs of Product Management Technologies.

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