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A Primer on Business Strategy From Hamilton Helmer's 7 Powers

Sachin Rekhi

Hamilton published this work in 2016 after a career of working with over 200 clients as a strategy consultant, including Netflix, Spotify, and Adobe. I wanted to share his central framework for those looking to develop their strategy chops. I wanted to share his central framework for those looking to develop their strategy chops.

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Designing Your Way to Better Team Collaboration by Alison Coward

Mind the Product

Weekly design critique – the team has specific framework for feedback so that people remain objective and keep their users in mind. Some teams at Google differentiate between “manager time” and “make time” where manager time is a 30-minute slot, and make time is a half or full day. Goals are collected and shared.

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The Top 10 Deliverables of Product Managers

Sachin Rekhi

In doing so I hope to help demystify what you actually do in the role, provide a framework for assessing what dimensions of the role you are already good at delivering against, and opportunities for improvement on each. Elon Musk has put out some of my favorite product vision walkthroughs.

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Opportunity Solution Trees: Visualize Your Discovery to Stay Aligned and Drive Outcomes

Product Talk

Companies differentiate themselves from competitors by building a richer understanding of the opportunity space. You can learn more about this framework in Chapter 6 of Continuous Discovery Habits. Tools & Templates Opportunity solution trees have grown in popularity since their inception in 2016. What is an opportunity?

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Using Embedded Analytics to Drive Revenue

Mind the Product

Five years ago, including embedded analytics in an application was a powerful way for product teams to differentiate their applications, reduce customer churn, and charge more for their products. When considering the value of analytics relative to their products overall, survey respondents estimated the value at 54%, up from 45% in 2016.

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Messaging Strategies in SaaS: How To Tell the Product Story Through Consistent Messaging Across Different Channels?

Userpilot

A good messaging strategy should have a clear goal, differentiate your brand from the competition, provide personalized messages for a specific audience, and tell the brand story at each stage of the customer journey. The SMART goal-setting framework. Differentiation from competitors. The best goals follow the SMART goal format.

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A Design Firm That's Innovating in UX and Business

Balsamiq

Based on our knowledge and experience we create our own frameworks and procedures that make our work more efficient and help us provide value to our clients month by month. — The Rectangles (@therectangles) October 13, 2016. One of Alina's mobile app projects. How does your training as a psychologist help you in your design work?