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A Decade of Product Management

Melissa Perri

Founders realizing they can't do it all on their own, that Product Management is a career, and an important skill for the executive team. -- 2011: "You are crazy for joining a startup, Melissa. Product, and especially product in startups, is now the hot job. -- 2014: "We don't need Product Management help, we need design help.

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To MRD or not to MRD.

The Product Bistro

Now, the general consensus seems to be that the MRD is dead as the Dodo, replaced by a product backlog, groomed by a product owner, and lean startup techniques that encourage build/test/evaluate/pivot cycles until you achieve the magical “product-market fit” that is the manna from heaven to a modern corp.

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10 years of UX studio

UX Studio

However, at that time, I was busy working on my startup as a co-founder, so this feeling endured for another 1,5 years. We did research for Netflix and supported the startups of the Google incubator. I am holding the book as if it were holding me in the strong autumn wind of 2016.

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Moving Up the Career Ladder with Thor Mitchell [Rebroadcast]

Mind the Product

I’m a big believer in taking time to consider personal development – one of the main reasons I started ProductTank in Bristol in 2016. Lily enjoys working as a consultant product manager with early stage and growing startups and as a mentor to other product managers.

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Sleeping Giants – Nandini Jammi on The Product Experience

Mind the Product

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. Lily has spent 13 years in the tech industry working mainly with startups in the SaaS and mobile space.

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Podcast: Too Many Product Managers with Ken Norton

Mind the Product

Ken has also been a keynote speaker, giving inspiring talks at Mind the Product conferences in both London ( 10x not 10% , 2015) and San Francisco ( Please Make Yourself Uncomfortable , 2016). When the opportunity came up to chat with him, we wanted to cover something new – the idea that startups are hiring too many product managers.

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Sleeping Giants – Nandini Jammi on The Product Experience

Mind the Product

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. Lily has spent 13 years in the tech industry working mainly with startups in the SaaS and mobile space.