Good Product Manager

DECEMBER 4, 2016

On December 4, 2006, I published my first post on this blog , where I wrote, “If you want to be a good product manager, share your knowledge. Looking back over the past ten years, I’m gratified to see that I’ve been able to follow through on that early vision (and quite frankly pretty surprised at how accurately, too).

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Userpilot

APRIL 8, 2022

Joanna founded and ran the Kolko PR agency from 2010 to 2016 where she noticed there was a need to automate the PR processes and there was no tool on the market to make that possible. Before co-founding Prowly, Joanna founded and ran Kolko PR agency from 2010 to 2016. The vision for the product hasn’t changed,” Joanna tells us. “We

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The Product Coalition

JULY 8, 2019

In late 2016, I remember reading a great bit by John Vars (now CPO at Qonto, previously Varo Money & TaskRabbit) titled as per the above, which of course immediately grabbed my attention; in the article, he delves into his past as a musician, and draws parallels to his present vocation. Hope you do too?—?and That being said?—?John,

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Gainsight

APRIL 23, 2021

With clear insight into post-sale and implementation revenue and growth, they have a long-term vision of renewal predictability. Sabina: When I joined Mavenlink in 2016, the Customer Success mission was evolving. There were only four CSMs, one of which had 500 client accounts to manage. Nick: Interesting. So, we made it.

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UX Studio: Product Management

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Collaborating closely with their clients and teammates, their mission is to have a positive impact on people’s everyday lives. Our list of top UX research agencies wouldn’t be whole without the Adam Fard UX Studio, founded in 2016. Product Vision & Strategy. Among research needs, they cover: . UX/UI Audit . Market Research.

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Sachin Rekhi

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

Mastering the craft of product management is no easy task. I instead define a product manager as driving the vision, strategy, design, and execution of their product. It's equally important for product managers to think about each of these four dimensions as having a concrete set of deliverables. Vision: Vision Narrative.

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Mixpanel

OCTOBER 17, 2019

A few weeks ago, I was walking a partner through our product vision and recent shipments, when he exclaimed, “wow, I didn’t know Mixpanel could do that.” In case you’re in the same situation, our Product Management and Customer Success teams have surfaced their greatest hits of “I didn’t realize that” moments from throughout 2019.

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Amplitude

MARCH 30, 2017

As Steve Jobs said in a legendary interview with Bob Cringely, “The product genius [that] brought them to that monopolistic position gets rotted out by people running these companies who have no conception of a good product versus a bad product… they have no conception of craftsmanship that’s required.”.

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Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 25, 2021

Nothing captures the early ambition and vision of the co-founders as succinctly as their first pitch deck from late 2011, a snappy eight slides that outlined the scale of the opportunity to forge new ways of connecting with customers. Eoghan describes the original vision behind Intercom. Raising money to fuel our growth.

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Product Takeoff

MARCH 19, 2019

To achieve that level of confidence and to build products in that space we as product managers have to focus on a few key principals before we plan on getting the next thing in the marketplace.The four major principals we generally go by are Vision, Strategy, Team and Rapid learning.

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Imaginary Cloud - Design

JULY 2, 2020

As the Lead Designer at Imaginary Cloud , I conduct most of the interviews for design positions. Books that give product managers a light about design or that give designers a light about business. Books that give product managers a light about design or that give designers a light about business.

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Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 22, 2019

Rick started Guru in 2013, after successfully founding Boomi (a cloud integration and data management company) and selling it to Dell. Rick : That shift came about around 2016. It’s a way to manage capacity for a growing customer service org. When should businesses start thinking about a knowledge management solution?

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Product Talk

DECEMBER 6, 2023

They keep the team aligned as they manage the messy cycles of continuous discovery. How do you manage the messiness of the opportunity space over time? Managing Scope & Iterations When should you start a new opportunity solution tree? How does an opportunity solution tree connect with a product vision?

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Roadmunk

APRIL 17, 2018

In 2016, Sanette joined Vox Media as the design lead for their first ever innovation team. It was a really great position to be in for my first foray combining design and media. . We’re talking about the year of 2016.) My vision for new storytelling forms is it’ll feel more seamless & helpful to a person’s life.

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Mind the Product

APRIL 16, 2020

Fast forward to 2016 when I joined HSBC in Hong Kong and repitched the idea in my first week of working there – then, the timing was great. My main learning from this experience was that product managers need super-high integrity. If you have a vision for how things could be, only you can make sure the vision is realised.

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Intercom, Inc.

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

When Yvonne joined in 2016, the business unit consisted of just 10 people across product, engineering, sales, and marketing. When Eren Bali founded Udemy in 2010, he had a vision for what the marketplace would be: a place where anyone could teach and learn anything. Marketplaces are notoriously difficult to manage and scale.

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Amplitude

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Since launching in 2016, WiP has grown to 5,000 women worldwide. You also need To improve conversion and retention, product managers should work closely with growth experts. To improve conversion and retention , product managers should work closely with growth experts. to think about growth. Follow James on Twitter or LinkedIn.

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Mixpanel

OCTOBER 17, 2019

A few weeks ago, I was walking a partner through our product vision and recent shipments, when he exclaimed, “wow, I didn’t know Mixpanel could do that.” In case you’re in the same situation, our Product Management and Customer Success teams have surfaced their greatest hits of “I didn’t realize that” moments from throughout 2019.

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Intercom, Inc.

JULY 21, 2022

Along the way, we’ve interviewed trailblazers, business leaders, makers and doers to share their experience and insights on all things startup strategy, product management, design, marketing, customer experience, and much, much more. The vision? This month, we have passed the three million download mark for the show.

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UX Studio: Product Management

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

The first-ever beauty contest judged by robots that used the most advanced machine-learning technology available in 2016. Tunnel vision of success metrics. It’s very easy to get tunnel vision on success metrics. At UX studio , we decided to consciously channel our knowledge and creativity toward positive impact.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 11, 2021

I felt incredibly lucky to be at a company that had been positively affected by Covid-19. In Growth, we pivoted to work on capacity management and other work. I think he is an exceptional thinker, but I think he took a beautiful set of principles to extremes, leading hundreds of aspiring Growth Managers to an early grave.

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Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Tim has spent his entire professional career focusing on productivity, from Sybase to TLA-Tencor to Facebook where, over his six-year tenure (2010 – 2016), the amount of revenue per employee doubled to $1.8 How can it really, really help businesses outside of just, say, managing a calendar? million apiece.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

But in reality, if we do not get positive results within an acceptable timeframe, either the company is out of the picture, or we [as a product team] are out because we have exhausted the trust credit. There is a good quote on the topic from Edward Deming in the book “The essential Deming: Lesson from the father of Total Quality Management”.

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Gainsight

JUNE 18, 2020

Doug knows what it takes to respond to industry disruption—and how to emerge better positioned for success than ever. The company had a vision of delivering the cutting-edge technology that its customers were demanding. Nick: What did it take for you to sell the vision internally? . And the numbers were obvious.

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Userpilot

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Testing these wireframes is paramount because it allows you to validate your vision early on. Tesla In 2016, Tesla embarked on an unconventional journey of purchase intent testing. Tinder Choosing the right name for a product or service is more than just a creative endeavor; it’s a crucial step in brand identity and positioning.

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

3 Advantages of tracking OMTM Icons made my Eucalyp , Freepik , Vectors Market Helps the entire company to focus When you are tracking just one metric or at the max two most important metrics, it aligns everyone in the team as it gives them a clear vision and a goal to aim at.

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Business of Software Conference

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

And so, the one thing that they instilled in me at the foundation level though was that: “whatever you do, do as much as you can to positively impact as many people while you’re here on this world on this earth because your time is limited.” When I would travel, I didn’t ask for permission, I just did it.

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Product Talk

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Product management is evolving quickly. Productized 2016 – Lisbon, Portugal. Let’s think about what product management looked like during this time period. A product manager or a number of product managers probably spent months gathering requirements from internal business stakeholders. Windows ME.

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Gainsight

DECEMBER 23, 2019

At Pulse 2016, SaaStr’s Customer Success for Start-ups track was one of the most popular series of sessions in the entire conference. She was most recently customer success head at BetterWorks where she led services, customer support management, ops, and training team. How big is your revenue base that you’re managing?

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 30, 2020

The program was developed as part of academic study into computer vision. You might also be interested in: How to be an Ethical Product Manager NSFW content When Reddit picked up the habit of mapping female celebrity faces onto pornography…was anyone surprised? Are you interested in Product Management? Looking for a good read?

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