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What We Learned About Building Products People Love in 2016

Mind the Product

2016 was a year when the product management community grew significantly and continued to mature. Here’s a look at what we learned in 2016 based on our most read posts during the year. Several of our most read posts of 2016 are practical guides, full of advice and the hard-won experiences of product experts: . Scope of the job.

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What I Wish I Knew Before Writing a Book

Melissa Perri

That was back in 2016. Test the waters with conference talks, blog away, throw your thoughts out on social media. Back in the day, if you were a consultant or speaker and wanted to get noticed, you needed a book with a publisher's name on it. A publisher's name can give your book some extra clout, depending on the publisher.

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Jam 2016 – Product Manager Club

Product Club

On the 4th November the Product Manager Club attended JAM 2016 in London. Yeah but what’s Jam 2016?! We’re not going to lie, when we saw the name of the presentation we kind of thought, “oh, not another talk about why persona’s are awesome”. It was pretty awesome! albeit not one in the Folding Buritto periodic table!

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Product in Practice: How 2-Way Door Decisions Helped Simply Business Learn Fast

Product Talk

It’s a topic she feels so strongly about, she’s named it a keystone habit, incorporated it into her definition of continuous discovery , and designed an entire course to help people improve their customer interviewing skills. Some of our biggest challenges have been delivering multiple test iterations on a weekly basis and killing ideas fast.

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

Mind the Product

In 2012, when I was working as part of the JustGiving team responsible for innovative products and disruptive business models, we decided to test how people could raise money for non-charitable good causes. And for that, we needed a new name… Output of one naming brainstorm. 2014 – Testing and Growing the Team.

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Applied Lean Startup: How to Master Simplicity and Velocity in Business

The Product Coalition

It is inspired by sources such as Eric Ries’ book “The Leaders Guide” and Pivotal’s associated workshop organized in 2016. Predictions As we consider the strategic clarity around the vision, we naturally form expectations, assumptions, and hypotheses related to the customers, operational execution, or timelines, just to name a few.

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The Future Was Already Here – Bringing the Donuts 05/24/2016

Ken Norton

An Indianapolis entrepreneur named Stanley Brown is enthusiastic about virtual reality. With the financial backing of some friends, he has opened the first retail store dedicated to VR, where visitors can test-drive the newest headsets and apps. How fast does technology move? -.

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