Mind the Product

APRIL 6, 2018

Once upon a time I believed that to be a successful product manager, I simply had to create great products. For years I’ve helped my clients create new digital products and services for their customers. We threw terms like product/market fit around, without ever really giving a thought to what they meant.

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Good Product Manager

MARCH 29, 2016

In this SiriusDecisions blog post , I share some insights from our research, including whether product managers and marketers felt they had a consistent process for understanding, prioritizing and applying needs, and what their roles and responsibilities were for uncovering needs. — Jeff Lash (@jefflash) March 10, 2016.

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The Product Coalition

MAY 11, 2020

Photo by Johannes Plenio on Unsplash Enterprise Product Managers are a bit different compared to the others. One particular issue that I often see is, whether to scale up a product quickly or not. Product Manager usually have pretty limited knowledge about engineering stuffs.

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Good Product Manager

JANUARY 11, 2016

Improving Product Management in 2016: Strategy vs. Technique. Certainly improving technique will have an impact on product management performance, but often product management leaders focus on upskilling on technique and neglect the strategic elements. Product Management is Not User Experience.

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JUNE 9, 2016

SiriusDecisions 2016 Summit Recap. 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. 10 Serious Decisions We Made After #SDSummit 2016. Five Key Learnings From My First #SDSummit.

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Good Product Manager

JUNE 9, 2016

SiriusDecisions 2016 Summit Recap. 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. 10 Serious Decisions We Made After #SDSummit 2016. Five Key Learnings From My First #SDSummit.

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Mind the Product

AUGUST 30, 2018

For the past 7 years Mind the Product has run #mtpcon in London and San Francisco and #mtpengage in Hamburg – the biggest and best product management conferences in the world. Mastering the Problem Space for Product/Market Fit by Dan Olsen. 20 Years of Product Management in 25 Minutes by Dave Wascha.

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Userpilot

APRIL 8, 2022

Product market fit, often just called product/market or “P/M” is one of the most important Lean Startup concepts. There is a lot of information out there about why it’s important for having a successful product and grow your business, but finding out how to achieve product-market fit can still feel elusive.

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Userpilot

MAY 27, 2025

Want to advance your career in product management or find top talent for your team? This article shares exciting product manager roles focused on Product-Led Growth (PLG) and showcases standout candidates in the field. Recommended product manager job openings in the PLG field Looking for a job in PLG companies?

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Sachin Rekhi

DECEMBER 27, 2016

2016 was another great year of writing for me. But just like everything I do in product, what excites me most is rarely the stats, but the impact I have on real people's lives. But just like everything I do in product, what excites me most is rarely the stats, but the impact I have on real people's lives.

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Good Product Manager

OCTOBER 30, 2016

Three Tips for Aligning Product Management and Product Marketing. In this post on the SiriusDecisions blog — Three Tips for Aligning Product Management and Product Marketing — I share three practical tips for aligning product management and product marketing that came up in these sessions.

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Good Product Manager

MARCH 29, 2016

In this SiriusDecisions blog post , I share some insights from our research, including whether product managers and marketers felt they had a consistent process for understanding, prioritizing and applying needs, and what their roles and responsibilities were for uncovering needs. — Jeff Lash (@jefflash) March 10, 2016.

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Product Innovation Educators

MAY 23, 2016

I have a great guest, Rebecca Kalogeris, to help us understand the pulse of product management. Rebecca is the Vice President of Marketing for Pragmatic Marketing. Prior to joining Pragmatic Marketing, Rebecca managed product management and marketing teams at a variety of software companies.

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Good Product Manager

MARCH 6, 2016

One of the most important things that product managers need to do is understand customer needs in order to drive new products and enhance existing offerings. However, we know that that’s often a major area where companies and product teams struggle. SiriusDecisions 2016 Summit. YTakq9M3kK #prodmgmt.

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Good Product Manager

OCTOBER 30, 2016

Three Tips for Aligning Product Management and Product Marketing. In this post on the SiriusDecisions blog — Three Tips for Aligning Product Management and Product Marketing — I share three practical tips for aligning product management and product marketing that came up in these sessions.

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Good Product Manager

JANUARY 29, 2017

I’ve got a few exciting things going on right now so here’s a quick update… Establishing a Product Management Function. Through my work at SiriusDecisions, I’ve been helping several organizations that are setting up product management for the first time. Survey: Product Management Tools.

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Good Product Manager

JANUARY 29, 2017

I’ve got a few exciting things going on right now so here’s a quick update… Establishing a Product Management Function. Through my work at SiriusDecisions, I’ve been helping several organizations that are setting up product management for the first time. Survey: Product Management Tools.

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Business of Software Conference

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

This will change the way that a lot of people think about product market fit, BS metrics, understanding the needs of the people that really matter. Rahul Vohra (Founder/CEO, Superhuman) – The Product-Market Fit Engine from Business of Software Conference. So I’m going to talk about Product-Market Fit.

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Good Product Manager

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

Upcoming Product Management Webcasts. I’m excited to announce a new series of SiriusDecisions product management webcasts I’ll be hosting along with my colleague Lisa Singer. These complimentary webcasts are focused on best practices for b-to-b product management leaders and product managers.

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Good Product Manager

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

Upcoming Product Management Webcasts. I’m excited to announce a new series of SiriusDecisions product management webcasts I’ll be hosting along with my colleague Lisa Singer. These complimentary webcasts are focused on best practices for b-to-b product management leaders and product managers.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 15, 2020

One of the latest buzzwords in the Product world is ‘Product Led-Growth.’ And does focusing on a product-led growth strategy make you a Growth Product Manager? Let’s examine this “new” trend… What Does Product-Led Growth Mean? What Are the Benefits of a Product-Led Growth Strategy? It’s cheaper.

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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. I’ve heard from people who’ve realized they wanted to go into product management in part by reading this blog. Without you, I never would have made it to 2016.

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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. I’ve heard from people who’ve realized they wanted to go into product management in part by reading this blog. Without you, I never would have made it to 2016.

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Mind the Product

MAY 25, 2018

2016 – Accelerating Growth. The CMO formed a crowdfunding management team, comprised of leads in product, strategy, marketing, and technology. The first sign of hockey stick growth, 2016. Following our breakthrough year in 2016, the team stuck with the tactics we’d been using.

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Mind the Product

APRIL 11, 2018

Product-market mismatches occurred when Wriggle’s platform tried to hit the ground running in London. Petter Hanberger was a Wriggle product manager at the time and explains this new scrappy initiative. Wriggle’s campaign The Better Lunch Project circa 2016. It was time to expand. London was calling.

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Mind the Product

MARCH 23, 2017

For over 25 years, Lea has been leading product teams to deliver world class products used by millions of people, starting with IBM where she built applications for Fortune 500 companies. At Macromedia she was responsible for new products and businesses that leveraged the Flash Player. So what are you waiting for?

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Good Product Manager

MARCH 6, 2016

One of the most important things that product managers need to do is understand customer needs in order to drive new products and enhance existing offerings. However, we know that that’s often a major area where companies and product teams struggle. SiriusDecisions 2016 Summit.

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Mind the Product

JUNE 13, 2018

Ivy is currently the Vice President of Design for the Hardware Product Area at Google, which was officially formed in 2016. In 2017, she and her team launched a family of consumer hardware products ranging from smartphones to smart speakers, earning 26 different design awards. The #mtpcon London speakers. Leadership Forum.

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Good Product Manager

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

Upcoming Events: Spring 2016. Product Marketing Community: The Toronto Conference (Friday, April 22): I’m very excited to be a keynote speaker and panelist at this first-ever conference, where I’ll be speaking on “Sorting Out Product Marketing and Product Management” and other product marketing related topics.

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Good Product Manager

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

Upcoming Events: Spring 2016. Product Marketing Community: The Toronto Conference (Friday, April 22): I’m very excited to be a keynote speaker and panelist at this first-ever conference, where I’ll be speaking on “Sorting Out Product Marketing and Product Management” and other product marketing related topics.

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ProductPlan

JANUARY 21, 2021

In 2016 I gave a talk on lean market validation at the opening night of Startup Weekend at the University of California, Santa Barbara. I believe that the tactics can help both entrepreneurs and product managers launch better products with a higher chance of succeeding in the market. Start with your network.

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Melissa Perri

MAY 5, 2016

A Successful Start I learned about Minimum Viable Products like 99% of other Product Managers - through The Lean Startup by Eric Ries. Testing products before you build them? And it’s not something you build only once, and then consider the job done.” - Yevgeniy Brikman, Y Combinator, 2016 Confusing, yes?

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Userpilot

DECEMBER 23, 2020

We’ve interviewed several prominent names in the industry, including the CEO of Product School, Carlos Gonzalez de Villaumbrosia; Andrea Saez, Head of Product Growth and Education at ProdPad; Gen Furukawa, Co-Founder at Prehook; Natália Kimli?ková, Trends to Watch In Product – Table of Contents. Natália Kimli?ková,

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Product Club

MAY 20, 2016

Every day the Product Manager Club brings you the best product management, product marketing and product design reads from across the web. js esque loops and triangle that detail and visualise product concepts elegantly. We hope you enjoy! Dan has created a library of D3.js

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Mind the Product

APRIL 18, 2017

Josh also held roles leading product management for Zazzle, and product and engineering for RealJukebox and RealPlayer at RealNetworks. Josh is a designer, author, coach, and product leader who has been creating digital products and services for more than 25 years including at Cooper at Luxr.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 11, 2021

Screenshot from Sean’s presentation at Saastr 2016 Old Age Growth: Great in the short-term, destructive in the long-term In the early stages of a startup, a Growth team might net valuable wins by finding things that are genuinely broken, missing or misunderstood in a flow.

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ProductPlan

JANUARY 21, 2021

In 2016 I gave a talk on lean market validation at the opening night of Startup Weekend at the University of California, Santa Barbara. I believe that the tactics can help both entrepreneurs and product managers launch better products with a higher chance of succeeding in the market. Start with your network.

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