Mind the Product

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

In this keynote from #mtpcon San Francisco, Kathy Pham reflects on the importance of asking societal and ethical questions in product organizations and asks how teams and companies can be more accountable in the future. While no one can control and plan everything that will happen, what can product teams do today to mitigate risk?

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Mind the Product

MAY 25, 2018

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. Initially we worked with a team from ThoughtWorks for 12 weeks. 2014 – Testing and Growing the Team.

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Tyner Blain

OCTOBER 23, 2023

When developing a product strategy you have to do a couple things – you have to both develop a strategy designed to support the company’s strategy, and you have to express it an a way which makes it actionable. As a leader, she could express intent and rationale, and her teams could trace their efforts back to her purpose.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

DECEMBER 3, 2020

In 2016, I applied to Facebook’s RPM program. Distinguishing between bad vs. good vs. great answers is key , and seems like an underserved area Write down a framework for how you tackle these problems. Having a clear framework helped me develop an ok answer. I met with the Instagram Reels team that was interested in me.

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Mind the Product

DECEMBER 5, 2019

In fact, some methods are pretty poor. Some product managers make poor decisions because they don’t have the right skills. It’s from another team, so you can be completely honest with me. However, not all methods are equally effective when deciding what is valuable. Your Skills Resume: Can you Identify Profit? My name is Jacob.

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Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Each person on your team has different needs, responds to feedback in different ways and evolves in different trajectories – and management should always reflect that. Even when you reach the perfect team dynamic – a new hire or budget cut can easily throw things off balance. Meeting your team. Lara: Absolutely.

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Mind the Product

JANUARY 28, 2020

Jeff Bezos, 2016. Essentially a day one mindset asks a question: What are you capable of doing today, given all the lessons you’ve learned and skills you’ve developed; all the resilience and appropriate emotional states you’ve built up; and the network you’ve established, as you face down today’s challenges and opportunities?

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bpma ProductHub

OCTOBER 16, 2016

Currently at Pragmatic Marketing, Paul helps companies build product teams by teaching their managers and marketers how to become market-driven. Most companies and product teams have to find the right balance between investing in the new and supporting existing products. On Innovation vs. Execution in Product Management.

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bpma ProductHub

JULY 13, 2016

Being born and raised in New England, I’ve been a part of the Boston area development community for decades now — making a point to foster and support local professional organizations whenever I am able. It often isn’t about what decisions I make, but more about the quality and strength of the team doing the actual work.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 26, 2022

Chris’s team worked for a logistics service that tracked the ocean containers coming in and out of the ports. Their team set up the infrastructure and prepared the environment waiting for prospective accounts, which never came. In the fall of 2016, Chris had many meetings with potential contractors.

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Mind the Product

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Ethics: The discipline of dealing with what is good or bad and with moral duty and obligation Miriam-Webster Dictionary. And while the medical profession pioneered the concept of professional ethics, other industries have also developed ethical codes. Great Power = Great Responsibility.

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Mironov Consulting

OCTOBER 18, 2016

When: 18 October 2016. Yet done well, product management is a driver of market success and effective development. Agile teams building commercial software have additional role confusion between product owners and sometimes-agile product managers. Topic: ProDUCT Management Basics for ProJECT Managers.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 17, 2019

For many years CSSSR has been developing IT systems for the biggest online banks, witnessing their success firsthand. This experience has led to several key insights: You Don’t Need a Large IT Department “We operate in small teams. To begin with, the development of new functionality requires considerable resources, including people.

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BrainStation Product Management

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

From the production of Red Dead Redemption 2 to the Adidas Yeezys, Product Managers (PMs) are an increasingly important component to the product development process, acting as the “ glue that binds user experience with technical and business requirements. ”. Know Your Industry and Develop a Diverse Skill Set.

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Intercom, Inc.

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Alina Vandenberghe is the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Chili Piper , an inbound conversion software that helps sales teams automatically schedule appointments and instantly turn leads into qualified meetings. In 2016, she created Chili Piper with her husband Nicolas and poured in everything she had learned over the years.

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Mind the Product

DECEMBER 18, 2017

As in 2016 they are an interesting mix of the practical and philosophical – and I think you’ll agree that the debate around our craft is moving forward. It probably started with Ben Horowitz’ famous “good product manager, bad product manager” memo and the latest salvo was my own post “ you are not the CEO of anything ”.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

JUNE 19, 2022

While being laid off is generally not seen negatively on your performance, it is still necessary to assure your interviewer that your layoff was not because of poor performance or productivity. Just because you have to send out resumes and prepare for interviews doesn't mean you can slack in the professional development department.

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Gainsight

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

In those six years leading the team, I’ve led its growth from one person to 180 people that are now spread across five different functional teams: Customer Success Manager (CSM), Partner Success Manager (PSM), Professional Services, Support, and CS Ops. And yeah, we offered excellent customer service through our CS team.

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UX Studio: Product Management

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Pros: Great interactions Drag and drops Multiple platforms Master elements Cons: Too complicated for newbies Quite expensive Limited functions in the standard edition Mobile views need to be improved Complex prototypes tend to be slow Price: $29 / user / mo UXpin Many designers and product teams use UXpin. Definitely has to be on this list.

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Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 22, 2019

Businesses also win if, as a result of AI, teams are able to create more white-glove moments that turn users into customers for life. Here are five quick takeaways: Businesses focused on scaling need to think of customer support as a revenue team , not a cost center. For us, that first fit was with growing sales teams.

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The Product Guy

OCTOBER 11, 2019

That happens because they are not include on the day-to-day routines of each squad that manages that product (obviously), so in many cases the most important channel they have to access that kind of information is through direct or indirect communication with the team, usually docs and presentations written by the PM. The Problem.

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Mind the Product

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Indeed startups are often launching with or driving the development of new technologies. I’ve always encouraged my product teams to focus on building products and experiences that are Valuable, Useable and Feasible (ever since I read the book ‘Inspired’ by Marty Cagan ). That’s where designing for emotion can play a part.

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UX Studio: Product Management

JULY 5, 2021

As a client, you invest your time, energy, and limited resources into your digital product development. As a design agency that works with NYC companies , we have developed an effective remote collaboration process that helps us stay in touch with our partners despite time zone differences. Is there anything we can help you with?

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UX Studio

APRIL 6, 2023

This includes UX redesign, UX consulting , UX audit, product discovery, and UX training for teams. Parachute focuses on custom website development that includes UX design, conversion optimization, e-commerce website design and development, and branding. If you’re in need of a website design agency, we’re happy to help.

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UX Studio

APRIL 6, 2023

This includes UX redesign, UX consulting , UX audit, product discovery, and UX training for teams. Parachute focuses on custom website development that includes UX design, conversion optimization, e-commerce website design and development, and branding. If you’re in need of a website design agency, we’re happy to help.

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UX Studio: Product Management

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

As a design studio that often works with international companies, we’ve developed a remote collaboration process that lets us work effectively with our clients. Apart from designing impactful digital solutions for our clients, we develop our products at UX studio — UX folio and Copyfolio. Our client portfolio is rich and diverse.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 11, 2019

Business is a bad place for surprises?—?after I understand that few developers ever want to hear people criticize their apps, but if you want your product to sell, you’ll have to accept what’s coming at you. While you’ll be hiding out in the bushes, some other team will be improving their product and making more money from it.

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Intercom, Inc.

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

We had them on the podcast way back in 2016, and they’ve even been a guest contributor to our book Intercom on Onboarding. Samuel Hulick: I actually started as a full stack developer. Back in those days, and this was like over 10 years ago, the developer would get a Photoshop file that had all of the different interface elements.

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The Accidental Product Manager

JANUARY 29, 2018

So what went wrong with the McDonalds burger strategy and product development definition that had worked so well for so long? Consumer Reports did a ranking of 21 different hamburger chains in 2016 and McDonald’s came in dead last. What’s happening is the company’s flagship product is no longer relevant. Lots of food.

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Business of Software Conference

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

So, this was focused on software developers, specifically, for dotnet software developers, this very small ad network, I ran those ad networks for a couple years, and realized that that was a terrible business. And I was a software developer before. The Good and the Bad of Taking Money. 2:43 Mark: Yeah.

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Imaginary Cloud - Design

JULY 2, 2020

It is not that those books are bad. In a time when there was very little acknowledgment about the importance and the role of design, when design was mainly done by developers and with very little user awareness. Summing it up: Sprint describes how to include design in your product development. little about product design.

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Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 4, 2019

The fastest growing software companies in recent years all have something in common – they started with little to no sales team. Yes, Slack started off with no sales team. Yes, Dropbox started off with no traditional sales team. Back in 2016, this is exactly the situation Stripe found themselves in.

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 2, 2019

Developer to Consultant to Product Manager If you asked me 5 years ago, I didn’t even know what Product Management was. I started off my journey as a UI developer at PayPal Engineering Singapore. These roles gave me opportunities helped me gain exposure on how to develop web applications for users. Product Management Journey?—?Developer

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The Product Coalition

JULY 17, 2018

to find this year’s top app development agencies. After reading a bunch of content from other app development professionals, journalists, tech bloggers and the like, we realized that there are many good companies out there, and that everyone has a different favorite. It develops for Android and iOS, but also for the web.

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Mind the Product

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

After years of false starts and incremental improvements, 2016 is the year where virtual reality (VR) has finally arrived. billion in investment occurred in Q1 2016 alone. As we look at what it takes to develop non-gaming VR products, their separation from gaming becomes very important. According to Digi-Capital, $1.1

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Intercom, Inc.

JUNE 14, 2018

Looking for an example of a happy, high performing product team? I hosted Laura on our podcast to learn everything from why assembling a great product team is like pulling off a heist, to tips for improving collaboration and marrying business needs with user goals. If you enjoy the conversation check out more episodes of our podcast.

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Mind the Product

APRIL 16, 2020

Before moving to super app Gojek to lead its efforts on mass financial inclusion, Adam Darcy developed PayMe, a product that has helped to transform the way young people in Hong Kong think about HSBC. Here he explains how they took PayMe from a thin MLP to become the most successful payments app in Hong Kong. The Results.

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