Mind the Product

MAY 29, 2018

He is the co-author of the New York Times bestseller, The Lean Entrepreneur and has over 20 years experience helping companies bring high-growth products to market. Todd Lombardo, Co-Author of Roadmaps Relaunched. He is the co-author of both Design Sprint (O’Reilly, 2015) and Product Roadmaps Relaunched (O’Reilly, 2017).

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Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 15, 2018

Find a sponsor , not a mentor — someone who is in the room when opportunities arise and makes sure your name comes up. I got my first real leadership opportunity about five years into my career when one of the teams I was on was struggling with the product roadmap. It’s more challenging to get than a mentor.

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Business of Software Conference

JUNE 20, 2019

The market has given us permission to exist for 10 years. And you know what they say as well – at some point the CEO has to step back and take a strategic role so they have time to do visioning and look at the market and not be involved in the day to day of the operation. How do I prioritize the roadmap? A month into it.

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Business of Software Conference

JULY 2, 2019

So I’m here to tell you some things that companies do that really irritate designers so you can learn from their mistakes and you can succeed in hiring and retaining talent in this really competitive market. This brings me to Irritation number 1: Asking your design team to colour in. It’s something we call the Quad.

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