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What is Good Product Strategy?

Melissa Perri

“What is your Product Strategy? YOU NEED A STRATEGY.” When I replay this scene in my head, I can hear the CTO very audibly yelling (slash pleading) with our product team. This didn’t sit well with the CTO because in reality he didn’t want a strategy, he wanted a plan. This isn’t a strategy, this is a plan.

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The most critical relationship for product managers to build

The Product Coalition

Having product vision paired with development expertise is a rare combo, and product managers should make it their job to work as closely as possible with these individuals. At an early stage startup this may be the co-founder/CTO. At mid to later stage, this is more likely a Senior Engineer.

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Three million downloads and counting: Inside Intercom reaches a podcasting milestone

Intercom, Inc.

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. In 2018, we’re going to focus on the more typical demand gen functions. The vision?

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Why Your ‘Brilliant’ Technology Fails To Have Impact | Tom Adeyoola, Metail | BoS Europe 2018

Business of Software Conference

So I just googled “Leading expert computer vision”. Maybe this technology solution could be the answer. So could I use computer vision as a means of being able to generate body shapes and also allow me to digitize garments really fast and really cheaply. I felt the computer vision was crucial. This is like late 2007.

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What is Product Management, exactly?

BrainMates

See Parity Consulting’s 2018 Product Management Salary Survey. ). The Chief Product Officer (CPO) or Vice President of Product Management (VP of Product) roles are more common in larger organisations, and usually report directly to the CEO. Specialisations within Product Management are also starting to emerge.

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The tools we use: Challenging dogma in the design process

Intercom, Inc.

Mark Zuckerberg testified in front of the US Congress in early 2018. No, I think the real reason is evident in this quote: OH (a former CTO of Autodesk): “I can walk through most buildings and tell you which version of AutoCad was used to design it. “. — Robert Stephens (@rstephens) August 9, 2018.

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10 Easy Ways To Irritate Your Design Team | Jane Austin, Babylon Health | BoS Europe 2018

Business of Software Conference

But facts I’ve discovered that many companies just ask a design team to execute on the vision. First of all product is about shaping the future and inspiring the world with the product vision – No I don’t see a roadmap here – and I call this build the right thing. In fact just do this bit here.