Product Innovation Educators

MAY 18, 2020

After hosting the 2020 virtual summit for product managers and product VPs, I’ve been asked many times for my lessons learned: what made it great, what would I do differently, what advice I have, what I learned about launching a product, etc. 3:11] Target Market: product managers and product leaders. [3:59] Product leadership.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Leadership without authority is product management 101. The third tool, that you are a master at given that you are a product leader, is leadership without authority. And to get the entire management team to willingly cooperate with the direction you are trying to take them in, leadership without authority is your skill to use.

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Business of Software Conference

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

We write wildly aspirational job descriptions for candidates and we confuse subject/market expertise with product management/leadership experience to name just a few errors. Cross-functional leadership. Fresh talks on entrepreneurship, product, marketing, leadership, hiring, and more dropping each week.

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Centercode

DECEMBER 22, 2020

You can say what you like about 2020, but you can’t say we didn’t learn a lot. How Defined Processes Are Shaping Success in 2020 (Blog). Wondering what you can take away from the changes brought on by 2020? Beta Testing at the Speed of Agile (Luke Freiler on Pragmatic Marketing). Engaging Testers.

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Alchemer Mobile

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

In 2020, Gap Inc.’s s Consumer Insights team strategically collaborated with many other departments such as marketing, online, and store operations to share data and inform decisions based on changing customer preferences and behaviors. Additionally, Nicole serves on her Women in Leadership board at Gap Inc. The post Gap Inc.

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Business of Software Conference

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

In this talk from BoS Europe 2020, Sally Foote (VP of ECommerce at GoCompare) shares her experience and expertise working with some high-profile digital businesses operating at scale to manage profitable growth and innovation in their organisations. Famously, pre-automobile era, people didn’t want a car, they wanted faster horses.

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Centercode

JANUARY 16, 2020

In the spirit of evolution, here are the top 5 skills that members of the CV industry need to continue growing and thriving in 2020, along with resource recommendations for every skill level. Journeyman: Delta 2020, the Virtual Customer Validation Conference. Register Now for Your Free Pass for the Delta 2020 Virtual Conference.

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Amplitude

JANUARY 29, 2021

In 2020, digital products became essential to how we lived, worked, played, watched, learned, and connected. In 2020, we made major investments in core analytics, reimagined our data governance tools, and laid the foundation for personalization at scale. This is just the beginning of what’s ahead for Amplitude. Conversion Drivers.

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Amplitude

OCTOBER 30, 2020

A large part of their success can be attributed to effective cross-functional data leadership. Patreon spends a lot of time thinking about a trifecta across all departments and functions: how they can build a better product that’s fueled by great marketing and a compelling brand and backed by a lot of their own finance. Data relevance.

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Business of Software Conference

MARCH 11, 2021

April is an expert marketing practitioner turned executive consultant and author who helps technology companies make complicated products easy for customers to understand and love. She is a globally recognized expert in Positioning and Market strategy. make sure your customers understand who your REAL competition is. Upcoming Events.

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Innovatemap

MARCH 17, 2021

When I think about the many things that drew me to Innovatemap, the presence of women in leadership roles comes to mind immediately. I’ve been fortunate to work with countless technology companies in my career, and while I met with an incredible number of women executives, CEOs, marketers and more, I most often saw myself in a room among men.

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Melissa Perri

OCTOBER 31, 2019

using hard data from the market, customers, and financials?—?they And only when leadership has not set a strategy for them. Product leaders and leadership in general should be setting the strategy that lets teams get rid of these methods and start using real data. That is not leadership.

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Gainsight

MARCH 1, 2021

We’ve made intros over the year that have turned into 100s of leadership and individual contributor roles in CS. As such, we often get a sense of the “pulse” of the CS careers market. I’ve found that tech touch leadership jobs are the most in-demand and hard-to-fill right now. Below are quick trends we are seeing: 1.

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Gainsight

DECEMBER 23, 2019

On a recent webinar with one of our private equity partners, Gainsight CEO Nick Mehta shared an inspiring outlook on what’s to come in the year 2020 for customer success. As we get ready to plan for the new year, there are five themes of customer success that I think should be top of mind for 2020.

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TIBCO - Thought Leadership

JANUARY 22, 2020

Already be ahead or behind the curve on several of them, in effect not on the same timeline as the author’s synthesized market view. Instead, as you plan your 2020 plans, wouldn’t you rather be placing your organization’s bets on sure things rather than predictions? 10 Sure Technology Bets for 2020. Stay tuned.

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ProductPlan

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

The year 2020 shifted the world in fundamental ways. In fact, 2020 brought us so many shocks and surprises that it made identifying top trends in product management more challenging than ever. As a product leader, entrepreneur, and product management author, I have paid close attention to the product community throughout 2020.

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Sachin Rekhi

AUGUST 4, 2021

So in 2020, I took a survey of all the available product management courses out there. There was even an emerging set of courses focused on product leadership. And thereby introduce a repeatable process for ensuring you brainstorm and prioritize the most needle-moving work while building leadership buy-in during the process.

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Business of Software Conference

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

April Dunford BoS USA Online 2020 from Business of Software Conference. Fresh talks on entrepreneurship, product, marketing, leadership, hiring, and more dropping each week. And the only way to be a winner is to come on this journey with me, man I got this thing, and the entire market is gonna blow up. Upcoming Events.

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The Basics of Product Management

JUNE 7, 2020

Product Manager qualifications through these certificates definitely helps in the job market. Product Managers ensure that developers are aware of customer priorities, customers are aware of product timelines and that the leadership is aware of the progress. Here is the list of top 9 product management courses.

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Product Management University

JUNE 5, 2023

It’s hard to get stakeholders fist-pumping over things like… be the market leader execute the most payment transactions pay more employees than all other payroll systems combined to be the leading provider of… to make the best product in [category] If your product vision resembles any of the above, you won’t be feeling the love from any direction.

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Pragmatic Marketing

JANUARY 30, 2020

Editor's Note: Also see Tom Noser's article, "Taking Inventory: Identify Your Leadership Strengths (and Weaknesses) for Career Success," in the Winter 2020 issue of The Pragmatic magazine. Product management is a leadership position. That's leadership. Leadership types and styles are separate from results.

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Alchemer Mobile

AUGUST 25, 2020

In comparison to the growth of the larger job market, the demand for PM roles in the US surpasses the increase in demand for all other roles combined by 5x. The worlds of marketing and product are colliding in new ways as customer experience takes center stage. With these new leadership roles comes a lot of organization-wide change.

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UX Studio

DECEMBER 14, 2023

We facilitated 13 courses in a row, one in each semester starting in 2014 Autumn, up until the Pandemic interrupted our nice sequence in 2020. 2020: The year of changes I bet 2020 is still memorable for everyone as the Pandemic forced us to rethink the way we work. Approximately 310 people attended the course over the years.

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Userpilot

AUGUST 31, 2021

But she won’t agree to speak” – My manager told me in February 2020, one month into my adventure with Userpilot. Hot Topics – From Deep Innovation, Team-Led Growth, Killing Features, to the Challenges in Product Marketing & Management in 2021. Product Management & Leadership. Product Marketing.

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 6, 2021

I joined Aircall in March 2020 as Head of Product. We had agreed with the Leadership team that we wanted to hire a senior team. This is the classical question of specific domain and market expertise vs product management expertise. My first focus was building the team and the first step was to get the right people onboard.

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Bain Public

MARCH 20, 2021

He held leadership roles at Bay Area startups and high growth organizations like WatchMojo -- helping establish product functions, as well as large strategic consulting companies such as Edelman where he organized product-led initiatives across national/regional offices. Interested in having me speak or attend an event? About Bain Public.

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TIBCO - Thought Leadership

OCTOBER 16, 2020

In 2020, we have seen an unprecedented amount of change in business operations. According to a recent Statista report, “ Digital transformation market revenue worldwide from 2017-2023 ”, the spending on the technologies and services that enable digital transformation worldwide is expected to amount to 2.3 Reading Time: 3 minutes.

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ProductPlan

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Of course, the 2020-2021 conference circuit looks very different from a typical cycle — many events have been postponed or gone completely virtual during the pandemic. It’s tailored to anyone involved in bringing products to market, from founders and heads of product to UX designers and product owners. Agile Leadership Summit.

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Alchemer Mobile

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

What was once a fairly siloed role has transformed into a high-impact leadership position within the most innovative companies. You can market your ass off, but if your product sucks, you’re dead. Sahil Lavingia (@shl) February 4, 2020. “If The role of the product manager is changing faster than ever.

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Innovatemap

AUGUST 16, 2021

But in 2021, being named to the top 5000 companies also reflects perseverance and flexibility in the face of 2020’s economic challenges. This kind of accomplishment comes with hard work, smart pivots, great leadership, and the help of a whole lot of people.”. Building one in the crisis we’ve lived through is just plain amazing.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 15, 2020

In a nutshell, product-led growth is a strategy which focuses on the product itself being the primary driver of growth for a company, rather than investing in expensive and elaborate marketing campaigns. from engineering to sales and marketing?—?around You’ll always need marketing, but a product-led strategy helps you scale it back.

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Pragmatic Marketing

JANUARY 30, 2020

Editor's Note: Also see Tom Noser's article, "Taking Inventory: Identify Your Leadership Strengths (and Weaknesses) for Career Success," in the Winter 2020 issue of The Pragmatic magazine. Product management is a leadership position. That's leadership. Leadership types and styles are separate from results.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 4, 2021

My 2020 personal growth hacks Hacking personal growth was one of my goals for 2020. here is my 2020 journey for being a better version of myself. 12- “Solitude and Leadership” article by William Deresiewicz ?—?I I wanted to be better, and excel in my ventures by enriching myself in different eras.

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Modus Create

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

In an ever-shifting industry, partnering with market-leading tools that can benefit our clients is critical to Modus’s customer-first philosophy. shares our commitment to thought leadership, a core strategic pillar of our organization. We will be delivering new, value-added services with close support and collaboration from the Aha!

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Agile Velocity

AUGUST 24, 2020

From 9/11, selling tickets online in 1995, fuel hedging in the early 1990s, to the very beginning with Herb going to the Texas Supreme Court to begin flying, and creating the Ten Minute Turn in the early 1970s, Southwest has met and overcome various challenges with innovative techniques coming from passionate Employees and fearless Leadership.

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Mironov Consulting

DECEMBER 31, 2019

The Business of Software conference team is bringing me back to Boston for a 2020 talk on how to hire a Head of Product. When: 21st-23rd September 2020. For those of us who’ve stepped into the Head of Product role a dozen times or more, these are clear indications that senior product leadership is missing.

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Business of Software Conference

APRIL 22, 2021

Founded in 2003, ActiveCampaign accelerates every company’s growth with a marketing automation platform designed to deliver great customer experiences. Today ActiveCampaign is the market leader in intelligence-driven customer experience automation. ActiveCampaign’s thinking and approach to expansion.

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