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519: Product verification, most important of the 19 activities of product management – with Nishant Parikh

Product Innovation Educators

How product managers can adapt core responsibilities across different organizations and contexts Watch on YouTube TLDR Through his research and practical experience at MasterCard, Nishant Parikh identified 19 key activities that define the role of software product managers. Why study the 19 key activities of software product managers?

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How to Build a SaaS Platform

The Product Coalition

Businesses and individuals are increasingly making SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) applications their choice software platform for their business needs. The increasing popularity of cloud computing indicates that the importance of SaaS will only increase in the future. billion in 2020 to $307.3 billion by 2026.

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Tools of the Trade: A Look at the Discovery Tech Stack at 99designs

Product Talk

In case you missed it, Tools of the Trade is a new series on Product Talk. We learn about where they are in their continuous discovery journey, which tools they’re using to support these new habits, and any lessons or insights they have gained from their experience. Using the Opportunity Solution Tree to Map out Continuous Discovery.

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TEI 283: 2020 Summit Lessons Learned – with Chad McAllister

Product Innovation Educators

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. Customer research. We need to test it better across many platforms. [22:27]

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Monetization Monitor: Monetization Models and Pricing 2020

Customers demand—and suppliers offer—a diverse mix of monetization models for Software and Digital Services related to IoT Devices. Despite this problem, many suppliers have yet to take the step towards solutions that would provide them with these insights. Reliable insights aren’t getting easier as technology evolves.

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Discovering Solutions: Quickly Determine Which Ideas Will Work (And Which Won’t)

Product Talk

Visualizing discovery work with an opportunity solution tree has been a game-changer for both me and the teams that I work with. From there, an effective team is doing two key research activities week over week. They are interviewing to discover opportunities and they are assumption testing to discover the best solutions.

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2021 Engagement Benchmarks for Education Apps

Alchemer Mobile

Education was one of the hardest hit industries in 2020. Quick transitions to remote learning, usage and integration hurdles, lack of funding for new tech, and massive fluctuations in MAU all played a role in delivering a challenging year for educators and education technology across the country. Let’s start with the bad.

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5 Essential Pieces of a Prospecting Solution

Forward thinking sales leaders are starting to prioritize technology initiatives. Is your team focused on building a reliable tech stack for 2020? Steps your buying committee must go through when purchasing a prospecting solution. Five essential features to consider when assessing the vendor landscape.

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The Product Dev Conundrum: To Build or Buy in a Digital World?

Speaker: Mark Ridley, Owner and Founder, Ridley Industries

In most cases, actually building software should be the last avenue that companies explore to deliver great products, as software engineering, data science and product development are complex, uncertain and hard to manage. March 11, 2020 11AM PST, 2PM EST, 7PM GMT.

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The Connected Journey: Developing your Empathy to Strengthen Strategies for Customer Relations

Speaker: Esther Kieft, Delivery Manager (Group Technology) at Domino's Pizza Enterprises

From meeting stringent deadlines to insufficient resources being available to carry out customer research, there is a range of reasons why customer empathy could be missing in product development. In this session, Esther will talk about: What customer empathy is and what tools & strategies you can use to develop more empathy.