The Accidental Product Manager

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Car Product Managers Look To Software To Boost Their Revenue

The Accidental Product Manager

The goal is to sell more cars, perhaps software is the key Image Credit: rakyan ‘boyan’ tantular Product managers know that if we want to sell more of their product, we need to find ways to make the product more appealing to our customers. These days, that can be very difficult to do. One of the biggest problems that we are facing is that things change so quickly that it can be very hard to keep a product “current” The features that we put into a product are great at the

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What Went Wrong For The Peloton Product Managers?

The Accidental Product Manager

The Peloton product managers were unable to predict the future Image Credit: Phillip Pessar How great would it be to be a product manager who was responsible for a very popular high priced exercise bike? This is the position that the Peloton product managers found themselves in just before the pandemic hit. I’m pretty sure that they must have had many meetings where they were trying to find ways to get people to quit gyms and instead buy a Peloton exercise bike to use at home.

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Product Managers Discover Older Customers

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Products made for older customers are getting a makeover Image Credit: Katie Mims Who do you sell your product to? Is there a possibility that your product is being used by older customers? If this is the case, what you have done to make it easy for them to use your product? If the answer is “nothing”, then you are like many other product managers who have not taken the time to study their customers and customize their products for their unique needs.

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Auto Product Managers Believe Software Holds The Key To Future Success

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Auto product managers believe that software will control the future Image Credit: JC As product managers, we are generally fairly focused on what we need to do to make our product become a success. As markets and products change and evolve, it can be very difficult for us to lift our heads up and realize that things are now different and so we need to start to do different things.

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Lingerie Product Managers Deal With Too Much Exposure

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Complicated products have to deal with many challenges Image Credit: Emms Benitez As product managers, we all want to be responsible for products that our customers really, really want. That’s why being a lingerie product manager sounds like a very good job. You make a product that has the ability to transform your customer and because of that they will seek you out.

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Tech For Seniors Creates New Opportunities For Product Managers

The Accidental Product Manager

Tech assistance for seniors is a booming business Image Credit: Province of British Columbia How do you feel about using your computer? If you are like most of us, you can accomplish most things: sending email, attending a Zoom meeting, making a doctor’s appointment, etc. However, doing many of these things can be a challenge for older computer users.

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How Subway’s Product Managers Are Going To Come Back

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Subway product managers have to come up with a comeback plan Image Credit: Mike Mozart I’m pretty sure that even if you didn’t know it, there are more Subway sandwich restaurants out there than there are McDonald’s restaurants. With the chain being that large, you would expect that they must be doing quite well. In the past that has been the story.