The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 31, 2023

Photo by Pixabay I recently led a product-market fit workshop at a known company in the Israeli tech industry. As you might have noticed from reading this blog, I share many stories related to my personal relationships as a means to talk about product leadership. Often it’s because so much of product leadership is about relationships.

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Userpilot

JULY 30, 2021

A product manager’s responsibilities include evaluating ideas, setting product strategy, building and sharing product roadmaps, prioritizing features and documenting requirements, defining product releases, and analyzing and reporting on progress. Type of product (B2B, B2C). Product leadership style. Evaluating ideas.

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The Product HQ

APRIL 20, 2024

Looking to become a B2B Product Manager? This career guide offers a detailed overview of the best B2B product management training options. There is no shortcut to becoming a B2B product manager. Business-to-business (B2B) or business-to-consumer (B2C) product managers (PMs) have mastered various hard skills.

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Business of Software Conference

APRIL 20, 2021

With deep technical roots in B2B infrastructure, SaaS and consumer online, Rich combines ‘what-we-can-build’ with ‘what-markets-want’. Cross-functional leadership. Rich Mirinov will be leading a breakout session at BoS Conf Spring.Online 26-27 April. Building what users actually need.

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Mironov Consulting

JUNE 27, 2020

That might seem obvious or naïve, but recent conversations with several B2B/enterprise clients suggest that it’s actually controversial. For context, enterprise tech companies tend to have a small number of large deals each quarter that really matter. ( B2B is lumpier than B2C.). Roadmaps are shared. Demos are shown.

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People-First Product Leadership

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Looking ahead, Part 3 brings together the Product specific Vision, Roadmap and Goals. Macro: Refers to the macro environment which encompasses the current state of technology, culture, economics, politics, and your industry. Do the points above apply to both B2B and B2C? To kick us off, here is the map for today.

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ProductPlan

JANUARY 7, 2022

Markets and technologies change. Imagine a B2B software company selling a downloadable app that enterprises install on their machines. Add these and other strategic priorities to the product roadmap (or create a standalone digital transformation roadmap ). Let’s review a few best practices.

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Mind the Product

AUGUST 28, 2017

He has been the product manager for this B2B audience. The API has been used to build over a million fundraising pages to date: “If each page owner raised even just £100, then that’s a lot of life-changing value coming from our API technology.” The backlog is reviewed once a week and the entire team is encouraged to add items.

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UX Studio

JUNE 30, 2023

USA; Europe $70 – $90 / hr Website design, UI/UX design, Research, Website Audit, Mobile App Design, Consulting, Expert Review Studio 22 Design Studio 22 Design is a creative design firm located in the San Francisco Bay area. California is the home of technology and innovation. Flexibility is a key aspect of our approach.

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Mironov Consulting

JUNE 30, 2017

I’ve noticed a frequent executive-level misalignment of expectations across a range of software/tech companies, particularly in B2B/Enterprise companies and where Sales/Marketing is geographically far away from Engineering/Product Management. On the Technical Side of the House…. And they’re right.

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Userpilot

AUGUST 11, 2022

Some soft skills required for a customer success manager position include leadership, problem-solving, communication, empathy, industry knowledge, technical savviness, and collaboration. To perform well as a CSM, you need a good set of soft skills that are required for getting (and retaining) this job, including: Leadership.

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Amplitude

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

After witnessing firsthand the strong relationship between analytics, product, and performance, Andrew grew a passion for making data integration a top priority for everyone–even for traditionally non-technical roles. I started in a Technology Leadership Rotational Program at Levi Strauss & Co. Current Company : Looker.

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The Product Guy

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

Jordan is a Management level, revenue-driven, B2B SaaS Product Management and Project Management leader. Paul is an experienced product management professional with over 15 years of experience in technology management and 10 years in product management. She majored in Industrial Relations in her undergraduate degree.

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The Product Guy

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Jordan is a Management level, revenue-driven, B2B SaaS Product Management and Project Management leader. Paul is an experienced product management professional with over 15 years of experience in technology management and 10 years in product management. She majored in Industrial Relations in her undergraduate degree.

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Mironov Consulting

APRIL 12, 2020

You might decide that some meetings and group activity can be handled differently, such as commenting individually on docs instead of scheduling collective reviews. Can your company drop-ship tech or supplies? If you can, make extra time to review their work and coach them through tough assignments.

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Mind the Product

OCTOBER 19, 2016

Second, the product manager’s delivery requirements will usually be the big development items in an organisation’s technology roadmap. Making a decision without knowing the impact on our core customer segments (B2C) or our biggest customers (B2B) means we will be at risk of delivering something that is perhaps irrelevant or irritating.

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Mind the Product

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

They work at the intersection of the User Experience, Business, and Technical teams, and have the opportunity to tap into the collective knowledge of these teams, in addition to their own interactions with the market. We’ve written about this in our blog Sales Teams Close More Deals When You Give Them The Product Roadmap.)

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Product Bookshelf

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

There’s a lot you won’t find in other product management books; for example, a comprehensive review of different types of roadmaps, how to get to the next level in your product management career, and a product management skills self-assessment. You’ll find a lot of great advice and fine points of product leadership.

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The Product Guy

JANUARY 5, 2017

Jordan is a Management level, revenue-driven, B2B SaaS Product Management and Project Management leader. Paul is an experienced product management professional with over 15 years of experience in technology management and 10 years in product management. She majored in Industrial Relations in her undergraduate degree.

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The Product Guy

APRIL 4, 2017

Jordan is a Management level, revenue-driven, B2B SaaS Product Management and Project Management leader. Paul is an experienced product management professional with over 15 years of experience in technology management and 10 years in product management. Jonathan Berg Director of Product Management, Schoology.

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The Product Guy

FEBRUARY 18, 2017

Jordan is a Management level, revenue-driven, B2B SaaS Product Management and Project Management leader. Paul is an experienced product management professional with over 15 years of experience in technology management and 10 years in product management. She majored in Industrial Relations in her undergraduate degree.

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The Product Guy

MAY 15, 2017

Jordan is a Management level, revenue-driven, B2B SaaS Product Management and Project Management leader. Paul is an experienced product management professional with over 15 years of experience in technology management and 10 years in product management. Jonathan Berg Director of Product Management, Schoology.

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The Product Guy

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Jordan is a Management level, revenue-driven, B2B SaaS Product Management and Project Management leader. Paul is an experienced product management professional with over 15 years of experience in technology management and 10 years in product management. She majored in Industrial Relations in her undergraduate degree.

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The Product Guy

JANUARY 31, 2017

Jordan is a Management level, revenue-driven, B2B SaaS Product Management and Project Management leader. Paul is an experienced product management professional with over 15 years of experience in technology management and 10 years in product management. She majored in Industrial Relations in her undergraduate degree.

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The Product Guy

JANUARY 27, 2017

Jordan is a Management level, revenue-driven, B2B SaaS Product Management and Project Management leader. Paul is an experienced product management professional with over 15 years of experience in technology management and 10 years in product management. She majored in Industrial Relations in her undergraduate degree.

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The Product Guy

MARCH 2, 2017

Jordan is a Management level, revenue-driven, B2B SaaS Product Management and Project Management leader. Paul is an experienced product management professional with over 15 years of experience in technology management and 10 years in product management. Jonathan Berg Director of Product Management, Schoology.

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Mironov Consulting

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

I’ve sat through planning for scores of major B2B migrations, and implemented a half-dozen of my own.  Usually  Usually the discussion is highly technical: APIs, data transformation, feature ladders.  But Every new enterprise customer expects 3-5 years of support for whatever they license.  So

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Product Innovation Educators

AUGUST 14, 2023

He is convinced that product is the single most important success driver for tech companies, which is why he founded Prodify to share what he learned from being an advisor to over 50 tech companies to realize their full potential. Ben has led successful technology products for the last 25 years. He

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Userpilot

JUNE 25, 2023

Launch: The Roadmap to Product Management Success is a guide on how to carry out successful product launches. Product Leadership presents insights on effective product leadership and team-building. Author: Tiana He, Emilia Korczynska & Kelli Truelove, B2B marketing rockstars from Userpilot , a product adoption platform.

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Sachin Rekhi

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

Much of the literature that defines the role as the intersection of business, technology, and user experience isn't particularly helpful for practitioners who are left wondering what skills they need to learn versus the fine people they work closely with in actual business, technology, and user experience roles.

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ProductPlan

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Important roadmap deadlines? A positive product review in a major industry publication? What if I told you the team is celebrating the fact that they released the new version of their product a day before the internal deadline on their roadmap? Themes—Not Dates—Are the Stars of Your Roadmap. A revenue milestone?

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The Product Coalition

MAY 11, 2022

Finally, “ Building for Business: Product Management in Enterprise Software ” is a truly B2B-focused Product Management book, written by Blair Reeves (Salesforce) and Benjamin Gaines (Adobe) for “all the ones who aren’t part of the Silicon Valley startup bread”. Thus, the sooner you involve them the better. How are we doing? strategy?—?

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Mironov Consulting

JULY 27, 2023

Lately, I’ve been writing a lot about entirely predictable goal misalignments between the maker side (product, engineering, design) and the go-to-market side (sales, marketing, customer success) of tech firms, especially at B2B/enterprise software companies.  That that the world cares deeply about the details.

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Mironov Consulting

APRIL 15, 2023

In my experience, there’s usually a fundamental misalignment between two broad groups at software companies – especially B2B/enterprise companies — that I’ve been thinking/writing for a while.  One Deep dives into obscure technical requirements isn’t the fastest path to a signature.

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Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 4, 2019

More recently, however, I’ve realized that the technology industry at large struggles with such clarity and consistency – in marketing terms, there is often a difficulty developing a clear value proposition that aligns with product and brand identity. Mapping your product roadmap across the Brand Architecture Matrix. 3 Brand stretch.

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Mironov Consulting

JULY 28, 2022

Especially in B2B/enterprise software companies, I see two dramatically divergent ( incompatible ) worldviews that IMO explain a lot of corporate behavior.  These are mostly seen as reasonable and technically sound.  Sales Know the existing roadmap is optimistic, and already exhausts all engineering & design bandwidth.  

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Intercom, Inc.

JULY 9, 2020

In many ways it offers him a unique perspective which he shares with us here – from his early days exploring search as a means to supporting his gaming tournament websites to spearheading the growth of an increasingly important tech discipline. And then lastly, we also had a lot of thought leadership content.

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