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Product Management Journey?—?Developer to Consultant to Product Manager

The Product Coalition

Developer to Consultant to Product Manager If you asked me 5 years ago, I didn’t even know what Product Management was. It was a great experience working in an MNC that functions with the startup mindset. Product Management Journey?—?Developer I received a lot of questions recently on how to transition into a Product Manager role.

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How Product-Market Fit Really Works (Part 1)

The Product Coalition

One of the hardest challenges of any product and any startup is of course reaching product-market fit. The first deals that you are going to secure are likely to be much more on relationship and vision than on a working product (or you shape the product together with your design partners as you go, in a later stage).

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Spendesk’s Nicolas Marchais on evolving with your market

Intercom, Inc.

As Head of Sales for Spendesk, Nico was initially inspired by the vision of founder Rodolphe Ardant who had spotted a gap for ‘spend management’ in the B2B market based on personal banking trends. Spendesk thinks about building its company in three stages: startup, growth, and scale. Short on time? What sets Spendesk apart.

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International Women’s Day: Reflections from female leaders in product & tech

Mixpanel

I quickly came to realize how lucky I’d been when I joined a startup as a co-founder and came to raising capital. “I’m currently the founder of LevelUp, a startup aiming to revolutionize mentorship by creating a platform connecting women mentors and mentees based on role, industry, career interests, and goals.

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2021 in conversation: Learnings from the podcast

Intercom, Inc.

Later’s Farhan Virji on adapting B2C support strategies for B2B teams. On the surface, B2B customer support issues might look quite different from those of B2C. Speed is every startup’s biggest competitive advantage. “It is about the people, and vision and purpose and work, in that order.

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Business Development vs. Product Management

The Product Guy

He lives in London, currently working as Product Manager at Gumtree.com, an Ebay company, previously led product at international startups and large organisations. Amanda Ralph Product Management Consultant. Ladislav focuses on user centric product development, especially on brand, usability and revenue product challenges.

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How to Take Part in a Product Bootcamp and Revitalize a Product Department

The Product Coalition

This means, roughly, “I will fulfill my product vision, but I’m not talking to customers”. Likewise, dealing with B2C or B2B customers completely alters your approach to product development and improvement. My dad had a consultancy, so I started to get acquainted with Quality Assurance from a young age. That’s a funny story.