bpma ProductHub

JULY 13, 2016

Each has advised me in different ways and on different aspects of what I can bring to an organization both personally and professionally. I tend to seek out people who can advise me best in my current circumstances. I enjoy advising people so they can be more successful in achieving their career outcomes. on a regular basis.

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Andrew Chen

MARCH 27, 2019

Dear readers, Many of you may have read the recent New York Times article “ Uber and Airbnb Alumni Fuel Tech’s Next Wave ” which is about how alumni of successful startups often split off and start new companies, and how ecosystems of investors/advisors form around these new companies to support them.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

An unconventional view of what it takes to be a Product Leader Photo by Porapak Apichodilok from Pexels *Note: this is a revised and updated version of a guest blog I did for Department of Product, titled: ‘Unconventional advice for transitioning to Head of Product’ ?—?check It’s seldom their ability to do the job technically?—?to

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BrainStation Product Management

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Speak to a Learning Advisor. Self-styled ‘visionary’ Product Managers are dangerous – which is why I advise against hiring PM candidates who fire off (Steve Jobs) quotes during job interviews. Technical Skills for Product Management. Other technical skills or competencies are similarly viewed as required at most companies.

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BrainStation Product Management

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Self-styled ‘visionary’ Product Managers are dangerous – which is why I advise against hiring PM candidates who fire off (Steve Jobs) quotes during job interviews. Technical Skills for Product Management. A question that comes up often among would-be Product Managers is: “how technical do I have to be?”.

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Userpilot

MARCH 3, 2022

Product managers with technical skills such as SQL or technical stack are in high demand, so highlight them in your resume. Show off your Product Manager (technical) skills. Here’s what Ritesh Thombre, Sr Product Manager(Data & Analytics) at ZS advises: Ritesh Thombre on presenting skillsets in your resume.

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Andrew Chen

MARCH 27, 2019

Dear readers, Many of you may have read the recent New York Times article “ Uber and Airbnb Alumni Fuel Tech’s Next Wave ” which is about how alumni of successful startups often split off and start new companies, and how ecosystems of investors/advisors form around these new companies to support them.

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Userpilot

JANUARY 24, 2022

To prevent this problem, it’s advisable to fill any empty states with demo content. Examples might be: If your product requires a complicated technical integration before it can add value. For more on this particular nuance, see this blog post. Sounds like less of a Wow Moment and more of a feeling of overwhelm!

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Userpilot

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Technically speaking, this is known as "primary onboarding." Look for a user onboarding tool that allows anyone to build an onboarding system, regardless of technical ability. #2 We've written numerous times on this blog before about the value of segmentation in onboarding. " Onboarding milestones.

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Userpilot

OCTOBER 7, 2021

They're actually quite linear, which is the sort of product tour that we've advised readers of this blog to stay away from numerous times in the past. A welcome screen with an introduction to a team member, in the style popularized on this blog by Kontentino. Examples given include: Success messages. Are less linear.

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Intercom, Inc.

JUNE 21, 2018

I was sharing what we were doing on my blog at the time. You’re advising more than 50 companies right now. There’s a handful of companies I advise where it’s transactional: it’s order taking. A lot of the companies I advise are selling to mid-market and above, and that’s where my value is.

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Userpilot

JANUARY 17, 2023

If NPS scores are high, it means customers are realizing your value since they are willing to advise others to use your product. Or doing a task the hard way when they could technically automate it with a premium feature? appeared first on Thoughts about Product Adoption, User Onboarding and Good UX | Userpilot Blog.

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BrainStation Product Management

APRIL 8, 2019

Speak to a Learning Advisor. Product Management is fundamentally a white space role, so the skills you need will depend on what skills you already have and what your company does,” advised Jackie Bavaro, Head of Product Management at Asana. The post How to Hire a Great Product Manager appeared first on BrainStation Blog.

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

The product allows its users to create quality visuals like banners or background graphics without technical skills, and this is possible thanks to templates. Apart from implementation, they advise them on how to operate their business or customize the product through bespoke integrations. The Canva ecosystem is built around templates.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

MARCH 1, 2020

In this Path to PM blog post, Kevin shares his journey breaking into a product role as a new grad hire at IBM. I studied mathematics at UCLA, worked 2 summers as a software engineering intern at a Series E AdTech startup, and advised Metta World Peace (Ron Artest) as the product manager for his social basketball app, Gradelo.

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Mind the Product

MAY 29, 2018

Brant previously authored The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development, the first purpose-written book to discuss Lean Startup and Customer Development concepts and he is the Co-Founder of Moves the Needle, which has advised the innovation practices of such leading companies as GE, Intuit, Capital One, ING and Cisco.

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Mind the Product

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

TalkTalk was fined £400,000 in 2016 for failing to have appropriate technical and organisational measures in place to secure its customers’ personal data, and for keeping their personal data for longer than necessary. Why am I writing about this for the Mind the Product blog? Under the GDPR this fine could have risen to £35 million.

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Userpilot

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

We generally advise against linear, top-down product tours. But if you want a shortcut that's less technically demanding, read on… Why is product tour software important for SaaS? For non-technical product managers, this is a huge win. Instead, you should opt for an interactive walkthrough type of product tour.

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BrainStation Product Management

APRIL 8, 2019

“Product Management is fundamentally a white space role, so the skills you need will depend on what skills you already have and what your company does,” advised Jackie Bavaro, Head of Product Management at Asana. Perhaps you need someone with an uncanny design eye, or razor-sharp technical skills, or deep experience in analytics?

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Bain Public

MAY 29, 2020

After meeting at Techstars Montréal AI Accelerator, we provided them with product leadership consulting as well as coaching and advising services. Paul and the team at Bain Public have helped us build our entire technical roadmap from the ground up. They plan on balancing the transport of commuters/passengers for hundreds of cities.

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Dear Strategy

JANUARY 4, 2019

Admittedly, the term “on-premises” might more commonly be used in a business-to-business context, but it technically refers to any type of software that is installed and run from an onsite device rather than in the cloud. But I would definitely advise against making any career choice based solely on what you think is popular.

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Mixpanel

MAY 26, 2020

Rohit Gossain: I started off my career in 2010 as a technical analyst working with a product manager. If you’re a PM, I’d advise that you have discussions with various teams (marketing, data, operations, finance, etc.) Mixpanel: How have you seen product analytics evolve over the course of your career? Highly recommended.

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Userpilot

JULY 13, 2021

That’s why we often advise SaaS companies to segment users prior to their walkthrough, to make sure that customers only see features during their walkthrough that make sense for their individual use case. Your non-technical product managers and product marketing managers will certainly thank you! Get a demo today!

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Userpilot

JULY 9, 2021

Challenges of transitioning from a non-technical background. She works with executives worldwide, advising them on product strategy and leadership. He then founded Silicon Valley Product Group in 2002 to help others create successful products through his advising, coaching, speaking, and writing. 5 out of 5. 4 global ratings.

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Usersnap

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Technical configurations on application and test environment must be done. Crowdtesting is not advisable in these situations. Financially stable firms: It is advisable to partner with financially stable companies. The post Crowdtesting – all you need to know appeared first on Usersnap Blog. Steve Maguire.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

OCTOBER 21, 2019

While there are lots of content out there advising on this subject, I would just like to call out one thing which I believe has helped me time and again: having empathy towards my interviewer. While some encourage you to fake it till you make it, I would advise against it during the interview process. Q: Favorite PM resource or blog?

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Mixpanel

MAY 26, 2020

Rohit Gossain: I started off my career in 2010 as a technical analyst working with a product manager. If you’re a PM, I’d advise that you have discussions with various teams (marketing, data, operations, finance, etc.) Mixpanel: How have you seen product analytics evolve over the course of your career? Highly recommended.

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UX Studio

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

They focused too much on their technical side or even visual design, but nothing about the communication. ” Maybe I’m the leader because I opened the group or because I decided to give more to the community – to open a website that will be dedicated to the community, a blog for a community. Pixel location doesn’t matter.

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Andrew Chen

OCTOBER 31, 2016

Together, Shawn Clowes (Atlassian), Elena Verna (SurveyMonkey), Nick Soman (Gusto), Andrew Chen and Brian Balfour (Reforge, previously at Hubspot) have interviewed or screened over 1,000 individual candidates for growth roles – both for their current and previous companies, plus startups where they’ve invested/advised.

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The Product Coalition

MAY 15, 2019

Numerous conferences later, talking with peers and reading many blogs like this only left with more questions than answers. Later whilst being an adviser at Stanford university Neil H. The rise of the internet, smart phones and all kinds of technical advancements, saw many monolithic empires crumble through disruption?—?leaving

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Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 14, 2021

You have frameworks, look at market dynamics, do practical research, and advise companies on how to use these frameworks. Well, technically, I’m Hubert Palan IV, but I’m the active one. And read our blog, we blog there quite a bit and we also interview people. I’m the only Hubert Palan.

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Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 15, 2018

Darragh: You wrote a blog post recently about the impact of having sponsors during your time at Microsoft. I would strongly advise you to make sure that people’s interests and passion are lined up with what you are trying to get them to do as a manager. That translates into missions that we carry out day to day.

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Department of Product

MARCH 28, 2022

It is extremely difficult (and probably not advisable) to attempt to stay on top of all trends. It’s impossible for one person to do. And not all trends matter. For product people, we’re mostly interested in trends which impact the 3 core skill areas of product management: Technology Business Design So let’s tackle each of these separately.

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Userpilot

MAY 26, 2021

This is often the case if a given product requires tons of integrations before a customer can get value out of it, or if installation is highly technical and requires advanced coding knowledge. This is the generic “ product tour ” that we have written about on this blog many times before. It’s also what Intercom specialize in.

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All About Product Management

MAY 13, 2008

How Scrum was Implemented The philosophy of agile was presented, by the IS Director and Head of Web Solutions Group - Kelly Waters (author of the blog 'all about agile software development' ), over a 3 month period to various committees, steering groups and forums in order to get the by-in from Managing and Publishing Directors.

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Userpilot

MAY 1, 2021

They are the most time-consuming VoC data collection technic so before you begin, define which customers you should be interviewing and why. Online surveys are best for taking the pulse of your audience on a regular basis, but I wouldn’t advise you to use them more than once per year.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 11, 2020

Finally, the term Development Team seems to limit the role to technical people, for example, software engineers. Ignoring technical debt: The Development Team is not demanding adequate capacity to tackle technical debt and bugs during the Sprint. Read more on technical debt and Scrum.) Team leads? Well, then: ??

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