Lenny Rachitsky

MAY 20, 2025

Along the way, he helped Square scale from a late-stage pre-IPO startup to $3.6 Prior to Square, Saumil was a startup founder for LocBox, a marketing automation company that was acquired by Square in 2015. They review the manager’s performance. In fast-growing tech companies, this happens often.

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Userpilot

MAY 27, 2025

This article provides an in-depth and honest review of the platform. Based on verified Gartner reviews , the majority of its customers use WalkMe to support internal business apps, large-scale field operations, and app rollouts across thousands of employees or users. ” WalkMe review collected by Gartner. Lets dive in!

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Roman Pichler

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

These are typically brand-new and young products as well as products that are experiencing a bigger change, for example, to extend their life cycle by addressing a new market segment or by replacing some of the technologies. It is therefore worthwhile to measure the code quality and minimise technical debt. Third, form a product team.

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The Product Guy

JANUARY 27, 2017

In our a recent live stream from one of our mentors of The Product Mentor , Krishna Madhuvarsu, lead a conversation around “Product Management in Startups vs. Enterprises”. He lives in London, currently working as Product Manager at Gumtree.com, an Ebay company, previously led product at international startups and large organisations.

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The Product Guy

JANUARY 5, 2017

He lives in London, currently working as Product Manager at Gumtree.com, an Ebay company, previously led product at international startups and large organisations. Paul is an experienced product management professional with over 15 years of experience in technology management and 10 years in product management.

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Product Innovation Educators

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Here are key criteria to consider: Strategic fit with company objectives Sales potential and market size Competitive landscape User experience and customer value Technical feasibility and complexity Financial metrics (e.g., Let’s break down these approaches and look at their pros and cons.

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Mind the Product

APRIL 7, 2020

A longtime consultant, author and teacher, we grabbed him for a chat focusing on some of the lessons contained in his fourth book, How to Lead in Product Management. Roman’s new book is How to Lead in Product Management. Patrick Lencioni’s book, The 5 Dysfunctions of a Team. Quote of the Episode. Who is Rambo ?

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Product Innovation Educators

AUGUST 26, 2019

I’m someone who enjoys learning from books. I often find great tips I can apply from a good book, and that is just what I have for you. We are discussing a valuable new book titled Testing Business Ideas. The book describes 44 different experiments along with why each is used and how to use it.

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The Product Guy

FEBRUARY 18, 2017

He lives in London, currently working as Product Manager at Gumtree.com, an Ebay company, previously led product at international startups and large organisations. Paul is an experienced product management professional with over 15 years of experience in technology management and 10 years in product management.

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Mind the Product

JULY 28, 2020

That’s another level of difficulty and in her new book, The Team That Managed Itself: A Story Of Leadership, Christina Wodtke does just that. That’s another level of difficulty and in her new book, The Team That Managed Itself: A Story Of Leadership, Christina Wodtke does just that. Drawing [.]. ” Related Links.

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Product Management Lessons from the Trenches

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Fortunately, technology has been rapidly advancing and there are tools available that make this a solvable problem. Sentiment analysis is often used to review survey results from customer-service interactions, product reviews, etc. John reads the book”), and how adjective relate to the noun they are associated with (e.g.

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Mind the Product

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

He’s written 3 books (two books on product and one on the musician Elliot Smith), plenty of music, and much more – which means that he’s prone to going down a rabbit hole before sharing his work with a team. Review us on your podcast app so that we can use your feedback to be better. Matt LeMay has a problem.

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Mind the Product

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

That’s the question that Aras Bilgen and C Todd Lombardo cover in their new book, Product Research Rules – and what we chatted to them about in this week’s episode. Buy their new book Product Research Rules. Review us on your podcast app so that we can use your feedback to be better. C.Todd Lombardo).

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Mind the Product

MARCH 23, 2021

. * Fanni’s article, How to Price Your Product in a Startup. Review us on your podcast app so that we can use your feedback to be better. Lily enjoys working as a consultant product manager with early-stage and growing startups and as a mentor to other product managers. Randy’s book, What Do We Do Now?

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Mind the Product

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

We’re also pleased to offer a free (digital) copy of Jonathan’s book, Inclusive Design for Products: Including your missing 20% by embedding web and mobile accessibility. Review us on your podcast app so that we can use your feedback to be better. Making products that work for everybody. Testing for accessibility. .

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

JANUARY 31, 2022

That's why we scoured our bookshelves to make a list of the best product management books we could find. Technology is always changing, as are customer habits. Fortunately, there is a cornucopia of stellar books perfect for product managers who want to learn everything from user-centric design principles to advancing their career.

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Userpilot

JULY 9, 2021

What are the best product management books to add to your 2021 reading list? So read on for a quick summary of each book, who the author is, and key points, so you can pick a book for your next beach day. Product-Led Growth by Wes Bush is the ultimate book on how to implement product-led growth and build winning products.

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Mind the Product

MAY 20, 2020

. * Leadership expert Patrick Lencioni describing “the conflict continuum,” from artificial harmony to mean-spirited personal attacks, and how healthy conflict in your team is a good thing: * A visual from the Harvard Business Review about Common Biases that Affect Business Decisions. * His book, The Thick of It and W1A shows.

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Mind the Product

MAY 13, 2020

Jeffrey Fredrick and Douglas Squirrel know this well, and their new book Agile Conversations , focuses on the five critical conversations you’ll have and how to perfect them. Find out more about Jeffrey and Squirrel’s book, podcast and work at Conversational Transformation. Quote of the Episode. Quote of the Episode.

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Userpilot

JUNE 25, 2023

Which product management books do you have on your shelf (or Kindle)? Whether you’re a seasoned product management pro or just starting out on this thrilling journey, we’re pretty sure you’ll discover a book or two that will help you boost your product management game. Are you not sure what to add to it?

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Userpilot

DECEMBER 31, 2024

According to user review platforms, their plans start at $7,000/year. Userpilot is perfect for non-technical teams. Ease of use: User-friendly interface and workflows for fast adoption by non-technical teams. UserGuiding UserGuiding is an affordable, entry-level tool for startups. Pendo vs. Userpilot.

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Mind the Product

JUNE 9, 2020

Check out her latest book, Uncharted: How To Map The Future. Review us on your podcast app so that we can use your feedback to be better. Lily enjoys working as a consultant product manager with early-stage and growing startups and as a mentor to other product managers. . * Visit her website and her page and talks at TED.

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Mind the Product

APRIL 14, 2020

Kim Scott’s book, Radical Candor. Lily enjoys working as a consultant product manager with early-stage and growing startups and as a mentor to other product managers. Lily has spent 13 years in the tech industry working mainly with startups in the SaaS and mobile space. Kim Scott’s book, Radical Candor.

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Mind the Product

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Jake Knapp’s approach to Design Sprints, as featured on Mind The Product , and in his book, Sprint: How To Solve Big Problems And Test Big Ideas In Just Five Days. Review us on your podcast app so that we can use your feedback to be better. . * Follow William on Twitter and LinkedIn. Check out BMNT , the firm William co-founded.

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Mind the Product

MARCH 16, 2021

Buy Chris Matts’ ‘Real Options at Agile 2009’ book here. * ‘What is Behaviour Driven Development (BDD)?’ Review us on your podcast app so that we can use your feedback to be better. She’s currently Head of Innovation at Go Compare and has spent 13 years in the tech industry working wit.

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Mind the Product

APRIL 28, 2020

Read Emily’s book, Building Successful Communities of Practice: Discover How Connecting People Makes Better Organisations. Sharon Bowman’s book , Training from the Back of the Room! Lily enjoys working as a consultant product manager with early-stage and growing startups and as a mentor to other product managers.

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Mind the Product

JUNE 24, 2020

Hooked: A Guide to Building Habit-Forming Products book. Review us on your podcast app so that we can use your feedback to be better. Lily enjoys working as a consultant product manager with early-stage and growing startups and as a mentor to other product managers. Randy’s book, What Do We Do Now?

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Mind the Product

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

In Kate Leto’s new book, Hiring Product Managers: Using Product EQ to go Beyond Culture and Skills, she gives an overview of how to actually use those tools – both in building a team and day-to-day, as a product professional. [.]. Human skill vs. tech skill. How to hire well. Hiring diversity. Quote of the Episode.

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Product Innovation Educators

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

I asked Merrick to join us again so we can learn some of the tools for creating such products, which he also wrote about in the book The Heart of Innovation: A Field Guide for Navigating to Authentic Demand. Dr. Merrick Furst, is a Distinguished Professor and the Director of the Center for Deliberate Innovation (CDI) at Georgia Tech.

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Mind the Product

JANUARY 5, 2021

Marty Cagan’s books Inspired: How to Create Tech Products Customers Love and Empowered: Ordinary people, Extraordinary Products. Review us on your podcast app so that we can use your feedback to be better. The fact that you have the habit at all is a good thing. Links mentioned in this episode. Like our theme music?

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Mind the Product

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Review us on your podcast app so that we can use your feedback to be better. Lily enjoys working as a consultant product manager with early-stage and growing startups and as a mentor to other product managers. Randy’s book, What Do We Do Now? Like our theme music?

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Mind the Product

AUGUST 5, 2020

Andy’s book, This Is Service Design Thinking. Review us on your podcast app so that we can use your feedback to be better. Lily enjoys working as a consultant product manager with early-stage and growing startups and as a mentor to other product managers. . * The Rise of Digital Service Design (article). Suggest them here.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

He doesn’t have a technical background and currently works in a different domain. He’s become passionate about technology and wants to make a career switch. That being said, there is an additional element of complexity due to the fact that many companies don’t hire entry level product roles. Work at a startup.

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Lenny Rachitsky

MARCH 5, 2024

, and The Best of Lenny’s Newsletter book (all proceeds going to charity). It’s free, available to everyone, and if you can pull off a great launch, Product Hunt can change your startup’s growth trajectory. It’s tempting to see Product Hunt as the golden ticket to startup fame.

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Mind the Product

AUGUST 23, 2019

Technical, regulatory, and patents. It provides relatively strong evidence due to its nature of a specific customer experience that delivers value manually with people in lieu of technology alone. David’s book, Testing Business Ideas, is available here. What is viability? It is your revenue stream and cost structure.

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