The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Fun fact: Adobe’s engineering VP, Phil Ydens, estimated there may be up to 2.5 When the developers were shown this test data, their first reaction was, “Where’d you find six dumb people?” PDFs are the most used portable document type claimed, not just by Adobe, but also by this PDF technical community. trillion PDF documents worldwide.

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svpg

JANUARY 11, 2016

I normally write about how to evolve your organization from a weak product org to a strong one. But in this article I want to talk about a pattern that I see in many companies that are actually doing really well, growing aggressively, yet they will sometimes, over time and unintentionally, replace their good behaviors with bad ones.

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Userpilot

JANUARY 16, 2024

Going ahead to develop products or features based on assumption doesn’t always end well—you’re likely to build something that doesn’t solve real user problems. Optimizing for search engines and not humans While SEO is important, it shouldn’t come at the expense of good UX. Missing out on valuable feedback.

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Intercom, Inc.

JUNE 10, 2020

I hope this post allows people and teams to safely talk about Product Judgment. If you ever had to face a Manager, Director or Exec as they make bad product decisions and you’re struggling to persuade them otherwise, this post will help you. It takes years to build, and therefore ranges from very weak to very strong.

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Ronke PM

MARCH 26, 2024

These leaders understand that bringing effective products, solutions, and services to market requires consensus building and engaging cross-functional teams in the journey. After all, the partner teams build products, not the product manager alone. We just execute differently, and sometimes we have a bad day or week.

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Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 22, 2021

As it turns out, he’s also quite the writer – since the last time we spoke , he has published not one but two books on engineering. After writing An Elegant Puzzle about the challenges of engineering management in high-growth organizations, his focus shifted to a career path that’s much less understood – the technical leadership track.

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Userpilot

JANUARY 8, 2024

As you read on, you will learn: The power of search engines, content marketing, and existing user testimonials and how to leverage them to win new users. Leverage search engine optimization (SEO) in your marketing strategy Identify relevant keywords related to your product or service and optimize your website content accordingly.

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The Product Bistro

DECEMBER 28, 2018

Cloth bench seat, no extended cab, an 8 cylinder engine, and none of the modern amenities (such as adaptive cruise control, lane assist, parking assist, entertainment console, etc. Truth is, that these are usually the teasers that are used to get people into the dealership, and give their sales team the opportunity to up-sell.

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

A market gap can be caused by missing functionality or poor user experience. Tracking user behavior in-app enables product teams to find ways to improve product experience. Competitor analysis enables PMs to find areas where rivals fail customers and develop sound positioning and differentiation strategies.

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Mixpanel

JUNE 10, 2020

As VP of Product at NerdWallet , I guide product decisions that drive maximum value for our brand and consumers—helping them break down complicated financial topics (e.g. After all, when credibility and trust is your brand, you’d better be solid as a rock. These turkey demos have surfaced key learnings for our team.

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Userpilot

JANUARY 17, 2024

The most common challenges that hinder SaaS growth are lack of product-market fit , ineffective sales and marketing strategies , customer churn, and long product development cycles. Provide the necessary training for your sales teams. Optimize your Saas product development team to set your business up for future success.

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Mixpanel

MARCH 3, 2022

Data has fundamentally changed how we design and develop products, but there’s a difference between simply reacting to data points and applying the level of analytic rigor needed to yield meaningful results. There’s an enormous amount of ambiguity when it comes to developing products. Here’s how.

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Sachin Rekhi

MAY 7, 2022

And every major business school now offers an innovation class that leverages the business model canvas and other lean principles for developing a new product idea. A bad plan is better than no plan." This contrarian question helps you identify the unique insight from which you can develop a compelling business. Example: Box.

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Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 4, 2019

The fastest growing software companies in recent years all have something in common – they started with little to no sales team. They relied on a great product, with a passionate userbase that helped kickstart an organic growth engine which sold the product for them. Yes, Slack started off with no sales team.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 29, 2018

I try to help product and sales teams succeed under the mantra “Easy to Sell, Easy to Renew.” Yet most of the product community’s dialogue centers around the relationship with product and engineering. I’ve struggled to find many examples detailing how to bond product and sales teams ( Antonia Bozhkova offers a good perspective ).

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Alchemer Mobile

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

My team is too small. Speaking up might spur a conversation around how to adjust your role to better fit your needs, or better yet, to bring in another team member to share your workload. Limited team bandwidth. The three most common challenges include: I have too many responsibilities. I don’t have enough time in my day.

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The Product Guy

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

At JCDecaux, I led the development of an information kiosk for airport passengers. Passengers are also able to view hotel information and use the devices to speak to the sales team of the hotel. Feasibility risk impacts the capacity of the team to build the product given time, skills and technology constraints.

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Product Innovation Educators

JUNE 12, 2023

First, how can product managers establish processes to enable their teams to succeed? Processes include forums to sync with different members of your team and other teams, forums to get leadership alignment, ensuring high quality of deliverables, and OKR planning. 6:10] Tell us more about processes to help our teams succeed.

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Userpilot

JANUARY 22, 2024

For your product marketing strategy, however, you’ll need to align your sales and marketing teams, create a value-based pricing strategy , collect and apply customer feedback , and map out the customer journey. It keeps you and your team on the same page, with a clear vision and a good understanding of your audience and goals.

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Roman Pichler

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

If the teams developing the different apps all created their own user-interface layers, there would be considerable code duplication, added development costs, and increased development time. After all, a platform exists to help teams build better products faster and cheaper. Assign a Platform Owner.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Neil McElroy from Procter & Gamble (the man who also helped found NASA by the way) is often pegged as the man behind modern Product Management after he wrote a now-famous 3-page company memo on the principles of brand management in the 1930s. At the time, Microsoft had Program Managers who were essentially engineers.

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Lenny Rachitsky

APRIL 23, 2024

These operators have a track record of significant impact and rave reviews from their colleagues, at well-loved brands like Asana, Calendly, Canva, Dropbox, Linktree, Ramp, and Wiz. Audit the funnel looking for low-hanging fruit “When I came into Linktree, I worked with the team to audit the funnel, looking for low-hanging fruit.

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The Product Coalition

JULY 5, 2023

While I thought it was an absolute, for a micro-second, I questioned it, and then the floodgates of doubt opened — maybe not such a bad thing in this case. Especially in mature companies, roadmaps provide a false sense of certainty when you are early in developing a product. The slide doesn’t guide product teams for planning purposes.

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Alchemer Mobile

AUGUST 27, 2020

The product management profession requires varying degrees of technical skill, but it’s not one-size-fits-all and certainly does not require an engineering-based degree. do not interface with developers in a technical way). likely starting as an engineer and moving into mobile product management). Go beyond NPS as a core KPI.

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Intercom, Inc.

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Scaling a support team is challenging enough as it is. Maybe you’ve just extended support hours and it’s becoming harder to plan shifts for different time zones; maybe you’re spending hours figuring out schedules for the week ahead; maybe the inflow prediction was a bit off and now your team is under or overstaffed.

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Mind the Product

APRIL 16, 2020

Before moving to super app Gojek to lead its efforts on mass financial inclusion, Adam Darcy developed PayMe, a product that has helped to transform the way young people in Hong Kong think about HSBC. However, I quickly discovered that there’s too much brand risk for a trusted bank to take this type of lean startup approach.

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The Product Coalition

JULY 6, 2022

Fifteen years ago Ben Horowitz published his now famous memo, “G ood Product Manager/Bad Product Manager ” in which he posits that “A good product manager is the CEO of the product”. A bad CEO takes the credit and passes on the blame. A bad CEO assumes they have the best idea in the room.

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UX Planet

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

A bad first impression could ultimately hurt your chances of landing a dream job. People see selling as a bad word but it ultimately makes life easier if you know how to do it. I’m a Designer in San Francisco & I do UI, UX, branding, animation, packaging and print. Joining Uber Feb 19. Cas Lemmens, Apple I’m Cas Lemmens.

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Mixpanel

MAY 3, 2019

Throughout his career, Al has focused on helping companies develop and execute digital strategies to grow their business and stay ahead of the curve. Developing a mobile product is a daunting task. This Growth process is ongoing and ever-evolving, requiring your team to continuously iterate. Poor Data Integrity.

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Mind the Product

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

Brands such as McDonald’s , Volvo , Coca Cola , Marriott Hotels , and even President Obama , have successfully released VR content to consumers, with many more scrambling to join them. As we look at what it takes to develop non-gaming VR products, their separation from gaming becomes very important.

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Intercom, Inc.

MARCH 15, 2021

It’s not just that more diverse teams are more effective and more profitable ( though they are ); but, as Karen Peacock, our CEO, says , “It’s just the right thing to do.”. I wouldn’t have the career I have without incredible support and sacrifice from my wife,” says Darragh Curran, Intercom’s SVP of Engineering.

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 25, 2022

The Best Product Managers use Product Management Software for: We’ve broken down this list into four stages of the feature life cycle that contributes to building the product value: opportunity identification and validation, design and prototyping, feature development, and launch and iteration.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 13, 2021

While testing, the QA engineers focus on the app operation when changing network conditions, like switching to Wi-Fi or 2G/3G. from insecure cryptography to weak passwords ? With that in mind, QA engineers should pay thorough attention to every aspect of localization testing ? Why is it so important? Edge, 2G-5G, Wi-Fi, etc.

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Intercom, Inc.

JULY 9, 2020

We look at the death of the 10 blue links and why Google is now an answer engine as opposed to a search engine. And I put together these horrible, bad websites – I’m lucky there’s no evidence of them anymore. Atlassian does not have an outbound sales team. Kevin: Yeah, that’s true.

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Userpilot

APRIL 8, 2021

UX debt affects high-growth SaaS companies in industries where time-to-market is mission-critical and bootstrapped startups without a design team most. Code-free workarounds can 2x your feature adoption despite bad UX. UX debt sins against the brand. What is UX debt? Is it possible to avoid UX debt in SaaS?

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Intercom, Inc.

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

When it comes to launching sales teams in hyper-growth startups, few people have walked the walk as much as Maggie Hott. We recently sat down with Maggie to chat about all things sales – from laying down a solid foundation to hiring the right people and, finally, scaling the team into hyper-growth. Look for the team players.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 25, 2019

Do co-located teams truly perform better? But having experienced both poorly performing, co-located teams as well as high performing distributed teams, I wanted to take a closer look at some of the research as well as experiences of others. The team members are a critical part of the overall success of distributed teams.

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