TechEmpower - Product Management

AUGUST 21, 2023

At TechEmpower, we’ve conducted more than 50 technical reviews for companies of all sizes, industries, and technical stacks. Other common scenarios that we’ve seen: Scaling and new markets: Your company and product are established, and now you’re scaling or going after new markets. Let’s look at the process in more detail.

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The Product Coalition

MAY 8, 2023

In a LinkedIn post, CTO of Basecamp David Heinemeier Hansson in the face of possible chagrin, challenges notions that offices represent outmoded ways of working, according to telecommuting advocates. The History of Office Design In light of David’s post, we wanted to surface a few events that led to our current ways of working.

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Mind the Product

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Mixcloud CTO and co-founder Mat Clayton helped bootstrap his company from humble beginnings in an empty warehouse with no internet connection to more than 15 million active users over a 10-year period, all before they took their first round of funding. He joined us to talk about startup life, scaling, making hard decisions, and more.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 23, 2023

In a LinkedIn post, CTO of Basecamp David Heinemeier Hansson in the face of possible chagrin, challenges notions that offices represent outmoded ways of working, according to telecommuting advocates. Source: K2 Space The Admiralty Office. Here’s what we’ve uncovered. Source: K2 Space The Home Insurance Building.

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Izenda

AUGUST 11, 2020

Not only do you need company resources to make things happen, but you also need advocates at all levels of the company before the project can even make it off the ground. CTO (Chief Technology Officer). But, in fact, the opposite is true. Stakeholders are your partners. No PM is an island. IT Administrators.

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Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Will Larson , CTO of Calm. Des Traynor , Co-founder and CTO of Intercom. Typically, B2B issues can be more complex, require the collaboration of a lot more departments within the company, and are often in direct dialogue with the consumer, rather than a buying team or committee. Janeen Uzzell , COO for Wikimedia Foundation.

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The Product Guy

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

He translates complex business problems into solutions that are easily consumed by engineering, marketing and sales. Leonardo da Vinci Ladislav believes that success is in simplicity that’s why his aim is to help companies to make complex products simple for users. Amanda Ralph Product Management Consultant.

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Mind the Product

MAY 29, 2018

She also led three acquisitions as she helped the company scale through a period of hyper-growth. He is the co-author of the New York Times bestseller, The Lean Entrepreneur and has over 20 years experience helping companies bring high-growth products to market. Dan Olsen, Author and Consultant. Nir Eyal, Author and Investor.

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The Product Guy

OCTOBER 25, 2016

He translates complex business problems into solutions that are easily consumed by engineering, marketing and sales. Leonardo da Vinci Ladislav believes that success is in simplicity that’s why his aim is to help companies to make complex products simple for users. Amanda Ralph Product Management Consultant.

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The Product Guy

APRIL 4, 2017

He translates complex business problems into solutions that are easily consumed by engineering, marketing and sales. Leonardo da Vinci Ladislav believes that success is in simplicity that’s why his aim is to help companies to make complex products simple for users. Amanda Ralph Product Management Consultant.

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The Product Guy

JANUARY 5, 2017

He translates complex business problems into solutions that are easily consumed by engineering, marketing and sales. Leonardo da Vinci Ladislav believes that success is in simplicity that’s why his aim is to help companies to make complex products simple for users. Amanda Ralph Product Management Consultant.

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The Product Guy

MAY 15, 2017

He translates complex business problems into solutions that are easily consumed by engineering, marketing and sales. Leonardo da Vinci Ladislav believes that success is in simplicity that’s why his aim is to help companies to make complex products simple for users. Amanda Ralph Product Management Consultant.

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The Product Guy

FEBRUARY 18, 2017

He translates complex business problems into solutions that are easily consumed by engineering, marketing and sales. Leonardo da Vinci Ladislav believes that success is in simplicity that’s why his aim is to help companies to make complex products simple for users. Amanda Ralph Product Management Consultant.

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Mironov Consulting

DECEMBER 31, 2017

Hint: this is how engineers would approach prioritization and roadmapping in an unemotional world of perfect information and fully aligned organizational goals. Salespeople sell their own credibility as much as our company’s actual product. (“I can get this really small enhancement done for you. Just sign here.”)

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Innovatemap

JUNE 9, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic required a dynamic response for both, especially for OurHealth ’s CIO and Interim COO Sherry Slick and Director of Solutions Engineering, Barton Bridge. I signed a contract on Friday evening and we had the system up and running by the end of the next week, everybody was live,” says Sherry.

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The Product Guy

MARCH 2, 2017

He translates complex business problems into solutions that are easily consumed by engineering, marketing and sales. Leonardo da Vinci Ladislav believes that success is in simplicity that’s why his aim is to help companies to make complex products simple for users. Amanda Ralph Product Management Consultant.

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BrainMates

JULY 3, 2018

We define Product Management as the engine of an organisation that creates value for customers. Every company wields its set of Product Management activities slightly differently, making it difficult to define the function with exact clarity. Welcome to the best role in the company. Performed over time, not occasionally.

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The Product Guy

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

He translates complex business problems into solutions that are easily consumed by engineering, marketing and sales. Leonardo da Vinci Ladislav believes that success is in simplicity that’s why his aim is to help companies to make complex products simple for users. Amanda Ralph Product Management Consultant.

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The Product Guy

JANUARY 31, 2017

He translates complex business problems into solutions that are easily consumed by engineering, marketing and sales. Leonardo da Vinci Ladislav believes that success is in simplicity that’s why his aim is to help companies to make complex products simple for users. Amanda Ralph Product Management Consultant.

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The Product Guy

JANUARY 27, 2017

He translates complex business problems into solutions that are easily consumed by engineering, marketing and sales. Leonardo da Vinci Ladislav believes that success is in simplicity that’s why his aim is to help companies to make complex products simple for users. Amanda Ralph Product Management Consultant.

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Bain Public

MAY 29, 2020

FUN FACT: It is actually thanks to the coaching service for innovative and technological SMBs (PMEit) administered by MAIN that we’ve been able to work with some of our incredible clients, Wastack , LiveScale , Blaise Transit and Enkidoo , and provide them with product management, consultancy and coaching support. Startup founder?

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Mironov Consulting

JUNE 27, 2019

That maps to titles like Director of Product Management, Group Product Manager, VP of Products, or Chief Product Officer. There may also be some designers or a few developers reporting into such roles, but I’m focused away from CTO and VP Engineering roles where the majority of staff are developers. .

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UX Planet

MARCH 2, 2024

A success story of an enterprise design system establishment, rollout and implementation at a multinational insurance company Managing design at scale, achieving a level of design consistency and quality. Additionally, there were several consulting and agency teams supporting all sorts of applications and building proof-of-concepts.

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Mironov Consulting

JANUARY 17, 2019

Many CEOs tell me that they (personally) are the best-informed people within their companies about what customers need , and they (personally) are best positioned to drive decisions on product priorities. A not-yet-generating-repeatable-revenue company of 6 people might have one architect/CTO, one designer, three other developers, and a CEO.

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Valerian Tech

JANUARY 22, 2024

In this post, we will explore why innovation is not just important but essential in the technology sector, a domain where change is the only constant. Why Innovation Matters in Tech Driving Progress Innovation is the engine of progress in technology. Companies must continuously innovate to stay relevant.

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The Accidental Product Manager

MARCH 23, 2020

This generally happens when the company is forced to reduce its workforce because they’ve run into financial problems or a contract got canceled or they are closing a branch office. I was working in one of their branch offices that had about 30 people working in it. One is that you get laid off. You get the point.

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Business of Software Conference

MAY 15, 2019

Technology launched before the market was ready, a funded company run into the grown, struggling to reach the heights of an American counterpart. I went on to do management consultancy at ZS associates. Then I worked in a gaming gambling company before finally starting my own thing. Tom Adeyoola, Founder/CEO, Metail.

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Usersnap

JANUARY 12, 2022

They must understand all aspects of a business to thoughtfully plan for the company’s future. Many business decisions fall on the CPO’s shoulders, including those that affect company-wide issues such as infrastructure or restructuring. A CPO must be able to seamlessly align their goals with those of the company.

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UX Studio: Product Management

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

We analyzed dozens of Sacramento web design companies at UX studio to create our independent list of best-rated Sacramento web design firms. This article summarizes companies that offer product design services and the most frequent questions to help you pick the best web design company in Sacramento, California.

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Mironov Consulting

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Over the last three decades, across 10 full-time jobs and 150 consulting clients, I’ve headed up product teams 18 times (mostly as interim VP ) and helped another dozen companies choose their Head of Product. First, I observe that product titles and roles vary wildly across companies: there’s no consistency even within a segment.

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Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 11, 2020

Intercom has responded by hiring a diversity and inclusion consultant, updating our recruitment strategy and hiring practices to reduce bias, scheduling allyship training for all employees, and amplifying Black voices in our podcast and blog. Other companies were already taking steps to address this language within their organizations.

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Product Talk

MAY 10, 2023

To learn more about how real product leaders are approaching this challenge, I recently sat down with fellow Product Talk instructor Ellen Juhlin (who’s also a product coach, consultant, and Senior Director of Product Management at Orion Labs ). What was going on at your company at that time? Ellen Juhlin: And I’m Ellen Juhlin.

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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   Engineering-grade testing and code re-use are often discussed but almost never put in place.  And

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Business of Software Conference

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Some of the BoS talks that had an impact on his company, including changing its name to Kevel. 2:44 James Avery, Kevel: And this around 2009 I started the company that became Adzerk right around when I went to my first business of software in San Francisco. Their goal is to make every company successful. 2:43 Mark: Yeah.

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Business of Software Conference

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

Think of it as our ML enabled content engine; where ML = Mark Littlewood, not Machine Learning. Q | How to move from being a consulting to product business. Read on… “Hi Mark, I am expecting to move into the role of CTO of a small start-up. How do I make the jump from big company to small, entrepreneurial, startup?

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Userpilot

MARCH 7, 2024

Keep reading to learn from the inspiring stories* of: Melissa Kwan – CEO and founder of ewebinar Alice de Courcy – Group Chief Marketing Officer at Cognism Maja Voje – Best-selling Author of GTM Strategist , Go-To-Market Advisor & Mentor to +400 tech startups inc. Sima Banijamali – Sr. What’s your story?

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Atlassian

JANUARY 27, 2022

Marty Hagewood, a software development manager at EMC Insurance Companies, experienced this first-hand. Large companies’ needs are becoming more complex due to emerging regulations around privacy and security. It serves as the digital watercooler where the whole company shares updates about their work, their team, and themselves.

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