Mironov Consulting

JULY 27, 2023

Lately, I’ve been writing a lot about entirely predictable goal misalignments between the maker side (product, engineering, design) and the go-to-market side (sales, marketing, customer success) of tech firms, especially at B2B/enterprise software companies.  That

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Roman Pichler

JUNE 1, 2020

The first one carries the risk of being a feature broker and offering a product that has a weak value proposition, gives rise to a poor user experience, and consists of a loose collection of features. A stakeholder is anyone who has a stake in your product, who is affected by it, or who shows an interest in the offering.

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Mironov Consulting

MAY 24, 2022

Everywhere I go, I see massive amounts of product waste : development work delivered on time/on budget that doesn’t drive sales or customer satisfaction or business improvement.  Yet I think serious product discovery and end user validation may be stuck in this cultural/conceptual gap.  Product features.  Commitments

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Sachin Rekhi

JANUARY 9, 2017

I studied computer science in the engineering school and ultimately settled on finance at Wharton. While I may have been better served studying marketing or management, I did learn some important finance principles that I still use day-to-day in my product management role. Does the arbitrage opportunity remain?

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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. Here are some patterns I’ve seen in picking successful Heads of Product.

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Mironov Consulting

JUNE 28, 2018

I’m often asked by B2C product managers how B2B companies are different, or about switching between the two. Here are some thoughts on company-wide structural differences and how we product managers get our work done. Long Sales Cycles, Weak Attribution, Few Data Points. What’s B2B?

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Mixpanel

JUNE 10, 2020

No matter the industry, product experimentation should always be done with your customers top of mind. But in the consumer finance space, sensitivity towards personal financial data makes considerations around product experimentation all the more delicate. These turkey demos have surfaced key learnings for our team.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 9, 2020

A pattern I’ve seen 4 or 5 times seems worth describing, since other folks may be experiencing it: a very early-stage B2B/enterprise company brings on a full sales team before finding product/market fit. First, let’s recapping the basics of why we hire enterprise sales teams and what they do.

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UX Studio: Product Management

JUNE 22, 2021

They get most of the recognition, but they also have to be involved in everything, which is super tiring and often leads to stress, burnout, and bad health. If done right, empowering leadership can free up a lot of time for managers. They don’t have to make every decision and double-check everything done by their teams.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

Why have Product Managers stopped speaking to customers? Very sadly, most product managers I meet today no longer talk directly to customers regularly. I ran a survey with industry insiders and at least 50% of all product managers who responded haven’t spoken to a customer recently.

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Mixpanel

OCTOBER 17, 2022

When a company reaches hyper-growth mode, it’s worth taking a look at how it got there. We spoke to two leaders at growing digital companies about how integrating data-informed practices into their operations, including mature product analytics with a platform like Mixpanel, can lead to success. What does this look like?

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Userpilot

JANUARY 21, 2021

Drawing a clear line between a product owner vs. product manager can be tough, given their varying roles from company to company. Factors such as the adoption of Scrum, size of the company, the structure of departments, and others also come into play. a Product Owner. In a hurry?

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The Product Coalition

MAY 18, 2016

I did what I should have, and was not bad at it, as numbers and analysis are not hard for me, but besides, I couldn’t say that I really enjoyed it. My supervisors in different teams (I was in a management trainee rotational program) gave me two big projects. Product manager is the title of a role in technology companies.

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nulab

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

they became the mega-companies they are today. A flash Silicon Valley campus staffed by armies of developers, bazillions in the bank, and countless users. Want to know how some of the biggest companies in history grew so quickly, or hope to create your own startup? Product roles explained: Product team structure.

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Mironov Consulting

MARCH 4, 2020

A pattern I’ve seen 4 or 5 times seems worth describing, since other folks may be experiencing it: a very early-stage B2B/enterprise company brings on a full sales team before finding product/market fit. First, let’s recapping the basics of why we hire enterprise sales teams and what they do.

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Mironov Consulting

AUGUST 29, 2023

Imagine we’re a SaaS company selling logistics software that helps companies track their shipments, warehouse inventory, goods reordering, and time-versus-shipping-cost analytics.  Our  Our customers are logistics companies, ecommerce players, and physical goods manufacturers.  But

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Userpilot

JULY 27, 2023

SaaS companies have many moving parts, and it can be difficult to determine who does what. In this article, we’ve outlined the major roles that move the needle in terms of product growth alongside their KPIs and current salary ranges. Before hiring, assess your current needs and hire as your company grows.

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Mironov Consulting

JANUARY 8, 2020

And whether a code of ethics or other agreement among product leaders/product managers would be helpful. Unintended Consequences and Product Misuse. We’ve relearned over the last few years that products can have unintended side effects, and that bad actors can misuse good products. What To Do?

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 25, 2019

The Key Skill For Success In Product Management SUCCESS TAKES TIME Product Management career entry and long-term success can be challenging. I’ve held product roles for 14 years across 5 companies in Silicon Valley. ENDURANCE FOR PRODUCT MANAGERS Endurance matters when you hit resistance.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Failing slowly is of course worse than pulling the plug early on a badly performing product. Failure is just the inevitable ingredient to create successful businesses and products. Otherwise, too many unsuccessful pivots end not just the product but perhaps the company and your career. “We Marie Kondo. Picture by me.

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Mind the Product

MAY 14, 2018

It was only after director and screenwriter James Gunn sent out this tweet that I realised the same can be said of product management: It’s worth reading his whole thread but essentially his point is that, while people don’t die if you act badly, to act well you need years of training, practice, experience, and honing your skill set.

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The Product Guy

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Guest Post by: Syed Abdullah (Mentee, Session 11, The Product Mentor) [Paired with Mentor, Bryan Postelnek]. I have worked on several products that were built with passion and vigor. At JCDecaux, I led the development of an information kiosk for airport passengers. The kiosks are deployed to many airports in the U.S.

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DISQO

JUNE 30, 2017

When we surveyed 140 product managers, 1 in 2 said that their C-suite has direct input for what goes on the roadmap. Input from executives is only less common than input from product owners, engineering teams, and the product managers themselves. Below are four lessons I learned from them.

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The Product Coalition

MAY 22, 2019

It certainly helps that Google, Amazon, Dropbox and other tech super-companies attribute so much of their success to them. Many companies are either implementing or have already implemented OKRs. They serve bad goals just as well as they do good goals. They serve bad goals just as well as they do good goals. Reduce avg.

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Mind the Product

OCTOBER 30, 2018

The Product Leadership Forum is a chance for senior product professionals to discuss the challenges they face in a safe environment. The product manager role is evolving at pace and this means that there are a range of conversations that are hard to have in public. From Individual Contributor to Product Leader.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 27, 2022

At the beginning of any software development project, managers think of which methodology is between waterfall and agile. It’s essential to follow clearly defined processes or software development life cycle (SDLC) to ensure software development quality. Waterfall and agile: A smart method or bad solution?

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

MARCH 9, 2022

An obvious next career step could be moving over to product management to focus solely on the products themselves. But how easy is it to transition from being a UX designer or UX researcher to product management (PM)? Start Learning Can You Transition from UX to Product Management?

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Hutwork

MARCH 19, 2018

Product management goes well beyond those certified in agile or another method. Whether you became a product manager or someone asked you to wear one more hat, leading can be stressful. One key to successful product management is to keep learning. The Product Book: How to Become a Great Product Manager.

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DISQO

JUNE 30, 2017

When we surveyed 140 product managers, 1 in 2 said that their C-suite has direct input for what goes on the roadmap. Input from executives is only less common than input from product owners, engineering teams, and the product managers themselves. Below are four lessons I learned from them.

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DISQO

JUNE 30, 2017

When we surveyed 140 product managers, 1 in 2 said that their C-suite has direct input for what goes on the roadmap. Input from executives is only less common than input from product owners, engineering teams, and the product managers themselves. Below are four lessons I learned from them.

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BrainMates

MARCH 6, 2018

In March 2018, Rich Mironov visited Australia and presented to the Product Talks Sydney Meetup Group on building and scaling Product teams. This blog is a transcript of part of that meetup, focusing on how to structure Product Management. Rich Mironov presenting on why we need Product Management.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Many teams and organisations jump into build mode too early. When you suggest a Product Discovery as a way to help get better results it gets rejected. This article is a way to answer the question: “Why do Product Discovery?” Some teams do this continuously, and others do it more like a project.

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Product Management Unpacked

APRIL 25, 2019

I first saw this method enacted when I was a young product leader at a publicly-held enterprise software company. An executive had just joined our company as our new Senior Vice President of Sales after leaving what was a high-flying company called Lotus. Strengths/Weaknesses). Who should you start with?

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Mind the Product

MAY 9, 2019

In March last year, my colleague and Mind the Product’s Director of Training, Rosemary King, wrote about how the company departments working alongside a product team could better work together to meet their common goals and to improve working practices. All product managers love a good test.

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Mind the Product

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Bad time-management in product teams (or any team for that matter) is a source of pain for many but, by taking some simple actions you can ensure they’re a thing of the past. Here’s how you can support your team’s time-management as a product leader.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

MARCH 1, 2020

An inside look at product management at IBM and the interview process. Kevin Wei is an Offering Manager at IBM managing Watson Knowledge Catalog and DataStage. In this Path to PM blog post, Kevin shares his journey breaking into a product role as a new grad hire at IBM. What is an IBM offering manager?

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Take, for instance, a food scientist who believes that a new flavour enhancer could improve consumer demand, or a pharmaceutical company that have developed a medication which they believe could relieve high-blood pressure. This is simply bad return on effort. If it sounds too good to be true, there is often a catch (or two).

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