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Product Strategy Depends on Company Strategy

Mironov Consulting

Expanding on a recent post ( Revenue Goals are Not Company Strategies ), I’ve been seeing lots of maker teams (product, engineering, design) struggling to form product strategies without a company strategy to hang them on.  OK, What’s A Company Strategy?

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Why Market Leadership Starts With Product Management

Product Management University

There are a million and one things that go into creating a market leading company. But products are the nucleus, and that means market leadership starts with product management. There are the obvious things product management does. To some product managers, market is synonymous with users.

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The truth hurts, but in many companies, product management is broken

Mind the Product

In this article, Dave Martin, Product Leadership Coach and Co-Founder of Right to Left, shares his take on the state of product management in wake of bold claims made by Marty Cagan in his latest book, Transformed.

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Trailblazing Women in Product Management: Aruna Thapa, Senior Director of Product Strategy at IQVIA

280 Group

For our next installment of our Women in Product Management Series, I interviewed Aruna Thapa , Senior Director of Product Strategy at IQVIA Technologies. Our goal with this series is to shine a light on Product Management as an option for women from various backgrounds and experiences. That’s a good thing!

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The Path to Product Excellence: Avoiding Common Pitfalls and Enhancing Communication

Speaker: David Bard, Principal at VP Product Coaching

Explore proven solutions, laying the groundwork for triumphant product launches. Gain inspiration from real-world success examples from top digital companies, offering invaluable insights into their winning strategies.

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What B2B companies can learn from Duolingo’s growth strategy

Mind the Product

As B2B companies build their PLG strategies, they can take lessons from how B2C companies have succeeded. Read more » The post What B2B companies can learn from Duolingo’s growth strategy appeared first on Mind the Product. Here's what they learned.

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From Product Management Back to Strategy

The Product Coalition

In recent years it seems that product management is all about execution and delivery. But you can’t really succeed this way, at least not the way your company needs you to. Photo by Kea Mowat on Unsplash When I moved into product management, almost 20 years ago, it used to be a very senior role.

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Driving Business Impact for PMs

Speaker: Jon Harmer, Product Manager for Google Cloud

Understand how your work contributes to your company's strategy and learn to apply frameworks to ensure your features solve user problems that drive business impact. Grow your user empathy skills: Better understand users and the problem space they are working in through Journey Maps that are customized for Product Managers.

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A PM's Guide to Building a Culture of Product Innovation

Speaker: Bob Webber, VP Product Flow Optimization, Construx

There's a lot of innovation advice out there, but very few companies are recognized for their innovation. Despite the importance of new product development, more than half of all product launches and innovations fail. Innovation advice will not work if your company's culture does not encourage it.

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How to Develop a Recession-Proof Product-Led Strategy

Speaker: Wes Bush, Author of "Product-Led Growth"

As PMs, we all know the importance of building a successful product-led growth strategy. Zoom, Stripe, and Airtable are all examples of software companies with strong PLG strategies. What features do their strategies have that allow them to see continued success in this ever-changing market?

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How King Crushes New Product Development using Data-Driven Insights

Speaker: Ian Thompson, Head of Business Intelligence at King, and Zara Wells, Strategic Customer Success Manager at Looker

Product Managers looking to leverage data to make informed product design decisions can learn a lot from renowned gaming company King, maker of Candy Crush and many other games - even if their product has seemingly no overlap with games. Don't miss King’s data expert (dare we say king?)

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Maybe We Should Be Problem Managers Instead

Speaker: Steve Johnson, Founder and CEO, Under10 Playbook

Three things keep company leaders awake at night: 1) Can we sell more of what we built? Rather than departmental issues, these are product strategy issues. Yet many product managers and most product owners are too busy with tactical issues that they never come close to addressing these issues.

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Tough Bosses, Unrealistic Goals, and Other Corporate Challenges That a Customer-Centric Product Strategy Can Empower You to Solve

Speaker: Bob Caporale, Founder of Strategy Generation Company

As product managers, we’ve likely all faced this situation at some point in our careers. But, in most cases, the core challenge isn’t your bosses or even your specific goals; it’s the fact that your company’s targets are disconnected from your customers’ needs. Execute your product strategy with a “customer-first” mindset.

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Creating a Product Roadmap is Easy

Speaker: Shardul Mehta, VP of Product Management, Amwell

As a product manager, it is our job to drive sustainable business growth. And one of the chief ways we do that is by crafting a coherent product roadmap. Fail at making this map, and you sacrifice not only your own credibility, but the credibility of the entire company. The bad news? The good news?

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Put Your Data to Work: The Complete Playbook

What do startups and Fortune 500 companies have in common? They rely on data to power products, business insights, and marketing strategy. An interactive guide filled with the tools to turn your data into a competitive advantage.