Mind the Product

OCTOBER 22, 2018

Mind the Product co-Founder and co-Author of Product Leadership Martin Eriksson opened the world’s largest conference for passionate product people. We work with developers, user researchers, data scientists and a host of other experts every day – so it’s only natural that we feel like the dumbest people in the room.

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ProductPlan

JUNE 11, 2019

While this can occasionally be blamed on poor execution, it is often simply a result of poor goal setting. But why do product teams have such a hard time creating the right goals to achieve our objectives? No matter how smart you are, how much experience you have, and how much subject matter expertise your team possesses.

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Intercom, Inc.

MAY 3, 2018

Here are five quick takeaways: Instead of relying on word of mouth to permeate the team, write things down. If Rohini’s team is making changes to the UI or the front end, they can test quickly and easily, but because their core product is payments-based, much more rigor is required compared to your typical software product.

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Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 10, 2019

I caught up with Louis for a conversation that ranged from our moral duty to make information more accessible to his approach to curating conferences. Each speaker at one of Lou’s conferences is supported by a group of subject matter experts and a professional editor. We will work with you over months iteratively to develop that idea.

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UX Studio: Product Management

JULY 5, 2021

As a client, you invest your time, energy, and limited resources into your digital product development. As a design agency that works with NYC companies , we have developed an effective remote collaboration process that helps us stay in touch with our partners despite time zone differences. Is there anything we can help you with?

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Mind the Product

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

Lean Startup Week is a conference for teams and leaders interested in applying a Lean Startup methodology to their product and Tristan helped to organise the Lean Unconference that kicked off the week’s activities. He is also editor and primary author of the Real Startup Book and runs lean consulting firm TriKro LLC.

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Under 10 Consulting

JANUARY 7, 2020

Product and marketing teams seem to love surveys. Do they read blogs, attend conferences, subscribe to podcasts. These will help you develop your promotion plan). Discovery helps you learn about problems; validation helps ensure you understand the problems and have developed the right solution. How do I access the buyer?

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

We talk to Katja Muradyan , an Exponent alumnus, on her journey to breaking into product management from a consulting background and her experiences building various products in Europe. I’m Katja and I’m currently working as a PM on the Wear OS team at Google. That does not make you a bad candidate. Definitely.

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Intercom, Inc.

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

So they created a software that provides control, visibility, and payment methods for corporate finance teams. Instead, focus on fostering a culture of communication and feedback loops between the team. He really fosters innovation and humility as a team player – aspects that were important to me. Nico: Correct.

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Userzoom

APRIL 17, 2018

We KNOW that a good UI is based on research, testing and slow, methodical improvements – not looking at a competitor’s site and saying “ooh, that’s pretty, I’ll steal that!”. “Affordable, high-end aesthetics” Jane Portman, UI/UX Consultant, Conference Speaker and Author, UI Breakfast. Let’s begin….

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Mind the Product

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

It’s also essential to creating a team where great people want to work. In a perfect product development world, communications are seamless, specifications are clear, and product and engineering teams work together without friction. These are team goals that get shared across the company. Share Leadership and Credit.

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Business of Software Conference

JANUARY 28, 2019

Paul Kenny is no stranger to the Business of Software Conference stage. Paul is returning to speak at Business of Software Conference Europe 2019 in Cambridge, UK in April. He’ll be talking about how to scale and onboard sales teams effectively. Paul Kenny, Founder, OceanLearning. Find out more about BoS Europe 2019 here.

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BrainMates

APRIL 30, 2018

A bright and brave cross functional team of panellists were on hand to tackle an imagined (but realistic) Product Management scenario. Clive Lam, Consultant Product Manager at Brainmates. So Marie, you’re the chief product officer and you’ve been at the offsite with the exec team recently, where all of this was discussed.

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Gainsight

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Case in point: during an executive briefing presented at an event by The Conference Board in Canada, online learning pioneer and Bluedrop founder Emad Rizkalla stated that a massive 85% of every dollar that goes to in-person training is spent delivering it. Add to that the fact that customers appreciate one-on-one consulting.

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Intercom, Inc.

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

They work with consulting firms, hire their own analysts, buy data management software. But the fact is that a large portion of the employees – developers, marketers, product managers (whose work depends on an intimate understanding of the customer) – rarely, if ever, interact with them.

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Business of Software Conference

MAY 15, 2019

Tom Adeyoola (Founder, Metail) – Why Your ‘Brilliant’ Technology Fails To Have Impact from Business of Software Conference. Want us to let you know about new talk videos, speaker AMAs, Business of Software Conference and other event updates? I went on to do management consultancy at ZS associates. BoS USA 2019.

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UX Studio: Product Management

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

He gathered a team of like-minded design enthusiasts to shape the future of digital design and innovation. Our dedicated UX teams have successfully handled over 250 collaborations with clients from different industries worldwide. Apart from helping clients with product design, we also develop digital products in-house.

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Mind the Product

OCTOBER 27, 2016

It wasn’t too long ago that designers and developers were disciples of strictly separate crafts – but today, someone who can do both well is quickly labelled a “unicorn”, and sought after by many a unicorn-thirsty start-up. To quote Adaptive Path co-founder Peter Merholz from this blog: “The experience is the product.”.

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Mironov Consulting

APRIL 15, 2023

On either side, it’s easy to assume bad intent or have this get personal.  Almost  (Hint: replacing everyone on those teams doesn’t seem to fix the problem.)  When prospects say they need something, sales teams mostly take them at their word.

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The Product Guy

JUNE 18, 2020

Ruthless prioritization translates to product teams spending time building the right thing at the right time. This discipline is the bread & butter for a winning product team, but building an effective product process takes a lot of trial and error. A product feedback loop keeps software teams close to their customers.

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Business of Software Conference

JUNE 27, 2019

There are 3 reasons your team isn’t doing what you want them to do, says Mikey Trafton. In his 3rd talk at Business of Software, Mikey picked up from where he left off at the end of his previous talk ‘ How To Recruit A Badass Team ‘ You’ve hired a great team, but you need to learn how to manage them.

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Mind the Product

OCTOBER 30, 2018

These are mental models that you have considered, explored and tested. By gaining insight from your experiences, you can develop principles on which to base your leadership style. Your team will work out which are important to you so you need to have a good appreciation of them. Give Yourself and Others Time to Reflect.

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Business of Software Conference

OCTOBER 11, 2023

As usual, you really had to be there but here are the Sigmacorn notes… 9:00 Mark Littlewood: Opening remarks Welcome to BoS! How will we win?

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Business of Software Conference

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Rich Mironov, CEO/Founder, Mironov Consulting. Rich Mironov (CEO, Mironov Consulting) – What To Do About Your Audience’s Real Roadmap Questions from Business of Software Conference. Want us to let you know about new talk videos, speaker AMAs, Business of Software Conference and other event updates?

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Intercom, Inc.

JUNE 19, 2019

When it comes to platform strategy, Ceci’s experience is unparalleled, having worked at Box as part of their founding platform team before later joining Slack in 2015 to found the platform marketing team there. If there’s customer adoption , developers generally will come. Measuring platform success is complicated.

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Mind the Product

JULY 16, 2019

Realising it would be safer to diversify, he’s gone on to spend the last 30-plus years working with more than 90 organisations across the world in interim leadership roles and consulting. Occasionally, I run into a CEO who had a really bad childhood. and at conferences across the US and Europe.

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Department of Product

MARCH 28, 2022

The types of trends that matter to product teams So if we agree that staying on top of trends matters, the question then is, what types of trends should we bother staying on top of? In a product development context, and particularly with reference to technologies, this can be problematic. Others will fail.

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Intercom, Inc.

JULY 9, 2020

And I put together these horrible, bad websites – I’m lucky there’s no evidence of them anymore. I’d love to dive into what those strategies were like, especially first at Atlassian, particularly because they had no sales team. Atlassian does not have an outbound sales team.

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Business of Software Conference

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Agile methodology sounds confusing and difficult, but Bethany Pagels-Minor breaks it down to bite-size slices of delicious cakes that will will help every team work better, communicate better, and provide better returns. Want us to let you know about new talk videos, speaker AMAs, Business of Software Conference and other event updates?

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Intercom, Inc.

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

With so many moving parts in the creation process, from visual design to content or front-end development, what’s the one universal model all of these can apply to ensure the interaction in the end is more human and humane than machine-like? Your new book, Conversational Design , is out on abookapart.com on March 6. What was your thesis?

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Johanna Rothman

AUGUST 19, 2019

I didn't like what I saw at the Agile 2019 conference.) Let's return to the Manifesto for Agile Software Development , what I call the “Agile Manifesto.” I already knew about coupling (bad) and cohesion (good). Nope, software projects are about learning together, as a team.). Part 2 was why we need managers.

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Business of Software Conference

AUGUST 30, 2019

Claire Suellentrop (Founder/CMO, Userlist.io) – Get Out Of The Echo Chamber: How To Use JTBD To Perfect Your Product’s Messaging from Business of Software Conference. Want us to let you know about new talk videos, speaker AMAs, Business of Software Conference and other event updates? Upcoming Events. Unsubscribe anytime.

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UX Studio: Product Management

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

It will introduce the top UX agencies here and shamelessly put our team on the list as well. Most famous for their innovative work and the love of prototypes, Ideo provides diverse teams with designers, engineers, and researchers to a project. The team also holds trainings and workshops. The Top UX Agencies. Digital Telepathy.

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Tyner Blain

JANUARY 8, 2017

When it comes to developing a product strategy – or even making decisions about how best to create a product, one of these assumptions is likely to be what causes us to fail. Laura Klein spoke at the Lean Startup Conference about identifying risky assumptions and her talk was published in Dec 2014. Before it’s too late?

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UX Studio: Product Management

MARCH 12, 2019

The McKinsey & Company international consulting firm conducted one of the largest worldwide studies ever to measure revenues and shareholder returns related to good design culture in companies. De-risk development by continually listening, testing and iterating with end-users. Four groups of design actions to take.

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Business of Software Conference

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Shawn Anderson & Shane Corellian (Co-Founders, PDQ.com) – Alternative Marketing, or “Oops I Did A Marketing” from Business of Software Conference. Want us to let you know about new talk videos, speaker AMAs, Business of Software Conference and other event updates? Upcoming Events. BoS USA 2019 BoS Europe 2020.

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Business of Software Conference

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

She will talk about some of the ways that companies can provide a better environment for humans to work and share how she came to realize that in her startup, she had to bring her ‘best self’ to the business every day – no one else in the business has more impact on the morale and well-being of the team than the CEO. Upcoming Events.

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