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Why Product Managers Should not Report to the CTO

Mind the Product

Product managers often end up reporting to the CTO, and some will argue that this is a good thing. Why Shouldn’t a CTO be the Boss? So if they report to the CTO it creates the impression of bias against the business and user. How can CTOs Help? If you’re a CTO, what can you do to help your product managers?

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The essence of product management | Christian Idiodi (SVPG)

Lenny Rachitsky

Brought to you by Jira Product Discovery —Atlassian’s new prioritization and roadmapping tool built for product teams | Vanta —Automate compliance. Simplify security | Teal —Your personal career growth platform — Christian Idiodi is a partner at Silicon Valley Product Group.

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Beats, Bootstrapping and Life – Mat Clayton on The Product Experience

Mind the Product

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. Building a roadmap backwards. and at conferences across the US and Europe.

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Don’t Miss These Speakers at #mtpcon San Francisco

Mind the Product

Mind the Product returns to Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco on July 16-17 and promises to be one of our best product conferences yet, with a leadership forum, more workshops, more networking events around the conference, and more fun than ever before. Todd Lombardo, Co-Author of Roadmaps Relaunched. Conference Tickets.

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What Your Executives Want to See When You’re Presenting Your Roadmap

ProductPlan

As a product manager who now sits on the other side of the table as an executive, I’ve had lots of experience both presenting executive-facing roadmaps and receiving those presentations. I understand how much thought (and possibly anxiety) goes into these roadmap presentations. Mistakes I’ve Seen When Presenting Executive Roadmaps.

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ONE THING on Our Decisions

Product Culture

“An effective roadmap retains that context of ‘Here’s why we made these decisions, and here are the assumptions we’re making.'" That's Anthony Accardi, CTO of Rue Gilt Groupe. And yet, most roadmaps leave all of that out in favor of minute details about features, bug fixes, schedules, and dependencies. How to do this better?

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What “Product-Led” Looks Like in 2023

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This is especially true for companies where product didn’t have its own independent seat at the executive conference table. With this approach, the roadmap is not dictated from a central authority. The takeaway Keeping the rest of the organization abreast of these evolutionary changes in the roadmap is no trivial task.