Lenny Rachitsky

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

These are stronger indicators of interest that tell you they really want your product, versus general positive feedback. Listen now on Apple , Spotify , and YouTube. When pitching early ideas, pay attention to specific actions customers want to take, like asking about pricing or requesting to start a proof of value (POV).

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Lenny Rachitsky

OCTOBER 17, 2024

She previously spent 11 years at LiveRamp, where she was the President and Head of Product and Platforms leading product development and go-to-market operations and strategy. Try saying something like, “Let me pause and summarize what I’ve heard: Our customers are facing X challenges, and we believe Y is the solution.

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Business of Software Conference

JUNE 25, 2025

Insights from Chris Mele’s Business of Software AMA Pricing is often treated as an afterthought in SaaS companies. Chris Mele, managing partner at Software Pricing Partners , shared his perspective in a recent Business of Software AMA. Treat pricing as an evolving system, not a set-it-and-forget-it exercise.

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Business of Software Conference

JUNE 30, 2025

Use async docs to gather feedback at scale, especially for execs and founders. This article draws on excerpts from Bruce McCarthy ‘s talk, “ Managing Stakeholders “, at Business of Software Conference. Build informal relationships. Bruce once made weekly trips to HQ just to take a finance stakeholder to lunch.

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UX Planet

JUNE 13, 2025

The results may be slightly less consistent, but that’s a trade-off better addressed by hiring specialists in design systems. As a designer, you can either specialize in a specific area, like design systems or UX research, gradually growing in seniority and eventually becoming a valued expert or consultant.

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Gainsight

JULY 8, 2025

Last month at Gainsight’s Pulse conference, professionals from customer success, community management, and product experience gathered to explore the future of their fields. Cyrus is essentially a customized chatbot built with a tool like ChatGPT, but it’s the information Seth fed into it that makes it effective.

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The Product Guy

JUNE 18, 2020

The objective is to receive feedback and prioritize it internally against (1) company objectives (2)customer pains/experience (3) Quarterly Product OKRs and ship out solutions. . A feedback loop is: part of a system in which some portion (or all) of the system’s output is used as input for future operations.

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Mind the Product

OCTOBER 27, 2016

I’ve worked on the teams of several SaaS products in a dual marketing/product management capacity, and have seen first-hand the overlapping work that exists between crafting a compelling brand, and building a product that people love. To quote Adaptive Path co-founder Peter Merholz from this blog: “The experience is the product.”.

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Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Known as the Martech 5000 — nicknamed after the 5,000 companies that were competing in the global marketing technology space in 2017, it’s said to be the most frequently shared slide of all time. The reasons for this growth – high-velocity economics of software innovation, the migration of money from old media to new media, etc.

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Alchemer Mobile

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

quickly adopted curbside services during the coronavirus pandemic and launched in-app surveys to better understand the customer experience. and Robi Ganguly , CEO and Co-founder of Apptentive, discussed these strategies in their keynote presentation at the Mobile On Air Conference last month. For example, Gap Inc. The post Gap Inc.

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The Product Guy

MAY 21, 2020

At this point, I’ve heard about meetups and conferences, thus I’ve decided to try them. I’ve been visiting my sister in Boston in October 2016 and saw a volunteering opportunity at the Machine Learning conference. The part that bought me was the amount of value you can get by providing others with the value of the conference.

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Gainsight

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Whether it was playing pong, searching for the best espresso, getting down with Dance Dance Revolution, chowing down at the secret poké station, or—oh right, it’s a work conference—I meant soaking in numerous insightful tracks, keynotes, and running the executive meeting center along with Kristen Keller , Field Marketing Manager, Gainsight.

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Product Innovation Educators

APRIL 30, 2018

One that stands out is Ben Brenton, Chief Innovation Officer at Snap-on Tools , who shared that he takes their product teams to meet with customers four days a week. We discuss VoC tools and the specifics for how product managers can use them, including: Contextual interviews. What products will delight customers?

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Alchemer Mobile

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

The numbers behind smartphone and app use, though, are truly mind-blowing. Consider these statistics : Smartphone users access an average of 30 mobile apps in a month, at an average rate of 10 every day. Mobile apps are expected to generate more than $935 billion in funds by the end of 2024. In 2022, 3.8 In 2022, 3.8

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Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 19, 2018

Yet competition and the exponential rate of change in software are pushing against that mission. Enter our philosophy of Run Less Software. It means reducing choices amongst engineering teams and standardizing technology, so our team can spend as much time as possible delivering value to customers. Why did we choose them?

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Product Innovation Educators

OCTOBER 30, 2023

I go out into the field with customers and see what solutions they’re using today and what problems they’re facing. It was a technological marvel. We sold it in the market place and started getting feedback. As the head of product management, I pulled all our customer-facing teams into a conference room.

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Product Innovation Educators

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Two Ways to Define Innovation Jerry and Terry shared how they think about innovation: Terry: Creating a better mousetrap: This means making meaningful improvements to existing products or creating new, viable solutions that add real value for customers. Generating ideas Using various techniques to produce potential solutions 5.

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Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 13, 2020

At Intercom, we have taken advantage of these technologies relatively early. So, modern machine learning opens up vast possibilities – but how do you harness this technology to make an actual customer-facing product? A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked”.

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Product Innovation Educators

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

PDMA and the Inspire Innovation Conference The PDMA, founded in 1976, is the longest-running professional association for product managers, leaders, and innovators worldwide. However, as technology continued to change and the pace of change grew, there was a recognition that a more formalized approach was needed.

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Product Innovation Educators

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Today we are talking about the journey from software developer to product manager and some key challenges encountered as a product manager. 1:41] Please tell us about your journey from software developer to product manager. I started as a software developer in an intelligence unit in the Israeli army. Customer interviews.

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Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 18, 2023

Despite the influx of new technology and devices making their way into classrooms each year – (permitted or not!) – plenty of teachers and parents remained skeptical about the role technology could play. Many apps and companies gained notoriety during the pandemic, but only the tools that prove their efficacy are going to thrive.

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Intercom, Inc.

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Natasha Ratanshi-Stein is the founder of Surfboard , a software company that offers scheduling tooling for customer support teams. Whether you’re fully remote or not, setting up the right tools and processes will help you manage your team collaboratively and productively without resorting to intrusive surveillance.

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Intercom, Inc.

JUNE 28, 2018

Too many startups focus on the first S in SaaS, but they forget all about the second one. When software and service aren’t equal priorities, it’s impossible to build a successful company. When I moved to Silicon Valley in 2007, self-serve software was all the rage. There are obvious benefits to selling self-serve software.

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Userpilot

JULY 7, 2024

Wondering which customer communication management software is ideal for enhancing customer interactions in your SaaS product? In this article, we examine what customer communications management software is and what to look out for when selecting one. We also consider the top 10 CCM software products on the market today.

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Mind the Product

APRIL 7, 2020

A successful outcome for a negotiation is finding a solution that is mutually agreeable and sustainable and addresses the needs of the two parties. Roman’s site also has a ton of incredibly useful tools – Randy’s favourite is the Decision-Making chart. and at conferences across the US and Europe.

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Product Innovation Educators

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

PDMA invited me to their conference, which was in Orlando, Florida, to interview some of their speakers. It’s when you step out of the mill onto a platform and you see the waterfall coming over the mill pond and the tree and birds chirping and sun shining. What technology can you install? Learn more about them at PDMA.org.

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Product Innovation Educators

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

PDMA invited me to their conference, which was in Orlando, Florida, to interview some of their speakers. She helps product teams get ahead of their competitors by finding innovations quickly and developing and launching complex hardware and software products on time. Learn more about them at PDMA.org.

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Userpilot

AUGUST 30, 2024

Imagine this: you’re scrolling through your feed, bombarded by SaaS ads that all look and sound the same. Here are seven of the best advertising campaign examples in SaaS: 1. Uses humor to highlight the users’ pain points and position Userpilot as a no-code solution to track in-app user behavior.

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Roman Pichler

OCTOBER 6, 2020

What architecture patterns and technologies may be used? In order to answer the questions above, you may want to use techniques such as direct observation, user interviews, prototyping, creating a strategy canvas or E-R-R-C grid , and you may capture some of them using a tool like my product vision board. How can the product be built?

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Mind the Product

JULY 24, 2019

Mind the Product founder Martin Eriksson opened the conference by reminding us why we gather each year. Mind the Platform. Brandon Chu , General Manager and Director of Product, Platform at Shopify, gave us insights into the challenges of managing platforms. Brandon Chu on the challenges of managing platforms.

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Userpilot

JANUARY 3, 2022

How big of an impact can the right product tool make on your product management efforts? The answer depends on your use case and which tool you choose. But with the right tools for the job, a product manager can make some truly transformative contributions to product development. What is a product tool?

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Userpilot

APRIL 30, 2024

From the article, you will learn why you should develop a value-based growth strategy for your SaaS and how to do it. It also provides examples of SaaS organizations that have mastered it and explains how Userpilot can help you follow in their footsteps. Why should SaaS companies go for the value-based growth strategy?

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Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 12, 2018

As the CEO of Dribbble, a global community and invite-only platform for designers to share and find work, Zack Onisko faces a unique challenge: how do you grow a gated product? Stewart: Thinking back to Dribbble in its earliest days, it was fundamentally a place for designers to post work in progress and get feedback.

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Userpilot

JULY 23, 2024

This article will break down the stages of a product development life cycle and tools that can help you deliver a great product. Key stages of the product development life cycle: Ideation : Conduct market research and brainstorm potential solutions to the challenges. Are there any gaps in the existing tools that my product can fill?

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Mind the Product

APRIL 21, 2020

Lily has spent 13 years in the tech industry working mainly with startups in the SaaS and mobile space. and at conferences across the US and Europe. Lily has spent 13 years in the tech industry working mainly with startups in the SaaS and mobile space. and at conferences across the US and Europe.

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Product Innovation Educators

MARCH 4, 2025

The collaboration between AMS and MIT researchers has yielded impressive results, with AI tools not only matching human analysts in identifying customer needs but often exceeding themespecially for emotional needs that humans might overlook. But it is changing, with AI tools that are transforming how we uncover and analyze customer needs.

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Mind the Product

JANUARY 13, 2021

DeVaris talked about Using Playbooks to Drive Innovation at the Shift Dev 2019 Conference. * Review us on your podcast app so that we can use your feedback to be better. She’s currently Head of Innovation at Go Compare and has spent 13 years in the tech industry working with startups in the SaaS and mobile space.

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