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The biggest challenges facing support teams right now (and how to solve them)

Intercom, Inc.

Most support teams have seen an influx of support queries since COVID-19 hit – and those issues are more complex than ever. Delivering an exceptional customer experience is business-critical – and that means that there’s no going back to the outdated, inefficient customer support channels of old.

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Product Judgment: How some people can repeatedly create product success

Intercom, Inc.

Also known as Product Intuition or Product Instinct or Product Taste, it is the idea that you can use your own judgment to (1) accurately predict what your customers need, want and value, and (2) design and ship the right solution for them. I hope this post allows people and teams to safely talk about Product Judgment.

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We Have To Support Every Line of Production Code Forever

Mironov Consulting

  The upside (for the sales team) is huge, and the cost (for product/engineering/support) is diffuse.    If it breaks three years from now — or has to change to work with changes in their other various systems — we’ll be expected to fix/change/adapt/improve it to meet purpose.    Far away. 

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Growth, Funding, Pivotal Moments and the Evolution of Adzerk to Kevel

Business of Software Conference

It’s Mark Littlewood, from Business of Software. attendee from Businesses of Software Conference, both US, Europe and online. And I was a software developer before. So, I had been building all my own software to run these ad networks. And then in 2010, we got our first customer. Transcript.

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What Is Your Product?

The Product Coalition

A poorly defined product impacts your ability to respond to changing customer and market needs. It causes organizational and communication woes. It thwarts organizations efforts to scale agile product development. Image by EBG Consulting The Five Principles There are five principles that can help you to define your product: 1.

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Intercom on Product: Understanding your customer is key to good product judgment

Intercom, Inc.

And perhaps more importantly, how can you develop it? There’s only really one way to develop product judgment and that’s through direct interaction with your customers. Create a safe environment for sound product judgment to develop by ensuring feedback is immediate, clear and concrete. ” What is it?

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Crafting Stellar Product Process with John Cutler

The Product Coalition

John and I talk trust, process, and customer communication ahead of his talk at this year’s Split Decisions conference John Cutler is a Product Evangelist at Amplitude. People feel like they don’t have the time or the tools to work on these cultural issues. I advocate a lot for co-design and co-development.