The Product Coalition

JUNE 18, 2023

Photo by cottonbro studio on Pexels When I started Infinify, I told the world I am shifting to product consulting. I knew what I really wanted to do, and the way I understood the term ‘product consulting’ described it quite well. The market, however, understood it differently.

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Product Talk

JUNE 16, 2021

Does a product trio exclude everyone else from discovery decisions? What about user researchers, data analysts, product marketing managers, and all your other favorite roles? How do you decide who should be part of the product trio that leads discovery? Product marketing managers? UX writers?

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280 Group

AUGUST 26, 2022

in our “Behind the Product” series, we highlight Product Management concepts used in the products and services in today’s market. . There are definite technical similarities between the powerful rockets, and both have shaped space technology in new, innovative ways. NASA is not delivering on that front. .

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Mind the Product

JULY 9, 2019

After leaving the Navy and working on nuclear submarines, Dan Olsen embarked on a career that has spanned enterprises and start-ups, consulting, speaking, writing, and running the Lean Product & Lean UX meetup. He joined us to talk about product/market fit: what it is, how to know when you have it, and how to achieve it.

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Userpilot

JULY 9, 2021

What are the best product management books to add to your 2021 reading list? We’ve put together a list for you with a few staples from every product manager’s bookshelf and some new releases too. New in – Best New Product Management Books in 2021. out of 5 stars. 54 global ratings. Where to buy?

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

APRIL 6, 2020

Product marketing is one of the newest and most impactful roles within an organization. As a product marketing manager (PMM), you influence most areas of the organization including product, design, sales, support, and, of course, marketing. What skills do I need as a product marketing manager?

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The Accidental Product Manager

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

The product managers at Amazon have a bit of a problem on their hands right now. Google and Apple both have competing products. This means that the Amazon product managers have to do something to make their product unique. Amazon’s share of the smart-speaker market fell to 40% after having been at 59%.

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 14, 2022

Theoretically you would think that a consulting business isn’t impacted by the time of the year, but I learned that that’s not true. Since I deal with strategic consulting , many companies reach out to me when they start to think about next year, which happens sometimes in H2. Something definitely didn’t work.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 6, 2023

I recently realized that for founders, I might need to refrain from using the word ‘product’ since they then think about the deliverable while my coaching tackles much more than that. So my recent pitch went something like “I help founders connect the product to the business and the go-to-market.” You are not alone.

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Userpilot

AUGUST 26, 2021

You know how when you log into a SaaS product, you often notice the UI has changed or there are new options that weren't there before? That's SaaS product management hustling in the background to give you the best experience. And you had to own all the servers. Nightmare, right?

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ProductPlan

JANUARY 5, 2023

Lists of trends that survey the past should be easier by definition, right? Organizations that have more recently recognized the importance of product management to the success of their business are those that are transitioning from being “sales-led” or “customer-led” to “product-led.”. with this focus. with this focus.

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The Accidental Product Manager

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Product managers need to find ways to attract customers who avoid stores Image Credit: Kyle Sorkness. This change has hit grocery store product managers very hard. How are grocery story product managers going to accomplish all of this? The Challenge Of Being A Product Manager At Kroger.

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Userpilot

JULY 30, 2021

What exactly is the product manager role? And the role of a product manager can vary drastically depending on the type of product manager. That’s why we’ve put together a comprehensive post on everything you need to know about the product manager role, including: Responsibilities of a product manager.

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The Accidental Product Manager

MAY 16, 2022

They have been around for a very long time and providing baby products is something that they are well known for. However, lately their market share in this critical market has been decreasing. What’s going wrong and what can J&J’s product managers do about it? What Went Wrong At J&J?

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Product Innovation Educators

MARCH 19, 2018

Cutting through role confusion to create successful products. My mission is to inspire and equip product managers to have greater influence in their organizations and over product. I call this helping product managers to become product masters, and that is what both this podcast and the training I provide are about.

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Mind the Product

OCTOBER 31, 2019

If you’re new to a product management job then it can often be very hard to get access to all the information you need. But I’ve found that by building relationships, setting the future vision, and having faith in your capabilities as a product manager you can carve out a place for yourself.

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Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 16, 2020

Miro has made the move from product to platform. Like numerous users, I first became aware of Miro via a consultant and this channel has been really important to their growth story. Especially those who are in design, product management, etc. Designers are a good example of those and product managers.

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Userpilot

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

So you are a Product Manager. Shobhit Chugh – Ex-Google Product Manager helping PMs fast-track their career – says it’s time to treat your career like a product! How did you end up becoming a product manager? There is no typical path to becoming a product manager.

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 21, 2019

I know there are already thousands of articles about how to break into Product Management. I am not going to describe what a product manager is or what he/she is expected to do here. Compare this with a PM skills list, and highlight the gaps in the core competencies needed to become a Product Manager.

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The Product Coalition

MAY 1, 2022

Strategic thinking is hard by definition. I realized that this is something that I do whenever I’m helping my consulting customers or the CPO Bootcamp participants to make strategic decisions. especially startups on their way to product-market fit, the ARR itself might not be important. Here’s how to do that.

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Mind the Product

JUNE 25, 2019

Everyone knew that if a user signs up on Twitter and follows 50 people, chances are they will keep using Twitter forever… but how did [they] get to this very simple Aha moment definition? The Product Experience is hosted by Lily Smith and Randy Silver. The Product Experience is hosted by Lily Smith and Randy Silver.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 12, 2023

Here are a few things to consider when you seek your next product leader. Photo by Mark Rabe on Unsplash When I started Infinify five years ago, I announced that I am offering product consulting services. But since the term ‘product consulting’ could mean very different things, I got a variety of leads with various needs.

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Bain Public

APRIL 13, 2020

According to Alpha’s 2020 Product Management Insights Report , product management has entered the c-suite. As product management influences more high-level decisions and business strategies, partner alignment/collaboration becomes key. Let’s look at that rigorous problem definition in more detail.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Last week, one of my customers consulted with me on what is the best metric to trace for the migration from an old system to a new one. These are very different points of view, that would bring you to very different definitions at the end. That’s great for a general conversation but not for the actual definition process.

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The Accidental Product Manager

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Google product managers need to find out what everyone wants next Image Credit: PROid-iom. Even as you read this the Google phone product managers are struggling to figure out what the next big thing is going to be. The Google product managers are finding themselves with new competition these days.

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 10, 2022

We started with Newton, and we’ll end this with what Einstein allegedly said: “the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” I don’t want to debate the general principle here, but rather speak about the specific implication for you as a product leader. You get the point, right?

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 10, 2023

In other cases, they don’t even know that they disagree with you , because you both heard the same thing (for example a definition of a goal the company is trying to achieve) and each of you understood it differently. Think it through and consult with others.

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ProductPlan

DECEMBER 4, 2019

As a product manager, you’re more likely to find yourself embroiled in these events since you sit at the nexus of so many activities and constituencies. We outlined the seven internal politics situations you’ll likely encounter at least once in your product management career and how you can handle them. Stay in your lane.

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Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 14, 2021

With a background in computer science and an MBA, he soon realized that understanding the markets and customers is as important as building the products. And so, in 2014, he founded Productboard , a product management system that incorporates customer feedback and insights to help product teams build better products.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 10, 2022

Both as an employee and as a consultant working with CEOs closely for 5 years already, I have seen it happening time and again. If your answer was a definite no, check again, because as I said above we are doing it unconsciously. Test yourself: do you ever operate under the assumption that they just want you to do what they say?

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Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Content design is practiced by people with a dizzying array of job titles: product designers, UX designers, content strategists, interaction designers, information architects, technical writers, engineers, product managers, etc. Even though there is no one, agreed-upon definition, there are a couple that I like.

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Actuation Consulting

JULY 22, 2018

An accurate definition of the goal the user is seeking to achieve. We will take a close look at the Competitive Analysis Matrix and its uses, advantages, and disadvantages in the product development process. Advancing the Profession of Product Management. The frustrations felt by customers using current solutions.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 11, 2023

While I was writing this article, one of my consulting clients called me to talk about this dilemma exactly: as their product is getting more mature and allows more functionality, their UX which was something they were super proud of up until now is getting slightly more complex. Do Your Customers Really Want to Pay Less?

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Bain Public

JUNE 4, 2020

As business advisors and executive coaches, we've worked with dozens of CEOs to help them build and grow their product leadership team as they scale their company. What we’ve noticed instead in the startup world, is a lot of people become product managers by default rather than design. What Is Product Management Consulting?

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Gainsight

JANUARY 18, 2021

But in a recent webinar, Chris Battles, Chief Product Officer at Zuora, presented him with a view and definition of Product rarely heard. He believes his job entails everything outbound through product marketing into the field organization. It is the full product, narrative, story, and execution. .

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Mironov Consulting

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

Scheduled one day ahead of ISPMA’s Software Product Summit in Frankfurt, this is a one-day session specifically for those leading product management teams[/tweetherder]: Product VPs, Directors of Product Management, Chief Product Officers and other product-focused execs.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 7, 2019

I’ve been a Product Manager for 3 years now, and a Product Marketer for 2 years before that, but I went to business school before that. Here it is: As a Product Manager, one often feels like one’s sitting on the sidelines & watching the action?—?without From that perspective, it definitely seems like it.

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