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How to Settle In Your New Job as a Product Leader

The Product Coalition

So you found a new position as a product leader, congratulations! Only among my consulting customers , two companies recently hired a new VP of Product. I decided to write this article to help you, product leaders, with your new position. and in product leadership positions there is so much of it!

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How to Give Your Product Managers Negative Feedback (Part 3)

The Product Coalition

Little did I know that “not always easy to manage” is an understatement, and that this developer actually didn’t want to be managed at all. My husband always laughs at me that whenever I consult with him on which option to choose in a dilemma I’m facing, I do the opposite of what he tells me to do. How big is the gap?

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Insights: Using product analytics to find metrics that predict retention

Mixpanel

Giving customers access to the product as early as possible puts you (as a product manager) in a unique position to help every other team understand how customers get value out of the product. As a VP of Product at Roam Digital, a full service consultancy, I’ve had the opportunity to work on a wide range of B2B and B2C products.

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Hiring Your First Product Manager

The Product Coalition

Along with the founders (the CEO and CTO), most of the employees in the company at the time were developers. Most companies hire a product manager (and other positions) too late. This is one of the most popular questions I receive from my consulting customers as well as CPO Bootcamp participants. Here are my best tips.

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Should You Aim High or Higher?

The Product Coalition

I see my consulting customers having to make the exact same decisions. But you know how it works, this initial traction is very delicate, and alongside these positive signals there are legitimate concerns, so the decision to move forward with it is not trivial. This dilemma is not unique to my business. Is the Market Ready for You?

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How Product-Market Fit Really Works (Part 2)

The Product Coalition

Photo by Quang Nguyen Vinh on Pexels When I first started my consulting business , I attended a sales coaching workshop. See if you can identify more such customers within the ones in your pipeline and if your assumptions about them being most suitable for the product continue to provide positive signals.

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How I Invented the Google Assistant

The Product Coalition

On the on-site interview day, one of the interviewers asked me the following question: if you had all of Google’s resources and no other constraints, which product would you develop? My answer was: I would develop a voice interface for the computer (it was before the smartphone era). I was really afraid of this question.