UX Studio: Product Management

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

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Intercom, Inc.

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

It is important that these friendly connections represent the target persona market you have outlined, as otherwise, the feedback loop is likely to be weak. “You will be better served in the long run if these are viewed more as product collaborators” It can also help shape marketing messaging.

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Intercom, Inc.

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

So they created a software that provides control, visibility, and payment methods for corporate finance teams. Instead, focus on fostering a culture of communication and feedback loops between the team. It’s safe to say he’s learned a thing or two about adjusting his message and product for each unique customer persona.

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Mironov Consulting

MAY 2, 2019

But product management and development processes that work well for long-lived hardware can handicap software organizations. 1] For industrial hardware, the development/design cycle is separate from the manufacturing cycle. For software products, the development and design process *is* the manufacturing process.

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Intercom, Inc.

MAY 3, 2018

Here are five quick takeaways: Instead of relying on word of mouth to permeate the team, write things down. If Rohini’s team is making changes to the UI or the front end, they can test quickly and easily, but because their core product is payments-based, much more rigor is required compared to your typical software product.

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Userpilot

MAY 14, 2021

They make a good impression on your customer, and the insights gathered, if filed correctly, can be useful for your product and marketing teams. Don’t ask customers a question that they’ll have to consult a team member about before answering. What steps over your career have ultimately led you to our product? What did you like?

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Mironov Consulting

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

I’m often asked what KPIs B2B/enterprise product folks should use, or what OKRs they should choose. Why KPIs from consumer companies don’t fit well with B2B/enterprise. Just as every organization needs a finance/accounting team that follows GAAP and tracks cashflow. Yet it’s the first KPI proposed by many exec teams.

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Mironov Consulting

JUNE 28, 2018

What’s Enterprise? Another fuzzy line divides SMB (small/medium businesses) from enterprises. Enterprise generally starts around $20k/year, and really gets going at $50k/year. . $50/year B2C, SMB and Enterprise companies not only behave differently, they are structured differently. What’s B2B?

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Mironov Consulting

JULY 27, 2023

Lately, I’ve been writing a lot about entirely predictable goal misalignments between the maker side (product, engineering, design) and the go-to-market side (sales, marketing, customer success) of tech firms, especially at B2B/enterprise software companies.  That  There’s something more systematic here.

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Business of Software Conference

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

So, this was focused on software developers, specifically, for dotnet software developers, this very small ad network, I ran those ad networks for a couple years, and realized that that was a terrible business. And I was a software developer before. And then we, we started to sell like big enterprises. 2:43 Mark: Yeah.

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Mironov Consulting

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Over the last three decades, across 10 full-time jobs and 150 consulting clients, I’ve headed up product teams 18 times (mostly as interim VP ) and helped another dozen companies choose their Head of Product. When searching for a VP Engineering, they want someone who’s built a lot of software and managed development teams.

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Mind the Product

JANUARY 28, 2019

Many, however, get stuck in what I call “product consultant” mode and cannot break out of it. They go from planning one product to the next, foregoing the opportunity to establish fundamental product instincts, which only develop after managing the same product for an extended period of time. Steve Jobs’ Take on Consulting.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

I’ve asked friends who do the job at social events and got the same answer, and frequently asked members of my own teams, who struggled to find the time to do it. To compensate, I’ve seen UX researchers & designers pick up the mantle a lot more, and the design teams have really leaned into this space.

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Business of Software Conference

AUGUST 30, 2019

Claire Suellentrop (Founder/CMO, Userlist.io) – Get Out Of The Echo Chamber: How To Use JTBD To Perfect Your Product’s Messaging from Business of Software Conference. So I have talked about jobs to be done and how you can use it specifically for marketing as opposed to just for product development at a couple of conferences.

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Mironov Consulting

DECEMBER 29, 2022

IMHO, software product companies are fundamentally different from software services/outsourcing/custom development companies.  Said  but not in consulting days or developer hours or use-it-or-lose-it prepaid service agreements.  There’s   What BigCorp demands, BigCorp gets.  Hitting billable).  Building

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Gainsight

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

A marketing professional may get excited about creating an email campaign through an email software solution, for example, but she will be very excited when they improve their conversion rates after a simple change to the message. ” One-on-One Consulting Most customer training efforts begin as one-on-one consulting.

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Mixpanel

OCTOBER 20, 2020

This post is written by TWG, a product consultancy specializing in modern application development , data engineering, and product growth. Since 2002, they have helped both scale-ups and large enterprises achieve their conversion, engagement, and retention goals. Simply put, data is at the core of good product management.

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Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Think about what you could be doing to bring more diversity into your teams and be more inclusive as a company, and go actively out of your way in order to achieve set goals. I usually do them with Paul or people from the product teams – it’s much more fun to be on a podcast with your boss. Be open-minded.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

The history of Slack, the most widely used workplace messaging app, is often referred to as a classic startup success story. The company decided to pivot, and focus on developing what they initially thought of as a more convenient tool for internal business communication. Instead, it was an MMORPG called Glitch.

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Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 26, 2018

I hosted Nir on our podcast to learn how to create healthy habits, how to avoid bad ones, what questions thoughtful product designers should be asking themselves, and much more. Here are five quick takeaways: We have good habits and bad habits , which are very different from addictions. Short on time? What makes a habit?

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The Product Guy

JUNE 18, 2020

Ruthless prioritization translates to product teams spending time building the right thing at the right time. This discipline is the bread & butter for a winning product team, but building an effective product process takes a lot of trial and error. A product feedback loop keeps software teams close to their customers.

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Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 31, 2019

And as the organization grows, the work involved to get teams aligned on who you’re selling to and how you’re selling is not something to be taken for granted either. Ambient Strategy founder and CEO April Dunford on the symptoms of weak positioning. When you’re a small team, your time is everything. Speed is everything.

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Business of Software Conference

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Rich Mironov, CEO/Founder, Mironov Consulting. Rich Mironov (CEO, Mironov Consulting) – What To Do About Your Audience’s Real Roadmap Questions from Business of Software Conference. And for the last decade or so I’ve been doing a combination of things around enterprise software product management.

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Intercom, Inc.

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

And it’s not without good reason: nearly all software products with dominant market share started as apps but grew to the point where third-party developers began building valuable integrations on top of what these companies had already created. New Relic’s General Manager, Mark Weitzel, weighs in on how you can support your developers.

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Business of Software Conference

OCTOBER 11, 2023

As usual, you really had to be there but here are the Sigmacorn notes… 9:00 Mark Littlewood: Opening remarks Welcome to BoS! How will we win?

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The Product Guy

JANUARY 8, 2019

We refined the message and added features important for our partners and users. Similar stories have inspired new product and business development frameworks , thousands of articles, and numerous books. Companies simply ship too many poor products and features. Enter Lean Customer Development.

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Mironov Consulting

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

Services companies (aka custom development, agencies, outsourcing/nearshoring, contract engineering, consultancies, any work-for-hire) primarily market/sell the time and expertise of their people.  Work ”)  No one cares how big the team is, how long it took to build, or how smart our engineers and designers are.

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Alchemer Mobile

MARCH 18, 2021

You can reach us here or message us on social media @Apptentive. During the webinar, you can engage with Team Apptentive by chatting along, I hope you do that. The team will let you know if you are the winner, and we’ll connect with you to get your information so we can send you a prize. So make sure you do that.

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Userpilot

JANUARY 26, 2021

It helps product and product marketing teams piece together and analyze the cross-channel data to improve their touchpoints. For example: customer testimonials from the sales and customer success teams. Are you also looking to test and optimize your customer messaging and campaigns? But then what? Or: Join our free email course!

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Intercom, Inc.

JUNE 19, 2019

When it comes to platform strategy, Ceci’s experience is unparalleled, having worked at Box as part of their founding platform team before later joining Slack in 2015 to found the platform marketing team there. If there’s customer adoption , developers generally will come. Measuring platform success is complicated.

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Hutwork

MARCH 19, 2018

The best books available can help you learn more about product management, collaboration, habits, remote teams, different methodologies, and more. Written by real-world product managers at the Product School, these experts teach classes while working at enterprises like Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, PayPal, Netflix, and more.

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Revulytics

OCTOBER 9, 2019

In his webinar, leading product development consultant Sam McAfee , author of Startup Patterns identifies problems product development organizations often face in measuring their efforts , and offers practical advice for tackling them. Finally, a lot of teams – especially in larger organizations -- are misaligned on priorities.

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UX Studio: Product Management

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

It will introduce the top UX agencies here and shamelessly put our team on the list as well. Most famous for their innovative work and the love of prototypes, Ideo provides diverse teams with designers, engineers, and researchers to a project. The team also holds trainings and workshops. The Top UX Agencies. Digital Telepathy.

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Business of Software Conference

JULY 26, 2016

Mikey Trafton: How To Manage Your Badass Team. Bethany Pagels-Minor: The Many Flavors Of Agile – What’s The Right One For Your Team? Claire Suellentrop: Get Out Of The Echo Chamber: How To Use JTBD To Perfect Your Product’s Messaging. Alison Coward: Designing High-Performing Teams.

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Gainsight

MARCH 8, 2021

Gainsight had just secured a new investment from Vista Equity Partners (Vista) , widely recognized as the leading investment firm in enterprise software, data, and technology. They openly discussed their learnings over the years – good and sometimes bad. To say the least, we were thrilled to partner with them.

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Revulytics

AUGUST 8, 2019

Often, product management teams are trying to do too much. When I talk with executive teams, it’s clear what keeps them up at night. Selling more is a sales issue, and building is a development issue, and planning is somebody else’s problem. Walking back commitments the sales team made. I’m busy enough already.

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Userpilot

JANUARY 15, 2021

51% of people will never return to a company that they’ve had a bad experience with. By breaking your user base down into segments, you can tailor individual solutions to their problems and messaging that addresses their needs directly. The insights that can be extracted will also help UX designers and web developers.

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