Product Management Unpacked

JULY 16, 2020

MSPM, the first degree program to focus exclusively on building better product managers, struck ten “51331” commemorative coins and sent them to industry leaders who represent the best of what’s happening in our field in 2020. Steve Johnson Founder & CEO @ Under10 Consulting. Rich Mironov CEO @ Mironov Consulting.

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Intercom, Inc.

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Intercom’s Kate O’Hanlon recently caught up with Mark to talk about his approach to scaling, and why it’s a mistake to think that the formula for success is just about getting product-market fit and then adding sales reps. . A data-driven framework for scaling. I think that’s message-market fit.

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Dear Strategy

JANUARY 28, 2019

Dear Strategy: “How do I best operationalize the ‘Jobs To Be Done’ framework in my everyday strategy work?”. . At least once a month, I get a question (sometimes officially and sometimes casually) about some framework or another that has been popularized in some way or another and has become the latest “thing to know” on the job.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

MAY 12, 2020

Also an ex-Googler, ex-consultant, Berkeley Haas MBA and Cornell alum. In preparation for applying to Product Marketing Manager roles, the standard application suite applies: a resume, cover letter, and maybe some additional materials like references or transcripts. Want to learn how to ace the PMM interview?

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Userpilot

JUNE 20, 2023

1 Product Rantz by Userpilot Product Rantz by Userpilot. Userpilot's Product Rantz is a new release from last week. 70+ product marketing managers and product managers joined the launch event in London last week – which shows the credibility of this book in the industry. on Goodreads.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 19, 2023

Each such level requires a different skill level and different frameworks, and moving from one to another (at least to doing it well) might take time and practice. But the first thing Twiggle’s founders asked me to do was to decide which product we are going to create with the amazing technology that they have built so far.

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Product Innovation Educators

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

How to achieve product-market fit – for product managers This episode is sponsored by PDMA, the Product Development and Management Association. PDMA is also the longest-running professional association for product managers, leaders, and innovators, having started in 1976. Underserved needs Product: 3.

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Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 14, 2021

I got my master’s in computer science back in Prague, then I ventured into the world of consulting and spent several years at Accenture. I’m an engineer and I think like an engineer, so I’m looking for frameworks and patterns. Teams were afraid to focus on just a specific segment of the market or customers.

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Product Innovation Educators

JANUARY 20, 2020

Again, product management is less involved than development. [17:41] To Deliver, the product managers who are also product marketing managers need to plan the launch. To Connect with the market, make sure the whole company is ready to take product orders. [19:37] Useful links: Under 10 Consulting.

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The Product HQ

JUNE 1, 2024

Explore our top-rated product management certification courses to become a successful software product manager: Software Product Manager Responsibilities Software product managers need to have a working knowledge of multiple things, including product management, project management, software development, and product marketing.

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Sachin Rekhi

APRIL 12, 2020

In Silicon Valley, we've become well-versed in the importance of finding product/market fit as the most important early pursuit for any new product or startup. Beyond product/market fit, it turns out business strategy really does matter.

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Userpilot

DECEMBER 18, 2022

In 2022, the most prominent trends centered around increasing product adoption , personalization of product experiences based on user attributes, and making more data-driven decisions. Product Trend 2023 no 1: AI, Machine Learning, and more Automation – the remedy to layoffs? – adds Andrea. It might not be easy.

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Userpilot

JULY 9, 2021

The Lean Product Playbook by Dan Olsen is a practical guide on implementing the Lean Product methodology based on years of Olsen’s consulting work. New in – Best New Product Management Books in 2021. Product Management Books #1 – Continuous Discovery Habits [NEW! ]. Key learnings. 566 global ratings.

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The Review by First Round

JANUARY 13, 2022

For the past 7 years, she’s helped hundreds of companies build their positioning and brands from the ground up, both as our Marketing Expert in Residence here at First Round and in her own consulting work. She then joined Square, where she led the launch of the Square Stand.

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Userpilot

MARCH 8, 2022

Melissa Perri – Speaker, consultant, and teacher in Product Management. CEO of Product Labs. Melissa Perri is one of the most recognizable names in Product Management. She’s currently a consultant, speaker, and teacher in product management. How to create a scalable product organization.

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Userpilot

AUGUST 30, 2023

Product marketing speaker. AI and product management The use of AI in product management isn’t new; small and large companies have been doing it for years. She has a knack for strategic thinking and loves SaaS in general, especially product-led growth. He’s also a consultant, author, and adjunct lecturer.

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The Product Coalition

JULY 30, 2023

When I realized that consulting isn’t a one-time gig for me and that it’s what I want to do moving forward (it was a few months after I started doing it, before the CPO Bootcamp was even created) I immediately understood that I need to up my game in order to build a sustainable business. It’s pivot time.

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bpma ProductHub

APRIL 30, 2017

The decade long product experience from PM at DEC to VP of PM & Marketing established her in the foundational class of PM’s in Boston. In fact, she was among the very first class of the highly regarded Product Management certification from the Association of International Product Marketing and Management (AIPMM).

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Lenny Rachitsky

MAY 5, 2024

With more than three decades of experience in the strategic consulting industry, Hamilton has advised over 200 companies—from burgeoning startups to Fortune 100 giants—on how to identify, build, and leverage their unique strategic powers. You should always be thinking about strategy, even before product-market fit.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 24, 2020

Photo by airfocus on Unsplash While the product owner role is explicitly defined and included in Scrum, that does not mean it cannot exist following other agile frameworks, just that it is easiest to define when aligned to Scrum. Four seemingly similar roles but with very different requirements.

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Alchemer Mobile

MAY 7, 2020

UserVoice’s product management software capabilities include feedback collection, product roadmap prioritization, feedback management and moderation, communication tools, net promoter score, support ticketing, knowledgebase, and advanced reporting. Amplitude provides product analytics to help companies understand user behavior.

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The Product Guy

OCTOBER 9, 2018

However, this is a naïve analysis that overlooks lost market share due to poor strategic thinking, or the demoralizing effect on engineers having to repeatedly rewrite code because of poor product-market fit. This framework covers five major questions: What do we aspire to be? Where do we play? And where do we not play?

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Product Management University

MARCH 14, 2017

The Body Part: Product Demos. The Protective Pad: Pre-Sales Consultant / Solution Engineer. In many companies, product demos are a second string job for anyone with product expertise. The Protective Pad: Client Services Consultant. Sales credibility is the #1 reason you’re customers buy.

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Bain Public

JUNE 4, 2020

Getting external support, such as product management consulting, can help establish the product leadership team responsible for nurturing and guiding the product team. What Is Product Management Consulting? Consulting doesn’t mean instructing a CEO and the product leadership team how to run the company.

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NextBigWhat

AUGUST 2, 2019

which tools shall I use) and not the core ( how do I build the right product for my users )! The course has been extremely useful in understanding some of the core product management frameworks and how to apply these frameworks in real life. About the Product Management Course. Navigate the product cycle.

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Mixpanel

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

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. One great example was a dashboard aggregation product we developed with a client. With product metrics. I’m a big fan of talking to customers to understand their pain points.

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Mironov Consulting

MARCH 9, 2024

  To be useful, Count The Digits and similar heuristics fit into a larger framework where we have strong customer insights and thoughtful goals/strategies/OKRs.   So our product focus in Q2/Q3 is on TTV (time to value) and highlighting a customer’s first big success.”

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Bain Public

MARCH 21, 2020

WatchMojo’s immersion into Deep and Machine Learning Product man, Renaissance man The Product Manager’s Guide to Backlog Grooming Use a decision-making framework Who’s Head Coaching your Product? Originally published on HackerNoon.com Appeal to the nobler motive Product opportunity, It’s all about timing.

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Userpilot

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

February Product Conferences. Big names like the Product Marketing Alliance, Product World, and Product Con are still going through with virtual versions of their flagship conferences. Product Marketing Rendezvous. Source: Product Marketing Alliance.

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Userpilot

JUNE 17, 2022

Both of these frameworks are commonly used to monitor, manage, and assess results. Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) is a collaborative goal-setting framework that individuals and teams use to set ambitious goals with quantifiable key results. Keep feedback loops to perfect your OKR framework.

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bpma ProductHub

JANUARY 3, 2017

The decade long product experience from PM at DEC to VP of PM & Marketing established her in the foundational class of PM’s in Boston. In fact, she was among the very first class of the highly regarded Product Management certification from the Association of International Product Marketing and Management (AIPMM).

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Actuation Consulting

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

A Good Positioning Statement Framework. FOR <target market> A concise definition of the market segment. Advancing the Profession of Product Management website I consulting I training I toolkits I books I blog I twitter. It’s quick, but it’s also comprehensive.

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Mironov Consulting

DECEMBER 31, 2019

Saeed Khan and I will be leading a pair of one-day workshops in Toronto and Kitchener/Waterloo — providing insights, frameworks and tools to help attendees create high-performing product management teams. Hiring and developing people in product roles (e.g. product managers, product marketers, product owners) is difficult.

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Product Bookshelf

JANUARY 24, 2017

Fradin leads Spice Catalyst , a consulting company that provides product management and product marketing online courses and bootcamps. Fradin worked at both HP and Apple when the product management role was first being defined and has some interesting observations from his time at those companies.

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Gainsight

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

The software world is chock-full of models, frameworks, schemas, configs, processes, workflows, journeys, blueprints and so many other business-planning growth strategies that make every business consultant’s mouth water. This post was originally published on Entrepreneur. ” Pun intended.

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Mind the Product

MARCH 28, 2017

In many ways, the concept was a game changer in how to approach validating product ideas and getting to product market fit. Over the last few years, the idea of using hypotheses that are tested and measured has become accepted in organisations of all sizes, from startups to global corporates. The reasons are varied.

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Dear Strategy

NOVEMBER 24, 2019

And I’m afraid that any number of different companies, consultants, authors, and academics have devised their own distinct methodologies to help you do just that (myself included, by the way). If you want to see an example of this framework in action, click on the image above and you can get a better understanding of how it all works.

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