The Accidental Product Manager

JANUARY 7, 2019

Focus groups are the way that product managers used to find out how customers felt about their product Image Credit: RSNY. When a product manager is put in charge of a product, one of the first questions that they would like to be able to answer is just exactly what do potential customers think about the product?

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Product Innovation Educators

AUGUST 2, 2021

How product managers can gain influence, solve problems, and propel their organizations to success. What would you do if you were the first product hire in a rapidly growing company? Summary of some concepts discussed for product managers. [1:34] I treated the position as a consultancy role.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

MARCH 26, 2020

Considering a career in management consulting or product management? What Each Role Does Day To Day Product Manager Product managers (PM) lead and influence teams to build enticing products. Consultant Consultants are in the business of advising people in a specific field.

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The Accidental Product Manager

OCTOBER 30, 2023

This all holds a lot of promise, but what does it mean for product managers? The Metaverse Contains Potential For Product Managers So just what is this thing that they are calling the “metaverse”? Decentraland’s proven ability to hold large-scale events is one of its appeals to product managers.

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Bain Public

MARCH 14, 2020

Is something broken in your team’s product management? At Bain Public , we help build roadmaps and innovative products for early-stage companies. As a product management consultant, he acts as a coach and a mentor to his clients, providing them with frameworks that guide them toward making the best product decisions.

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Product Management Unpacked

JUNE 21, 2021

“I’m actually a pretty avid DIY-er,” confides Pranita Ramakrishnan, MS of Product Management, Carnegie Mellon University, Class of 2019. “I When Home Depot came to the Carnegie Mellon campus to interview Product Management intern candidates, Pranita’s interest was piqued. Internship Opportunities Come Knocking.

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The Product Guy

MARCH 24, 2020

Excerpts from our conversation with 2019’s TPMAS winner of The Best Product Consultant, Drew Falkman. Watch now and see why they are counted amongst the ranks of the best in product management. The nomination period for The Product Management Awards 2020 has begun! The Product Guy. More to Come.

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Roman Pichler

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Listen to the audio version of this article: [link] Leading as the Person in Charge of the Product When you hear the term leadership , you might first and foremost think of a senior manager like the head of product, Director of Product Management, VP of Product, or Chief Product Officer.[

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The Product Guy

DECEMBER 15, 2019

The Product Management Awards (#TPMAS) are the leading international award honoring excellence in Product Management. The Best Product Person & The Best Product Leader. In this role, Gaudio drives the strategy behind roadmap management, agile product development, and cross-functional communication.

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Alchemer Mobile

OCTOBER 11, 2018

Let’s be real: product management can be challenging. Between interfacing with multiple teams, coordinating release schedules, prioritizing customer happiness, driving the mobile product roadmap, and endless other activities, it’s easy to get caught up in the hustle, bustle, and stress that is product management.

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 6, 2020

As a Senior Solutions Consultant at Mixpanel , I speak with a lot of different organizations across sectors?—?and about their product and marketing analytics strategy. Understanding the user journey is vitally important for both product managers and marketeers. and at various levels of maturity?—?about

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The Product Coalition

JULY 25, 2022

So what exactly is product strategy? Why is it important if I have a solid product management team?” Questions were my business as a consultant. using my best-consulting delay tactic. “I The product strategy is the opening act, the visuals, the backdrop, and the venue. I snapped out of la la land.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 19, 2021

The first product manager in a startup is a critical role with immense impact on the startup’s success?—?both Photo by Tolga Ulkan on Unsplash When I joined Twiggle as their first VP Product I was the thirteenth employee. Shortly after I started, the CEO surprised me by saying I should hire a product manager.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

That’s exactly how I discovered the world of Product Management. My first job I was working in the Group health actuarial team to analyze customer health claims data and developing pricing for current-year policies. I was about to click back when I noticed the term “Product Manager” on the headline.

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The Product Guy

JULY 4, 2019

My career started at Hewitt Associates which was a human capital and management consulting firm that operated 500 offices in 120 countries. We provided consulting, insurance brokerage, information technology and business process outsourcing services. More About The Product Mentor. Better Products. Background.

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The Accidental Product Manager

DECEMBER 18, 2023

As the number of senior computer users continues to grow, this is opening a brand-new market that product managers are trying to determine how best to fill. Tech Creates New Product Opportunities Product managers realize that some tech savvy is required for the activities of daily living.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Strategies for switching into a product management role when you don’t fit the cookie cutter qualifications. Getting into product when you’ve already started your career Product management requires, above anything else, good judgment. It shouldn’t be a prerequisite for product management jobs either.

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The Accidental Product Manager

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

The goal is to find a way to capture the adults who never stopped playing Image Credit: manuel | MC Game product managers are always looking for new markets that they can enter. Game product managers have only recently started to consider how they might go about convincing adult gamers to start playing more games.

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Mind the Product

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

When the opportunity came up to chat with him, we wanted to cover something new – the idea that startups are hiring too many product managers. Listen if you’d like to learn more about: When should you hire your first product manager? How should you organise a product team? Quotes of the Episode.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

APRIL 19, 2020

After working in consulting, many management consultants desire to exit into and work at a tech company. If you want to learn more about the consulting role vs the product role, read this article on the topic. Ideally, you will have directly assisted a product manager on one of your projects.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

APRIL 19, 2020

After working in consulting, many management consultants desire to exit into and work at a tech company. If you want to learn more about the consulting role vs the product role, read this article on the topic. Ideally, you will have directly assisted a product manager on one of your projects.

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Mind the Product

JANUARY 3, 2018

He’s now a product consultant who works with a range of companies: “I plug into companies that have delivery teams, and I advise the teams on what they should do and in what order.”. Joe’s role as a product consultant means he needs to do his homework thoroughly before he even walks into a client’s office.

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The Accidental Product Manager

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

GM’s Product Managers Have Run Into A Battery Problem Image Credit: Frank Hebbert. So I’m willing to bet that you are pretty proud of your product. This is all fine and good as long as the product that you are delivering is truly high quality. The product managers still intend to launch 10 EVs in China.

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The Accidental Product Manager

JULY 17, 2023

Product managers believe that that they may have an opportunity to fix this problem. The Power Of Medical Records Product managers think that they may have discovered a new source of valuable products. Yet such trials generally exclude an especially common group of patients -those who have multiple ailments.

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Mironov Consulting

MAY 5, 2024

I'm launching a new course for product managers who are thinking about the next steps in their careers: Moving Up The Product Management Career Ladder. With a small group of your product, we'll dig into what Directors do, and how executives think. We'll share real-world experiences.

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The Accidental Product Manager

AUGUST 28, 2023

Sometimes good ideas just don’t make it to market Image Credit: Vaping360 As product managers, the one thing that we’d all like to do is to be in charge of a very popular product. However, something that we often don’t consider is that if a product is popular, it’s going to get a lot of scrutiny.

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Mind the Product

MAY 14, 2019

How should a Head of Product, a VP of Product, or a Product Team Lead behave? Many articles have been written on this subject, most of them either by product consultants or people holding one of the above titles. What does a product manager think about this? appeared first on Mind the Product.

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The Accidental Product Manager

OCTOBER 25, 2021

So product manager, how do you measure how successful you are being? If you are like most of us, if you are always on the move and always have things that you need to be doing you are probably feeling pretty good about how things are going for both your product and your company. What are they doing wrong? and Postmates Inc.

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The Accidental Product Manager

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

NASCAR product managers try to attract a new fan base Image Credit: roger blake So when I say “NASCAR” to you, what do you think of? This group was valued as the most brand-loyal consumers in all of sports. In the past, this image would have been fairly accurate. However, times are changing.

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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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The Product Manager Coach Blog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

In the world of product management, where technical acumen, strategic vision, and people skills intersect, there’s an often underutilized asset that many PMs overlook: the power of networking. Plus, don’t forget to download the free guide, 10 Tips for Being a Better Product Manager , at the end of this post!

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Here is a story for anyone who’s interested in a few pointers for their own product manager job-hunting adventure. And just to be clear, luck and timing also play small yet critical roles in the process of jumping into the hell-fire role that is product management. Our group even won a prize at Hack Harvard 2018!

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The Accidental Product Manager

MARCH 15, 2021

The product managers at Facebook have real problem on their hands. This means that they have to sit around and review their product development definition as they try to identify new products that can appeal to their over 2 billion users. Let’s face it: the Facebook product managers may be on to something here.

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Mind the Product

MARCH 2, 2021

Product Collective. * The Re-Wired Group. Visit The Product Experience homepage for more information and more episodes! The Product Experience is hosted by Lily Smith and Randy Silver. Lily enjoys working as a consultant product manager with early-stage and growing startups and as a mentor to other product managers.

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Mind the Product

OCTOBER 21, 2020

.” That’s what Mind the Product co-founder Janna Bastow said in her keynote speech at #mtpcon in 2017. The post Balancing Family Life with a Career in Product Management – Shelly Kalish & Karen Hershenson on The Product Experience appeared first on Mind the Product. “People are hard.”

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The Accidental Product Manager

MARCH 14, 2022

You would think that being a product manager for a hot new start-up beverage would be a great job, right? What does a product manager have to do in order to make their new drink product a success? Why It’s Hard To Market New Drink Products. In fact, investors really seem to like these types of products.

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The Accidental Product Manager

JANUARY 24, 2022

Product managers who are responsible for selling alcohol are in a bit of a bind these days. This news is sad for alcohol product managers. are called “alcopops” The product development definition for these drinks defines a strong, sugary alcoholic soda that is targeted towards younger drinkers.

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