The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

There are many people who graduated and were introduced to product management afterward. They spent a few years in another job, maybe as an analyst or consultant. How do these people get into product? Strategies to switch into product management. Associate Product Management (APM) programs. Work at a startup.

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Oren Steinberg

JULY 13, 2018

The biggest asset any startup has is the time of its entrepreneurs and key talents. The success or failure of the startup often hinges on their ability to focus their efforts on the critical path at any given time. As the startup grows and faces scalability and growth challenges the issue of focus becomes even more challenging.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 2, 2022

When a company is first starting out, one of its main goals is to find the right product-market fit. Many brands think they are engaging their customers, but what they are really doing is flooding their customers’ inboxes and social media with pre-canned marketing messages. But what happens once the fit is achieved?

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 27, 2022

Creating a Solid Product Strategy One of the CEOs that I work with as part of my consulting services recently reflected with me on the process we went through for creating their new product strategy. Some of the startups absolutely must have these results soon enough in order to be able to raise the next round.

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bpma ProductHub

DECEMBER 12, 2016

Reason #2: One of the highest concentrations of product managers anywhere. We’re talking about world-class universities, countless startups, VCs and more. And we’re talking about people – people such as product managers. Reason #4: Startup incubators and accelerators. Not ready to join a startup?

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Mind the Product

JANUARY 28, 2019

Most product managers are driven to achieve excellence in their craft. Many, however, get stuck in what I call “product consultant” mode and cannot break out of it. Many product managers never get to launch a product, let alone own one. Steve Jobs’ Take on Consulting.

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Roadmunk

OCTOBER 5, 2017

While product managers puppeteer a product journey end-to-end, product marketing managers tend to be the masterminds behind releasing said product to market. Despite this generally accepted understanding, coordinating product releases of any size can still get messy. Jeffrey Vocell. Company: HubSpot.

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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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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 8, 2023

When I talk to the startups I consult to , or with the CPO Bootcamp participants, I always say that building a solid product strategy isn’t like solving a math equation. Start Again at the Top When you write an email, do you read it again before you send to see if it makes sense and conveys the right message?

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Alchemer Mobile

MAY 7, 2020

Customers are then able to access the Apptentive product suite to send ratings prompts, survey customers for product information, use Message Center for customer service, send notes to drive positive outcomes, and push customers to upgrade to the latest version of their app. Watch the full video here. Kin + Carta.

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Bain Public

JANUARY 4, 2020

AIESEC "Global Entrepreneur " is a global internship opportunity at a startup for young people who seek to develop themselves and their career. Paul’s unique experience brings together the necessity of great engineering and the beauty of product strategy. For more information, visit bainpublic.com or call 514-442-8487.

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Mixpanel

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

TL;DR: we recently released an all-new Free Plan with up to 100K Monthly Tracked Users (MTUs), made changes to our pricing curve, and launched a Startup Program to give early-stage companies more runway for growth. A roughly 60% decrease in pricing for online plans to make product analytics more accessible to everyone.

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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 got an MBA and tried several startups – some failures under my belt there – and then ended up at a company in the business intelligence space called GoodData. ” So we did that.

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Bain Public

AUGUST 7, 2019

With this, he has identified an actionable process that enables him to offer concrete messages about product management and operations. From 41 applications, 12 startups were invited to pitch their innovative technological solutions that could be implemented during the accelerator program.

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Intercom, Inc.

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

If people aren’t looking for your solution, you have to educate them about the problem your product solves. Spendesk thinks about building its company in three stages: startup, growth, and scale. As the Head of Sales, Nico has to navigate the cultural differences in key markets from the UK to Germany and Scandinavia to Spain.

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Bain Public

OCTOBER 15, 2019

As AI technologies and business applications continue to evolve, Techstars Montreal AI will select startups that advance the development and application of artificial intelligence across all industries and markets. Paul’s unique experience brings together the necessity of great engineering and the beauty of product strategy.

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UX Studio: Product Management

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

UX studio is an expert design company that helps businesses worldwide design impactful digital products. Apart from working with established brands and startups, we assess the expertise of various companies and create our independent rating list of trustworthy design companies. Our client portfolio is rich and diverse. Goodpatch .

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Amplitude

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

They’re product/marketing hybrids who have learned how to capture and read customer data in real time. And despite startups like Airbnb, Uber, Instagram, and LinkedIn using growth hacking to achieve unicorn status, established companies have yet to catch on. “Growth hacker” is more than a buzzword. Make Data a Team Sport.

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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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NextBigWhat

AUGUST 2, 2019

Packed with practical insights from industry experts, the course will help you: Understand the role of a product manager and how the role intersects with others in the organization. Test product positioning and messaging. Navigate the product cycle. Finding Product-Market Fit and Beyond 90% products fail.

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Under 10 Consulting

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

People in product management roles—product managers, product owners, product marketing managers, and consultants—often talk about job responsibilities, methods, tools, and templates. We start from an assumption that product management is valued, and we focus on getting clarity on its mechanics.

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Andrew Chen

FEBRUARY 15, 2016

Growth is fundamentally a product thing: Requires true team effort of PMs, designers, developers, etc. Growth Hacking has started to become a negative signal: Next generation of consultant keyword/title. Finding product/market fit is key before scaling growth efforts. Messaging is where social was in ‘07/’08.

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Userpilot

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Tell us a few words about your path to product, your career, and your current position as a mentor of product panagers. My path to Product Manager was Engineering -> Sales Engineering -> MBA -> Startup -> Management Consulting -> Product Management. There is no typical path to becoming a product manager.

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Bain Public

FEBRUARY 4, 2018

The market changes. Trends in the marketplace affect the appeal of your message and the profitability of your product. Winning products thrive on big thinkers with the expertise to solve common challenges. Should a company hire a product manager with years of experience in, and knowledge of, the industry?

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

From this education, the influence of elaborate management consulting style frameworks appeared, which frankly, stakeholders care very little about. It doesn’t come as a shock that the empowered product teams seem to be more prevalent in companies who have well and truely found product market fit and are growing quickly.

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Business of Software Conference

JULY 26, 2016

Matt Wensing: 1 Startup In 10 Years vs 1,000 Startups in 10 Minutes. Rahul Vohra: The Product-Market Fit Engine. Claire Suellentrop: Get Out Of The Echo Chamber: How To Use JTBD To Perfect Your Product’s Messaging. Nilan Peiris: Building A High-Growth Startup Sustainably.

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Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 13, 2018

It’s easy to connect the dots between mission and product when you consider the social media behemoth’s more than 2 billion worldwide users. But as the college-dorm-room startup matures, there’s a fascinating twist to be found in the way it applies its new mission to Workplace, a B2B startup within the (former) startup.

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Mironov Consulting

JANUARY 17, 2019

Bare metal startups don’t have a product management team, just as they don’t have a sales/marketing organization or support group or a business analytics squad. A CMO/VP Marketing with strong messaging and promotional chops can spend full time getting the world interested in us. First, some context.

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BrainMates

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Design products that customers want and come up with a rock-solid value proposition by focusing on their objectives, pains and gains. With around 90% of tech startup failure being due to a lack of product-market fit , the stakes are high when it comes to understanding your customer.

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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. Product managers have a dizzying array of analytics tools.

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BrainMates

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Design products that customers want and come up with a rock-solid value proposition by focusing on their objectives, pains and gains. With around 90% of tech startup failure being due to a lack of product-market fit , the stakes are high when it comes to understanding your customer.

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Usersnap

JUNE 2, 2022

Brian Solis who advises leading brands, startups, and celebrities, speaks plainly on the topic. He says, “Welcome to a new era of marketing and service in which your brand is defined by those who experience it.”. How Do I Calculate Customer Effort Score (CES survey)? Come and use the PMF survey template to get more details.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 21, 2019

When working with external “corporate strategy” consultants, I found the level of strategic work to be all over the place ranging from high level M&A recommendations to low level project management / implementation support, driven by the functional strategy of whoever was paying the consultant.

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Hutwork

MAY 23, 2019

Information and insight is key, product roadmaps deliver both. As, John Hurley , Product Marketing & Strategy at Radius puts it, “ If your company is launching a new product to the world, you don’t just need a roadmap for how that product is going to be created and promoted. 9—Corporate value.

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Userpilot

MAY 14, 2021

This feedback can be used to make better product experiences for customers. A startup I worked with recently surveyed their users during onboarding and found out that their sign-up flow didn’t work at all on a particular mobile browser. What steps over your career have ultimately led you to our product? Collect useful feedback.

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Brian Balfour

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

Analyze the company’s website (especially the home page and pricing page) and/or presence in the App Store - what can you learn about how they define the target audience from the messaging, imagery, and pricing? Why do they love or hate the product? Read reviews on Yelp , in the app store and any other review site.

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Andrew Chen

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Growing your startup’s users and revenue is so critical that it makes sense to hire someone to run it, and to potentially add a team underneath them to support this goal. Aside from the historically tight labor market for these skills, it’s also tricky to have a simple answer to the question.

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