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New Course: Mastering Product Management

Sachin Rekhi

For years now loyal readers have been asking me to package up my learnings on product management into a cohesive course on the subject. So in 2020, I took a survey of all the available product management courses out there. There were plenty of courses introducing product management to those new to the role.

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Essential Startup Product Manager Skills

The Product HQ

Product managers who work at startups have their work cut out for them. Nowadays, sharpening your startup product manager skills has become more of a priority than they have ever been. Based on startup statistics shared by Embroker , around 90% of startups fail.

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How to Become a Startup Product Manager without Experience

The Product HQ

Startup Product managers are in charge of setting up the foundation for product management at a new company. Since product development is such a lucrative field, this is a crucial role for the company. According to Airfocus , an optimized product manager boosts profitability and sales, by 34.2

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3 Must-Have Product Leadership Skills to Survive an Economic Downturn

The Product Coalition

To survive and succeed, your product leadership must be sharper than ever. We were trying to catch up and close the timeline gaps SARS has created for an important tech transfer project with a Chinese startup. You need to have a product strategy. There are many ways to crisp up your strategy.

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My Experience Transitioning From Engineering to Product Leadership

ProductPlan

When I started my career as an engineer, I didn’t set my sights on becoming a product manager. Flash forward fifteen years later, and I’m the Director of Product Management at HG Insights. Then, I started gravitating towards product strategy questions, like, “Why am I building products?, Who am I building for?,

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A Decade of Product Management

Melissa Perri

Founders realizing they can't do it all on their own, that Product Management is a career, and an important skill for the executive team. -- 2011: "You are crazy for joining a startup, Melissa. What is Product Management? 2019: "I'm going to get my MBA so I can be a product manager." 2019: "Product reports to the CPO."

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Product Strategy 101: It’s About Depth, Not (Just) Vision

The Product Coalition

Product strategy is one of the most important tasks of the product leader, and definitely one of the hardest things to do. This should be your first step into product strategy. Of course, in the process, the vision might be changed or refined, but it most likely wouldn’t be reinvented altogether.

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