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What we learned moving sales and product upmarket together

Intercom, Inc.

How can salespeople give a voice to what’s happening in the market while respecting the long-term product vision ? Here’s an example of how we collaborated with Product by focusing on the problems to be solved: Today we crowdsource the problems to be solved from folks on our Sales and Customer Solutions teams.

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The Important Product Manager Skill That You’re Missing

The Product Manager Coach Blog

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. Being top-of-mind through active networking often leads to referrals, be it for job positions, partnerships, or client projects.

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How Levels.fyi Brought Salary Transparency to the Tech Industry

PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

We quickly realized crowdsourcing information was the only way we could scale and grow. Our vision is to bring transparency for employees and employers making career decisions. Not sure what the salary range for your position is? How did you build the first version of Levels, and how have things changed since launching?

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My framework for Machine Learning Products — Part 1 of 3

The Product Coalition

Quickdraw : Crowdsourced data on line images and strokes 3. The idea is to test if users respond positively to machine learning. Getting a signal early on can save time and effort, and help correct the vision and direction of the product. Fake it First Investing in machine learning models is expensive.

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30 Steps to Mobile App Launch

Alchemer Mobile

The first step of any go-to-market strategy is to lock in a compelling positioning statement: Who is your app intended for? Now it’s time to put your app and positioning to the test. Use this as an opportunity to crowdsource quality assurance and ensure a relatively bug-free experience once you release your public app.

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Black Women’s Business Collective founder Zanade Mann on advocating for your peers

Intercom, Inc.

What began as a crowdsourcing initiative quickly evolved into an ecosystem where women can access funding, business training, and community building to help their businesses scale. Use your position to open the door to people with little access , share resources, and good opportunities. Find your circle and keep each other accountable.

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Humans Are Awesome/Terrible At Risk Management | Andy Ellis, Akamai | BoS USA 2019

Business of Software Conference

Nothing really happened positively here. This is actually crowdsourced words I didn’t even come up with these on my own. We’ve all heard that before and I posit that we use the word bad or synonyms because we’re fundamentally polite human beings. This wasn’t a good conversation. Those of you from the UK?