PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

MARCH 21, 2022

Want to know what your next steps are as an engineer as you make your way to CTO? To make things even more confusing, junior or first-time developers may not understand the terms used at different companies to describe software engineers. Junior engineers are typically freshly graduated or candidates with little previous experience.

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Mind the Product

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Mixcloud CTO and co-founder Mat Clayton helped bootstrap his company from humble beginnings in an empty warehouse with no internet connection to more than 15 million active users over a 10-year period, all before they took their first round of funding. The Product Experience is hosted by Lily Smith and Randy Silver.

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Crafty CTO

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

I decided on the same approach this time around – take the opportunity to learn something new, state of the art, and very different. The Cloudflare experience solving this issue was really good – a lot of capabilities, a well-crafted interface, for $0. New needs This time around, my requirements were a little broader.

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The Product Guy

JULY 30, 2020

Guest Post by: Inis Hormann (Mentee, Session 11, The Product Mentor) [Paired with Mentor, Paul Hurwitz]. As described above it is worth investing time and effort to understand for each new project who has a stake and whom to manage closely or others to just to keep informed. These are decision makers.

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Valerian Tech

MAY 30, 2023

Efficient data analytics allows e-commerce companies to gain valuable insights into customer behavior, optimize their operations, and make informed business decisions. Understanding Customer Behavior Data analytics enables e-commerce businesses to gain deep insights into customer behavior and preferences.

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The Product Guy

JANUARY 31, 2017

In our a recent live stream from one of our mentors of The Product Mentor , Marc Wendell, lead a conversation around “UX Design Tactics”. We are always looking for more product mentors from all around the world. Signup to be a Mentor Today! About The Product Mentor. Signup to be a Mentor Today!

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Lenny Rachitsky

DECEMBER 21, 2023

After a long product career and founding multiple companies, Christian now spends his time working closely with product leaders at companies big and small to implement and improve their discipline of product management. Finding reference customers is the fastest path to achieving product-market fit.

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Bain Public

MAY 29, 2020

It is a known fact that startups which are accompanied or coached, view their chances of success as being much higher compared to those that are not. The right mentoring and coaching support facilitates a startup’s transformation and enables roadmap planning and execution, without straying from the ultimate vision and goal.

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Lenny Rachitsky

MARCH 10, 2024

Brought to you by: • Sprig —Build a product people love • Eppo —Run reliable, impactful experiments • Vanta —Automate compliance. Seek individuals with deep expertise, coaching abilities, and a contribution to comprehensive product strategy. Simplify security.

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Valerian Tech

JULY 5, 2023

From improving customer experience to streamlining operations, technology has revolutionized the way hospitality businesses operate and given companies access to extremely valuable insights. Moreover, staff-scheduling software and real-time communication tools streamline workforce management and enhance staff productivity.

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Bain Public

DECEMBER 19, 2022

They monopolized the summer & fall to double down on their client efforts, market strategy and planning for new features for the next set of cities they targeted in 2023. Built on pillars of sustainability, innovation and inclusion, Blaise Transit improves and optimizes the user experience for multi-passenger vehicles fleet operators.

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UX Planet

MARCH 2, 2024

Our design system standardized the way we create experiences globally Global adoption and implementation of the design system. Each team had its own interpretation of the brand’s digital guidelines to support their business, product, and user needs. This was praise and a comment that I heard from our Digital Business CTO.

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The Product Guy

OCTOBER 25, 2016

In our a recent live stream from one of our mentors of The Product Mentor , Ian Moulton, lead a conversation around “Multiscreen Web Design”. We are always looking for more product mentors from all around the world. Signup to be a Mentor Today! About The Product Mentor. Signup to be a Mentor Today!

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Mironov Consulting

JUNE 27, 2019

That maps to titles like Director of Product Management, Group Product Manager, VP of Products, or Chief Product Officer. There may also be some designers or a few developers reporting into such roles, but I’m focused away from CTO and VP Engineering roles where the majority of staff are developers. . Hiring strategy.

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Mironov Consulting

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Over the last three decades, across 10 full-time jobs and 150 consulting clients, I’ve headed up product teams 18 times (mostly as interim VP ) and helped another dozen companies choose their Head of Product. At your company, they might be called Chief Product Officer, VP Product, Director of Product Management, or Group Product Lead.

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Userpilot

MARCH 7, 2024

Recently, I did a little experiment. It gave me two photos of a smartly-dressed young, white man in a corporate office setting. After regenerating the image 18 times -and getting pretty much the same result every time – I gave up… According to AI, the ‘tech CEO’ is young, white, and male. Because he is.

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The Product Guy

OCTOBER 11, 2019

Guest Post by: Tiago Resmini (Mentee, Session 10, The Product Mentor) [Paired with Mentor, Erdem Ay ]. A common thing in product management is business leaders (like the head of product or the CTO) not having clear sight of every problem happening with a product or one specific part of a product. The Problem.

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Gainsight

OCTOBER 7, 2022

If you’ve ever watched the show Ted Lasso , you’ve noticed that it is in many ways a tale of two coaches: Ted Lasso and Coach Beard. . Coach Beard is focused on data and results, using his expertise in the game to push the team toward winning. The art and science of CLV. Putting it all together in a PQL strategy.

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Mironov Consulting

JANUARY 17, 2019

Many CEOs tell me that they (personally) are the best-informed people within their companies about what customers need , and they (personally) are best positioned to drive decisions on product priorities. A not-yet-generating-repeatable-revenue company of 6 people might have one architect/CTO, one designer, three other developers, and a CEO.

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The Product Guy

JANUARY 5, 2017

In our a recent live stream from one of our mentors of The Product Mentor , Vikas Batra, lead a conversation around “Emotional Intelligence for Product Managers”. We are always looking for more product mentors from all around the world. Signup to be a Mentor Today! About The Product Mentor. Meet the mentors….

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Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 22, 2021

That question has been on Will Larson ‘s mind for a long time. For those who don’t know him, Will has over 10 years of experience in the likes of Yahoo, Digg, Uber, and Stripe, and he’s currently the CTO of Calm , the mindfulness app that helps millions of people to lower their stress levels and sleep better. Brian: Great.

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The Product Guy

APRIL 4, 2017

In a recent live stream from one of our mentors of The Product Mentor , Chris Butler, lead a conversation around “Business Development vs. Product Management”. We are always looking for more product mentors from all around the world. Signup to be a Mentor Today! About The Product Mentor. Meet the mentors….

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People-First Product Leadership

APRIL 24, 2024

Doing so provides enough time to for your brain to discern what to say next as the words come out of your mouth. Experiment the next time an unexpected question is placed your way, and let your brain do its thing. Keep repeating the experiment, and you’ll find it gets easier and easier over time.

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The Product Guy

FEBRUARY 18, 2017

In a recent live stream from one of our mentors of The Product Mentor , James Alexander, lead a conversation around “Finding Blue Oceans”. We are always looking for more product mentors from all around the world. Signup to be a Mentor Today! About The Product Mentor. Signup to be a Mentor Today!

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Mind the Product

JULY 9, 2018

The typical APM is a recent graduate and, as with most apprenticeships, the aim is to develop these candidates into full-time positions through a combination of training and hands-on involvement with real projects. A junior product manager typically has some work experience under their belt already and can come from any background.

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Product Talk

MARCH 1, 2023

I can’t tell you how many times I hear this sentiment on Twitter and LinkedIn. I realize that many product people have never worked in a product trio , don’t have access to customers, aren’t given time to test their ideas, and are working in what Marty Cagan calls “features teams” or “delivery teams.” And I hate it. Only 28.8%

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The Product Guy

MAY 15, 2017

In a recent live stream from one of our mentors of The Product Mentor , Dustin Levy, lead a conversation around “Product Strategies for Non-Strategists”. We are always looking for more product mentors from all around the world. Signup to be a Mentor Today! About The Product Mentor. Signup to be a Mentor Today!

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

It can be a full-blown CPO responsibility or a CTO who runs both product and technology. These founders have many great qualities, but many times prior product experience isn’t one of them. Regardless, there comes a point in time when another product person is needed. And are they even needed?

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Mind the Product

MAY 21, 2019

If teams can do that they have a chance at meeting their customers’ changing needs and generating a return on investment for the business. Without empowerment everything slows down and the people who are further away from what’s happening with customers make all the decisions. Point Towards the Mountain.

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Mind the Product

MAY 29, 2018

He is the co-author of the New York Times bestseller, The Lean Entrepreneur and has over 20 years experience helping companies bring high-growth products to market. He has recently served as the Head of Product & Experience at Workbar, Chief Design Strategist at Fresh Tilled Soil, and Innovation Architect at Constant Contact.

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Intercom, Inc.

JUNE 14, 2018

Rather than suggesting a model startup, advisor and author Laura Klein is likely to point you toward her favorite heist film. I hosted Laura on our podcast to learn everything from why assembling a great product team is like pulling off a heist, to tips for improving collaboration and marrying business needs with user goals.

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Mironov Consulting

DECEMBER 31, 2017

“Why isn’t my strategic customer’s feature request included?” We talk about value and business cases and backlogs instead of bluntly saying that “this customer request is an outlier, so I’ll never put it into my plan.” It certainly feels that way.

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bpma ProductHub

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

According to studies performed by Jakobsen and Sutherland, product backlog items that have been properly refined in time for sprint planning can double a team’s productivity. [1]. A product delivers value when it provides a fair return in exchange for time, money, goods, or services. Taking a Holistic View of Backlogs. Conclusion.

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Mind the Product

NOVEMBER 28, 2019

By this he means that he doesn’t spend his time directly advocating for Amplitude products: “Although I think we have an amazing product, my role focuses on the surrounding systems and ‘culture’.”. Is it me communicating best practices or is it them inviting me in because they’re a prospective customer?”. It’s a very subtle thing.

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The Product Guy

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

In our a recent live stream from one of our mentors of The Product Mentor , Dan Mason, lead a conversation around “Your Next Career Steps”. We are always looking for more product mentors from all around the world. Signup to be a Mentor Today! About The Product Mentor. Signup to be a Mentor Today!

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The Product Guy

JANUARY 27, 2017

In our a recent live stream from one of our mentors of The Product Mentor , Krishna Madhuvarsu, lead a conversation around “Product Management in Startups vs. Enterprises”. We are always looking for more product mentors from all around the world. Signup to be a Mentor Today! About The Product Mentor.

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eG Innovations

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Organizations are increasingly facing data localization compliance regulation and customer contracts that can include clauses such as “may not move data to other countries without prior agreement”. Our MSP partners often operate on tight margins and must increasingly demonstrate tangible value to customers.

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