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To Ensure Project Success, Follow your Intuition and Ask for Clarity

The Product Coalition

About 12 years ago, I was an executive advisor on a project at a large telecommunications company. I was in a meeting with the CTO and his staff one day when he laid out his vision. I hope you find this helpful: Digital product development presents incredible opportunities for us to help our customers and our colleagues.

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The essence of product management | Christian Idiodi (SVPG)

Lenny Rachitsky

Finding reference customers is the fastest path to achieving product-market fit. Find 6 to 8 B2B customers, or 15 to 25 B2C customers, and make something they are willing to recommend to other people. Also, consider their interest in engaging with you as a demand signal.

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11 Key SaaS Roles and Responsibilities in 2023

Userpilot

Chief Technical Officer The CTO is responsible for outlining the company’s technological vision, implementing technology strategies, and ensuring that the technological resources are aligned with the company’s business needs. The company needs a high percentage of this metric to stay competitive.

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Moxie on Murder

Crafty CTO

Moxie’s a legend in tech as creator of the Signal secure messaging app —and more importantly to cryptographers, the Signal Protocol and Double Ratchet Algorithm —and when I saw his name I immediately was looking for “technical advisor” credits. But no, this was actually CO-STARRING.

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Product Managers: Learn How To Manage Your Product Leadership Team

Bain Public

Much like any successful head coach in professional sports, the product manager ultimately is the leader of a team. In reference to any team (work, school, sports, etc.), This is particularly important since dog sledding depends on all the sled dogs following the lead dog; this is the CEO of a company.

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Webinar Recording: Mastering the Art of Integration: Strategic Planning and AOP with SAFe® for Agile Organizations

Agile Velocity

And if you don’t know the reference, that would be, the “5 Dysfunctions of a Team” sort of behavior where, rather than protecting my pillar, I really want to, instead, instill a group of common goals around what those silos used to be. We’re talking about the CTO, the CIO, someone in technology needs to be behind it, the CFO.

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Reviving the Handwritten Thank-You Note: Tips, Tools, and a 4-Sentence Template

Atomic Spin PM

Your office manager who sets out healthy snacks for you. The mentor who always takes his time to get lunch with you. Sentence 1: Open with a personal reference that shows you’re tuned into your reader. Sentence 4] You’re a busy professional, and I know you have a lot on your plate, so taking the time to mentor me means so much.