Business of Software Conference

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

If you don’t have a Head of Product you may suffer from: narrow focus on engineer/development productivity; underpowered product management teams; customer benefits misaligned with actual features; and lack of a realistic product strategy. But it’s hard to hire a Head of Product.

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The Product Guy

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

He grows revenue and adoption, and ensures product by turning business problems into profitable, simple, easy-to-use solutions Jordan works closely with his market, executives, and internal subject matter experts to develop roadmaps, and communicate these roadmaps internally and with clients.

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Business of Software Conference

MARCH 11, 2021

Rahul Vohra, SuperHuman: The product market fit engine How to drive product strategy and growth by understanding who your most profitable customers are and what they value. April Dunford: Positioning for growth – How to make complex products obviously awesome Everyone thinks they know what positioning is.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 19, 2021

Photo by Tolga Ulkan on Unsplash When I joined Twiggle as their first VP Product I was the thirteenth employee. Along with the founders (the CEO and CTO), most of the employees in the company at the time were developers. Most companies hire a product manager (and other positions) too late.

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The Product Guy

OCTOBER 25, 2016

He grows revenue and adoption, and ensures product by turning business problems into profitable, simple, easy-to-use solutions Jordan works closely with his market, executives, and internal subject matter experts to develop roadmaps, and communicate these roadmaps internally and with clients.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

JANUARY 18, 2022

They are tasked with handling smaller or more focused aspects of product development. They assist other product managers on their team gather customer feedback along with other relevant product data. Using this data, APMs can help influence the product development roadmap, if need be.

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The Product Guy

JANUARY 5, 2017

He grows revenue and adoption, and ensures product by turning business problems into profitable, simple, easy-to-use solutions Jordan works closely with his market, executives, and internal subject matter experts to develop roadmaps, and communicate these roadmaps internally and with clients.

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Gainsight

OCTOBER 26, 2020

As Gainsight PX CTO Mickey Alon discussed with Carlos Gonzales Villaumbrosia, Founder & CEO of Product School and author of The Product Book , the solution isn’t complicated—it’s product-led growth. Unfortunately, for product leaders, the stakes are higher than they were for video game developers.

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The Product Guy

FEBRUARY 18, 2017

He grows revenue and adoption, and ensures product by turning business problems into profitable, simple, easy-to-use solutions Jordan works closely with his market, executives, and internal subject matter experts to develop roadmaps, and communicate these roadmaps internally and with clients.

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Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Will Larson , CTO of Calm. Des Traynor , Co-founder and CTO of Intercom. Paul Adams , SVP of Product at Intercom. Productboard founder and CEO Hubert Palan on mastering product strategy. Far too many businesses rely on early-on hunches to inform their product strategies.

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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. .

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Gainsight

NOVEMBER 11, 2018

We’re excited to market and sell Aptrinsic as a standalone product and drive success for it’s existing install base, including its free tier. Product teams will continue to be a primary focus. Invest in the right product integrations. We’re not disrupting product development.

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ProductPlan

JANUARY 31, 2019

.” I believe that the same definition can easily be applied to product ops. You could, therefore, define product ops as follows: “Product ops builds a foundation for excellence by reinforcing product strategy with metrics, infrastructure, business processes, best practices, budgeting, and reporting.”

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Usersnap

JANUARY 12, 2022

In short, the CPO oversees all aspects of a product’s vision, design, and development. They are essential in creating a robust and helpful product that fills a void in the market while addressing customer feedback. However, their (and all product team members’) superpowers and role in SaaS growth is invaluable!

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The Product Guy

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

He grows revenue and adoption, and ensures product by turning business problems into profitable, simple, easy-to-use solutions Jordan works closely with his market, executives, and internal subject matter experts to develop roadmaps, and communicate these roadmaps internally and with clients.

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The Product Guy

JANUARY 31, 2017

He grows revenue and adoption, and ensures product by turning business problems into profitable, simple, easy-to-use solutions Jordan works closely with his market, executives, and internal subject matter experts to develop roadmaps, and communicate these roadmaps internally and with clients.

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The Product Guy

JANUARY 27, 2017

He grows revenue and adoption, and ensures product by turning business problems into profitable, simple, easy-to-use solutions Jordan works closely with his market, executives, and internal subject matter experts to develop roadmaps, and communicate these roadmaps internally and with clients.

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The Product Guy

MARCH 2, 2017

He grows revenue and adoption, and ensures product by turning business problems into profitable, simple, easy-to-use solutions Jordan works closely with his market, executives, and internal subject matter experts to develop roadmaps, and communicate these roadmaps internally and with clients.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

So who is better managed, your CTO (managed by you) or yourself (being managed by the board)? If an organization developed its employees as poorly as you are developing yourself , it would soon go under. Develop a split personality My advice?—?develop develop a split personality. Who’s your boss?

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BrainMates

JULY 3, 2018

Responsibilities of Product Management. As a function, Product Management is broadly responsible for: Conceiving and appraising new ideas. Planning the design and development of new products or features. Working with teams to develop new products or features. Accepting new products or features.

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Roman Pichler

MARCH 12, 2024

Listen to the audio version of this article: [link] Introduction My first product management job wasn’t exactly what you call a success story: I was part of a team that was called in to help with a new product development effort, and I ended up working with the lead product manager.

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Mironov Consulting

JANUARY 17, 2019

I work with a lot of CEOs, usually as an advocate for better product and development organizations. 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. First, some context.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 23, 2022

I apply this lens to a startup that develops solutions in the health-tech market. Going from concept to production and subsequently getting the product in the hands of a customer takes significant effort. The article discusses an approach to solving the “Cheaper/Faster/Better” problem from the lens of Vertical Integration.

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Bain Public

MAY 26, 2022

One of their main and most important responsibilities, however, is to hire and develop very strong product managers and nurture their function within the organization. This nurturing will allow the product manager to benefit from the cross-functional collaboration and trust needed for product feature discovery, execution and launch.

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Bain Public

MAY 29, 2020

MAIN: Developing Entrepreneurship in Quebec. MAIN , also known as Mouvement des accélérateurs d’innovation du Québec, states that their mission is "to improve the cohesion and efficiency of the business incubator and accelerator ecosystem and to increase its impact on the development of entrepreneurship and innovation in Quebec.".

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Roadmunk

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

Knowing when to pull the trigger on a product release is a necessary, albeit tricky, skill for PMs to develop. So Shopify’s Director of Product, Brandon Chu, developed a framework to streamline that decision-making process. The best advice we heard at First Round’s CTO unconference. A tactical and handy post!

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Agile Velocity

DECEMBER 4, 2023

At this level, let’s say that it is those pillars that exist between engineering, product, strategy, and finance. We’re talking about the CTO, the CIO, someone in technology needs to be behind it, the CFO. Those are very high, typical silos, right? Now, how do you do that?

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Hutwork

MARCH 9, 2018

While he talks mainly to entrepreneurs about slow, steady progress and growth for their companies, you can apply his tips and advice to product development. #5 5 Designing Your Product’s Continuous Feedback Loop. 17 42 Rules to Lead by from the Man Who Defined Google’s Product Strategy. Author: Sachin Rekhi.

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The Product Coalition

JULY 17, 2018

to find this year’s top app development agencies. After reading a bunch of content from other app development professionals, journalists, tech bloggers and the like, we realized that there are many good companies out there, and that everyone has a different favorite. It develops for Android and iOS, but also for the web.

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Mind the Product

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Before the Cloud, software had to be sold into a central decision maker – a CIO or CTO – and then rolled out across the company’s desktop-user base. The CIO or CTO may not be the budget holder, but they may control the purchasing decision. Without a Product Strategy, you Won’t Know When to Walk Away.

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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. Junior Product Manager. The most common job title, this can span a wide gamut of experience, responsibility, and skills.

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Product Talk

MAY 10, 2023

Ellen: It was me as part of the executive team, so head of marketing and sales, and customer success, and whoever else was part of our executive team, so CTO, CEO, etc. Teresa: At this point, your priority meeting is now your five-person product strategy council, is that right? Product strategy board. Ellen: Yes.

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ProductPlan

JUNE 22, 2023

Whereas a product leader may (or may not) have a broad background built on experience across multiple departments, product managers are more likely to have a vertical skillset, as shown in the data related to product team proficiency.

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Gainsight

JULY 1, 2022

The majority of organizations surveyed have already started a PLG motion, regardless of size or product type, with 40% having greater than $25K annual contract value (ACV). . Of companies that use product experience data, 57% use it to develop product roadmaps. Chief Technology Officer of PX, Gainsight.

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ProductPlan

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

At the time, he says the company’s co-founder and CTO personally reviewed almost every product decision. As Lynch recalls, the CTO was busy, but the review process seemed to work well while the team was still small. However, as the team grew, it became difficult for anyone to get time with the CTO.

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 29, 2020

A few years ago I used to work very closely with a CTO on building a SaaS product. Every time he started explaining tech strategy or tech concepts, I interrupted him with new questions. Great PMs are passionate about their product, about the users, about achieving success as a team.

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ProductPlan

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Yet behind the scenes, things are often much different… as nearly 1,000 product professionals in a single survey have indicated. Far too often, product strategy remains undefined. Executive endorsement and backing are critical,” says a Product Manager working for a Medical Device Manufacturer with 1000+ employees.

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