The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

As a Product Manager, you’re a team player who guides product development along its chartered course, but you have to do that without being the literal captain of the ship. Influence without authority is the skill of driving product development and ‘telling people what to do’ without formally being authorized to do so.

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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”. He lives in London, currently working as Product Manager at Gumtree.com, an Ebay company, previously led product at international startups and large organisations.

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Amplitude

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

I remember when a CTO asked me for a more detailed, solution-oriented roadmap. He has a super clear vision. Why did I resist this ask from the CTO? The startup that’s “killing it” (but not). Pitching a new product vision to aid in fundraising. Let me explain what I mean with an example. I resisted.

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Userpilot

JULY 27, 2023

The different roles in SaaS companies: Chief Executive Officer : As the highest-ranking executive, this person ensures the company runs smoothly and employees are happy and engaged. Chief Operating Officer: Responsible for overseeing day-to-day operations, providing strategic advice, and managing the company’s operations.

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Mind the Product

MAY 29, 2018

Prior to Benchmark, Sarah was a Partner at Greylock Partners, and a Product Lead for search, recommendations, machine vision, and pin quality at Pinterest. His startup career includes Tumbleweed, Timestamp, WildPackets, inCode, and many others. At Benchmark, Sarah invests in consumer businesses and the consumerization of IT.

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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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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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ProductPlan

JANUARY 21, 2020

A few years ago, I was the acting product manager at a startup, developing an enterprise software product. Building the product was hard: it was taking longer to develop than everyone expected (of course). I heard requests from customers, domain experts, consultants, our development team, and internal stakeholders.

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 14, 2018

Having product vision paired with development expertise is a rare combo, and product managers should make it their job to work as closely as possible with these individuals. At an early stage startup this may be the co-founder/CTO. It’ll be good for your team, as well as your own personal career development.

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Mind the Product

NOVEMBER 28, 2019

He writes, he tweets, he regularly speaks at conferences, and with 31,000 Twitter followers (not to mention 26,000 followers to his Medium blog ), he’s a prolific and consistent voice in the study and development of the product management craft. Ironically, John isn’t part of the teams that develop Amplitude’s products.

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People-First Product Leadership

MARCH 24, 2024

I recall the startup founder who literally bounced with excitement when we discussed the product being built. There was the CTO who recommended I take his job to align product, design, and engineering more closely. They know they’re human and have areas to develop, which have informed their interest in the role.

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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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Product Innovation Educators

APRIL 2, 2018

Ways to form the vision for a product. 3:23] What stage was the company in when the product was developed? We were an unfunded startup. We were an unfunded startup. I really wanted to do it full-time and a friend of mine was Badger’s CTO so he brought me on. 23:30] Where is the product’s vision now?

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Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Will Larson , CTO of Calm. Des Traynor , Co-founder and CTO of Intercom. Speed is every startup’s biggest competitive advantage. “It is about the people, and vision and purpose and work, in that order. A few years later, joined a startup. Zanade Mann , founder of Black Women’s Business Collective.

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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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The Product Guy

MAY 15, 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.

AUGUST 15, 2018

Managers oversee their team members’ work and career development. Leaders are people who provide a compelling vision for people to follow and believe in, and take responsibility for what happens next. At that early point in my career, I was frustrated and had to step up because no one was providing that vision.

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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. Bare metal startups don’t have a product management team, just as they don’t have a sales/marketing organization or support group or a business analytics squad. First, some context.

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BrainMates

JULY 3, 2018

Planning the design and development of new products or features. Working with teams to develop new products or features. You plan for the future and participate in the details of product design and development. They will gain an understanding of design and development of new products. Accepting new products or features.

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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.

Analytic Tools 60

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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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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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BrainMates

APRIL 30, 2018

The panellists were: Mark Cohen, CTO at Domain. Jen Marshall: And Mark, you’re leading the developers in this organisation, you’ve known what’s going on, you’ve heard by the water cooler and such what’s going on. Mark Cohen (CTO): I’m gonna start crossing over into product land.

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Usersnap

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Create your vision and positioning 4. Each has a different approach to SaaS growth and will significantly impact your company’s product vision and revenue strategy. Create your vision and positioning. For SaaS companies to grow their operations consistently, defining a product vision for the mid to long term is crucial.

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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 Mind the Product published this article on why prioritizing is one of the most critical aspects of your product development. Author: Sachin Rekhi. Author: Andy Wicks.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 6, 2020

By leading the creation and development of groundbreaking qualitative analysis products, Jared is dedicated to helping companies like Netflix, Sony, and Disney understand how their content impacts audiences everywhere. And now we’ve developed and released new types of metrics for measuring emotional reactions from the customer standpoint.

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Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 31, 2019

The next generation of workforce will want and expect the next generation of technology. Outdated and misapplied technologies are ill-suited to the tasks at hand, which creates trouble for the humans using it. By retiring technologies proactively , you can remain focused on consistently moving the needle.

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Business of Software Conference

MAY 15, 2019

It was I think the biggest startup in corporate history at the time. On the casino side what we developed was a machine which allowed you to play on four roulette wheels simultaneously. So I just googled “Leading expert computer vision”. Maybe this technology solution could be the answer. And it had its telephone number.

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 9, 2018

Reason #1: The Path to PM Tech Product Managers who develop their skills as Engineering Leaders. A second path to PM is people who develop their skills as Project Managers. The Lean Startup movement put particular emphasis on throwing out hypothesis to test with data. So more startups are ramping up the sales learning curve.

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svpg

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

This code convergence effort was supposed to save Microsoft substantial development time, and also - they tried to convince themselves - improve the offering since Word would have the same features on every platform. The title is not important; the work they do is. ADOBE CREATIVE CLOUD – Lea Hickman.

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Mixpanel

MARCH 7, 2021

I quickly came to realize how lucky I’d been when I joined a startup as a co-founder and came to raising capital. “I’m currently the founder of LevelUp, a startup aiming to revolutionize mentorship by creating a platform connecting women mentors and mentees based on role, industry, career interests, and goals.

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Intercom, Inc.

JULY 9, 2020

Kevin Indig leads SEO & Content Marketing as VP at G2 and mentors startups in Marketing at GermanAccelerator. In addition to this, our conversation also covers his time at Altassian and contrasts this with his G2 role, his thoughts on Google updates and how they impact his industry and his vision for the future of SEO.

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Business of Software Conference

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Tim Barker has established three startups and has seen the ups and downs of the startup journey, from his first business being acquired by Salesforce – where he spent five years in the formative age of cloud computing – to his current company DataSift being acquired by Meltwater in 2018. Tim Barker, CEO, DataSift.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 26, 2022

And this is a terrifying and disturbing thought because startups and entrepreneurs invest tons of money to build these products. Not Getting Early Feedback This probably sounds very straightforward, but asking for feedback from the users later in the product development stage is a blunder.

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Business of Software Conference

MARCH 24, 2021

Basecamp was able to fund the development of hey. So David and I set the direction, and the strategy and the vision and sort of where we’re headed. And on the other hand, there’s this there’s this liability of what you refer to as a 3000 odd size delivery development team. And the thing is, it’s like.

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Business of Software Conference

JULY 2, 2019

It’s not just about designers even though I’m talking about designers because I’m a designer – this is a quote from Lever, you know the startup that deals with like recruitment. But facts I’ve discovered that many companies just ask a design team to execute on the vision. In fact just do this bit here.

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