Product Bookshelf

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

OKRs were brought from Intel to Google by John Doerr where the method gained popularity within the high tech and startup communities. The first part of Radical Focus is a story about a startup which sells tea. They hire a CTO and deal with a variety of team problems along the way.

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Modus Create

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Organizations from early-stage startups to mature enterprises have been prioritizing design and its methods as a competitive differentiator for years. Look into holistic positive changes–try to uncover if the design team has contributed to an increase in sales, competitiveness, or brand loyalty in qualitative stories as well.

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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. Instead it’s their grit and positive character that stands out. How was the culture defined?

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

MAY 14, 2021

An engineering management position is not on the typical path of an individual contributor (IC) software engineer. Their leadership abilities can either make or break the efforts of their engineers, and their success is compounded by their manager's competence in an often ambiguous position. What is an Engineering Manager?

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Gainsight

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Founded in 2006 by Brian Halligan , Chief Executive Officer, and Dharmesh Shah, Chief Technology Officer, Hubspot is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with offices and customers worldwide. From there, Chris became involved in startups. ”I was their first paying customer. ” .

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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. So along with the CTO, I made a decision – we’d declare backlog bankruptcy. Sometimes the simplicity this creates in your product is a positive experience for customers. The product backlog I managed grew daily.

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The Product Guy

APRIL 4, 2017

He lives in London, currently working as Product Manager at Gumtree.com, an Ebay company, previously led product at international startups and large organisations. In this position, Dustin’s primary responsibilities include product portfolio management, new product introduction and product line strategy deployment.

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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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Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 15, 2018

Building trust can be tough when you’re a new hire in a leadership position. A couple of years later, I got into a real leadership position. dev/color is a charity I’m a board member of, and one of its goals is to promote leadership – particularly getting people of color into leadership positions.

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The Product Guy

MAY 15, 2017

He lives in London, currently working as Product Manager at Gumtree.com, an Ebay company, previously led product at international startups and large organisations. In this position, Dustin’s primary responsibilities include product portfolio management, new product introduction and product line strategy deployment.

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Business of Software Conference

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Startups often struggle to communicate the value of their products, particularly in sales meetings. This is a talk about positioning, but a little bit more about how you communicate your positioning or share your positioning. And we’re a tiny little startup, some of those things look really expensive.

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Mixpanel

MARCH 7, 2021

Describe the path to your current position and the role mentorship has had in your career growth. “What got me in the door is someone believing in me, then I took the burden of proof as a mission in every position I ever got. ” Netali Jakubovitz Group Product Manager, Doodle. ” Natasha Khimji Founder, LevelUp.

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The Product Guy

MARCH 2, 2017

He lives in London, currently working as Product Manager at Gumtree.com, an Ebay company, previously led product at international startups and large organisations. In this position, Dustin’s primary responsibilities include product portfolio management, new product introduction and product line strategy deployment.

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BrainMates

JULY 3, 2018

Sometimes, the CPO or VP of Product also plays the role of CTO, overseeing Engineering , in addition to product and design. The Head of Product or Product Director usually reports to the CPO in a larger organisation or to the CEO in a smaller startup or scaleup. Head of Product or Product Director. Product Manager.

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Userpilot

MARCH 7, 2024

So I talked to several female leaders in SaaS – about their experience with breaking into leadership positions in tech startups – what challenges they’ve faced, and how they managed to overcome them. There are very few women in leadership positions and there is a reason for that – it’s not random.

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UX Studio: Product Management

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Apart from providing an in-depth overview of the Sacramento web design group, we’ve collected a few frequently asked questions clients ask while looking for a design partner. Sacramento web design services for startups and enterprises How much does it cost to work with web design companies in Sacramento?

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Mixpanel

MAY 12, 2020

And then you want to go and really focus on those users and make sure that you’re in a position where you think you can out-serve them compared to any other company that’s out there. They’re split into four groups: analysis, data, admin and growth. What we ended up with though in those groups is kind of a blend.

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Mixpanel

MAY 12, 2020

And then you want to go and really focus on those users and make sure that you’re in a position where you think you can out-serve them compared to any other company that’s out there. They’re split into four groups: analysis, data, admin and growth. What we ended up with though in those groups is kind of a blend.

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Product Talk

MAY 10, 2023

An admin might create a user on the web console and then that user logs in on the mobile app and then they send a message through to other members of their group. ” I already knew you, Teresa, through other social groups so I was like, “Oh, right, that’s cool.” Teresa: Who are your typical customers?

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BrainMates

APRIL 30, 2018

The panellists were: Mark Cohen, CTO at Domain. Elizabeth Pek, Director of Experience Design at BT Financial Group. Mark Cohen (CTO): The first thing is to understand who else is actively doing something in the space, and try and get your head around how they’re doing it. Marie Kellett, former CPO eftpos. You can see it.

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Mixpanel

JUNE 17, 2020

To build a business model that can help your startup make waves in a crowded marketplace, consider Henrique Boregio’s approach: stop chasing “feature parity” and focus on creating something truly unique. That turned out to be quite positive. We’re still a startup. Right now we’re available in about 150 countries.

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Mixpanel

JUNE 17, 2020

To build a business model that can help your startup make waves in a crowded marketplace, consider Henrique Boregio’s approach: stop chasing “feature parity” and focus on creating something truly unique. That turned out to be quite positive. We’re still a startup. Right now we’re available in about 150 countries.

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DISQO

AUGUST 10, 2015

As a weeklong celebration of technology and innovation, Techweek hosts 12 standard events — from a 2-day technology conference and expo to music, startup competitions and more, Techweek is designed to give you many opportunities to network, learn and explore with your local tech community. Lean Startup Conference.

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DISQO

AUGUST 10, 2015

As a weeklong celebration of technology and innovation, Techweek hosts 12 standard events — from a 2-day technology conference and expo to music, startup competitions and more, Techweek is designed to give you many opportunities to network, learn and explore with your local tech community. Lean Startup Conference.

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DISQO

AUGUST 10, 2015

As a weeklong celebration of technology and innovation, Techweek hosts 12 standard events — from a 2-day technology conference and expo to music, startup competitions and more, Techweek is designed to give you many opportunities to network, learn and explore with your local tech community. Lean Startup Conference.

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svpg

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

When I first decided to start The Silicon Valley Product Group, I had just left eBay and had some very strong opinions about what makes great product teams, and great product cultures, and while there were more than a few important thinkers and leaders on these topics, one area that I felt was under-represented was the role of product management.

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Business of Software Conference

MARCH 30, 2021

And there were lots of conferences for startups and lots of conferences for people that were raising funds and IPO going and all sorts of crazy old things. Microsoft has got this group of people that have been there since the very, very early days. So he kind of looked around and said, Well, I don’t really know what to do here.

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Business of Software Conference

MAY 15, 2019

It was I think the biggest startup in corporate history at the time. In fact one of the guys that we used to create a remix for the bands he progressed by himself and he’s now in a position where. And then I think I was in a position where again wondering what to do next. We were in a position where. So more fail.

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Business of Software Conference

MARCH 11, 2020

Currently, he’s co-founder and CEO of Drift, a startup that’s making it easier for businesses to talk to their customers. Previously, he was at HubSpot as Chief Product Officer after they acquired his company Performable. ML : So Drift aside which of your four startup are you most proud of. ML : Fantastic.

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Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 31, 2019

In reality, a group of the top brass’s EAs wanted to talk about how their calendar app was destroying their productivity and credibility in the form of double-bookings and missed meetings. The next generation of workforce will want and expect the next generation of technology. the next morning. If he didn’t fix it, he’d be fired.

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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. So this was based on a small group of customers but they felt that this was right. And he’s talking about tech altogether.

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Intercom, Inc.

JULY 21, 2022

Along the way, we’ve interviewed trailblazers, business leaders, makers and doers to share their experience and insights on all things startup strategy, product management, design, marketing, customer experience, and much, much more. Chasing free customer acquisition. Is there a principle to be found in that? Is that what you mean?

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Andrew Chen

DECEMBER 1, 2021

My book aims to change that, systematically laying out concepts for startups and folks launching new products to consider. Marketplace startups often provide these opportunities to this group. Jahan Khanna, cofounder/CTO of Sidecar spoke of its origin: It was obvious that letting anyone sign up to a driver would be a big deal.

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Business of Software Conference

JUNE 27, 2019

Mikey Trafton, CTO, Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas. But once we make that decision as a group, I need you to stop dissenting and I need you to get on board and support the decision. I want you to evaluate your positions and think about hey Fred was really successful in that role and Bob was not. I pick a fight with the candidate.

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Business of Software Conference

MARCH 24, 2021

But we’re now going to have two concurrent groups of teams working on two concurrent products. We’ve got some things after lunch where we’ve got some some smaller groups and people can dig into something. Is there anything that you’d really like, like to dig into in that kind of smaller, smaller group?

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