Lenny Rachitsky

MARCH 10, 2024

Real product managers are creators and are responsible for both value (ensuring the product meets customers’ needs) and viability (ensuring the product aligns with the business objectives). Be discerning about product management advice. Founders should be cautious about hiring product managers too early in the startup journey.

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The Basics of Product Management

JUNE 14, 2020

The Product Manager career path is different from the traditional paths in jobs like coding, sales, etc. Unsurprisingly, there is no standard definition across industries or companies for the career growth of Product Managers. Not every company has the position of a Chief Product Officer (CPO).

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Usersnap

JANUARY 12, 2022

What Is a Chief Product Officer? . Also known as the Director of Product or VP of Product, the chief product officer leads the product management team, which consists of product managers with varying levels of responsibility. Managing cross-functional teams. Leadership. Design focus.

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Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 15, 2018

At Reddit, he led a team of 35 – none of whom knew how to manage other engineers. He had to quickly determine which team members displayed a potential for leadership and teach them the fundamentals of management so they could make new hires and scale – without ruining the culture. Managers and leaders are different.

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Product Innovation Educators

MAY 22, 2023

How product mangers can improve collaboration in cross-functional teams Today we are talking with Maziar Adl, the co-founder and CTO of Gocious, an organization that creates product roadmap management software. In product management, I often saw silos coming from top to bottom. It’s evolving so fast.

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TechEmpower - Product Management

AUGUST 21, 2023

The explanation from software leadership is often unsatisfying or unclear. At TechEmpower, we’ve conducted more than 50 technical reviews for companies of all sizes, industries, and technical stacks. Let’s assume that you’ve already expressed your frustrations with technical leadership.

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Mind the Product

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Now Senior Operating Partner at GV (we still slip up and call it Google Ventures), Ken was a CTO and CEO/founder before he joined Yahoo! When the opportunity came up to chat with him, we wanted to cover something new – the idea that startups are hiring too many product managers. Ken Norton needs no introduction.

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Bain Public

MARCH 6, 2023

The reality is that moral injury can be applied to many professions and industries, especially in product management. Dealing with the Hurdles as a Product Manager Product managers know the ins and outs of product, including the users, the problems, and what needs to be done to fix pain points.

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The Product Coalition

JULY 28, 2022

In R&D management, physical mechanics would be the way we manage resources and the results. We discussed various entrepreneur challenges, and he mentioned that the hardest thing he encounters daily as a co-founder and CTO is understanding the organization’s physical mechanics. Reduce WIP (work in process)?—?in

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The Product Cafe

JANUARY 30, 2023

🥰 Welcome to this week's edition of Product Café, your bi-weekly cup of coffee for everything product management, startups, and more. Comic of the week 💬 Source: [link] We often think that Product Managers work alone, like a lone captain paving the way for the rest of their soldiers. Source: [link] 3.

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 6, 2023

Do we need to escalate any critical issues to company leadership? How do product managers lead standups? In light of this, we wanted to see if we could uncover other reasons why — by finding out exactly how various product managers lead standups. Did you take note of user stories that may remain in the Sprint?

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

MAY 14, 2021

Becoming an engineering manager is the first step into the big world of management for many software engineers. Engineering managers are tech experts and great leaders. That is why we wrote this article to give you an overview of the transition from software engineer to engineering manager. What is an Engineering Manager?

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Usersnap

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

The disruptive growth approach focuses on gaining market leadership with a lower-cost product, which will help capture new customers. The main goal of a disruptive SaaS growth strategy is to give your company fast market leadership and the competitive edge. Disruptive products are low priced and high volume. Make sense of your data.

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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. He joined us to talk about startup life, scaling, making hard decisions, and more.

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Anyone familiar with Product Management will recognize the immortal phrase ‘influence without authority.’ 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. What Does ‘Influence’ Mean?

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Business of Software Conference

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Poppy will also discuss how cyber security is an industry in crisis and how Darktrace is working to fill the gap by hiring bright graduates and training them on the job as well as using AI to do the heavy lifting. Fresh talks on entrepreneurship, product, marketing, leadership, hiring, and more dropping each week.

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Userpilot

MARCH 7, 2024

of leadership roles. I wanted to learn more about what challenges are deterring women from entering leadership career paths in tech. Product Manager @ Microsoft & Top Product Management Voice Olga Mykhoparkina – CEO & Founder of Quoleady *Quotes have been lightly edited for clarity TL;DR When did you get into tech?

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The Product Guy

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

The Product Mentor is a program designed to pair Product Mentors and Mentees from around the World, across all industries, from start-up to enterprise, guided by the fundamental goals… Better Decisions. Jordan Bergtraum VP Product Management, ServiceChannel. Ladislav Bartos Product Manager, Gumtree.com. Better Products.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Sachin Rekhi is the founder and CEO of Notejoy , and a prolific blogger on product management. In this Path to PM post, Sachin and I discuss five practical paths to product management. How did you first break into product management? First off, product management is very communication and leadership oriented.

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Bain Public

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Blaise Transit , a Bain Public client, recently announced new business updates that demonstrates their ongoing success and perseverance in the industry. We’ve helped provide them with the product leadership consulting, coaching, advice and support they need to bring their entire technical roadmap to the next level.

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Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Throughout the year, we’ve talked to business leaders, experts, and pioneers about all kinds of topics: from creating world-class customer experiences to the challenges of running a business during the pandemic, from being an ally and addressing gaps in diversity to building technical leadership careers. Will Larson , CTO of Calm.

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The Product Guy

OCTOBER 25, 2016

The Product Mentor is a program designed to pair Product Mentors and Mentees from around the World, across all industries, from start-up to enterprise, guided by the fundamental goals… Better Decisions. Jordan Bergtraum VP Product Management, ServiceChannel. Ladislav Bartos Product Manager, Gumtree.com. Better Products.

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Modus Create

MAY 28, 2024

Larry Fitzpatrick, Executive Vice President and CTO of OneMain Financial, the leading nonprime lender in the United States, provides insight into how the world’s top executives plan to leverage AI technology. AI will impact nearly every industry. Just 22% of companies with 10,000+ employees cited AI/RPA as a core focus.

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Modus Create

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Companies with top-quartile McKinsey Design Index scores outperformed industry-benchmark growth by as much as two to one. Such new-found emphasis on design without effective change management can appear to be a land-grab by those who stand to benefit most, while alienating other leaders in the organization. Embrace Iteration.

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Business of Software Conference

JANUARY 19, 2021

Her efforts led to her being recognized by Business Insider as one of the industry leaders “fixing” digital advertising. It was not only an unprecedented move for a tech company, it’s an incredible case study in how to manage a social media crisis in this age of extremes. DigiDay named her a DigiDay Changemaker.

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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”. Jordan Bergtraum VP Product Management, ServiceChannel. Jordan is a Management level, revenue-driven, B2B SaaS Product Management and Project Management leader.

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Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 27, 2022

For a movement that was created to address the lack of female representation in the industry, it can also play into many shallow debates, preconceived ideas, and harmful expectations. More, while women have been taking more and more jobs among top technology executives, at big U.S. Nadine Mansour , Product Manager.

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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”. Jordan Bergtraum VP Product Management, ServiceChannel. Jordan is a Management level, revenue-driven, B2B SaaS Product Management and Project Management leader.

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The Product Guy

JULY 30, 2020

Product Managers (PM) need to effectively communicate product vision, strategic roadmaps and concepts to a variety of different stakeholders through the different stages of the product life cycle. A tool to support product managers is stakeholder identification and how this results in a stakeholder map.

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The Product Guy

MARCH 2, 2017

The Product Mentor is a program designed to pair Product Mentors and Mentees from around the World, across all industries, from start-up to enterprise, guided by the fundamental goals… Better Decisions. Jordan Bergtraum VP Product Management, ServiceChannel. Dustin Levy Director of Product Management, Gentex Corporation.

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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”. Jordan Bergtraum VP Product Management, ServiceChannel. Jordan is a Management level, revenue-driven, B2B SaaS Product Management and Project Management leader.

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The Product Guy

JANUARY 31, 2017

The Product Mentor is a program designed to pair Product Mentors and Mentees from around the World, across all industries, from start-up to enterprise, guided by the fundamental goals… Better Decisions. Jordan Bergtraum VP Product Management, ServiceChannel. Ladislav Bartos Product Manager, Gumtree.com. Better Products.

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The Product Guy

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

The Product Mentor is a program designed to pair Product Mentors and Mentees from around the World, across all industries, from start-up to enterprise, guided by the fundamental goals… Better Decisions. Jordan Bergtraum VP Product Management, ServiceChannel. Ladislav Bartos Product Manager, Gumtree.com. Better Products.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Sachin Rekhi is the founder and CEO of Notejoy , and a prolific blogger on product management. In this Path to PM post, Sachin and I discuss five practical paths to product management. How did you first break into product management? First off, product management is very communication and leadership oriented.

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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. “Great leadership hinges on some sense of predictability. That just blows my mind.

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Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 31, 2019

By retiring technologies proactively , you can remain focused on consistently moving the needle. While Tim has been able to utilize some management lessons from his time at behemoths like Facebook, having fewer resources at his startup has forced him to do one major thing: become ruthless about prioritization.

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The Product Guy

FEBRUARY 18, 2017

The Product Mentor is a program designed to pair Product Mentors and Mentees from around the World, across all industries, from start-up to enterprise, guided by the fundamental goals… Better Decisions. Jordan Bergtraum VP Product Management, ServiceChannel. Ladislav Bartos Product Manager, Gumtree.com. Better Products.

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