Gainsight

OCTOBER 5, 2020

April Dunford sat in the back of a marketing class at Northwestern University in Chicago, where her professor gave an example of a product positioning statement. By filling in the appropriate answers, you would design a product positioning statement that would suffice for your product and company. Positioning is not a tagline. .

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The Basics of Product Management

JUNE 14, 2020

Not every company has the position of a Chief Product Officer (CPO). In some companies, product management roles up to the CTO (Chief Technology Officer). In some other companies, product management (along with project management), roles up to the CIO (Chief Information Officer).

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TechEmpower - Product Management

AUGUST 21, 2023

Many CEOs of software-enabled businesses call us with a similar concern: Are we getting the right results from our software team? We hear them explain that their current software development is expensive, deliveries are rarely on time, and random bugs appear. What does a business leader do in this situation? Are you ready?

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Userpilot

JULY 27, 2023

TL;DR SaaS, or “Software as a Service,” is a business model that delivers centrally hosted software to subscribers over the internet. 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.

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Business of Software Conference

MARCH 11, 2021

April Dunford: Positioning for growth – How to make complex products obviously awesome Everyone thinks they know what positioning is. Get Weekly Advice From Software Experts. appeared first on Business of Software USA. This will make you reconsider. Professor Clay Christensen: The job your product does.

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Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 27, 2022

More, while women have been taking more and more jobs among top technology executives, at big U.S. firms, only 18% of chief information officers or chief technology officers are women. Niamh O’Connor: You mentioned the positives that can come from it.

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Mixpanel

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

As a Product Lead, I continuously emphasize to our broader team the importance of defining personas so that we’re clear about who we’re targeting when shaping our product or positioning. I’ve found a big piece of getting this right is keeping those of us on the development side as close to our customers as our support or sales teams.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 4, 2023

This puts us in a position where we have to deal a lot with human nature. A friend of mine was the CTO of a food company. because software is easy but dealing with people is hard. Product Managers are not managers in the sense that they don’t manage people. They manage the product. Are you ready to be criticized (a lot)?

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Business of Software Conference

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

April Dunford BoS USA Online 2020 from Business of Software Conference. Get Weekly Advice From Software Experts. This is a talk about positioning, but a little bit more about how you communicate your positioning or share your positioning. And I ended up at sites like software advice, or jeetu. So here we go.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

As an undergraduate at UPenn, I was originally planning to move into software engineering on graduation. Many top employers are looking for computer science or engineering graduates to fill PM positions, and this is an excellent route into the role. Listen to our podcast here, or read the transcription below!

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

You somehow have to bring together a rowdy bunch of tech professionals (data scientists, UX and UI designers , software engineers, etc) and make a valuable and functional product happen. You could be a lone PM in a tiny startup with no Product Management team, meaning that you only report to the CEO, or maybe a CTO.

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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. Instead, he got a job as a marketer at a small sort of family-owned software company. ” .

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The Product Guy

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

Jordan has enterprise Software-as-a-Service experience within the facilities management, legal and pharmaceutical verticals, having most recently worked at ServiceChannel, Epiq Systems and Medidata Solutions. Vikas started his career as software developer with Siemens. Krishna Madhuvarsu Director of Product Strategy, Oracle Inc.

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The Product Guy

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Jordan has enterprise Software-as-a-Service experience within the facilities management, legal and pharmaceutical verticals, having most recently worked at ServiceChannel, Epiq Systems and Medidata Solutions. Vikas started his career as software developer with Siemens. Krishna Madhuvarsu Director of Product Strategy, Oracle Inc.

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Modus Create

APRIL 10, 2024

Welcome to Conversations with Chief Innovators , where our CEO Pat Sheridan discusses innovation in business with transformational leaders across industries. In the seventh episode, we bring you Larry Fitzpatrick , Executive Vice President and CTO of OneMain Financial. What is your take on modernizing legacy technology?

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Mind the Product

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

learning new software. Are you moving towards a positive outcome, or away from a negative one? Research into Approach goals and Avoidance goals shows that if we frame our goals as a positive (Approach), we have a better chance of success and feeling positive about the experience. getting a promotion. finding a new job.

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The Product Guy

APRIL 4, 2017

Jordan has enterprise Software-as-a-Service experience within the facilities management, legal and pharmaceutical verticals, having most recently worked at ServiceChannel, Epiq Systems and Medidata Solutions. Vikas started his career as software developer with Siemens. Krishna Madhuvarsu Director of Product Strategy, Oracle Inc.

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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

JANUARY 5, 2017

Jordan has enterprise Software-as-a-Service experience within the facilities management, legal and pharmaceutical verticals, having most recently worked at ServiceChannel, Epiq Systems and Medidata Solutions. Vikas started his career as software developer with Siemens. Krishna Madhuvarsu Director of Product Strategy, Oracle Inc.

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Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 5, 2022

If I’m about to do business with your company and your software is going to access my customers’ data, it’s my responsibility to ensure you have the proper controls in place to protect it. Evernote’s CTO on Your Biggest Security Worries From 3 to 300 Employees. If you sell software today, there’s a 99.9%

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The Product Guy

MAY 15, 2017

Jordan has enterprise Software-as-a-Service experience within the facilities management, legal and pharmaceutical verticals, having most recently worked at ServiceChannel, Epiq Systems and Medidata Solutions. Vikas started his career as software developer with Siemens. Krishna Madhuvarsu Director of Product Strategy, Oracle Inc.

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The Product Guy

FEBRUARY 18, 2017

Jordan has enterprise Software-as-a-Service experience within the facilities management, legal and pharmaceutical verticals, having most recently worked at ServiceChannel, Epiq Systems and Medidata Solutions. Vikas started his career as software developer with Siemens. Krishna Madhuvarsu Director of Product Strategy, Oracle Inc.

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Amplitude

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

Eric Wang, a recently hired software engineer on our product engineering team, shares what it’s like to onboard with Amplitude’s engineering department. I’m a software engineer on the product engineering team. In most software companies, teams are broken up by what you do. What do you do at Amplitude?

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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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The Product Guy

MARCH 2, 2017

Jordan has enterprise Software-as-a-Service experience within the facilities management, legal and pharmaceutical verticals, having most recently worked at ServiceChannel, Epiq Systems and Medidata Solutions. Vikas started his career as software developer with Siemens. Krishna Madhuvarsu Director of Product Strategy, Oracle Inc.

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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. Associate Product Manager (APM) is an entry-level position, usually reporting to a more senior Product Manager. This is often a mentorship position and the start of a product manager’s career.

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The Product Guy

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Jordan has enterprise Software-as-a-Service experience within the facilities management, legal and pharmaceutical verticals, having most recently worked at ServiceChannel, Epiq Systems and Medidata Solutions. Vikas started his career as software developer with Siemens. Krishna Madhuvarsu Director of Product Strategy, Oracle Inc.

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The Product Guy

JANUARY 31, 2017

Jordan has enterprise Software-as-a-Service experience within the facilities management, legal and pharmaceutical verticals, having most recently worked at ServiceChannel, Epiq Systems and Medidata Solutions. Vikas started his career as software developer with Siemens. Krishna Madhuvarsu Director of Product Strategy, Oracle Inc.

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The Product Guy

JANUARY 27, 2017

Jordan has enterprise Software-as-a-Service experience within the facilities management, legal and pharmaceutical verticals, having most recently worked at ServiceChannel, Epiq Systems and Medidata Solutions. Vikas started his career as software developer with Siemens. Krishna Madhuvarsu Director of Product Strategy, Oracle Inc.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

As an undergraduate at UPenn, I was originally planning to move into software engineering on graduation. Many top employers are looking for computer science or engineering graduates to fill PM positions, and this is an excellent route into the role. Listen to our podcast here, or read the transcription below!

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Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 22, 2021

For those who don’t know him, Will has over 10 years of experience in the likes of Yahoo, Digg, Uber, and Stripe, and he’s currently the CTO of Calm , the mindfulness app that helps millions of people to lower their stress levels and sleep better. That question has been on Will Larson ‘s mind for a long time.

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DISQO

DECEMBER 22, 2018

Think: Apple’s iMac, T-Mobile’s un-contract, or Blackberry’s latest shift to software. In December, we hosted our inaugural event in Chicago to celebrate the opening of our regional office there. Desperation creates pressure and opportunity, and can serve as a breeding grounds for out-of-the-box thinking and experimentation.

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Usersnap

JANUARY 12, 2022

Ever wonder what a chief product officer is up to? Well, the CPO position has certainly grown and evolved over time. It’s the CPO’s job to make sure that impact is positive. Chief Product Officer vs. Chief Technology Officer. Maybe you want to become one yourself one day!

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Usersnap

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Create your vision and positioning 4. Create your vision and positioning. Hand in hand with setting up a clear vision, is knowing where your company stands right now, which is your positioning. SaaS companies should also aim to continuously update their positioning canvas as they scale. Make sense of your data 2.

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DISQO

DECEMBER 22, 2018

Think: Apple’s iMac, T-Mobile’s un-contract, or Blackberry’s latest shift to software. In December, we hosted our inaugural event in Chicago to celebrate the opening of our regional office there. Desperation creates pressure and opportunity, and can serve as a breeding grounds for out-of-the-box thinking and experimentation.

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DISQO

DECEMBER 22, 2018

Think: Apple’s iMac, T-Mobile’s un-contract, or Blackberry’s latest shift to software. In December, we hosted our inaugural event in Chicago to celebrate the opening of our regional office there. Desperation creates pressure and opportunity, and can serve as a breeding grounds for out-of-the-box thinking and experimentation.

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Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 15, 2018

Building trust can be tough when you’re a new hire in a leadership position. Engineering leaders must do 2 things: a) execute and deliver high-quality software on a predictable schedule, and b) have the people skills to attract, retain and develop strong talent. A couple of years later, I got into a real leadership position.

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