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Don’t Miss These Speakers at #mtpcon San Francisco

Mind the Product

He is the co-author of the New York Times bestseller, The Lean Entrepreneur and has over 20 years experience helping companies bring high-growth products to market. He has recently served as the Head of Product & Experience at Workbar, Chief Design Strategist at Fresh Tilled Soil, and Innovation Architect at Constant Contact.

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My Biggest Takeaways?—?Being a Product Manager at an Early Stage Startup

The Product Coalition

Being a Product Manager at an Early Stage Startup In my previous article , I reflected on a few things that I would tell myself if I could travel back in time and the concept of “three waves of changes.” You probably won’t get things right the first time and that’s ok. My 3 Biggest Takeaways?—?Being

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How to Deal With Unknown Unknowns in Project Planning

Amplitude

This is a guest post from Dillon Forest, cofounder, CTO & product manager at RankScience. These are times where you don’t just not know what to build, you don’t even know how you would build it. Do some user research. The uncertainty of technical products. How much time it would take.

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How Does an MBA Fit into your Product Management Career?

ProductPlan

Most product managers combine what they’ve learned during their formal education with their real-world experience. While it won’t hurt your career prospects, an MBA program is a significant time and financial commitment. CEOs are responsible for strategy, finance, sales, marketing, growth, customer satisfaction, and more.

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Solve a Hard Problem (Tinder). Chapter 8 of my upcoming book, The Cold Start Problem

Andrew Chen

” Here’s how I define each side: There are usually a minority of users that will create disproportionate value and as a result, they will have disproportionate power. For marketplaces, these are usually the sellers and providers who spend their entire day attracting users with their products and services.

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The Podcast Ecosystem in 2019 – a16z’s 68 page analysis (Guest essay by Li Jin)

Andrew Chen

People are already spending a lot of time on podcasts, and it’s growing: listeners are consuming 6+ hours per week and consuming more content every year. Simply put, podcasts are digital audio files that users can download — or in some applications, stream — and listen to. A brief history of podcasting.

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The Podcast Ecosystem in 2019 – a16z’s 68 page analysis

Andrew Chen

People are already spending a lot of time on podcasts, and it’s growing: listeners are consuming 6+ hours per week and consuming more content every year. Simply put, podcasts are digital audio files that users can download — or in some applications, stream — and listen to. A brief history of podcasting.