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519: Product verification, most important of the 19 activities of product management – with Nishant Parikh

Product Innovation Educators

He emphasized the importance of role clarity and how the lack of it often leads to frustrated product managers leaving their positions. Its success relies heavily on the thoroughness of the preceding market research phase while setting the stage for subsequent product positioning and vision development.

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Use This Jobs Dashboard For More Successful Sales Demos

Product Management University

Successful sales demos ultimately come down to showing users how youre going to make them quantifiably better at their job and doing it in ways that have measurable strategic value to their organization at the executive (buyer) level. Keeping your would-be users in their comfort zone should be top priority in every pre-sales demo.

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Expecting Resistance: Handling Stakeholder & Leader Concerns During Product Operating Model Pilot

Product Talk

And they may be in a higher position in the company. We talked about this in the last video : How do we have these sort of discovery delivery demos or outcome progress demos? I think people forget that your position carries weight that you don’t always intend. It’s often because they want certainty.

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523: #1 change to make OKRs work for you – with Ben Lamorte

Product Innovation Educators

Key results should be measurable outcomes that tells the team whether they are making positive progress, like “200 people sign up for the demo after reading the blog post.” However, after talking with Ben, he identified several trackable metrics, like the number of private demos they complete.

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Positioning in the Age of AI: What Founders Need to Know

Business of Software Conference

Insights from April Dunford’s Business of Software AMA In an era where “AI-powered” has become the default label for tech products, positioning your company clearly and effectively is more challenging than ever. Here’s what every founder needs to know to navigate the new terrain of positioning in the age of AI.

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AI is Changing How Product Managers Learn For the Better

Product Management University

AI has put you in the best position to do that in a fraction of the time it would take you otherwise. Then our clients can start using them to direct their products from more of a leadership position versus reactionary. AI is finally going to put product managers in the position of strength theyve long coveted.

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Do This to Make Your Products Easier to Buy

Product Management University

The most common mistake product marketers make with product positioning is they do it without regard for their salesforces ability to deliver it. Sure, you want to nail the product positioning so that prospective buyers understand your unique value. It also eliminates the need for two or more versions of your positioning.