The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

During our careers, we noticed specific issues that re-occur between CEOs and their CPO/VP product in early-stage startups. Early-stage startups are characterized by their fast-paced and dynamic nature, with teams working tirelessly to bring their products to market, validate their assumptions, and gain customer traction.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Setting an awesome strategy without building the enablers to executing on it is just a pipe-dream. And too often I’ve seen poor leaders resort to micro-management, HIPPO, and dictatorship in order to fulfil their strategies. As a result, I’ve come to value 5 different aspects of product leadership.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 11, 2023

With everything you have to do every day, it is so easy to neglect strategy. But much like code, your product strategy also requires maintenance. Startups also have a silent killer. Still, because startup life is so hectic — it might feel like business as usual. For startups, this can be the end. And nothing else.

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Strategy and enabling your team to solve problems makes the difference between a boss and an impactful leader. In this series, I look at what I wish I had known when I started as Head of Product… Summary Understanding strategy allows you to effectively delegate, motivate and align so you can move from a nice boss to an effective leader.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The Critical Role of Product Strategy When Money Is Scarce (Part 1 — Seed) A good product strategy is something every company needs. Here is how a product strategy can help you create business results, even when the market is not in your favor. heard my explanation and immediately said — ‘oh, you are doing product strategy’.

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The Product Guy

OCTOBER 9, 2018

First, I did not know how to frame, develop and present product strategy in a systematic way, and second, as a startup, my company has not historically had a good track record of strategy being developed outside of senior management (read: founder). core of strategy). Two major obstacles stood in my way.

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The Product Coalition

JULY 6, 2023

As someone who’s worked at dozens of technology organizations from early stage-startup to major corporate tech companies, I can personally attest to the difficulties these types of products bring to the day-to-day work of an end-user. First, it’s crucial to create a culture of being customer-centric.

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People-First Product Leadership

MARCH 24, 2024

His people-first leadership approach lives on through his son who recognized his father’s skills and ability to lead by example. I recall the startup founder who literally bounced with excitement when we discussed the product being built. I won’t ruin the movie for you. They are straight forward, upfront, and candid.

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ProductPlan

AUGUST 7, 2020

Working in startups and big technology companies, I’ve encountered one question more than most: “How do I make the switch from engineering to product management?”. I worked 9+ years in software development, leading sizeable cross-functional engineering teams across time zones. What makes startups fail or succeed in their mission?”,

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Modus Create

MARCH 17, 2022

As agile becomes the go-to philosophy for software development, it’s influencing other areas of business, including non-IT teams. Executives across industries are reimagining leadership principles that thrive in an agile business environment — principles that don’t treat change as an anomaly but a culture. . What is Agile Leadership?

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280 Group

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Later, at a startup, due to limited Product Managers, I got the chance to try the role before committing to it. I learned it was the perfect mix of customer interactions, strategy, and engineering. Not to say that these skills can’t be learned, but they are harder to develop. I loved the job!

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280 Group

JANUARY 18, 2022

Let’s learn from experts about how PMs can accelerate their careers with the right personal development plan. While improving all your skills is important, apply your time and effort into developing skills in the right critical areas for the next level of your career. Product Management is largely a leadership role.

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Sachin Rekhi

APRIL 12, 2020

In Silicon Valley, we've become well-versed in the importance of finding product/market fit as the most important early pursuit for any new product or startup. Beyond product/market fit, it turns out business strategy really does matter. He then further refined his concepts as a business strategy professor at Stanford University.

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Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 15, 2018

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. I hosted Nick on the podcast, where we discussed the differences between management and leadership, fostering diversity in tech, and more.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 20, 2024

I would like to thank Tremis Skeete, Executive Editor of Product Coalition for his valuable contributions in the research, development and writing of this article. Attendees will leave with tangible strategies to implement immediately in their organisations, as well as new connections that could turn into future customers or collaborators.

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Product Innovation Educators

JANUARY 1, 2024

Our first book was Corporate Explorer: How Corporations Beat Startups at Innovation. This sounds outrageous, but although it is challenging for corporations to innovate and get into a market ahead of a startup, it does happen far more often than we realize. Nobody listened to him, so he left and went to a startup.

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Mind the Product

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

Last week I joined the Mind the Product Leadership Forum in London. Whether we work at a big company or a small startup, we need to monitor how our teams are growing. Another hot topic at the MTP Leadership Forum was related to autonomy. Help the Right People Develop the Right Skills. Leadership can be Lonely.

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Modus Create

JULY 2, 2021

If you’ve ever worked in a successful early-stage startup, you must be familiar with the euphoria of the first signs of growth. Many startups struggle to carry the momentum of the initial growth spurt. . So, why do most startups struggle to scale? Growth is sacred for startups. It’s a phase that energizes the entire team.

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People-First Product Leadership

OCTOBER 1, 2023

I’ve been at a number of product events recently where conversations turned to fractional work, joining or launching a startup, or simply taking time off due to a lack of opportunity in one’s current situation. You might wonder if the stats continue to hold true given the rocky times we’re facing today. I believe they do.

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Dear Strategy

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

Dear Strategy: “Do startups or small businesses really have the time to develop formal strategies like you talk about on the show? Put more simply, a formal strategy is one that is written out. Planning : Develop your goals. Refresh your strategy. What do you suggest for those types of companies?”.

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280 Group

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Meanwhile, other trends impacting Product Teams are gaining momentum, such as Product-Led Growth, data-driven Agile development, data privacy and security, and more. . The Product Manager must make sure that product development is aligned with customer interest and demands, and with the overarching trends impacting the marketplace.

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TechEmpower - Product Management

AUGUST 21, 2023

We hear them explain that their current software development is expensive, deliveries are rarely on time, and random bugs appear. The explanation from software leadership is often unsatisfying or unclear. These are classic inflection points for a development team. But is that the right strategy for your business?

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280 Group

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

To learn about these strategies more in-depth and receive a Product Management Career Plan Template, sign up for the webinar – How to Accelerate Your PM Career, Part 1: Top Strategies to Advance Rapidly on September 27, 2019. Within a few years he was CEO of a small startup and has held multiple CEO positions since.

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280 Group

AUGUST 4, 2020

With a Technology Strategy and Product Management track that emphasizes development, application, and management of cutting-edge technologies, this program serves as a foundation for a hardware and software industry Product Management role. Product development processes? Leadership? Building strategy?

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 20, 2020

It’s understandable that most of us don’t make time for personal development. Who wants to spend time after a hard day of work learning and developing when they could be kicking back with a beer and watching The Crown? A few months ago, I introduced a concept I have developed called the PM, or Product, Quadrants.

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Product Innovation Educators

JULY 3, 2023

Creating a new startup is a different challenge. They looked for strategies that made their physical stores assets rather than liabilities. Thank you for taking the journey to product mastery and learning with me from the successes and failures of product innovators, managers, and developers. ” – Mike Tyson Thanks!

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280 Group

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

This month, we presented the webinar, Fueling Your Product Strategy with Qualitative Research. The “formal” product process of the startup I work in has the product team developing new product/features. The new products and features are NOT developed by doing any research.

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Bain Public

MARCH 14, 2022

But unfortunately, in many companies, the product leadership team can perpetuate a negative culture — setting up product managers to fail. In essence, the product leadership team are those with influence on the product roadmap. Product-led cultures elevate products to the highest levels of the company’s mission.

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Bain Public

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

At Bain Public, we’re proud to offer free one-on-one sessions, discounted rates and lead pro-bono partnership efforts, donating company time to provide product-driven startups with expert advice and coaching about product management. In giving back, we’ve established a way to positively impact the Canadian startup ecosystem.

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Bain Public

MAY 29, 2020

It is a known fact that startups which are accompanied or coached, view their chances of success as being much higher compared to those that are not. of accompanied startups assess their chances of survival as strong, especially during the current uncertain climate. MAIN: Developing Entrepreneurship in Quebec. Startup founder?

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Product Innovation Educators

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

She’s coached hundreds of companies from startups to Fortune 50 and loves seeing people and teams transform when they understand how to build products that customers love.   This requires top-down support and leadership to create a culture that values and prioritizes customer-centricity. There are three essential characteristics.

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 8, 2023

The journey of leadership is, in many ways, a journey toward embracing our incompleteness Recently, I stumbled upon an insightful article by HBR titled “I n Praise of the Incomplete Leader ” and found it strikingly relevant. Sensemaking:** Understanding and shaping the market’s signals into a crisp strategy is pivotal.

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Mind the Product

DECEMBER 4, 2018

I write a lot about product strategy, and use Netflix as an example so that others can learn from the company’s success and failure. I often highlight that half of Netflix’s high-level product strategies fail in order to help product leaders to understand how hard it is to launch and grow startups.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 13, 2021

Product strategy is one of the most important tasks of the product leader, and definitely one of the hardest things to do. This should be your first step into product strategy. Looking at long-term goals is definitely one of the things that make any strategy hard to build, but for product strategy that is not the hardest part.

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Userpilot

AUGUST 30, 2023

What strategies can you implement to drive acquisition and retention faster? Get ready to dive into insightful discussions, practical strategies, and real-world examples that will empower you to create and manage products that meet user needs and leave them truly satisfied. Product management and leadership speakers.

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The Product Guy

AUGUST 1, 2017

A product leader not only has to manage products but also to guide and direct the overall product strategy and team, and ensure that products are delivered to market. 3/ Do a matrix of skills to map team member skills and identify development opportunities. Indeed the role of a product leader is different to that of a product manager.

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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”. He lives in London, currently working as Product Manager at Gumtree.com, an Ebay company, previously led product at international startups and large organisations.

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