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Pre-Product Market Fit: Ten Great Books for Product People

The Product Coalition

If only books on product management had labels that say “pre-PMF” or “post-PMF”. Here are 10 great product books on pre-product market fit (pre-PMF)! ?? It gives you a way to identify your value propositions to differentiate. ??????????? To build your first product you don’t have to read anything.

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Why Storytelling Skills For Product Management & Product Marketing Are Essential

Product Management University

Storytelling skills for product management and product marketing are essential because without them, the value context (why the market cares) of what you’re building, marketing and selling is completely masked. Take market requirements for example. Storytelling Example. Related Articles.

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A Lean Alternative to a Business Plan: Documenting Your Product/Market Fit Hypotheses

Sachin Rekhi

However I've seen too many startups use the lean startup methodology as an excuse to fly by the seat of their pants and shun almost any structure to their approach to iterating, validating, and finding product/market fit. Here is what I typically capture when initially documenting a startup's product/market fit hypotheses: 1.

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Differentiate Yourself in an Already Clustered SaaS Market

ProductPlan

The winners emerging from the scrum of similar offerings differentiate themselves in significant, meaningful, and sometimes surprising ways. Even though these product changes may only appeal to a small subset of the overall market, they can make your product the standout rockstar for those customers with a unique selling proposition.

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The Ideal Product Marketing Candidate for B2B

Product Management University

This sample product marketing job description just might ruffle a few feathers. First, it’s not your typical “get the product off the shelf” job description. Second, there may be people in product marketing roles that don’t meet the requirements. B2B Product Marketing Job Description.

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Solution Selling vs. Aspirational Selling: Is It a Mirror Image of Product Management?

Product Management University

Is it time for a more interesting and unique flavor of selling – or is it time for a more tantalizing flavor of product management to differentiate the way you sell? Identify customer problems, communicate how your products or services solve those problems, then articulate the benefits.) It’s not wrong or bad. How do you do…?It’s

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5 Truths of Building a Product Launch Strategy

Amplitude

Your product positioning should focus on what differentiates your product from those competing products or services. If there’s something your product does demonstrably better, use the benefit(s) derived from that feature as a key component of your launch strategy.