The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

The leadership team finally agreed on the vision. The series of choices following a framework = the product strategy. As I considered the merits of each possible option to build a user base, I weighed them against the product strategy framework, the pros/cons, coherence, and value. The north star was clear?—?enabling

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Mind the Product

APRIL 27, 2017

Some product teams are moving away from written PRDs to visual artifacts like mockups and prototypes. Figure 1: FRAMEWORK OF METHODS TO CAPTURE AND DEFINE PRODUCT FEATURES. Eric Ries, in his post “What is customer development? Recently it has become more common to move from only “defining solutions” to also “detailing problems”.

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People-First Product Leadership

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Throughout the post, I provide practical tips and steps for developing these strategic elements, setting the foundation for further strategic planning. Identify their strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT). Use this insight to differentiate your organization from others in the space.

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ProductPlan

AUGUST 10, 2023

It’s not sexy and won’t land the leadership team any TED Talks. The team can still make minor changes and improvements that boost adoption, revenue, and retention while still pursuing big bets. Taking a bifurcated approach to product development and innovation is more vital than ever.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 3, 2020

So, it was natural that we should want to develop a talent growth plan for our people. Each month we send out an NPS survey to assess whether the company is being a great place to work, but a few months ago I also sent Google’s manager feedback survey to my team of 10 product managers. It was clear the team needed a talent growth plan.

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Business of Software Conference

OCTOBER 11, 2023

As usual, you really had to be there but here are the Sigmacorn notes… 9:00 Mark Littlewood: Opening remarks Welcome to BoS! How will we win?

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ProductPlan

AUGUST 10, 2023

It’s not sexy and won’t land the leadership team any TED Talks. The team can still make minor changes and improvements that boost adoption, revenue, and retention while still pursuing big bets. Taking a bifurcated approach to product development and innovation is more vital than ever.

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Department of Product

AUGUST 22, 2022

Sure, this is similar to other C-level tech leadership roles, but COOs, CTOs and Chief Revenue Officers are, I’d argue, a little less nebulous in their scope than ‘Product’. If your team members can’t even articulate the value proposition, how can you expect customers to understand it? Do they want what we’re building?

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Mind the Product

JULY 25, 2018

One prevalent theme that came up in all the interviews was how, when trying to find a solution to a challenging problem, you should try to leverage all the diverse skills available in the team. Encourage the team to think of at least four solutions to the problem being presented, if not more. engineering, commercial, design etc.)

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People-First Product Leadership

DECEMBER 20, 2023

To establish the Product Vision, I recommend taking time as a Product team to reflect both on the past and on the future. How can you empower the Product team and cross functional stakeholders to think big? How can you empower the Product team and cross functional stakeholders to think big? What ground has been covered?

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

MARCH 29, 2022

Are you learning a new R framework? This way, it can be easily spotted and differentiated from the rest. I strive to grow a team of data professionals and help them achieve their potential. You're trying to join a growing team or be part of a larger data team that will help coach you into bigger and better skills.

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ProductPlan

MAY 7, 2019

Ensuring everyone is striving toward the same strategic goals while still working and thinking independently isn’t easy, particularly when the organization is broken out into separate teams. With more users on the Facebook platform the team is able to optimize everyone’s feed to deliver more value to users.”. Limiting innovation.

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Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Getting this right allows your teams to work in lockstep together. Today we’re going to talk about the wonderful work of fiction that every product team has known as the roadmap. And I remember when we came in, we’d raised the Series A, or you guys raised the Series A and I inherited the success of that, we started hiring teams.

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Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Getting this right allows your teams to work in lockstep together. Today we’re going to talk about the wonderful work of fiction that every product team has known as the roadmap. And I remember when we came in, we’d raised the Series A, or you guys raised the Series A and I inherited the success of that, we started hiring teams.

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Roadmunk

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

Some sit outside the product domain, but still directly pushed me as a product manager to connect and empathize with other team members. But in part 4 of a 9-part series on startups by Marc Andreessen (co-founder of Andreessen Horowitz), there are three factors to startup success identified: your team, product and market.

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Userpilot

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Blue ocean strategy has become an increasingly popular business framework over the past two decades, especially in the SaaS industry. It focuses on differentiation and low cost simultaneously to break the value-cost tradeoff. This strategy rejects traditional competitive business frameworks focused on outperforming rivals.

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Business of Software Conference

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Learn the method that Bruce used to focus his team on the few critical things that resulted in the sale of his company for $125 million. I’ve been in product management roles or engineering management or UX or business development or agile enablement. He’ll cover: Why prioritization is important. And there was just no consensus.

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Userpilot

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Blue ocean strategy has become an increasingly popular business framework over the past two decades, especially in the SaaS industry. It focuses on differentiation and low cost simultaneously to break the value-cost tradeoff. This strategy rejects traditional competitive business frameworks focused on outperforming rivals.

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Intercom, Inc.

JUNE 8, 2021

According to one Microsoft Global State of Customer Service report , 90% of consumers surveyed said that customer service is an important factor in their choice of, and loyalty to, a brand, while nearly two-thirds (58%) would sever their relationship with a business due to poor customer service.

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Business of Software Conference

AUGUST 30, 2019

So I have talked about jobs to be done and how you can use it specifically for marketing as opposed to just for product development at a couple of conferences. And what’s funny is messaging working on your messaging has been getting a bit of a bad rap lately. And it’s not bad: ‘gain total control of your money’.

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Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 14, 2020

Customer Success teams arise out of the need to provide high-touch guidance to your most valuable customers – without disrupting your Sales and Support teams. What we and our customers needed was a dedicated team – one that could jump on calls, assist with implementation, and spend time on complex problems. Can you help?”

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Intercom, Inc.

MARCH 1, 2018

He’s also taught front-end web development at General Assembly and been a Design Mentor at Andreessen Horowitz. Here are five quick takeaways: When designing for developers, who often build their own workarounds for less-than-ideal interfaces, be cognizant of and account for change aversion. I know how to rally teams now.

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