Mixpanel

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Kevin Xu is an engineer-turned-product manager with experience at big tech companies like Google and Stripe. Read on for our conversation with Xu about finding product-market fit when you’re the ideal user, growing a following vs. growing an app, and what the future of social media looks like.

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Userpilot

AUGUST 26, 2021

You know how when you log into a SaaS product, you often notice the UI has changed or there are new options that weren't there before? That's SaaS product management hustling in the background to give you the best experience. And you had to own all the servers. Nightmare, right?

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Userpilot

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

In this article, we included the best tips and advice for product marketing managers (PMMs) on how to launch a product, along with various tips that can help your process go smoothly. Successfully launching a product requires proper planning which usually follows specific steps and checklists.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

APRIL 25, 2022

Have you recently been invited to a product marketing manager interview? One of the best and first things you should do is review the most common product marketing interview questions and answers. Product marketing managers play a critical role in bringing new products to market.

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Userpilot

OCTOBER 21, 2022

What product management best practices can help you build valuable and delightful products for your customers? Whether you’re an aspiring product manager or an already established product professional, our list will help you reflect on your processes and hopefully improve them. Check out our list!

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BrainMates

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Having spent several years playing both Marketing and Product Management roles, I can confidently suggest that every Product Manager who wants to make a significant impact on the overall success of the business should switch to Product Marketing roles several times in his career. The Unknown Unknowns.

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ProductPlan

JUNE 5, 2020

Product management is certainly no exception. Product managers and leaders need to find ways to keep learning and growing in an ever-evolving product environment. There’s an abundance of books, podcasts, as well as events at your disposal that cover various product management topics.

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Mind the Product

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Do product companies conduct due diligence to understand their channel partners before seeking alignment? Let me clarify that by channel partner I mean a large ecosystem of value added resellers (VARs), solution providers, service providers/managed service providers and systems integrators (SIs).

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Dear Strategy

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Dear Strategy: “What are the strategies that a Tech Product Manager can use to predict competitive movements, innovations, and/or changes in business strategy?”. . With that said, what makes this question a little bit different is that the subject here has specifically to do with the technology space.

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The Product Guy

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

Each Session of the program runs for 6 months with paired individuals… Conducting regular 1-on-1 mentor-mentee chats Sharing experiences with the larger Product community Participating in live-streamed product management lessons and Q&A. Jordan Bergtraum VP Product Management, ServiceChannel.

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The Product Guy

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Each Session of the program runs for 6 months with paired individuals… Conducting regular 1-on-1 mentor-mentee chats Sharing experiences with the larger Product community Participating in live-streamed product management lessons and Q&A. Jordan Bergtraum VP Product Management, ServiceChannel.

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Roadmunk

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

Throughout my career as both a product manager and startup founder, there’s been one severely underrated skill I credit for much of my success—and that’s reading. I’m constantly consuming articles on product management, product culture, startups and entrepreneurship to bolster my career as a product person and leader.

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Mironov Consulting

MARCH 9, 2024

  (And we’ll be speaking the language of money , not technical processes.) But this crude method can help us differentiate ¥24M from  ¥60M, create some daylight between A$ 50k and A$700k, sort 2 lakh tickets from 80 lakh tickets.    Tests with first-time users show an average 8.5 hours to install. 

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The Product Guy

JANUARY 5, 2017

In our a recent live stream from one of our mentors of The Product Mentor , Vikas Batra, lead a conversation around “Emotional Intelligence for Product Managers”. We are always looking for more product mentors from all around the world. About The Product Mentor. Ladislav Bartos Product Manager, Gumtree.com.

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Userpilot

JULY 20, 2021

Yet Growth Marketing and Product Growth is not where I started. For several years I worked in head Marketing and Digital positions. I also worked with numerous tech startups and even built and run companies myself. In short, here are the things you should be checking for in a product audit: reported problems.

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People-First Product Leadership

MARCH 10, 2024

Scenarios where a need for product sense is sought include having the skills and insight to tackle the following: How can you enhance an existing product to better meet customer needs and preferences? What features should be prioritized in a new product to effectively solve key user pain points? None of these questions are easy.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 16, 2022

After reviewing over 50 candidates, 25 phone interviews, and 15 full interviews, I eventually had to choose between a few final contenders. As such, it cannot be limited to include only the product-related parts like features and product KPIs. My free e-book “ Speed-Up the Journey to Product-Market Fit ”?—?an

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Arpit Rai

MAY 31, 2020

This post is about what one should do in the first 30–60–90 days of joining a new product management job. The checklist I had created spanned a few areas such as: Team Manager Customers Product Market & Competitors Product Management Process I’ll cover each of these areas in more detail below.

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ProductPlan

AUGUST 10, 2023

That means doing your homework regarding market intelligence, product-market fit, technical feasibility, and the like. Keeping track of them all, ensuring they’re given proper consideration, and closing the feedback loop with the folks who make suggestions is essential and falls on the product team to manage.

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Userpilot

JUNE 20, 2023

Why is product idea validation important? As a product manager, how can you effectively validate ideas and build a successful product that delights users? TL;DR Product idea validation is a process during which product teams test and tweak the product concept to ensure it satisfies a real market need.

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Userpilot

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Research shows optimized customer journeys deliver: Up to 20% increase in customer satisfaction 30% increase in conversion rates 15% increase in average order value 25-40% increase in revenue In essence, customer journey optimization establishes customer experience as a competitive differentiator that boosts business growth.

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The Product Guy

JANUARY 27, 2017

In our a recent live stream from one of our mentors of The Product Mentor , Krishna Madhuvarsu, lead a conversation around “Product Management in Startups vs. Enterprises”. We are always looking for more product mentors from all around the world. About The Product Mentor. Signup to be a Mentor Today!

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The Product Guy

JANUARY 31, 2017

Each Session of the program runs for 6 months with paired individuals… Conducting regular 1-on-1 mentor-mentee chats Sharing experiences with the larger Product community Participating in live-streamed product management lessons and Q&A. Jordan Bergtraum VP Product Management, ServiceChannel.

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Arpit Rai

MAY 31, 2020

This post is about what one should do in the first 30–60–90 days of joining a new product management job. The checklist I had created spanned a few areas such as: Team Manager Customers Product Market & Competitors Product Management Process I’ll cover each of these areas in more detail below.

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The Product Guy

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Each Session of the program runs for 6 months with paired individuals… Conducting regular 1-on-1 mentor-mentee chats Sharing experiences with the larger Product community Participating in live-streamed product management lessons and Q&A. Jordan Bergtraum VP Product Management, ServiceChannel.

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

The authors relied on their intuition or professionalism, and didn’t account for the most important factor in product creation?—?the the product/market fit. Everpix and Google Wave didn’t satisfy the market. So, you return to customer discovery and review it all over again.

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ProductPlan

AUGUST 10, 2023

That means doing your homework regarding market intelligence, product-market fit, technical feasibility, and the like. Keeping track of them all, ensuring they’re given proper consideration, and closing the feedback loop with the folks who make suggestions is essential and falls on the product team to manage.

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Userpilot

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Research shows optimized customer journeys deliver: Up to 20% increase in customer satisfaction 30% increase in conversion rates 15% increase in average order value 25-40% increase in revenue In essence, customer journey optimization establishes customer experience as a competitive differentiator that boosts business growth.

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Amplitude

JANUARY 23, 2020

By Anastasia Fullerton, Product Marketing Manager at Amplitude. In the past, the challenge product teams faced was building functional technology. It has become increasingly easier to build technology that works, so now the challenge has evolved. By Abbie Kouzmanoff, Senior Product Manager at Amplitude.

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The Product Guy

FEBRUARY 18, 2017

Each Session of the program runs for 6 months with paired individuals… Conducting regular 1-on-1 mentor-mentee chats Sharing experiences with the larger Product community Participating in live-streamed product management lessons and Q&A. Jordan Bergtraum VP Product Management, ServiceChannel.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 20, 2020

Now let’s move from hairstyling to the tech world. With technology, you can do almost anything. That’s why I am launching today a new service of strategy review ?—?allowing My free e-book “Speed-Up the Journey to Product-Market Fit”? —?an Just because you can do something, doesn’t mean that you need to.

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Intercom, Inc.

MAY 16, 2019

As our Design Lead Gustavs Cirulis shared recently, the development of the product did not come without its own challenges. So I hosted our Director of Product Management Brian Donohue and Senior Product Manager Patrick Andrews on the podcast today to get the behind-the-scenes look at how this product came to life.

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ProductPlan

APRIL 2, 2019

Every product has a lifecycle which consists of various phases. And the demands placed upon a product manager often vary depending on the lifecycle stage their product is in. Product managers are required to use different mental muscles and skills for ushering their ward along to the next step in its lifecycle.

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Amplitude

DECEMBER 6, 2020

If all users of your audience were exactly alike, your customer lifecycle and tech stack would be simple: . You’d only need one marketing channel to find your users. Sadly, this isn’t the case—so your users will invariably find and engage with your product for a variety of reasons, and from a variety of different sources. .

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Department of Product

MAY 22, 2020

Product managers and product leaders should have an inherent sense of what’s valuable to customers. If a product person isn’t equipped with the ability to sense what might be valuable to others, product management might not be the best career choice in the first place.

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Sachin Rekhi

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

Mastering the craft of product management is no easy task. I instead define a product manager as driving the vision, strategy, design, and execution of their product. It's equally important for product managers to think about each of these four dimensions as having a concrete set of deliverables.

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Bain Public

MAY 24, 2019

For instance, you can propose 5 different product initiatives to the executive and the team and present why each option is valuable. Due to the limited resources that are available (such as constraints on time, people and money), they must pick between 2-3 intermissions. For more information, visit bainpublic.com or call 514-442-8487.

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