The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

The Lean Product Playbook Summary?—?How How to Find Product-Market Fit “Main reason why most of the products fail is due to lack of product-market fit.” ~Dan Dan Olsen Product-Market Fit is inarguably one of the main factors deciding on product success or failure. Steve Jobs.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 23, 2022

A Product Framework from Concept to Delivery: Part 1 Why “FE²AR” As a technology executive, I have seen my share of successful and not-as-successful products. The best products fail nowadays due to a lack of consideration of Ecosystems, an example that I will walk through in Part 2 of this article.

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The Product Guy

JANUARY 5, 2017

Paul is an experienced product management professional with over 15 years of experience in technology management and 10 years in product management. Prior to Medidata, Paul led product management and was head of technology at Centage Corporation, a budgeting and financial forecasting software company in Natick, MA.

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Product Innovation Educators

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

Talking About Value: The Art of Communication in Market Research One of the challenges in market research is translating product features into benefits and value for customers. Engineers and product developers often focus on the technical aspects of a product, but customers are mainly interested in what they get out of it.

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Mind the Product

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Do product companies conduct due diligence to understand their channel partners before seeking alignment? First, a clear view of the primary and secondary products and services in a channel partner’s portfolio is needed. You also need to understand: How these products and services are delivered.

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The Product Guy

FEBRUARY 18, 2017

Paul is an experienced product management professional with over 15 years of experience in technology management and 10 years in product management. Prior to Medidata, Paul led product management and was head of technology at Centage Corporation, a budgeting and financial forecasting software company in Natick, MA.

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Userpilot

APRIL 8, 2022

Product market fit, often just called product/market or “P/M” is one of the most important Lean Startup concepts. There is a lot of information out there about why it’s important for having a successful product and grow your business, but finding out how to achieve product-market fit can still feel elusive.

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Andrew Chen

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

99% of startups are not differentiated on their underlying technology, and there is very little engineering risk involved. (I’m I’m ignoring deep tech and foundational AI research companies, for the sake of this conversation). Ironically, this is where great products become to dominate.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

APRIL 6, 2020

Product marketing is one of the newest and most impactful roles within an organization. As a product marketing manager (PMM), you influence most areas of the organization including product, design, sales, support, and, of course, marketing. That degree doesn’t have to be in marketing, but it certainly helps.

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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. Counter-positioning. Yet they were extremely slow to do so.

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Lenny Rachitsky

JUNE 11, 2024

Using Lenny’s Newsletter research, what is good retention for a consumer product? Include CSAT scores from top technology companies. Include NPS scores from top technology companies. Explain the product-market-fit survey by Rahul Vohra c. Doing market research 12. Understanding technical jargon 24.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 17, 2023

Photo by Alexei on Pxhere A few months after I joined Twiggle as the VP of Product, the CEO gave me a list of competitors to review. The reason we didn’t see them in any of our POCs was because they were targeting a different market segment. I’m sure that your product, too, has a generic list of competitors.

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Userpilot

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Is your B2B Product Marketing strategy working for you? Brand positioning, demonstrating your value proposition to other businesses, and making channel decisions; B2B product marketing can become a complex process. Finally, set SMART goals and KPIs or OKRs for tracking your marketing performance.

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Sachin Rekhi

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

Much of the literature that defines the role as the intersection of business, technology, and user experience isn't particularly helpful for practitioners who are left wondering what skills they need to learn versus the fine people they work closely with in actual business, technology, and user experience roles.

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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. Let’s talk about growth.

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Business of Software Conference

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

This will change the way that a lot of people think about product market fit, BS metrics, understanding the needs of the people that really matter. Rahul Vohra (Founder/CEO, Superhuman) – The Product-Market Fit Engine from Business of Software Conference. So I’m going to talk about Product-Market Fit.

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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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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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Product Management Lessons from the Trenches

JULY 17, 2018

people at a startup don’t automatically have a common understanding of their products’ value propositions either. And lack of alignment at a startup is more painful, especially in early stages when you are looking for that elusive product-market fit. or the marketing strategy. Time required: less than an hour per product.

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BrainMates

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Even if we took the oft-quoted “95% of products fail” (most commonly attributed to Clayton Christensen) to mean “95% of ideas fail”, we would still be taking far too many ideas through to production & launch. Most companies are in reality reviewing and failing several orders of magnitude less ideas than this.

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Userpilot

JUNE 28, 2024

Embarking on a career as a product marketing manager involves a combination of education, skills development, and practical experience. This guide will provide you with a comprehensive overview of the path to becoming a successful product marketing manager. Product marketing manager. Let’s dive in!

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Userpilot

AUGUST 14, 2024

Userpilot Product Drive 2024. Product Drive Categories This year’s Summit Drive features talks in four categories : product management and leadership, product growth, product marketing, and AI & product management. Userpilot Product Drive 2024 talk categories. Why does it matter?

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The Product Guy

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Paul is an experienced product management professional with over 15 years of experience in technology management and 10 years in product management. Prior to Medidata, Paul led product management and was head of technology at Centage Corporation, a budgeting and financial forecasting software company in Natick, MA.

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The Product Guy

JANUARY 31, 2017

Paul is an experienced product management professional with over 15 years of experience in technology management and 10 years in product management. Prior to Medidata, Paul led product management and was head of technology at Centage Corporation, a budgeting and financial forecasting software company in Natick, MA.

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The Product Guy

JANUARY 27, 2017

Paul is an experienced product management professional with over 15 years of experience in technology management and 10 years in product management. Prior to Medidata, Paul led product management and was head of technology at Centage Corporation, a budgeting and financial forecasting software company in Natick, MA.

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 24, 2021

Many venture capital firms were interested in investments at comparatively high valuations in technology companies available around that era. Investment banking firms, substantially benefiting from initial public offerings (IPO), strongly encouraged investments into the technology sector. Startup funding was relatively easy to raise.

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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. It happened with me too.

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ProductPlan

JUNE 5, 2020

4 Product Management Certifications That Are Worth Your Time. Now, we’ve evaluated top picks based on course content, reviews, communities/groups around the certifications, and industry recognition. Product School’s Product Management Certification Programs. product manager, product owner, product marketing, etc.)

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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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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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Userpilot

AUGUST 26, 2021

SaaS product management refers to software-as-a-service and is cloud-based software that is accessible from any device with an internet connection and web browser. A frightening number of product managers don't directly speak to customers despite it being a best practice. It sits at the intersection of UX, tech, and design.

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ProductPlan

JUNE 1, 2023

When your product can do more than it could do before, that sounds like a good thing. Added functionality, new capabilities, a more robust feature set…these are the talking points product marketers salivate over and executives search for on product roadmaps. But are you solving for actual customer problems?

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Userpilot

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

A Talk By Melissa Kwan (Cofounder And CEO, EWebinar) TL;DR Blue ocean strategy is about creating uncontested market space instead of competing directly with rivals. It focuses on differentiation and low cost simultaneously to break the value-cost tradeoff. However, many firms fail at successful implementation due to common pitfalls.

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Your product go-to-market strategy is the final ingredient for any successful product launch. It is a small but prominent element that drives every other component of your marketing strategy. To build the best possible go-to-market strategy, you should: Define your target audience and what their JTBDs.

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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

DECEMBER 14, 2021

With over 5 million visitors per month, Product Hunt is a haven for product managers. Product hunt dashboard. A community of like-minded techies and a free platform to create a market buzz about your product, it is the most trusted source for reviews and recommendations. Marketing and lots of marketing.

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

If you integrate an existing model into your product, like most SaaS companies, it won’t be enough to outperform your competitors. Training your own model requires access to data and technical resources but could be a true differentiator in the market. Consequently, it could easily be your key differentiator.

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