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Product-Led Growth Is a Misleading Name

The Product Coalition

I talk about it a lot when I speak about product strategy and in the CPO Bootcamp. But recently, I find myself clarifying this even further with the very confusing term product-led growth (PLG). It’s a great model but the name is quite misleading. That’s why I named my strategic product-led growth course ‘Unboxing PLG’.

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How Product-Market Fit Really Works (Part 1)

The Product Coalition

If you are on the journey toward product-market fit, you know it’s not easy. Every new product has its own fit to find. When I studied coaching, one of the coaches who taught us was a guy named Ronnie. When I studied coaching, one of the coaches who taught us was a guy named Ronnie. So here it is?—?product-market

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Top 45 Product Marketing Manager Interview Questions

PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

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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The Value Assessment Framework (Part 2)

The Product Coalition

So we are going to create a simple table (preferably in your favorite spreadsheet tool) with the following columns: Customer profile name Customer profile description Value definition Value delivery Value perception Now you can start filling the table, where each row represents a different customer profile.

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Strategic Roadmap Template

The Product Coalition

As you can understand from the name, most workshops are about novels and focus on how to build the plot and the characters that drive it. They named it after the feedback I constantly gave them on their presentations. If you follow the product-market fit example from above, it is clear that you need to focus on retention.

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The Critical Role of Product Strategy When Resources Are Limited (Part 2?—?Rounds A, B, and Later)

The Product Coalition

A product strategy is often the missing link that would convert your efforts into actual revenue. An economic downturn, a war — you name it. While I understand this distinction, I believe that a company cannot reach real product-market fit without nailing down its GTM, and vice versa. Here is how it works.

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3 Ways To Educate the Market That Actually Work

The Product Coalition

Even if you are advertising in order to build your brand (think Coca-Cola or Nike), you are educating the market on the kind of company you are (or the kind you want to be, but that’s for a different post). Let’s get right to it: what are those things you can educate the market on, and where are you setting yourself to failure?

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