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What we learned moving sales and product upmarket together

Intercom, Inc.

As Intercom’s customer base moved upmarket, it became increasingly obvious to us in Sales that what worked well in our product for early-stage startups didn’t for larger companies. To fix it, we had to change how we worked with our product team. We created our first sales function in 2014 and in the busyness of building out the team, we had little time to reflect on how our experiences on the frontline of sales could add value to our product roadmap.

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What we can Learn from Electric Scooter Companies like Lime and Bird

Mind the Product

Famously, back in 2001, inventor Dean Kamen was going to change the world. The buzz just before the launch of his Segway personal transporter was astonishing. Tech investor John Doerr posited that it would be more important than the internet. South Park devoted an episode to making fun of the hype before the product was released. Steve Jobs said that it was “as big a deal as the PC” But when it finally launched it was a commercial flop.

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On product management &?humanity

ProductBoard

This article originally appeared on Hacker Noon The best product managers are masterful illusionists. And to work their magic, they exploit a trait that is unique to humans – or to be more precise, to homo sapiens. After all, it is this trait that gave us an edge over our brawnier, heartier neanderthal brethren and explains why we sapiens have imposed ourselves at the top of the food chain.

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Hands-on Agile Webinar #5: Sprint Planning Anti-Patterns

The Product Coalition

TL;DR: Webinar Sprint Planning Anti-Patterns Webinar Sprint Planning: The purpose of Scrum’s sprint planning is to align the development team and the product owner. Both need to agree on the shippable product increment of the next sprint. The idea is that the development team’s forecast reflects the product owner’s sprint goal. Also, the team needs to come up with a plan on how to accomplish its forecast.

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Beyond the Basics of A/B Tests: Highly Innovative Experimentation Tactics You Need to Know

Speaker: Timothy Chan, PhD., Head of Data Science

Are you ready to move beyond the basics and take a deep dive into the cutting-edge techniques that are reshaping the landscape of experimentation? 🌐 From Sequential Testing to Multi-Armed Bandits, Switchback Experiments to Stratified Sampling, Timothy Chan, Data Science Lead, is here to unravel the mysteries of these powerful methodologies that are revolutionizing how we approach testing.

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How to organize Product Increment Planning in a distributed team

Miro

How to organize Product Increment Planning in a distributed team Here at RealtimeBoard, we set out on a mission to build a universal tool for visual collaboration that helps companies embrace digital transformation, manage remote teams and think visually in order to speed up internal processes and delight their customers. That’s why we are always curious […].

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How do you balance tradeoffs to level up legacy products?

DISQO

Most product leaders and managers don’t have the luxury of starting from scratch. Rather, they’re responsible for improving and growing legacy products with existing customers, rigid stakeholders, and technical debt. How do you optimize decision-making in these less-than-ideal environments? There is no silver bullet, but the answer begins with empathy and understanding.

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Tell Me About Your Technical Skills: A Non-Technical Product Manager's Approach

The Product Coalition

Tell Me About Your Technical Skills: A Non-Technical Product Manager’s Approach At some point everyone has stumbled responding to an interviewer’s question. My latest impression of a deer in the headlights came after a recruiter asked me to describe my technical skills. I needed a moment to develop a response after the recruiter looked at me and said, “Tell me about your technical skills.

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Practice Makes Perfect: How to Practice Research Skills in Everyday Life

UserInterviews

Dedicated practice is the one tried-and-true way to grow and master what you do. Now you can practice UX research in your everyday life too.

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[VIDEO] How to Use In-App Messaging to Promote Events

Revulytics

In-application messaging is an untapped channel to promote events that can help users get more out of your applications, like webinars, product training, user meetups, trade shows, and more. In this video, we’ll show you how to set up a ReachOut program to enable users to book at time to meet with you at an upcoming trade show. You’ll learn how to: Set up the basic details of the campaign.

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Exploring PerfDog Whitepaper 2024: Unlock the Power of Performance Testing

Key Takeaways Robust Platform & Multi-System Support: Brief introduction to PerfDog's extensive compatibility across various operating systems and hardware platforms including Android, iOS, PC, gaming consoles and more. In-Depth Performance Metrics: Quick view of the extensive range of metrics for system, graphics and rendering, user experience, in-depth analysis, and more.

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How do you balance tradeoffs to level up legacy products?

DISQO

Most product leaders and managers don’t have the luxury of starting from scratch. Rather, they’re responsible for improving and growing legacy products with existing customers, rigid stakeholders, and technical debt. How do you optimize decision-making in these less-than-ideal environments? There is no silver bullet, but the answer begins with empathy and understanding.

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How Uber designs for citizens in 450+ cities and on 6 continents

NextBigWhat

This is the guiding principle of Uber. We think of our design skills in five dimensions. Our designers are psychologists; we develop deep empathy for our users, and try to see the world through their eyes. We are ethnographers, researching cultures across the world. We are scientists, working with data sets to derive insights that […] More The post How Uber designs for citizens in 450+ cities and on 6 continents appeared first on NextBigWhat.

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How do you balance tradeoffs to level up legacy products?

DISQO

Most product leaders and managers don’t have the luxury of starting from scratch. Rather, they’re responsible for improving and growing legacy products with existing customers, rigid stakeholders, and technical debt. How do you optimize decision-making in these less-than-ideal environments? There is no silver bullet, but the answer begins with empathy and understanding.

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Hacking a Product Roadmap for Uncertain Circumstances

Atomic Spin PM

Product roadmaps have long been used to illustrate the direction of product development, including how much time the project will take to complete, what tasks need to be completed, and who is responsible for those tasks. In my experience, a roadmap has been the best tool to align the team and leadership around the same expectations. During a recent mobile app project, our team wanted to align with leadership and needed a way to communicate our progress to other departments.

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Product Management Careers: Job Prospects, Pathways, and Must-Have Skills (2024)

The product management job market in 2024 reflects the fast-growing and ever-evolving nature of the field. For product managers looking to future-proof their careers and take advantage of new opportunities, staying informed about the professional landscape is a smart move. In this comprehensive career guide from Regis College, you’ll learn about: The current job outlook for product managers in 2024 Six professional pathways and the average salaries for these roles in the U.S.

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How Uber designs for citizens in 450+ cities and on 6 continents

NextBigWhat

This is the guiding principle of Uber. We think of our design skills in five dimensions. Our designers are psychologists; we develop deep empathy for our users, and try to see the world through their eyes. We are ethnographers, researching cultures across the world. We are scientists, working with data sets to derive insights that […]. The post How Uber designs for citizens in 450+ cities and on 6 continents appeared first on NextBigWhat.

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Practice Makes Perfect: How to Practice Research Skills in Everyday Life

UserInterviews

Dedicated practice is the one tried-and-true way to grow and master what you do. Now you can practice UX research in your everyday life too.

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Practice Makes Perfect: How to Practice Research Skills in Everyday Life

UserInterviews

Dedicated practice is the one tried-and-true way to grow and master what you do. Now you can practice UX research in your everyday life too.

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