Tue.Nov 15, 2022

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Five Reasons Why SaaS Benchmarks Can Be Dangerous Without Context

Gainsight

I get an email almost every day from other CEOs or CXOs that goes something like this: “What’s a good metric for… [Growth Rate / Net Revenue Retention / Gross Margin / ARR / Employee]?”. Often the message provides no context on the leader’s business. They just want to know what “good” is. As a CEO who has seen Gainsight grow from a very small company to nearly 1500 employees, I completely understand that instinct.

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Product vision and strategy – Marty Cagan on The Product Experience – Part 1 of 2

Mind the Product

On this week's podcast episode, we welcomed someone who needs no introduction. Marty Cagan, Founder and Partner of Silicon Valley Product Group , and Author of ”Inspired” and “Empowered” delved into a plethora of topics including strategy, vision, ethics, and ways of working. We struggled to fit so many product insights into one episode, so we decided to split it into two parts!

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Get your product story straight with David Riemer

ProductBoard

Foundational skills in product storytelling from David Riemer David Riemer, longtime tech executive, marketer, and author, recently joined us in the Productboard Product Makers community to discuss storytelling and how to build this foundational skill. The good news is that telling a product story is just like telling any other kind of story, so if you’re not sure where to start.

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To pivot or to not: a guide to executing a product pivot

Mind the Product

A pivot can change the trajectory of a company or product. In this article, Shubhi Nigam makes a case for how pivots are essential for successful businesses, and how you can follow a methodical framework to consider and implement one. [.] Read more » The post To pivot or to not: a guide to executing a product pivot appeared first on Mind the Product.

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Get Better Network Graphs & Save Analysts Time

Many organizations today are unlocking the power of their data by using graph databases to feed downstream analytics, enahance visualizations, and more. Yet, when different graph nodes represent the same entity, graphs get messy. Watch this essential video with Senzing CEO Jeff Jonas on how adding entity resolution to a graph database condenses network graphs to improve analytics and save your analysts time.

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Relationship Series Part IV: The Product Manager – Strength in Our Diversity

The People of Product Management

No one grows up saying they want to be a product manager (at least not in the time and place I grew up). Yet, despite this, the product managers, with whom I have worked, have been some of my most passionate colleagues. We all seem to have come from different career backgrounds, but like the proverbial roads leading to Rome our paths have intersected in a spaghetti junction of features and functions and user stories and releases.

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Software vs. Hardware: The Role of PMs Across Various Products

ProductPlan

Regardless of whether you’re building products for software, hardware, or services, product managers of every stripe are considered the driver of a product’s strategic development and the single source of truth for questions, requests, and feedback related to their products. The role of software vs. hardware product managers varies from other industry roles, though many similarities exist.

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Product burnout? You're not alone!

The Product Cafe

Hello, all you product-loving folks! 🥰 Welcome to this week's edition of Product Café, your weekly cup of coffee for everything product management, startups, and more. ☕ Thank you for reading Product Café’s newsletter ☕️ Subscribe for free to receive new every week! Riddle of the week 💬 What runs, but never walks.