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Deep dive: How to make product discovery a habit

Mind the Product

Inspired by Teresa Torres' 'Continuous Discovery Habits' (2021), Martin Lehner and Doerthe Ramin delve into the art of building lasting habits within organizations and among product leaders. Read more » The post Deep dive: How to make product discovery a habit appeared first on Mind the Product.

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Why Your View on Technical Debt Is Wrong?

The Product Coalition

Technical Debt is just the tip of the iceberg. Why is it crucial to get it right?

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He helped shape WallStreetBets. Now Kevin Xu is betting on his own social app.

Mixpanel

They say write what you know. Why wouldn’t the same go for building apps? Kevin Xu is an engineer-turned-product manager with experience at big tech companies like Google and Stripe. But if you happen to be a “very online” retail stock trader, you may know him as Sir Jack , one of the WallStreetBets community’s more notorious and successful meme stock investors.

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A Guide for Stepping Into Leadership

The Product Coalition

Congratulations on your new leadership position! Assuming a new leadership role is a significant challenge, whether you’ve transitioned within your current organization or stepped into an entirely new one .Each time I stepped into a leadership role was exhilarating and demanding. Sometimes, frightening. Here’s how you can make a difference from day one: Start with Listening and Asking: The initial phase is all about learning (I would go further and say that it is always all about learning).

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How to Achieve High-Accuracy Results When Using LLMs

Speaker: Ben Epstein, Stealth Founder & CTO | Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO, Aggregage

When tasked with building a fundamentally new product line with deeper insights than previously achievable for a high-value client, Ben Epstein and his team faced a significant challenge: how to harness LLMs to produce consistent, high-accuracy outputs at scale. In this new session, Ben will share how he and his team engineered a system (based on proven software engineering approaches) that employs reproducible test variations (via temperature 0 and fixed seeds), and enables non-LLM evaluation m

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How to Connect the Dots in Product Discovery

ProductBoard

Delivering new features is often costly and time-consuming, and if you’ve made a false assumption about what your users actually need or want, then you’ll have sunk a bunch of resources into a feature that’ll go underutilized. That’s where product discovery comes in as a way to understand your customer’s underlying needs, research, and validate your ideas before starting product delivery.

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User Behavior Analytics Examples And Use Cases

Userpilot

Looking for user behavior analytics examples to get your inspirations rolling? You’re in the right place. In this article, we broke down different examples and how to implement them for your product. We’ll also cover behavioral analytics tools you can use to understand users better and create flows to boost product experience. TL;DR Behavioral analytics or user and entity behavior analytics is a data analysis process that focuses on understanding how users interact with your product.

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The Power of Encouragement in Product Teams

The Product Coalition

As I spent time reflecting on teams I have led and have been a part of as well as what made those teams great or mediocre, a thought popped into my mind. Beyond the basics that make for a good team, what really set ‘the best’ apart? I went through my mental list of characteristics and one interestingly floated to the top — encouragement. Teams that encouraged each other tended to be more successful, at least in my experience.

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Customer Retention Model: What Are They And How to Use Them

Userpilot

A customer retention model helps you predict what customers want using data. It helps you generate insights from past user behaviors, and you can use that information to design customer retention strategies that work. This article breaks down different customer retention models and how they can help your SaaS growth efforts. We’ll also cover how to do customer retention analyses to pair with retention models for more holistic insights.

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From The Soccer Pitch to The Product Roadmap: The Power Of Teamwork In Creating Outcomes

The Product Coalition

Creating Product Outcomes: What I’ve Learned From The Soccer Pitch “Great things in business are never done by one person; they’re done by a team of people.” — Steve Jobs Soccer is more than just a game for me. It’s become a lens through which I’ve come to view much of my life, including my work in product management. I went from a naive, casual observer to an all-out soccer dad, all thanks to my three kids.

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Your Guide to Product Management Interviews: Top Questions with Answers

Stand out in your product management interview with guidance from Priyanka Upadhyay, an experienced product leader and Stanford Online program coach. In this guide, Upadhay dives into five key competencies interviewers will likely want to assess. She provides sample questions with detailed answers spanning: Product strategy Product design Execution Market estimation Teamwork Confidently land the product management role you want by pre-empting what interviewers are looking for and demonstrating y

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How to Write Effective OKRs

ProductPlan

Since its humble beginnings in the 1970s, objectives and key results (OKRs) have emerged as a relatively universal goal-setting framework used by individuals, teams, and organizations of all sizes. On the surface, OKRs appear simple. However, truly mastering the art of creating OKRs that drive impactful outcomes remains challenging for many organizations.

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Three Prototyping Hacks You Can Steal for Your Next Workshop

The Product Coalition

Prototyping can be one of the most energizing parts of a workshop. The team finally gets to see their ideas come to life, and in service of the problem they set out to solve and the needs of people they aim to help. But when it comes to orchestrating the exercise, there’s definitely a sweet spot between structure and freedom. Today, I’m sharing my prototyping hacks to help your team create the best initial, simplified version of their design — one that’s ready to be tested, iterated on, and vali

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Understanding the Distinction: Employer of Record vs. Staffing Agency

TurnKey Labs

Workforce management is a critical aspect of business operations, and many organizations often turn to external assistance to streamline their workforce needs. In this context, two prominent solutions stand out: Employer of Record (EOR) and Staffing Agencies.

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Product Briefing – September 21, 2023

Department of Product

The Department of Product Briefing ←All newsletter briefings Hi product people ?, Apple’s iOS17 officially launches this week but there’s another operating system worth exploring, too. TimeOS is described as the world’s first “time operating system” and this week the company unveiled a new browser extension. Designed to integrate directly into your workflow, TimeOS can capture notes, schedule your calendar and even attend meetings for you.

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Effective Risk Management: Balancing Safety, Compliance, and Opportunity

Effective risk management in product development balances safety, compliance, and opportunity. Risks can't be eliminated, but they can be mitigated through structured assessments, clear documentation, and expert guidance. Engaging specialists ensures efficiency, regulatory adherence, and product security while reducing costly oversights. A well-executed risk management plan includes frequent evaluations, defined assessment criteria, and a structured decision-making process.

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How Does an Offshore Tech Talent Agency in the USA Work?

TurnKey Labs

Nowadays, businesses face a constant challenge – acquiring and retaining top-tier talent. This challenge has given rise to the prominence of offshore talent agencies in the USA.

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Software Development Team Best Practices

AB Tasty

Software development isn’t just developers writing code. It also includes less technical processes that precede the actual development process such as the planning and the testing stages as well as post-development when the software is released and feedback is gathered from end-users.

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Unlocking Latin American Tech Talent: How to Hire Software Developers in Latin America

TurnKey Labs

Latin America has emerged as a prime destination for companies seeking to expand their teams and tap into exceptional tech talent. The appeal lies not only in the region’s rich cultural diversity and vibrant tech communities but also in its proximity, aligning time zones, and cost-effective solutions.

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How to Write Effective OKRs

ProductPlan

Since its humble beginnings in the 1970s, objectives and key results (OKRs) have emerged as a relatively universal goal-setting framework used by individuals, teams, and organizations of all sizes. On the surface, OKRs appear simple. However, truly mastering the art of creating OKRs that drive impactful outcomes remains challenging for many organizations.

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Build Your Best Product Strategy: An Action Plan You Can Start Now

As your company grows and your product matures, so too should your product strategy. Drawing from their decades of experience as product leaders, Stanford Online instructors Donna Novitsky and Laura Marino share best practices for defining your product strategy at each stage of company growth. Get practical, real-world product strategy tips from experts who have lived through the same challenges you’re currently facing.