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Building An Accidental Business | Cesar Kuriyama | BoS USA 2019

Business of Software Conference

Cesar Kuriyama // 1 Second Everyday. Born in Peru, and raised as a math and science nerd in New Jersey with a passion for movies and storytelling, Cesar worked in advertising before leaving it all behind to pursue his own personal creative endeavours; among them a personal project – 1SecondEveryday. It took time and a co-founder, Schoneck Shoaf, to turn it into a business, but now the App has been downloaded over 2 million times.

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How to Create a Mobile App Marketplace like Airbnb

The Product Coalition

The concept of ‘sharing is caring’ is relatively new, but trendy and its popularity has skyrocketed recently. Since everything has moved online in 2020 as you probably know, such services have become the best place to find what you need or lend something that you don’t. Long story short, it’s the perfect time to create marketplace applications ! Airbnb is one of the most profitable, fastest-growing marketplaces?

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Putting OKRs at the Centre – Natalija Hellesoe on The Product Experience

Mind the Product

We all know what OKRs are. Most of us use them or have tried to at some point. But it’s a much smaller group that have used OKRs well, and for their intended purpose. Natalija Hellesoe, co-author of OKRs at the Center, joins us on the podcast to chat about taking your practice to the [.]. Read More. The post Putting OKRs at the Centre – Natalija Hellesoe on The Product Experience appeared first on Mind the Product.

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The 10 Books Every Product Manager Should Read

The Product Coalition

Building a value-driven mindset will put you on a successful path as a Product Manager. Continue reading on Product Coalition ».

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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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Are Distributors The Future Of Distribution?

Jay McBain

I made a prediction in January of 2018 that IT distributor disruption would continue. It was obvious that industry consolidation was accelerating, major distributors were diversifying, and private equity was getting more interested in transforming the industry. In the second half of last year, the two largest global IT distributors were acquired by private equity, […].

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10 best podcasts for product managers in 2021

ProductBoard

In a recent article, I shared my favorite product management-related reads. But while nothing beats a good book, what about those times when you want a quick fix of product wisdom on the go? Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered. In no particular order, here are my top product management podcasts for 2021. Build with Maggie Crowley Maggie is a former Olympic speed skater turned product leader.

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7 Ways API & SDK Solutions Help Product Managers Move Faster

The Product Coalition

Today’s rapidly evolving tech landscape favors short feedback loops and requires roadmap flexibility to pivot and solve customers’ most pressing problems as they arise. As a result, the best product managers thrive on their ability to move quickly, minimizing time to market for feature releases. This nimble approach to product management directly influences business outcomes, differentiating the most compelling products from lesser competitors and boosting adoption and customer satisfaction alon

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5 Critical Product Manager Skills For Extreme Success + How to Master Them. Interview with Shobhit Chugh – Ex-Google Product Manager helping PMs Fast-Track Their Career

Userpilot

So you are a Product Manager. Have you thought what skills do you need to succeed at your career though? Shobhit Chugh – Ex-Google Product Manager helping PMs fast-track their career – says it’s time to treat your career like a product! He gave us advice on product manager skills that are needed to achieve success + his personal story, ups and downs of building a successful product team in Google.

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Product Bugs: A Comprehensive Guide?—?Bug Reporting [Part 3]

The Product Coalition

Product Bugs: A Comprehensive Guide?—?Bug Reporting [Part 3] This is Part 3 of a comprehensive guide to product bugs. This part of the guide focuses on product bug reports. It provides templates and examples that you can take and apply straight away. Then, through the reports, you’ll see various ways of presenting information so that you and your stakeholders can make good decisions about bugs.

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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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Virtual collaboration tips to fire up your remote team

Nulab

Remote work at its best is amazing. The productivity is sky-high, zero morning traffic jam, better flexibility — not to mention casual Friday every day. In fact, remote work is proving so popular; it’s risen 44% over the past five years. And it’s showing no sign of slowing down. But as with everything, there are some challenging downsides. . Distractions, loneliness, and communication issues can all put a damper on team spirit.

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Customer Onboarding: Ten Product Development Lessons You Can Learn from Heineken

The Product Coalition

How Heineken and xDesign Applied Customer Research and User Testing Techniques to Build Digital Services Continue reading on Product Coalition »

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Profile: MaryAlexa Divver, Director of Product at Public

ProductCraft

Name: MaryAlexa Divver Role: Director of Product Company: Public What’s the best way to keep your team motivated? Consistent and in-the-moment feedback. I have regular touch bases with people on and off my team but I think feedback in the moment ends up being the most impactful. With the positive feedback, the recipient feels accomplished. Read more » The post Profile: MaryAlexa Divver, Director of Product at Public appeared first on ProductCraft by Pendo.

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Tackling the Product Growth Question

The Product Coalition

Using Data to Decide What to Build Next for Spotify Radio Continue reading on Product Coalition ».

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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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Conversations in Tech: Journey of the UX Writer

Nulab

Introducing Conversations in Tech. The growth of the tech industry has created various new roles in recent years. For example, new specializations like user experience (UX) researchers , UX writers, data scientists, DevOps engineers, etc. This presents new opportunities for job seekers and for people in their mid-careers who wish to explore new endeavors in tech.

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Are Distributors The Future Of Distribution?

Jay McBain

I made a prediction in January of 2018 that IT distributor disruption would continue. It was obvious that industry consolidation was accelerating, major distributors were diversifying, and private equity was getting more interested in transforming the industry. In the second half of last year, the two largest global IT distributors were acquired by private equity, […].

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How to do Quarterly Planning for Product Managers

Dragonboat

How can a product team run quarterly roadmap planning while still maintaining agile? What are the common challenges and how can you address them? In this Quarterly Product Planning webinar, Dragonboat CEO & Founder, Becky Flint, was joined by product leader & expert, Connie Kwan, to discuss some of the key challenges and various solutions […].

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Conversations in Tech: Journey of the UX Writer

Nulab

Introducing Conversations in Tech. The growth of the tech industry has created various new roles in recent years. For example, new specializations like user experience (UX) researchers , UX writers, data scientists, DevOps engineers, etc. This presents new opportunities for job seekers and for people in their mid-careers who wish to explore new endeavors in tech.

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Peak Performance: Continuous Testing & Evaluation of LLM-Based Applications

Speaker: Aarushi Kansal, AI Leader & Author and Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO at Aggregage

Software leaders who are building applications based on Large Language Models (LLMs) often find it a challenge to achieve reliability. It’s no surprise given the non-deterministic nature of LLMs. To effectively create reliable LLM-based (often with RAG) applications, extensive testing and evaluation processes are crucial. This often ends up involving meticulous adjustments to prompts.

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How to do Quarterly Planning As Program Managers

Dragonboat

How to run quarterly roadmap planning in an agile environment? What are the key activities program managers carry out in quarterly planning? In this Quarterly Roadmap Planning webinar, Dragonboat CEO & founder, Becky Flint, is joined by program leader & expert, Pamela Surjadjaja, to discuss the primary challenges and various solutions for quarterly planning chaos.

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Conversations in Tech: Journey of the UX Writer

Nulab

Introducing Conversations in Tech. The growth of the tech industry has created various new roles in recent years. For example, new specializations like user experience (UX) researchers , UX writers, data scientists, DevOps engineers, etc. This presents new opportunities for job seekers and for people in their mid-careers who wish to explore new endeavors in tech.

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ProductPlan vs. Roadmunk

ProductPlan

Why Do You Need Roadmapping Software? Roadmapping software has emerged as a core need for the modern product manager. In a role that requires not only the creation of both a vision and a strategy for what to build and why, but also the communication of that vision to an endless sea of stakeholders, product managers must be able to quickly build roadmaps that are visual, compelling, simple to navigate, easy to customize, share, and integrate with the other vital tools within their toolkit.

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Virtual collaboration tips to fire up your remote team

Nulab

Remote work at its best is amazing. The productivity is sky-high, zero morning traffic jam, better flexibility — not to mention casual Friday every day. In fact, remote work is proving so popular; it’s risen 44% over the past five years. And it’s showing no sign of slowing down. But as with everything, there are some challenging downsides. . Distractions, loneliness, and communication issues can all put a damper on team spirit.

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7 Pitfalls for Apache Cassandra in Production

Apache Cassandra is an open-source distributed database that boasts an architecture that delivers high scalability, near 100% availability, and powerful read-and-write performance required for many data-heavy use cases. However, many developers and administrators who are new to this NoSQL database often encounter several challenges that can impact its performance.

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ProductPlan vs. Roadmunk

ProductPlan

Why Do You Need Roadmapping Software? Roadmapping software has emerged as a core need for the modern product manager. In a role that requires not only the creation of both a vision and a strategy for what to build and why, but also the communication of that vision to an endless sea of stakeholders, product managers must be able to quickly build roadmaps that are visual, compelling, simple to navigate, easy to customize, share, and integrate with the other vital tools within their toolkit.

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ONE THING on Far Out!

Product Culture

How far out should your roadmap go? Generally, the pace of change and development is directly related to your product’s stage of life and the maturity of its market. If companies in your space are still figuring out what the future might hold, it doesn’t make sense to spend a lot of time making detailed long-term plans that will surely change. Here is a chart of recommended roadmap timeframes based on a product’s stage of life: This is from Chapter 10 of my book Product Roadmaps Relaunched.

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Announcing powerful new Intercom reporting features: conversation topics and custom reports

Intercom, Inc.

Today, businesses are having more conversations with customers than ever before, thanks to the rise of business messengers. And it’s certainly easier than ever for a customer to start a conversation and get support. So businesses should know more about their customers than ever before, right? They should be able to use all this extra information to offer a more personal, tailored customer experience and effective support, surely?

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Curated Content – A low down of news and views from the month of February

Business of Software Conference

Regular BoS Newsletter readers will be familiar with our “Curated Content” section. Every week we collate the most interesting stories from the SaaS world and send them to out in our Newsletter. We know our community of SaaS founders are busy – they don’t have time to scour the internet for niche software news and articles all the time.

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Platform Product Management Beyond Features: Introducing B-MAP for Platform Ecosystem Success

Traditional PM struggles with the complexities of platform ecosystems. B-MAP framework tackles this challenge. B-MAP goes beyond features, focusing on building, managing, adapting, and partnering to foster a thriving platform ecosystem.