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Lessons from 500 Startups on Building a Product Business

Mind the Product

ProductTank Lviv was the first ProductTank community in Ukraine. When we had our first meetup around a year ago, there were only 10 of us but we’re now 150 strong. So while the product community in Lviv is still small, we’re hungry for knowledge. Recently we had the opportunity to invite Marvin Liao, a partner at 500 Startups , to speak to us. 500 Startups is a global venture capital seed fund with a network of startup programs, and Marvin helps to run the San Francisco-based acceler

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What Is Retention and How To Measure It

UX Studio: Product Management

Retention rate, classic/rolling retention, churn, how to improve retention, what not to do to improve retention – these terms pop up everywhere. Google focuses especially on retention rates, but why really? Time to demystify this little word and start taking advantage of it. If you work with products, it will become your best friend (OK, maybe just a regular friend whom you keep telling it to).

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This Brand Strategy Can Make Your Startup Look Bigger Than It Is

First Round Review

As a founding partner of Rock Health and seasoned consultant, Leslie Ziegler has helped brand dozens of startups. Here's what the success stories had in common.

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Balancing Data and Design in Product Management

The Product Guy

In a recent live stream from one of our mentors of The Product Mentor , Vasu Vadlamudi, lead a conversation around “Balancing Data and Design in Product Management”. We are always looking for more product mentors from all around the world. Signup to be a Mentor Today! View the live stream…. About The Product Mentor. The Product Mentor is a program designed to pair Product Mentors and Mentees from around the World, across all industries, from start-up to enterprise, guided by the fundamental goal

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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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“My CEO is a Finance Guy Stuck on ROI…”

Mironov Consulting

(combining a series of similar conversations). Head of Product: My CEO is a finance guy*, and is pushing the product team hard to prioritize all engineering work solely on ROI. As VP Product, I’m having trouble selling him on investing in user experience, software quality, “meet the competition” features, and other work that doesn’t immediately convert to revenue.

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Product to Product: Drift’s Matt Bilotti on the Burndown framework

Roadmunk

Welcome to the second episode of Product to Product —a podcast for / by product people. Listen below: This episode features Matt Bilotti , product manager at Drift. Matt recently co-authored an ebook with Drift’s CEO, David Cancel, called “ Burndown: A better way to build products.” The ebook explores the Burndown framework that Drift’s product team has adopted for product development.

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Canadian Tire gathers continuous human insights to build better products

UserTesting

The challenge. When Steve McGuire joined Canadian Tire as Associate Manager of Digital Usability and Optimization, the company already knew the value of customer insights. The team was already conducting research with UserTesting on an occasional basis, however, McGuire knew … The post Canadian Tire gathers continuous human insights to build better products appeared first on UserTesting Blog.

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Canadian Tire gathers continuous human insights to build better products

UserTesting

The challenge. When Steve McGuire joined Canadian Tire as Associate Manager of Digital Usability and Optimization, the company already knew the value of customer insights. The team was already conducting research with UserTesting on an occasional basis, however, McGuire knew … The post Canadian Tire gathers continuous human insights to build better products appeared first on UserTesting Blog.