Mon.Feb 04, 2019

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Listen to Understand: Listening Practices for Product People

Roman Pichler

Listen to Understand, not to Answer. “Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply,” wrote Steve Covey in his book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. It’s true: We often listen with a specific goal in mind, with the intention to reply, to share our perspective, or to convince the other person. As a consequence, we don’t pay full attention to what the other person is saying or filter what is being said; we only hear what supports our view.

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Want to be a Product Manager? Just get out There and Make Products

Mind the Product

Are you trying to break into Product Management? I’ll start with the bad news. There are a huge number of motivated, intelligent people who are looking for a first step on the ladder, and very few entry-level roles to go around. These budding product managers have many things in common. Most of them are familiar with Agile theory and terminology. They have probably read one or more of “The Lean Startup”,”Inspired”, and “Thinking Fast and Slow” They can tell yo

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Pleased to meet you: Tips for managing an established team

Intercom, Inc.

A few months ago, I moved from one business area within Intercom to another, and in the process, I began to manage an existing team. Taking over such a team is always a challenge – the cogs are already spinning, everyone has probably formed opinions about you, you don’t have deep context about anything and usually there is no time to slow down. The process has taught me quite a bit about the dynamics of managing an existing team, so let me share some thoughts on what’s important, and what’s not

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Cause & Effect and Product Risk

Tyner Blain

When deciding how to invest in your product, you need to take into account the risks that your investments will not return the outcomes you desire. One class of risks is business risk, and in product management we can influence the business risk of invalid intentionality – what I could call “building the wrong thing.” Cause and Effect is Foundational.

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The Path to Product Excellence: Avoiding Common Pitfalls and Enhancing Communication

Speaker: David Bard, Principal at VP Product Coaching

In the fast-paced world of digital innovation, success is often accompanied by a multitude of challenges - like the pitfalls lurking at every turn, threatening to derail the most promising projects. But fret not, this webinar is your key to effective product development! Join us for an enlightening session to empower you to lead your team to greater heights.

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Podcast: Sachin Rekhi on Mixergy

Sachin Rekhi

Listen on: Mixergy | iTunes. I got a chance to sit down with the famed Andrew Warner of Mixergy , who's shared the startup stories of over 1000+ entrepreneurs in podcasts and videos. In this candid interview we cover everything from my entrepreneurial roots, my first two startups, as well as the story of my current startup, Notejoy. We talked about my first software company in high school, called Gumball Software, where I hired a few of my friends as salespeople.

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How productboard is helping companies make the best products in 2019

ProductBoard

Starting 2019 with a bang! 2018 was an amazing year for us. We tripled our team, more than doubled our customer base, and rolled out some great new features to deliver the best product management system experience. But we’re only just getting started and planning an even bigger 2019! As we’ve talked to so many of you, particularly this past year, it’s obvious that product managers matter now more.

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The "Why" of Interviewing—Suzanne Abate, PM Consultant and Instructor

PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

Suzanne Abate is the co-founder of The Development Factory and online PM community, 100 Product Managers. In this Path to PM blog post, Suzanne and I discuss the "why" of PM interviewing, and how to break into product management. How did you break into product management as your first career? I’ve been an entrepreneur for a little over 20 years. I always describe it as a bit of “accidental tourism.

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How to Fix Customer Feedback Failure – 9 Tips

Usersnap

Failure. It’s an inevitable human experience. We will all fail occasionally. But when a business fails in any key area, the results can impact its success. And what makes a business successful? Customers making purchases. And what keeps customers making purchases? Satisfaction with your products or services and, of course, your relationships with them.

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How to get the team striving & thriving together?

The Product Coalition

The secrets of dream teams Teams look different, acts differently in a different kind of environment, size and structure of the organization and even perform differently depending on the size, competence, and various other factors. The vision of an agile organization or a product manager is to work in a team that is self-organizing and self-driving.

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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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TEI 214: Want more innovation? Build a partner program – with Ed Krause

Product Innovation Educators

Choose the right university partners to drive research and innovation. Let’s face it, the smartest people don’t all work in your organization. The thought has been shared by many leaders, such as Steve Jobs and Bill Gates, and is originally attributed to Bill Joy, the co-founder of Sun Microsystems and UNIX contributor. He said, “The smartest people in the world don’t all work for us; most of them work for someone else.” To benefit from the creativity of smart people who

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Introducing the Developer Portal

AB Tasty

Developers are busy people. They’re key players in the tech world, but also lend their time to developing features, fixing. Read more. This article was originally posted on AB Tasty as Introducing the Developer Portal.

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See How Product Changes Affect Engagement Behavior with Impact Analysis

Amplitude

The best Product teams are obsessed with building experiences that delight and deliver value to their customers. Businesses that are smart about using quantitative and qualitative means to understand their customers’ needs build happy, loyal user bases and outperform their competition. In today’s digital age, it’s this kind of impact-driven product strategy that is the foundation of systematic growth.

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How to Detect Slow Database Queries Affecting Application Performance

eG Innovations

The biggest challenge when a user complains of slow application is diagnosing why it’s slow: Is it due to a code-level issue or a database issue? Should we call the DBA or the application manager? Performance problems with the database can cause up to 70% of all application performance issues in production, according to consensus among database practitioners and experts.

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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.

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Verizon Makes a Super Apology but Consumers Block That Call

DISQO

Many brands use the Super Bowl as an opportunity to launch new campaigns and introduce new spokespeople. However, Verizon’s tack this year is damage control. The leading telecom provider wants to repair the fallout from throttling firefighters’ data plans last year. It’s new advertisement focuses on “first responders” and features NFL players and a coach whose lives were saved by first responders.

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3 Reasons to Download the New AB Tasty App

AB Tasty

The AB Tasty app is here! Don't have it yet? Read on to find out why this free app is a time-saver - and a lifesaver - for website optimizers on the go. This article was originally posted on AB Tasty as 3 Reasons to Download the New AB Tasty App.

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Implementing Business Intelligence: Where to Begin

Izenda

Implementing a business intelligence (BI) solution can completely reinvent your business by giving you in-depth insights into your data sets and allowing you to take your business to the next level. This all starts with proper implementation, however. If you don’t plan out your BI implementation, you could end up with delays, budget concerns, data problems, and unsatisfied end users.

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Verizon Makes a Super Apology but Consumers Block That Call

DISQO

Many brands use the Super Bowl as an opportunity to launch new campaigns and introduce new spokespeople. However, Verizon’s tack this year is damage control. The leading telecom provider wants to repair the fallout from throttling firefighters’ data plans last year. It’s new advertisement focuses on “first responders” and features NFL players and a coach whose lives were saved by first responders.

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Reimagined: Building Products with Generative AI

“Reimagined: Building Products with Generative AI” is an extensive guide for integrating generative AI into product strategy and careers featuring over 150 real-world examples, 30 case studies, and 20+ frameworks, and endorsed by over 20 leading AI and product executives, inventors, entrepreneurs, and researchers.

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The "Why" of Interviewing—Suzanne Abate, PM Consultant and Instructor

PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

Suzanne Abate is the co-founder of The Development Factory and online PM community, 100 Product Managers. In this Path to PM blog post, Suzanne and I discuss the "why" of PM interviewing, and how to break into product management. How did you break into product management as your first career? I’ve been an entrepreneur for a little over 20 years. I always describe it as a bit of “accidental tourism.

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Pizza Hut Bets on Beer Delivery, But What Do Consumers Think?

DISQO

Pizza Hut is a 60 year-old brand that operates 16,400 retail locations in more than 100 countries worldwide. But its scale hasn’t stifled innovation. The company recently announced that it’s launching a new offering that will enable customers to get beer delivered along with their pizza. Beer and pizza certainly seems like a nice combination, and the timing seems perfect given that Super Bowl parties could be a good use case.

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Software Equity Group 2019 Annual Report

DevelopmentCorporate

The Software Equity Group (SEG) has published their 2019 Annual Report that analyzes 2018 software M&A transactions. SEG consistently publishes comprehensive, free, analytical research on M&A transactions. The 93 page report is chockfull of stats and trends including EV/Revenue, EV/EBITDA multiples, revenue growth, margin growth, and EBITDA growth and trends over the past three years. […].

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Verizon Makes a Super Apology but Consumers Block That Call

DISQO

Many brands use the Super Bowl as an opportunity to launch new campaigns and introduce new spokespeople. However, Verizon’s tack this year is damage control. The leading telecom provider wants to repair the fallout from throttling firefighters’ data plans last year. It’s new advertisement focuses on “first responders” and features NFL players and a coach whose lives were saved by first responders.

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How To Package & Price Embedded Analytics

Just by embedding analytics, app owners can charge 24% more for their product. How much value could you add? This framework from Software Pricing Partners explains how application enhancements can extend your product offerings. You’ll learn: How to take a disciplined approach to pricing The three elements of the Packaging Decision Framework Ways to structure your new embedded analytics offering Download the White Paper to learn about How To Package & Price Embedded Analytics.

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Peak-End Rule Effect: How to Use it to Sell More

AB Tasty

How we remember experience is largely skewed towards what happened at the very end of that particular event. For conversion rate optimization, the relevance is clear: for key parts of the customer journey, make the last step the most enjoyable. This article was originally posted on AB Tasty as Peak-End Rule Effect: How to Use it to Sell More.

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Pizza Hut Bets on Beer Delivery, But What Do Consumers Think?

DISQO

Pizza Hut is a 60 year-old brand that operates 16,400 retail locations in more than 100 countries worldwide. But its scale hasn’t stifled innovation. The company recently announced that it’s launching a new offering that will enable customers to get beer delivered along with their pizza. Beer and pizza certainly seems like a nice combination, and the timing seems perfect given that Super Bowl parties could be a good use case.

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productboard expands its Series A and raises an additional $10 Million led by Index Ventures

ProductBoard

SAN FRANCISCO, CA, February 4, 2019 — productboard, makers of the leading product management system, announced today they have raised $10 million, expanding its initial Series A from July 2018 and bringing the company’s total funding to $19.7M. Index Ventures led this round and the firm’s General Partner, Jan Hammer, is joining productboard’s board of directors.

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Pizza Hut Bets on Beer Delivery, But What Do Consumers Think?

DISQO

Pizza Hut is a 60 year-old brand that operates 16,400 retail locations in more than 100 countries worldwide. But its scale hasn’t stifled innovation. The company recently announced that it’s launching a new offering that will enable customers to get beer delivered along with their pizza. Beer and pizza certainly seems like a nice combination, and the timing seems perfect given that Super Bowl parties could be a good use case.

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The Data Metaverse: Unpacking the Roles, Use Cases, and Tech Trends in Data and AI

Speaker: Aindra Misra, Sr. Staff Product Manager of Data & AI at BILL (Previously PM Lead at Twitter/X)

Embark on a transformation journey into the heart of the data ecosystem! This webinar is your gateway to a deeper comprehension of the foundations that drive the data industry and will equip you with the knowledge needed to navigate the evolving landscape. Delve into the diverse use cases where data analytics plays a pivotal role. We’ll explore how these applications are transforming with the introduction of Gen AI, and discuss the anticipated use cases for 2024 and beyond.

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Make it Your Own with NEW Background Images

CardBoard

CardBoard now supports adding background images to your boards. Make your board your own with the new capability. Whether you use it to create custom templates, add a background to your cards, use pictures to illustrate your ideas, or anything else, read on to learn how to use this powerful new feature. Adding Background Images. Within the toolbar you will see a new icon: Drag this to place a background image, as you would a card or free text.

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5 UX Best Practices For Successful Self-tracking Apps

UX Studio

Who are we? Probably, that is the question that brought about self-tracking apps. You can get data on how many steps you took, how long you slept, etc. So, self-tracking is real. But how to make a successful self-tracking app with good UX? That is what we are tackling here. In this article we cover: The Quantified Self (QS) Movement. Applications of the QS Movement.

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Will The Amazon Hub Program Solve Amazon’s Package Delivery Issues?

The Accidental Product Manager

Amazon has come up with a plan to deliver packages to apartment residents Image Credit: Stan Wiechers. Just imagine if you were a product manager at Amazon. What would one of your biggest challenges be? There’s no problem with Amazon having what your customers want – Amazon is huge and they’ve got a lot of warehouses. No, your biggest problem would be just exactly how you were planning on getting what your customer has ordered from your warehouse into their hands.