Product Talk

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Many companies are either starting on or in the midst of an organizational transformation. Their goal is to adopt the product operating model (as described in Marty Cagans book Transformed ) or something akin to it. Much of this is being fueled by the success of the FAANG companies ( Facebook , Amazon, Apple , Netflix , and Google ) who, now along with Microsoft and NVIDIA , boast some of the largest market caps in the world.

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Roman Pichler

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Listen to the audio version of this article: [link] What is a Portfolio Roadmap and Do You Need One? What do Microsoft 365 and Netflix have in common? Neither is a singular atomic product. Microsoft 365 is a product portfolio, a suite that contains productivity tools like Word, PowerPoint, and Excel. The Netflix app appears to be a product bundle, a collection of smaller, specialised products, including movies, series, games and live events.

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Productside

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

In this episode of Productside Stories , Sahara Muradi , VP of Product Management at Office Space Software , shares her journey from consulting to leading product teams across major industries like hospitality, sports, and workplace planning. She discusses the biggest challenges product managers face today , including prioritization, stakeholder alignment, and balancing business outcomes with user needs.

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Mind the Product

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

In this week’s conversation on The Product Experience podcast, we speak with Radhika Dutt about various product diseases that can hinder effective management and the need for organizations to adopt a more systematic approach to product development. Radhika shares insights on implementing this mindset within teams and the significance of balancing long-term vision with short-term Read more » The post What are common product diseases?

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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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Arkenea

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

You’ve got your product out in the market. Now’s the time to iterate. But, it’s usually challenging to assess what’s the right way to go about it – how much of iteration should be that from user feedback versus founder’s vision for the product? And, how do you also tell the difference between what feedback to incorporate?

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UX Planet

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Inclusive by Design: Transform Your UI/UX from Good to Great In todays digital landscape, ensuring accessibility is no longer optionalit is a critical aspect of designing user interfaces (UI) and user experiences (UX). Accessibility ensures that people with diverse abilities can effectively use and interact with digital products. A well-designed, accessible interface is not only ethical but also expands your reach to a broader audience, including individuals with disabilities.

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Ronke PM

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Table of Contents What Happens When We Prioritize Diversity in Product Management Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging is Product Leadership The Changing World Demands Inclusive Products Intentional Hiring Creates Better Products Neurodiversity is a Strength, Not an Afterthought Fostering Belonging Through Leadership and Mentorship Inclusive Products Win Diversity is inevitable.

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The Product Manager Coach Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Decision-making is at the heart of product management, yet it remains one of the most challenging aspects of the role. Statistics illustrate the obstacles PMs face, from competing priorities to constant interruptions. As leaders, we cant ignore these realities but we can change how we respond. The Price of Decision-Making Challenges In a 2022 survey conducted by Airfocus , 56.4% of product managers identified competing objectives as a significant challenge, followed closely by insufficient time

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The Product Guy

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

Charles Roels, Head of Product at a newly founded “Stealth Startup”and a dedicated scuba diver shares a simple but powerful way to ensure alignment across teams: ask one key question. “Can you describe, in your own words, what you think were working toward?” [link] [link] “How I PM” is a series where product managers, of all levels and experiences, share tips and tricks on their approach to product management.

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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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Product Talk

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

I was scrolling through my LinkedIn feed and a post caught my eye. It read: Marketing owns defining the ideal customer profile. And then went into details on why. A quick scan through the comments showed that not everyone agreed with this statement. Some people argued a different role owned defining the ideal customer profile (ICP) there were votes for product, sales, customer success, and even finance.

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Product Innovation Educators

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

The product manager’s path to influence Watch on YouTube TLDR In my recent conversation with Francesca Cortesi, CPO, we explored why the popular phrase “CEO of the product” can be misleading for product managers. Francesca explained that while this concept aims to emphasize ownership and decision-making authority, successful product management actually requires a different approach.

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Productside

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is an industry mainstay thats altering how we build, launch, and manage products. But theres a new flavor on the block: Agentic AI in Product Management, an advanced form of AI that not only processes data or generates content but also acts autonomously in pursuit of objectives. During a recent Productside webinar, The post Agentic AI in Product Management: Friend or Foe?

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Mind the Product

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

If youve ever wondered why managing products for large enterprises feels like playing 3D chess while your friends in consumer tech are playing checkers, youre not alone. Enterprise product management is a different beast with its own challenges, strategies, and rewards. But what exactly is enterprise product management? At its core, its the art and Read more » The post Deep dive: Enterprise product management appeared first on Mind the Product.

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Alchemer Mobile

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

This post references out latest e-guide, Customer Feedback is Everywhere: The Ultimate Guide to Omnichannel Feedback Collection . You can read the full (and free) e-guide, here ! Organizations that rely on a single-channel feedback approach may overlook valuable insights. These missing insights are crucial for understanding customer needs and expectations.

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The Product Guy

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

In this episode of “Product Excellence: Insights from Award-Winning Leaders | Strategies for Success,” Jenna Gaudio shares her journey from being a detail-oriented perfectionist to learning the importance of prioritization in product management. She discusses the challenges of managing an ever-growing backlog and the value of focusing on current priorities rather than trying to complete every task.

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Product Talk

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

At the beginning of a new year, were often excited to make improvements and change our ways of working. This is the year when Im going to adopt continuous discovery , you might be saying to yourself. Im going to transform my product team and our entire approach to making product decisions! And while all that enthusiasm can be a good thing, trying to take on too much at once is rarely a recipe for success.

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Lenny Rachitsky

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

👋 Welcome to a 🔒 subscriber-only edition 🔒 of my weekly newsletter. Each week I tackle reader questions about building product, driving growth, and accelerating your career. For more: Lennybot | Podcast | Courses | Hiring | Swag Subscribe now Annual subscribers get a free year of Perplexity Pro, Notion, Superhuman, Linear, and Granola , along with access to the entire 5-year back catalog and a thriving members-only Slack community.

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Savvy B2B marketers know that a great account-based marketing (ABM) strategy leads to higher ROI and sustainable growth. In this guide, we’ll cover: What makes for a successful ABM strategy? What are the key elements and capabilities of ABM that can make a real difference? How is AI changing workflows and driving functionality? This Martech Intelligence Report on Enterprise Account-Based Marketing examines the state of ABM in 2024 and what to consider when implementing ABM software.

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Productside

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Going from zero to one: what does it take to build a product from nothing? Scott Jones, VP of Product at Realize, shares his journey from analyst to product leader, the mindset shifts required to navigate ambiguity, and how to validate ideas in real time. If youve ever struggled with imposter syndrome in a leadership role or wanted a seat at the table for big product decisions, this episode is packed with insights you wont want to miss.

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Mind the Product

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Learn how to prioritise product development by focusing on the right customersnot just the loudest ones. Discover strategies to identify profitable, repeatable users, gather meaningful feedback, and build a scalable product that drives long-term growth. Read more » The post Why you should ignore your loudest customers appeared first on Mind the Product.

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Alchemer Mobile

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

This blog references our new e-guide, titled The Complete Guide to CX Transformation . You can download the free, comprehensive e-guide, here. At Alchemer, we’ve established that NPS surveys dont tell the full story. Surveys, combined with open text analysis, however, hold immense potential for uncovering deeper customer insights from customer feedback.

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The Product Guy

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

How Do You Stay True to Your Product Vision While Adapting to Market Realities? At The Product Groups latest TPG Live , we tackled one of the biggest challenges in product management: Balancing long-term vision with shifting market demands Understanding why users adopt (or abandon) products Managing stakeholder expectations while staying focused on core strategy The full recap and ad-free video, including Patreon-exclusive structured frameworks and actionable strategies, is available on The Prod

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Speaker: Duke Heninger, Partner and Fractional CFO at Ampleo & Creator of CFO System

Are you ready to elevate your accounting processes for 2025? 🚀 Join us for an exclusive webinar led by Duke Heninger, a seasoned fractional CFO and CPA passionate about transforming back-office operations for finance teams. This session will cover critical best practices and process improvements tailored specifically for accounting professionals.

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UX Planet

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Product Designer resume2025 Lets face it: your resume isnt just a piece of paper (or a PDF). Its your personal billboard, your first impression, and your chance to tell a story that screams, Hireme! For product designers, this is especially critical. Youre not just showcasing your skillsyoure selling your ability to solve problems, think creatively, and make users fall in love with yourdesigns.

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Lenny Rachitsky

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

Listen now on Apple , Spotify , and YouTube. Brought to you by: • Enterpret —Transform customer feedback into product growth • Vanta —Automate compliance. Simplify security • Loom —The easiest screen recorder you’ll ever use — Karina Nguyen leads research at OpenAI, where she’s been pivotal in developing groundbreaking products like Canvas, Tasks, and the o1 language model.

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Productside

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Only 20-30% of Product Features Deliver Measurable Value to Customers That means most features dont actually move the needle. Why? Because product teams often focus on outputsfeatures, roadmaps, and backlog itemsrather than outcomesthe real business impact and customer value those features should create. At Productside, we believe in outcome-driven product managementwhere success isnt measured by.

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Mind the Product

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Duolingo has long been a standout in product strategy, company culture, and user engagement. Over 14 years, it has grown into a household name, blending language learning with gamification to keep users returning. Now, with the release of its company handbook, we get a behind-the-scenes look at what drives its success. Here are some of Read more » The post Lessons from Duolingo’s product handbook appeared first on Mind the Product.

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Nir Eyal

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Most of us dont think about how we spend our professional timewe just try and keep up. But the secret to working smarter (not harder) lies in managing our most precious resource. Luckily, we have the best time-management techniquetimeboxingto help us. Sahil Bloom breaks down timeboxing categories even further in the work domain to ensure each type of work gets its due.

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The Product Guy

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Aniket Malvankar, Head of Product – IoT at Vantiva and juggling enthusiast, shares his top strategy for empowering your organization: make everyone think like a product manager. [link] “How I PM” is a series where product managers, of all levels and experiences, share tips and tricks on their approach to product management. Stay tuned for more episodes and subscribe to the The Product Way channel to get notified of upcoming releases.

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UX Planet

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

UI design is significantly influenced by the Gestalt principles of grouping , a fundamental set of laws and guidelines many designers rely on to create effective interfaces. These principles explain how people visually group elements, with the five key categories being Proximity, Similarity, Continuity, Closure, and Connectedness. This is my second article on Gestalt Principles, following the Proximity principle discussed in thefirst.

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