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The Product Manager’s Survival Guide

The Product Bistro

Last month, at the SVPMA ‘s monthly meeting it was a treat to have Steven Haines, a luminary in the field of product management to conduct a cross functional product team meeting role play. As part of the session, he gave away a copy of each of his books via a raffle. A cool touch indeed. One of his books was new to me, The Product Manager’s Survival Guide , geared to the new product manager, who finds themselves needing to come up to speed rapidly.

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Developing User Empathy

Sachin Rekhi

I'm a firm believer that the best product managers understand that mastering the discipline requires deeply excelling at both the art and science of product management. When you start your career in product management you tend to be largely focused on the science: how to effectively do customer research, run an A/B test, manage a sprint, write a spec, and so on.

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TEI 083: Trend-driven innovation for product managers – with Max Luthy - The Everyday Innovator – Resources for Product Managers and Innovators

Product Innovation Educators

Trends can be a product manager’s best friend. They can propel products, increasing adoption by customers, or if misread, they may have costly consequences of wasted resources, too much inventory, and lost opportunities. Product managers know about the importance of trends, but are often already overwhelmed and don’t make time to study trends.

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People Don’t Buy IoT, They Buy a Solution to a Problem

Daniel Elizalde IoT Blog

Too many product teams and entrepreneurs think, “If I connect it, they will come.” The problem is that people don’t buy IoT, they buy a solution to a problem. In this post, I talk about an excellent example of IoT solving a customer problem, and share tips for evaluating if IoT is right for your […]. The post People Don’t Buy IoT, They Buy a Solution to a Problem appeared first on Tech Product Management.

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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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The Four People Addicting You to Technology

Nir Eyal

Recently, the Pokemon Go phenomenon has reigniting the question of technology’s role in changing behavior. To put things in perspective, I wanted to share the main points of an article I published on the topic titled, Who’s Really Addicting Us to Technology?, in a slide presentation below. It’ll give you a quick rundown of the “suspects” responsible for our tech addiction. […].

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Your first 90 days in product management –and other innovation insights for product managers Aug 5, 2016 - The Everyday Innovator – Resources for Product Managers and Innovators

Product Innovation Educators

Each week I scour articles, wading through the dogs, and bringing you the best insights to help product managers, developers, and innovators be heroes. What you need to do, know, and avoid in your first 30, 60, and 90 days as a product manager. If you are in a new product management role, this is a helpful article to read. Your first 30 days are easy to figure out – non-stop conversations — but hard to do as there will be pressure on you to spend your time differently.

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People Don’t Buy IoT, They Buy a Solution to a Problem

Daniel Elizalde IoT Blog

The Internet of Things (IoT) continues to be one of the biggest buzzwords around. You hear about it everywhere: from industry publications, tech publications, blogs, and even in the news. Every article I read usually starts by stating that by 2020 (or some year in the near future), we’ll have billions of connected devices. And it’s true that more and more IoT products are […] The post People Don’t Buy IoT, They Buy a Solution to a Problem first appeared on Daniel Elizalde.

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[Infographic] The Current State of Knowledge Management Culture

TSIA

Implementing a good knowledge management system is key to improved productivity within your organization, and can be achieved through proper transformation of your KM processes, people, and technology. Though many companies are moving toward adopting and using KM tools, many may not be using them to their full potential. In TSIA’s annual Knowledge Management Survey , we ask participants about their current core knowledge management processes, tools, and metrics to see how their company is

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The complex store operations of offline retailers is the real challenge and not the Online retailers

SidsAvenue

E-commerce has disrupted every industry in developed nations like US and Indian businesses are witnessing this disruption now. The valuations of e-commerce companies, the frequent showdown of the founders on social media fuels the news headlines. E-commerce started in India with books, took over smartphone marke t and now is reshaping the grocery market.

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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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Transforming user insights into business value

dscout People Nerds

A People Nerds interview with Katy Mogal.

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Die Dashboards, Die! Why Conversations Will Reinvent Software

Nir Eyal

In years to come, conversations will breathe new life into software—particularly the boring enterprise tools millions of knowledge workers begrudgingly use every day. Conversational user interfaces (CUIs) work because of our familiarity with messaging. Even the most technically complex interactions can look as simple as getting an SMS text when presented as a conversation.

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5 Steps to Creating a Better Customer Experience

TSIA

There are many attributes to becoming a "best-in-class" organization that have always interested me, particularly the ability to focus on understanding what defines customer success. I am convinced that this can only come about when management understands exactly what their business is about and how they can properly deliver the outcomes their customers expect.

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Managing Scouts: Easier, Faster, Smarter

dscout People Nerds

Spend less time managing, and gain more power analyzing.

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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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A Snippet by Any Other Name is Just an Entry

dscout People Nerds

A simpler lexicon for a simpler first-time user experience.

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