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The Modern Product Manager, Hackerati & iHeartMedia!

The Product Guy

Nominate a great product manager you know today @ [link] ! Remember to subscribe to our YouTube channel @ [link]. Thank you to everyone who made it to our latest roundtable meet-up of The Product Group at iHeartMedia , as well as to our other sponsors, Yext , BKLYN and many more. Over the course of the night a few of the highlights were… Featured Product: Hackerati exploring the product, its challenges and successes, from lean to accelerators.

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Applying Product Principles to Guide Better Product Decisions

Mind the Product

Like a sailor who navigates a path through stormy seas, a product manager needs to navigate their product through the needs of customers, business partners, and stakeholders while following the product vision (the end state for what the product will deliver in the future). This includes making numerous product decisions in a consistent and coherent way.

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The Recipe for a Balanced Feedback Diet

UserVoice

As the cliche goes, “the customer is always right.” Unfortunately, most customers can’t agree on what exactly they want. Today’s customer profile most likely doesn’t encompass everyone you plan to serve a couple years from now. And, oh, yeah, customers aren’t exactly concerned about whether your company is making money, as long as you’re meeting their needs.

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Technology Is Not Hijacking Your Brain (video)

Nir Eyal

Some tech critics will have you believe that technology is “hijacking your brain” or that it’s “irresistible.” Not only is that not true, believing such nonsense is dangerous. In my recent talk at The Next Web conference, I discuss: The difference between technological addiction and distraction. The moral obligation of tech companies who knowingly addict […].

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Mastering Apache Airflow® 3.0: What’s New (and What’s Next) for Data Orchestration

Speaker: Tamara Fingerlin, Developer Advocate

Apache Airflow® 3.0, the most anticipated Airflow release yet, officially launched this April. As the de facto standard for data orchestration, Airflow is trusted by over 77,000 organizations to power everything from advanced analytics to production AI and MLOps. With the 3.0 release, the top-requested features from the community were delivered, including a revamped UI for easier navigation, stronger security, and greater flexibility to run tasks anywhere at any time.

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Creating and Managing Product Roadmaps

The Product Guy

In a recent live stream from one of our mentors of The Product Mentor , Marc Abraham, lead a conversation around “Creating and Managing Product Roadmaps”. 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 goals… Be

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Startups and big cos should approach growth differently (Video)

Andrew Chen

I recently did a video interview on the topic of how your growth strategy changes from being a small startup versus becoming a larger company. It’s hard to compete when you’re launching a new product and you have to think asymmetrically for your growth efforts to work. I walk through each stage, step by step, and talk through some of the strategic dynamics to think about.

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Product Management Insights: Selling Usage Analytics to Your CMO

Revulytics

This year, IT spending by the CMO will outpace that of the CIO, according to Gartner. Marketing technology budgets have soared as CMOs take ownership of the crucial customer-facing software that powers digital transformations. Here’s the thing: your CMOs are under a lot of pressure to ensure that spend delivers. Average tenures of CMOs keep dropping – now sitting at just under four years.

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The Latest Product Jobs

The Product Guy

If you are a great product person looking for a great product job, or vice versa, check out our job board. Thousands of employers across all areas of product, from management to design, from digital to physical, are looking to fill positions from our community. Each week we highlight some of the recently posted openings. Check out this week’s newest, below….

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SiriusDecisions SiriusView: Product Planning, Prioritization and Roadmapping 2017; B2B Product Management podcast; SiriusFoundations Webcast

Good Product Manager

SiriusDecisions SiriusView: Product Planning, Prioritization and Roadmapping 2017. I’m pleased to announce the release of the SiriusView “Product Planning, Prioritization and Roadmapping 2017.” This SiriusView covers seven vendors whose offerings are designed to assist product managers with developing product plans, prioritizing features and enhancements, and maintaining and communicating product roadmaps.

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State of AI in Sales & Marketing 2025

AI adoption is reshaping sales and marketing. But is it delivering real results? We surveyed 1,000+ GTM professionals to find out. The data is clear: AI users report 47% higher productivity and an average of 12 hours saved per week. But leaders say mainstream AI tools still fall short on accuracy and business impact. Download the full report today to see how AI is being used — and where go-to-market professionals think there are gaps and opportunities.

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From Product Manager to Partner: An Interview with Ashley Carroll

Amplitude

When Ashley Carroll joined Social Capital, a Palo Alto based venture capital firm, she didn’t aspire to become an investor. Hailing from a tenured career in product management, she was just super passionate about working with startups. “I had become pretty active as a mentor and advisor to various startups and really enjoyed it! It was a nights and weekends hobby, but then I realized that helping entrepreneurs was a lot of what a good investor’s day-to-day entails.”.

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Technology Is Not Hijacking Your Brain (video)

Nir Eyal

Some tech critics will have you believe that technology is “hijacking your brain” or that it’s “irresistible.” Not only is that not true, believing such nonsense is dangerous. In my recent talk at The Next Web conference, I discuss: The difference between technological addiction and distraction. The moral obligation of tech companies who knowingly addict […] The post Technology Is Not Hijacking Your Brain (video) appeared first on Nir and Far.

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Can HP’s Product Managers Use 3-D Printers To Save The Company?

The Accidental Product Manager

Can 3-D printers save HP? Image Credit: MKzero. Once upon a time, being a product manager at HP was a great job to have. The company prided itself on its innovations and it was always trying to bring new products to market. However, time has passed and HP fell on hard times. Eventually the leadership at HP decided that they were trying to address too many different markets to be just one company.

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SiriusDecisions SiriusView: Product Planning, Prioritization and Roadmapping 2017; B2B Product Management podcast; SiriusFoundations Webcast

Good Product Manager

SiriusDecisions SiriusView: Product Planning, Prioritization and Roadmapping 2017. I’m pleased to announce the release of the SiriusView “Product Planning, Prioritization and Roadmapping 2017.” This SiriusView covers seven vendors whose offerings are designed to assist product managers with developing product plans, prioritizing features and enhancements, and maintaining and communicating product roadmaps.

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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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What's your motto?

dscout People Nerds

A round up of the personal mantras that People Nerds live and work by.

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Introducing: Prioritization, segmentation, and video transcriptions

DISQO

One of the greatest challenges facing product management is how significantly workflows differ from organization to organization. My team works hard to understand those differences and bridge the gap with a seamless experience for product managers to drive experimentation and decision-making. To that end, we’re really excited to announce features that enhance and accelerate common workflows, from prioritizing research to mining for insights.

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What can product managers learn from a 1920s newspaper pioneer?

ProductBoard

Quite a bit, it turns out… Usage data … user needs … segments & personas … ethnographic user studies… I’d always reckoned these concepts and techniques came about in the ’70s and ’80s, as modern product design took hold. It was during this era that the Stanford Graduate School of Product Design introduced soft-systems thinking to ambitious young designers; Dieter Rams designed modern appliances with Braun; Xerox PARC prototyped the Alto, an early personal computer that would inspire the Maci

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SiriusDecisions SiriusView: Product Planning, Prioritization and Roadmapping 2017; B2B Product Management podcast; SiriusFoundations Webcast

Good Product Manager

SiriusDecisions SiriusView: Product Planning, Prioritization and Roadmapping 2017. I’m pleased to announce the release of the SiriusView “Product Planning, Prioritization and Roadmapping 2017.” This SiriusView covers seven vendors whose offerings are designed to assist product managers with developing product plans, prioritizing features and enhancements, and maintaining and communicating product roadmaps.

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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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The Digital Transformation Journey: Customer Use Cases

TSIA

Every once in a while, a perfect storm hits a market. Usually it’s when a new trend or concept appeals simultaneously to both customers and suppliers. When that serendipity strikes, even long-standing models are forever transformed. That is what’s going on today in tech sectors, from IT, to industrial equipment, to transportation, to healthcare.

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Introducing: Prioritization, segmentation, and video transcriptions

DISQO

One of the greatest challenges facing product management is how significantly workflows differ from organization to organization. My team works hard to understand those differences and bridge the gap with a seamless experience for product managers to drive experimentation and decision-making. To that end, we’re really excited to announce features that enhance and accelerate common workflows, from prioritizing research to mining for insights.

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How to Deliver a Better User/Customer Experience

Sequent Learning

How many times have you had to validate aspects of your business case or your go to market plan, or confirm the context of a user story for a product before it’s released? It’s not always so easy – customers aren’t readily available and insights get missed. As we’ve learned at Sequent Learning Networks, when product managers and […]. The post How to Deliver a Better User/Customer Experience appeared first on Sequent Learning Networks.

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My Recruit: The test participant experience

UserTesting

Earlier this month we announced that our newest feature, My Recruit, had launched into public beta. My Recruit gives UserTesting customers the ability to create and launch a study with anyone, anytime—on demand. Part of what makes My Recruit such … The post My Recruit: The test participant experience appeared first on UserTesting Blog.

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From Start to Scale: Driving Growth Through Seamless Payments Implementation

Speaker: Michael Veatch, Senior Director, Implementations & Ella Aguirre, Director of Solution Consulting

Embedding payments can be a transformative step for software companies looking to enhance their platform capabilities, boost customer satisfaction, and drive long-term growth. However, the success of payments hinges on a single thing: implementation. Drawing on real-world insights and experiences, payments implementation experts Michael Veatch and Ella Aguirre will explore actionable strategies that can lead to a transparent, friction-free launch and mitigate potential challenges like technical

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Balance Your Portfolio with the Product Portfolio Matrix

Roman Pichler

The Matrix Reloaded. The product portfolio matrix , also called growth–share and BCG matrix, wants to help you achieve a balanced portfolio, a portfolio that contains the right mix of young and established products. The matrix categorises products as question marks, stars, cash cows, and pets (also known as dogs ). The picture below shows the grid with its four quadrants and product types; cash cows are represented by the dollar sign and pets by a cross.

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Introducing: Prioritization, segmentation, and video transcriptions

DISQO

One of the greatest challenges facing product management is how significantly workflows differ from organization to organization. My team works hard to understand those differences and bridge the gap with a seamless experience for product managers to drive experimentation and decision-making. To that end, we’re really excited to announce features that enhance and accelerate common workflows, from prioritizing research to mining for insights.

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What Improv Can Teach Product Managers

Amplitude

Interview with Ellie Powers, Group Product Manager, Android and Google Play. Saying “no” is a highly revered skill in business. As the thinking goes, the ability to say “no” demonstrates your value on prioritization and focus. Ellie Powers, a tenured product manager with 13 years of product management experience in three countries under her belt, sees things a bit differently when it comes to building products.

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My Recruit: The test participant experience

UserTesting

Earlier this month we announced that our newest feature, My Recruit, had launched into public beta. My Recruit gives UserTesting customers the ability to create and launch a study with anyone, anytime—on demand. Part of what makes My Recruit such … The post My Recruit: The test participant experience appeared first on UserTesting Blog.

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The GTM Intelligence Era: ZoomInfo 2025 Customer Impact Report

ZoomInfo customers aren’t just selling — they’re winning. Revenue teams using our Go-To-Market Intelligence platform grew pipeline by 32%, increased deal sizes by 40%, and booked 55% more meetings. Download this report to see what 11,000+ customers say about our Go-To-Market Intelligence platform and how it impacts their bottom line. The data speaks for itself!