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Awarding The Best Product Person & Tribute!

The Product Guy

Congrats to Melissa Perri, this year’s winner of The Best Product Person… And, thank you to everyone who attended the latest roundtable meet-up of The Product Group with Featured Product, Tribute … And our awesome sponsors who make everything possible…

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Want to hire great designers? Start a blog.

Intercom, Inc.

A few years ago I came out of a meeting with my product manager where we talked about the next feature we should build. At the time there was a lot of hype around Foursquare-like location sharing apps. We worked for a social network so we had to build something like that as well. Needless to say, we didn’t have a clear product strategy. To take my mind off things I opened my RSS reader and a post called “ Product strategy means saying no ” caught my eye.

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What Successful Companies Do To Get Better Leads

The Secret PM Handbook

(This is the second post in my series about using product knowledge to create better sales enablement and jumpstart a repeatable sales process. Read the first post, on the overall topic.). “I Need Better Leads!” Does your salesforce complain “We don’t get enough leads from Marketing, and the leads we get aren’t any good?”. I’ve heard this a lot from sales teams.

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Techniques to Help you Build a High-Performing Team

Mind the Product

I think of high-performing teams like a personal best on a run: they don’t happen overnight or by accident, but they’re worth it. As product managers, we’re often on point for building team culture. And we really feel the benefit of it when teams are working well together: a team that can move fast, understand each other and make effective decisions is a team that ships and iterates faster than a team full of people who struggle to understand each other or the outcomes they’re trying to reach.

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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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Leading Through Shared Goals

Roman Pichler

The Product Leadership Conundrum. As the person in charge of a product, you are responsible for achieving product success. But you can’t accomplish it on your own and rely on the development team and stakeholders. Their contributions are vital to design, implement, provide, and support a successful product. At the same time, you can’t tell the individuals what to do or assign tasks to them, and you are typically not in a position to offer incentives, like a bonus or pay rise.

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Product Management Opportunities in Finance

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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Why Data Science and UX Research Teams are Better Together

Mind the Product

In this talk from ProductTank San Francisco Chris Abad, who’s currently VP of product and design at User Testing, shares insights into how bringing together qualitative user research and quantitative data science teams is crucial for companies because it can help them to see the complete picture and inform critical product decisions. Chris shares real-world examples and lessons learned as User Testing established its Product Insights team, a team which is made up of UX researchers, data scientis

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When Push Comes to Shove – Picking Your Battles

Clever PM

In many organizations, conflict is part and parcel of the culture — some conflict can be constructive, some destructive, but most of it can just be downright annoying. And, because we often sit right in the middle of all of the random agendas, battles of ego, and emotional storms that can rage throughout the company, […].

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Rune Madsen on the intersection of user experience and design systems

Intercom, Inc.

More than 50 years ago graphic designers realized that having shared underlying rules when creating a bunch of related objects, a design system, was a smart idea. But in today’s world there’s tension between a very broad general purpose design system and an in-house design system for a given company that’s very specific and tailored to them – like our Full Stack Design System , for example.

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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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IoT Product Leadership – Episode 01: Cloud Platforms and the IoT Wild West

Daniel Elizalde IoT Blog

Josh Pederson, Director of Product Management at Ayla Networks shares his approach to managing Ayla’s IoT Cloud Platform. Subscribe on iTunes | Android | Stitcher | Tunein | Google Play Topics we discussed in this episode: Josh shares his background, and how he arrived at where he is today. Josh talks about the Ayla platform […] The post IoT Product Leadership – Episode 01: Cloud Platforms and the IoT Wild West appeared first on TechProductManagement.

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Product Warrior Podcast: Janna Bastow Talks the Challenges of Established Products

Mind the Product

This week’s Product Warrior podcast, supported by Mind The Product, centres on the challenge of “adopting” an established product from previous product management. ProdPad and Mind The Product co-founder Janna Bastow explains how existing products in different growth stages come with additional product challenges compared with greenfield products. Such challenges include: Tech debt.

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Product manager vs Product management–and other innovation observations for product managers Feb 9, 2018

Product Innovation Educators

Each week I scour articles, wading through the dogs, and bringing you the best insights to help product managers and innovators be heroes. How the role of product manager differs from the discipline of product management. Describing what a product manager does is challenging because it varies from organization to organization. Sure, there are many commonalities, but one product manager may be focused internally, another externally, only work on products in the marketplace or only work on new pro

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Don’t be afraid to use live chat for sales

Intercom, Inc.

Until relatively recently, salespeople were not too enthusiastic about the idea of using live chat for sales. We saw it as taking away our power to prioritize our time for leads and instead gave that power to whoever happens to be online at that moment. But by using live chat to capture and convert leads, that attitude has begun to change rapidly. Traditional sales teams were often taught to pre-qualify their leads before even talking to them.

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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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What I Learned about Management and Culture from Growing Uber’s Asia Business from Zero to Billions

First Round Review

For four years, Mike Brown oversaw all aspects of Uber's business in Asia. Now he's sharing what startups can learn from his experience to go big.

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Better for Business? Size up the Benefits of an MBA

Mind the Product

Over the past couple of years, there has been a something of a trend in product management circles for criticizing (or at least challenging) the value of an MBA. As a current MBA candidate, here’s why I think this is misguided. A couple of years ago an article appeared in the Wall Street Journal and elsewhere which highlighted the growth of product management.

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TEI 162: How product managers can influence people – with Tom Henschel

Product Innovation Educators

Change your perspective to build better relationships and create stories that stick. When I ask product managers why they got involved with product management and what they want from the role, a frequent answer is to have more influence. This also ranks as most important out of all the reasons for being a product manager. Does that ring true for you as well?

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Convert your hottest leads right from Slack with our new two-way integration

Intercom, Inc.

Today, we’re introducing a new two-way Slack integration that allows you to respond to leads super fast from the app you have open all day. The relationships we have with our customers are maintained by the conversations we have with them. Real-world conversations are dynamic, fluid interactions that adapt to the spaces we have them in. Traditionally, our online conversations are more rigid, taking place in specific locations like a mobile app or particular channel.

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Enterprise ABM Marketing Tools: A Marketers Guide

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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Four Categories You Need to Nail for Healthy Startup Growth — and Top Tips for How to Do It

First Round Review

Mike Brown managed all facets of Uber's business in Asia for four years as it went from $0 to billions. Here are his key takeaways for early startups to lay the groundwork for healthy growth.

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4 Challenges That Get in the Way of Effective Product Leadership

Mind the Product

I recently had the opportunity to attend a roundtable discussion for product leaders in London. Under strict observation of the Chatham House rule , the group picked out a host of themes for discussion, and I’ve chosen the four topics which seemed to resonate universally, along with a selection of the considerations mentioned and the approaches people are taking to tackle them.

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IoT Product Leadership – Episode 02: How to Plan for IoT Security

Daniel Elizalde IoT Blog

Paul Jauregui, VP of Marketing at Praetorian shares his perspective on incorporating security into the IoT Product Development Lifecycle. Subscribe on iTunes | Android | Stitcher | Tunein | Google Play Topics we discuss in this episode: Paul shares his background and about Praetorian. Paul talks about the biggest challenges companies face when building IoT products.

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Curating Context

dscout People Nerds

Credit Karma’s Yasmine Khan on what museums can teach us about communicating research insights.

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Less Stress, More Success: Accounting Best Practices & Processes for 2025

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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26.2 Reasons Why Talking to Users Is Like Exercising

UserInterviews

Our very own VP of product, John-Henry Forster, shares his love of running and interviewing users, and what the two have in common.

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Product Warrior Launches First Podcast, Thinking Big and Small With John Cutler

Mind the Product

Product Warrior launches a weekly podcast, supported by Mind The Product, dedicated to supporting product managers in their decision making. The first episode, titled “Thinking big and small”, is out now, featuring guest John Cutler and host Dave Martin, chief product officer at Tes Global. John, a senior product manager and “all-round product junkie”, discusses continuous improvement and explores what improvement means to product managers.

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The Power of Discounts

Pragmatic Marketing

I wish everyone made decisions rationally. OK, I’d be happy if I could make decisions rationally. Last night while having dinner with my wife I caught myself being irrational … again. We went to our local sports bar at halftime of the Super Bowl. This is a place we eat all the time. The prices are reasonable enough that I just order what I want, without regard to price.

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Cognitive Psychology in UX – How to Use Your Short Term Memory

UX Studio

Imagine you didn’t have memories. Maybe you suffer from a mixed type of amnesia. You are living in the here and now. You can learn procedures and motor skills. You are cognitively intact so maybe you can still remember facts like the capital of the UK or your address but not your story or not even what happened two seconds ago. Being limited to the present makes people unviable.

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Build Your Best Product Strategy: An Action Plan You Can Start Now

As your company grows and your product matures, so too should your product strategy. Drawing from their decades of experience as product leaders, Stanford Online instructors Donna Novitsky and Laura Marino share best practices for defining your product strategy at each stage of company growth. Get practical, real-world product strategy tips from experts who have lived through the same challenges you’re currently facing.

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Announcing Influential Agile Leader, 2.0, June 7-8, 2018

Johanna Rothman

Gil Broza and I are thrilled to announce the updated version of our flagship workshop, the Influential Agile Leader. We’re leading the workshop in the Boston area, June 7-8, 2018. If you have these kinds of challenges: Your business can’t “stop” to recreate itself as an agile organization. You need to continue and to nurture the cultural changes necessary for a successful agile transformation.

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Healthcare Product Management Trends; Twitter Chat

Good Product Manager

Four Healthcare Product Management Trends for 2018. We work with b-to-b product management teams across many industries at SiriusDecisions, but lately we’ve been with more product management teams in companies that are healthcare-focused (e.g. healthcare information technology, medical devices, health analytics) as well as product management teams that have “horizontal” products (e.g. content management) where the organization is targeting healthcare as a key growth area.

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Must-have Tax Preparation Checklist For Your Business

The Product Coalition

Must-have Tax Preparation Checklist For Your Business Hey! Corporate tax experts here telling you how to save your business time and money as you prepare for tax season. Seriously, please listen! It’s time to change your bad tax season habits Every year, the same thing happens as tax season looms: we get a bunch of last minute, frantic clients freaking out about getting their taxes paid on time.

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