The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Often we talk more about the technical skills, like, portfolio management, being more strategic, etc but being good at those things mean nothing if you can’t build a culture conducive to good product management practices. It’s seldom their ability to do the job technically?—?to interpersonal, emotional intelligence, etc?—?that

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Andrew Chen

MARCH 27, 2019

Dear readers, Many of you may have read the recent New York Times article “ Uber and Airbnb Alumni Fuel Tech’s Next Wave ” which is about how alumni of successful startups often split off and start new companies, and how ecosystems of investors/advisors form around these new companies to support them.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

MBAs from technical and engineering backgrounds will have an edge, so if that’s not you, you should focus on evidencing your abilities to be technical in those interviews. You often see entrepreneurs move into a product management role after their startup. Basically, the strategy is similar. What’s your take?

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UX Studio: Product Management

JULY 14, 2021

As a design thinking consulting firm , we advise on product strategy, lead workshops, and offer customized training to equip your business with the best UX practices. Design thinking companies aim to understand users’ pain points before developing a technically feasible solution that addresses their needs.

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Userpilot

JULY 9, 2021

The teams she coaches are from both early-stage startups and multinational enterprises in different industries. She has 7+ years of experience in startups and startup-like teams and most recently led an innovation lab as a product manager in 2019. Educational and professional backgrounds of product managers.

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Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 5, 2023

He’s a keynote speaker, adviser, and co-author of several books on the subject, including the provocatively titled The Best Service is No Service , Your Customer Rules , and his latest The Frictionless Organization: Deliver Great Customer Experiences with Less Effort. Bill: Sure, absolutely. We got acquired by the large U.S.

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BrainStation Product Management

APRIL 8, 2019

Speak to a Learning Advisor. Product Management is fundamentally a white space role, so the skills you need will depend on what skills you already have and what your company does,” advised Jackie Bavaro, Head of Product Management at Asana. Do Some Soul-Searching. PMs do best when the team they’re joining really wants them there.”.

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BrainStation Product Management

APRIL 8, 2019

“Product Management is fundamentally a white space role, so the skills you need will depend on what skills you already have and what your company does,” advised Jackie Bavaro, Head of Product Management at Asana. Perhaps you need someone with an uncanny design eye, or razor-sharp technical skills, or deep experience in analytics?

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Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 14, 2021

I got an MBA and tried several startups – some failures under my belt there – and then ended up at a company in the business intelligence space called GoodData. As I mentioned, I was a PM at a fast-growing San Francisco startup and I grew to be VP product, so I’d seen the pain points and the struggles of being an individual PM.

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Product Bookshelf

JANUARY 31, 2017

different skills are needed in startups than in mature companies). This list is particularly useful for a product manager who came to the role from a technical team and may not have previously reviewed this type of information. He advises backing up the plan with a business case (which is outlined in the book).

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Userpilot

JULY 13, 2021

That’s why we often advise SaaS companies to segment users prior to their walkthrough, to make sure that customers only see features during their walkthrough that make sense for their individual use case. Your non-technical product managers and product marketing managers will certainly thank you! Get a demo today!

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Andrew Chen

OCTOBER 31, 2016

I was recently interviewed by the folks at Reforge, a new company started by my friends Brian Balfour and Susan Su focused on advanced professional education. I gave some my 2 cents based on my experience helping startups and growth folks. to every subsequent answer, and it’s almost endlessly educational. The B t Test.

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Gainsight

AUGUST 31, 2020

She is an electrical engineer by education, and her first job was at G.E. She enjoyed the startup environment even though she was performing “a thousand different jobs.” Amy advised leaders to have a skill of prudent vision regarding resources , both monetary and human capital. Amy started as a hardware engineer.

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The Product Coalition

MAY 11, 2022

Finally, “ Building for Business: Product Management in Enterprise Software ” is a truly B2B-focused Product Management book, written by Blair Reeves (Salesforce) and Benjamin Gaines (Adobe) for “all the ones who aren’t part of the Silicon Valley startup bread”. Yet, only a few have this “sense” when coming into Product, they argue.

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Amplitude

JUNE 8, 2017

Hailing from a tenured career in product management, she was just super passionate about working with startups. “I I had become pretty active as a mentor and advisor to various startups and really enjoyed it! So I was exploring some ideas of my own and also meeting a lot of startups, typically in an advisory capacity.

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Business of Software Conference

JUNE 29, 2020

So I was a startup CEO from 2009 to 2011, somebody else’s startup- I don’t recommend becoming the CEO of somebody else’s startup it’s not very fun – and I learned which I’m sure many of you have had this experience that I’ve been talking with people on my team and I was expressing an opinion.

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