Lenny Rachitsky

MAY 11, 2025

Previously, he spent nearly eight years at Palantir, working as a forward-deployed engineer. Their model involves solving one customer’s (very big and valuable) problem, then abstracting that solution into a product you can sell to everyone else.

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Product Talk

DECEMBER 11, 2024

For this edition of Product in Practice, were not talking with a product manager, a designer, a UX researcher, or even an engineer. Eva Spexard is the Head of Operations and People at Passion.io , a mobile app builder for creators. The opportunity solution tree related to a lack of role clarity at Passion.io.

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The Product Guy

JANUARY 5, 2017

Jordan is a Management level, revenue-driven, B2B SaaS Product Management and Project Management leader. He translates complex business problems into solutions that are easily consumed by engineering, marketing and sales. Jordan Bergtraum VP Product Management, ServiceChannel. Ladislav Bartos Product Manager, Gumtree.com.

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Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Known as the Martech 5000 — nicknamed after the 5,000 companies that were competing in the global marketing technology space in 2017, it’s said to be the most frequently shared slide of all time. The reasons for this growth – high-velocity economics of software innovation, the migration of money from old media to new media, etc.

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Product Talk

JANUARY 24, 2024

These touchpoints will allow you to collect stories that help you identify opportunities and build out your opportunity solution tree. For this Tools of the Trade , I spoke with several members of the CDH community to learn how they have approached recruiting customers or users in the very early stages of a product or company.

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Product Talk

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Tali Melchior , Director of Product Management at Texthelp , was first inspired to experiment with opportunity solution trees in a previous role. Then when Tali moved to her current position, she brought her opportunity solution tree knowledge along and adapted it to the new setting. It was a great experience,” says Tali.

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The Product Guy

APRIL 4, 2017

Jordan is a Management level, revenue-driven, B2B SaaS Product Management and Project Management leader. He translates complex business problems into solutions that are easily consumed by engineering, marketing and sales. Jordan Bergtraum VP Product Management, ServiceChannel. Ladislav Bartos Chief Product Officer, UVIC Ltd.

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The Product Guy

FEBRUARY 18, 2017

Jordan is a Management level, revenue-driven, B2B SaaS Product Management and Project Management leader. He translates complex business problems into solutions that are easily consumed by engineering, marketing and sales. Jordan Bergtraum VP Product Management, ServiceChannel. Ladislav Bartos Product Manager, Gumtree.com.

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Product Innovation Educators

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

Why market research is product managers’ secret ingredient for successful products Watch on YouTube TLDR Market research is a key part of product development and management. In this episode, Chip Chonym explains why market research matters throughout the innovation process, discussing both qualitative and quantitative methods.

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Alchemer Mobile

MARCH 13, 2024

Vandegriff recognized for exceptional leadership of technology and teams, positively impacting Alchemer customers LOUISVILLE, COLORADO, March 13, 2024 – Alchemer, a global leader in experience management and enterprise feedback technology, today announced that Brandi Vandegriff has won the Colorado Technology Association’s CIO of the Year Award.

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The Product Guy

MAY 23, 2025

Product teams respond best when coaching is positioned as a growth tool, not a fix for poor leadership or lack of clarity. Cross-functional participation improves outcomes : Involving engineering and design early in discovery fosters shared understanding and reduces rework. Discovery is not just a PM function. Applying it is.

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The Product Guy

MAY 15, 2017

Jordan is a Management level, revenue-driven, B2B SaaS Product Management and Project Management leader. He translates complex business problems into solutions that are easily consumed by engineering, marketing and sales. Jordan Bergtraum VP Product Management, ServiceChannel. Ladislav Bartos Chief Product Officer, UVIC Ltd.

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Melissa Perri

JANUARY 4, 2020

Not every company has seen all these changes, but by and large I think it's been a positive push forward and I'm proud of where we've come from and where we have gotten to. -- 2014: "I do not need Product Managers, I can run my company myself,I have the strategy." We've come a long way but we still have far to go.

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The Product Guy

MAY 7, 2020

Hence it is critical that one is aware of the best practises of the role and develops his own philosophy which results into maximum positive leverage for the organization. A PM may receive help from specialists in the organization such as Researchers, Project Managers, Product Marketing etc. Specialist PM Roles.

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Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 20, 2020

Unpacking this central conundrum is at the heart of Alex Wolf’ s work – the self-described “consumer-facing anthropologist” has made a career by thinking deeply and talking widely about issues related to the pervasive role of technology in modern life. She asks what are the risks involved in “outsourcing” so many of our skills to technology.

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The Product Guy

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Suggested Solution : The key is to respectfully push back when necessary. Use data to support your position and explain the trade-offs. Engineering may want to focus on technical debt, while marketing wants to accelerate a product launch. Suggested Solution : Managing expectations early is crucial.

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Product Management Unpacked

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

CMU Master of Science in Product Management program student Erick Valencia landed a PM experience of a lifetime as part of a student team developing a driverless race car system to race in the Indy Autonomous Challenge. As a business engineer, just like a Product Manager, you’re trained to perform different key roles in an organization.”.

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Intercom, Inc.

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

In 2019 research firm IDC found them to deliver 869% ROI (??) When Yvonne joined in 2016, the business unit consisted of just 10 people across product, engineering, sales, and marketing. You could take a course on how to play guitar, paint with watercolors, create a website, or build your own mobile app – all in one place.

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Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 13, 2020

At Intercom, we have taken advantage of these technologies relatively early. So, modern machine learning opens up vast possibilities – but how do you harness this technology to make an actual customer-facing product? A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked”.

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Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 12, 2021

From premature optimization to over-engineering solutions for your product, it’s easy to get caught up in making technology decisions that slow you down instead of speeding you up. Adopting the “best tools”. Don’t use the best tools for the job. Sounds counterintuitive, right?

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 27, 2024

Software development with sustainability in mind is a rising trend in digital spaces. I would like to thank Tremis Skeete, Executive Editor of Product Coalition, for his valuable contributions to this article's research, development, and writing. Let’s explore how and why this matters.

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Userpilot

JULY 23, 2024

Thanks to the abundance of tools out there, marketing has never been easier. In this article, we examine some tools that can help your SaaS team to drive product growth. We will also consider valuable examples of tools that can inspire your process. Still, you may be unsure where to begin.

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 6, 2021

In today’s competitive business environment, technology is increasingly shaping the strategies that companies develop to try to outdo their competition. One of the main examples of this are the customized software applications that companies are rushing to develop to allow them to better connect with their users. Let’s dive right in.

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UX Planet

DECEMBER 6, 2024

CaaS platforms function similarly to e-commerce marketplaces, but for automobiles. Enter CarFYAI, CarFY AI is an AI-powered system for streamlining car discovery in Car-as-a-Service platforms, providing a personalized and enhanced user experience for customers. Image Credit: Karena E.I Image credit: Karena E.I

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The Product Guy

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

We had just hired a new VP of Product who was radically (and rapidly) changing our product development process, and our engineers – based remotely, in Argentina – were struggling to keep up. “To Well, before, product knew what was going on and engineering didn’t.” and one engineer in Iceland. And what can I do about it?

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The Product Guy

AUGUST 13, 2020

When I first researched about product management, I asked seasoned product managers how they started and they gave me very different kinds of answers. A lot of them worked in other positions before moving to product management, like engineers, analysts, marketers and project managers, and learned by taking on extra responsibilities.

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 25, 2022

No product tool or template can save you if you’re not killing it in these three areas. That’s why we’ve listed 12 tools that the best product managers use to do their jobs better? and not the best product management tools. That’s why spreadsheets have a top position on our list. other than the objectives ?—?neither

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

This week I’m studying The Brain Computer Interface Platform Revolution, and paid members can DM me to access my notebook here. The BCI SaaS Gold Rush has begun I’ll be honest, this has been one of the hardest newsletter topics to research and write. billion market value, headed to $5.1 billion by 2030.

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Mind the Product

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

A healthy relationship between product management and engineering is critical to building successful products. In a perfect product development world, communications are seamless, specifications are clear, and product and engineering teams work together without friction. Include Engineers in Product Decisions.

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Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 27, 2018

Uptime is influenced by many factors such as the software architecture and the quality of day to day operations. On call work like this can be a powerful customer orientated activity that connects engineers to the value customers get from your product. Our on call went from being spread across more than 30 engineers to just 6 or 7.

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Mind the Product

MARCH 26, 2020

What does it take for an engineer to become a product manager? If you’re considering changing from engineer to product manager , you’re not alone. You go beyond developing a solution and like to be involved in the definition of the solution itself, giving your perspective and suggesting appropriate changes.

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Product Management University

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

As more and more SaaS/cloud companies launch every day and existing companies move to subscription-based product models, the need for product managers is skyrocketing. In some cases, the CPO may also be responsible for product development and engineering. What Does a Product Management Career Path Look Like?

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Product Talk

AUGUST 10, 2016

Over time, I started to reframe the two dimensions as discovering opportunities and discovering solutions. Good product discovery requires discovering opportunities as well as discovering solutions. This helped as most teams can articulate how to connect the dots between opportunities and solutions. – Tweet This.

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Intercom, Inc.

JUNE 10, 2020

Also known as Product Intuition or Product Instinct or Product Taste, it is the idea that you can use your own judgment to (1) accurately predict what your customers need, want and value, and (2) design and ship the right solution for them. Nor from reading research reports from your research team. What exactly is it?

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The Product Guy

OCTOBER 9, 2018

This sort of hand-waving has been most prevalent in software companies, where the supposed price of strategy missteps is seen as low. However, this is a naïve analysis that overlooks lost market share due to poor strategic thinking, or the demoralizing effect on engineers having to repeatedly rewrite code because of poor product-market fit.

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Mind the Product

MARCH 5, 2020

People spend over two hours a day browsing the web using conventional app interfaces, and despite the rise of mobile and mobile-first design, desktop audiences are still significant. So, which platform should you adopt for a new digital service, mobile app or the web? You can spend your marketing budget to drive app downloads.

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Userpilot

APRIL 24, 2025

Stripe: Product Manager, Local Payment Methods Cost Optimization Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. A product leader with 7+ years of experience in product management or a related field who has successfully built and scaled complex systems at a global level. Who would be the best fit for this job?

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