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519: Product verification, most important of the 19 activities of product management – with Nishant Parikh

Product Innovation Educators

This led him to research and identify 19 core activities specific to product management, with clear separation from product marketing, sales, and go-to-market functions. This phase highlights the important distinction between product manager and product owner roles, particularly in Agile environments.

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Storyboarding for Influence: How Product Managers Can Drive Alignment Without Authority

Productside

Why Traditional Product Communication Doesnt Stick Heres the reality: most product communication doesnt land. PMs are often tasked with aligning stakeholders, guiding engineering teams, and championing the customer. The Value Isnt Clear Too many product pitches start with Heres what we want to build.

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528: From startup founder to product success and why interacting with people is the big change – with Anya Cheng

Product Innovation Educators

How an AI-powered fashion startup achieved product-market fit Watch on YouTube TLDR In this episode, we’re joined by Anya Cheng, former product leader at Meta, eBay, McDonald’s, and Target, and current founder of the AI-powered fashion startup Taelor.

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Achieving and Scaling Product-Market Fit: A Guide for Product Managers in Mid-to-Large Tech Companies

Sequent Learning

Achieving and Scaling Product-Market Fit: A Guide for Product Managers in Mid-to-Large Tech Companies Introduction As product managers in mid-to-large technology companies, you’re no stranger to the challenges of maintaining and scaling product-market fit (PMF).

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How Leveraging Data Creates Efficient Product Roadmaps

Speaker: Hannah Chaplin - Product Marketing Principal & Steve Cheshire - Product Manager

Without product usage data and user feedback guiding your product roadmap, product managers and engineers end up wasting money, time, and effort building what they think stakeholders want, rather than what they know they need. Leveraging product data to assess true business value and make informed decisions.

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How to Optimize Your Product Metrics for Growth by Dan Olsen

Userpilot

According to product expert Dan Olsen , it’s because their “bucket” — the product itself — is leaky. Dan, a Stanford-trained engineer with experience guiding companies like Intuit, understands how to optimize your product metrics for growth by focusing on retention and building a product users truly value.

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Making Continuous Discovery Work for You: The SPICEY Approach

Product Talk

He tried several tactics, including having product team members join existing customer touch points and leverage support tickets to schedule interviews. Next, he worked with a team of product managers and a product marketing manager to build an outreach campaign. These were the first small steps he took.