The Product Guy

OCTOBER 9, 2018

First, I did not know how to frame, develop and present product strategy in a systematic way, and second, as a startup, my company has not historically had a good track record of strategy being developed outside of senior management (read: founder). Two major obstacles stood in my way.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Building effective teams with people from different disciplines can be challenging due to various circumstances. Let’s explore strategies for how we can tackle these challenges. In the product management discipline, cross-functional collaboration is more than a buzzword — it’s a critical strategy. Myth #2.

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Userpilot

MAY 30, 2024

PMs prioritize product development and functionality, while PMMs focus on market adoption and product desirability. They define the product vision , strategy, and roadmap. They develop go-to-market strategies, plan product launches, and equip revenue teams with narratives, insights, and collateral to help them close deals.

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Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 11, 2020

Intercom has responded by hiring a diversity and inclusion consultant, updating our recruitment strategy and hiring practices to reduce bias, scheduling allyship training for all employees, and amplifying Black voices in our podcast and blog. They equate “white” with “good” and “black” with “bad.”.

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Three years later I became a web application engineer at a startup that built software for military and private industries. I became director of communications, leading the development of intranets and web applications. Designers vs Developers The work culture in this large organization was unlike anything I’d ever experienced.

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Mironov Consulting

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

An essential role of CPOs and other product leaders that’s never listed in the job description is giving organizational 'air cover' to product managers to postpone almost all new requests — so that their teams can finish work already underway.    Lately, I’m calling this permission to stay focused.

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Mironov Consulting

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

As noted in my last post , Sales and Marketing often wonder whether Engineering is sufficiently motivated and engaged. Motivation and engagement look different on the tech side of the room: the outbound team often can’t tell whether Engineering is emotionally engaged. Some Engineering teams are unmotivated, though.

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Userpilot

MARCH 11, 2024

We’ll explore its features, pricing, and offer a comprehensive review to aid in your decision-making process. You can have a hard time getting the software problems fixed quickly since you might rarely get an instant response from the support team. A/B testing : Test and refine strategies for various user cohorts.

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 4, 2022

In developing live streaming digital solutions for years, we’ve collected quite a massive of valuable insights, industry challenges, app feature trends, and development key points that will help you pave the way to building a demanded high-quality streaming platform. Its market share is projected to reach $534.37

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Userpilot

MARCH 11, 2024

We’ll explore its features, pricing, and offer a comprehensive review to aid in your decision-making process. You can have a hard time getting the software problems fixed quickly since you might rarely get an instant response from the support team. Let’s get started!

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Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 22, 2021

As it turns out, he’s also quite the writer – since the last time we spoke , he has published not one but two books on engineering. If you’re a senior engineer and want to further your career, what skills should you develop? How do people move into staff engineering roles? They likely don’t have all the answers.

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Userpilot

APRIL 17, 2024

Comprehensive planning is essential for explicit event tracking to ensure data aligns with strategy and supports informed decision-making. Implementing explicit event tracking requires a lengthy process involving planning, development, and analysis, necessitating a careful evaluation of its value versus effort.

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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. As I strive towards becoming a product leader, I wanted to understand the best practises in product management and in the process develop my own product philosophy. .

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The Product Guy

APRIL 9, 2019

Journey Into the World of Strategy. The notion of a strategy in product management seems like something that only high-level stakeholders at the executive level should care about. After all, many product managers tend to treat a strategy as something that’s scared and driven top-down from the executive management level.

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Userpilot

MAY 29, 2024

The product design process extends beyond the product designer's role, often requiring cross-functional collaboration among product designers , visual designers, UX designers, researchers, industrial design specialists, marketers, and engineers. Define the product vision and strategy. Create your minimum viable product.

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Mironov Consulting

DECEMBER 29, 2022

 But when I do product due diligence for SaaS-focused PE/VC firms, it's the very first thing I look at.  Let’s IMHO, software product companies are fundamentally different from software services/outsourcing/custom development companies.  Said billable).  Building  A very big difference.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 17, 2023

Photo by Alexei on Pxhere A few months after I joined Twiggle as the VP of Product, the CEO gave me a list of competitors to review. Since we played in the e-commerce search space, the list included almost exclusively e-commerce search engines, and one was a generic search engine that seemed to be a good fit for e-commerce apps.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 29, 2021

This year I developed a new reading approach, in which I read several books in parallel, usually from different topics. Strategy is visible as coordinated action imposed on a system. When I say the strategy is “imposed,” I mean just that. When I say the strategy is “imposed,” I mean just that.

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Mironov Consulting

APRIL 15, 2023

The other group (product, engineering, design, long-term support, product marketing) is trained and paid and rewarded to focus on overall impact for the whole installed base, long-term investments, and the need to support every line of code that any user has in production.  What will incent large numbers of customers to upgrade or renew?

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Mironov Consulting

MAY 24, 2022

Everywhere I go, I see massive amounts of product waste : development work delivered on time/on budget that doesn’t drive sales or customer satisfaction or business improvement.  Yet  Yet somehow we don’t see this waste, or mis-attribute it to engineering process problems. features.  Commitments

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Mironov Consulting

JULY 28, 2022

Apologizing in advance: I’m intentionally exaggerating the differences between two broad corporate groups: wildly oversimplified roles and attitudes and reward systems.  Each Enterprise Sales and Solutions Teams… Are paid/rewarded/promoted for working with individual prospects or customers one at a time.  Sales

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Userpilot

APRIL 4, 2022

However, that’s not all product managers must consider when building a product localization strategy for the first time. Product localization strategy step #1: Spread the word. Product localization impacts nearly every function in the company: engineering, product , marketing , customer support, and even legal and compliance.

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Sachin Rekhi

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

One of the challenges we've long acknowledged in the tech industry is how difficult the transition can be from a software engineer to an engineering manager due to the vast distinction in the skill set to be great at the new role. Shift your individual focus from design and execution to vision and strategy.

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nulab

JANUARY 7, 2022

According to Deming’s philosophy, the way to get rid of systemic issues is by addressing the root causes instead of only treating the symptoms. So, rather than focusing on single mistakes (which RCA does), it looks at the big picture and hones in on weak points that might cause problems. Let’s use a real-world example….

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Most of us have been through the results of poor management of bugs: hair-on-fire, last-minute late nights to madly scrambling to critical fix bugs blocking a release, or stopping a customer from using a product. Strategy Within your organisation’s and your product’s strategy, you need to work out how product bugs fit.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Creating a concise, specific, and relevant front end developer resume is key to landing your next job in tech. For front-end developers, it is important to craft your resume in a way that highlights your skills, experience and programming language knowledge. We created this guide for both junior and senior front-end developers.

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Mironov Consulting

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

But it’s easy for B2B/enterprise companies to fall into a sales-led development model where the majority of work is for individual customers – starving the core product of innovation, new features, quality improvements and technical resilience. Good estimation and busy technical team are the keys to success. What to do? [1]

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Userpilot

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Blue ocean strategy has become an increasingly popular business framework over the past two decades, especially in the SaaS industry. This article will provide an in-depth look at the blue ocean strategy, including its origins, core principles, implementation, and measurement of success. What is the Blue Ocean Strategy?

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Mind the Product

DECEMBER 11, 2017

Three years later I became a web application engineer at a startup that built software for military and private industries. I became director of communications, leading the development of intranets and web applications. Designers vs Developers. Tension between designers and developers was palpable.

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Gainsight

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Over the years, we’ve been inspired by the unique strategies customer success professionals have presented to Pulse attendees and the way they’ve expanded CS beyond SaaS and into other industries. . healthcare systems and in search of ways for healthcare providers to provide better care, more efficiently.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

JUNE 26, 2020

There’s nothing to be nervous about once you’re confident in your skills and knowledgeable about the normal software engineering interview questions. This article will start by talking a little about the procedure of most software engineering interviews. These variations in the process are more common among start-ups.

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Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 23, 2018

Most sales and support teams are already well versed in conversations about data deletion, risk assessments and security frameworks, but those issues are going to become an even more prominent part of the discussion once GDPR comes into effect. Know your own systems. What is a ‘privacy ecosystem’ and why it matters.

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Mind the Product

MARCH 12, 2020

It defines, communicates, supports, and improves important operations which can be standardized, such as communication, planning processes, team gatherings, and training. How it’s become a critical function for scaling effective product teams. Developing and maintaining a continuing education program for product managers.

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UX Planet

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

A bad first impression could ultimately hurt your chances of landing a dream job. People see selling as a bad word but it ultimately makes life easier if you know how to do it. Xiaoxue Zhang , Uber Currently working at Uber, focusing on Machine Learning and Design System. I design systems. Joining Uber Feb 19.

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Userpilot

JANUARY 22, 2024

The framework is a roadmap for creating a winning product marketing strategy that drives effective resource allocation and provides a flexible foundation for growth. A good product marketing framework has three main components: a go-to-market strategy , a product marketing strategy, and a growth strategy.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

JUNE 8, 2020

Overview A good product manager must mix a strategic awareness of his/her company and its overall position in the market, together with a strategy of how their own product will compete. They then have to switch gears and make the strategy happen in practice – that is part of the challenge of being a product manager!

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The Product Cafe

APRIL 14, 2024

As you level up in the realm of product management, Moe Ali imparts three invaluable lessons from his extensive teaching tenure: Focus on strategy Understand the importance of alignment Ask for help Subscribe now Focus on strategy🧘 Moe Ali emphasizes that prioritization problems are often strategic problems.

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