The Product Guy

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

The Product Mentor is a program designed to pair Product Mentors and Mentees from around the World, across all industries, from start-up to enterprise, guided by the fundamental goals… Better Decisions. Better Products. Better Product People. Jordan Bergtraum VP Product Management, ServiceChannel.

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The Product Guy

JANUARY 27, 2017

In our a recent live stream from one of our mentors of The Product Mentor , Krishna Madhuvarsu, lead a conversation around “Product Management in Startups vs. Enterprises”. We are always looking for more product mentors from all around the world. About The Product Mentor. Better Products.

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Melissa Perri

JANUARY 4, 2020

I've been reflecting on the last decade in Product Management. 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."

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The Product Guy

JULY 4, 2019

As Product Manager for a scrappy startup, I led agile sprints, collaborated with leadership and engineers, created user stories, and managed Jira. Magdaline is an Enterprise Product Manager who has played a key role in major electronic communication & collaboration initiatives. Better Products.

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The Product Guy

DECEMBER 15, 2019

The Product Management Awards (#TPMAS) are the leading international award honoring excellence in Product Management. The Best Product Person & The Best Product Leader. In this role, Gaudio drives the strategy behind roadmap management, agile product development, and cross-functional communication.

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The Product Guy

OCTOBER 25, 2016

The Product Mentor is a program designed to pair Product Mentors and Mentees from around the World, across all industries, from start-up to enterprise, guided by the fundamental goals… Better Decisions. Better Products. Better Product People. Jordan Bergtraum VP Product Management, ServiceChannel.

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The Product Guy

OCTOBER 2, 2016

His advice and the know-how shared by others through the live stream presentations have made me think a lot about whether product management was the path that I wanted to take in my career. However, after several conversations with my mentor and other product managers it was quite apparent that this rang true for them.

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The Product Guy

APRIL 4, 2017

In a recent live stream from one of our mentors of The Product Mentor , Chris Butler, lead a conversation around “Business Development vs. Product Management”. We are always looking for more product mentors from all around the world. About The Product Mentor. Jordan Bergtraum VP Product Management, ServiceChannel.

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Mind the Product

JANUARY 14, 2019

Not surprisingly, when you’re looking for customer validation for B2B products, there simply aren’t as many datapoints to draw from in enterprise product management as there are for consumer products. Aspiring enterprise product managers often tell me that collecting a robust customer sample is difficult.

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Mind the Product

DECEMBER 24, 2021

In this ProductTak talk, Product Director Jason Knight provides some insight into enterprise product management for B2B companies, specifically startups and scale-ups selling products to large companies. [.]

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The Product Guy

JANUARY 5, 2017

In our a recent live stream from one of our mentors of The Product Mentor , Vikas Batra, lead a conversation around “Emotional Intelligence for Product Managers”. We are always looking for more product mentors from all around the world. About The Product Mentor. Ladislav Bartos Product Manager, Gumtree.com.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Many startups with an ordinary product make the way to growth and scalability whereas others with great products fail to survive. What is wrong with these startups? Both product and product strategy should fall in place to make the startup sustainable and help them to grow. What is S.M.A.R.T?

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Product Innovation Educators

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

What product managers need to know to build a product into a successful company. When I’m working with a group of product managers to help them move towards product mastery, I always ask them to introduce themselves by sharing what they love about product management.

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Product Innovation Educators

DECEMBER 2, 2024

This happens when teams solve today’s problems without considering how those needs might change by the time their product actually launches. As I’ve seen in my own product management experience, the traditional product development cycle can take months or even years.

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Product Innovation Educators

JANUARY 20, 2025

How product managers can make OKRs drive real results Watch on YouTube TLDR In my recent conversation with Ben Lamorte, the world’s most experienced OKR coach and founder of OKRs.com, we explored how product managers and leaders can transform their approach to Objectives and Key Results (OKRs).

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Mind the Product

JULY 21, 2020

All the sexy stories around product management come from startups, or revolve around working like a startup. Working in an enterprise gets much less respect – but being successful in a large firm is no picnic. Enterprise Product Management. Working with stakeholders. Quote of the Episode.

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The Product Guy

JULY 16, 2020

This last thing is something very usual of startup-type scenarios, where change is part of your daily basis. Fabi is a Chilean living in Mexico and an enthusiastic Product person. She works at Runa HR, a startup that went through the YC process and is on its way to the B series and all the happy mess that implies.

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Product Innovation Educators

MAY 13, 2019

I know I would, because start-up founders share similarities with product managers. Indeed, many founders also take on the responsibility of product manager for their business. Summary of some concepts discussed for product managers. [3:10] have in common? 3:10] How did you get started in this line of work?

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The Product Guy

JUNE 11, 2018

I already discussed this situation with fellow product managers and shared my experience. I work in a startup where things constantly change and you have to adapt to the new circumstances very fast. Now I highly motivate every fellow product manager to start doing one-on-one’s in their teams. The Product Guy.

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The Product Guy

AUGUST 1, 2017

Guest Post by: Lamia Benhaddou (Mentee, Session 4, The Product Mentor) [Paired with Mentor, Amanda Ralph]. Amanda had 18 years of product management experience and was able to clearly foresee the obstacles I might encounter in my new role. Indeed the role of a product leader is different to that of a product manager.

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Intercom, Inc.

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

For product managers, this means evolving to build for upmarket companies while ensuring Intercom’s long-standing customers remain at the center of what we do. Product management varies depending on your industry, company stage, company leadership, or teammates. Build for your customers, not your competitors’ customers.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 20, 2020

It’s never easy to create enterprise-grade products. They are inherently expensive. You need them to meet exacting standards, and you also… Continue reading on ProductCoalition.com ».

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The Product Guy

JULY 18, 2019

This evolution is a result of the value that Product brings to an organization looking to build or scale digital products. Product Management at scale has also evolved but at a slower pace. Larger product functions break down the PM function into Product Owners, Product Managers, and Project Managers.

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Lenny Rachitsky

MAY 11, 2025

95% of enterprise data problems involve access, cleaning and joining data, not analysis; companies that solve this integration challenge create tremendous value. Companies like Palantir that spent decades building enterprise data foundations now have the perfect position for the AI era, where proprietary data access is the critical advantage.

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The Product Guy

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Guest Post by: Julian Dunn (Mentee, Session 6, The Product Mentor) [Paired with Mentor, Vikas Batra]. I became a product manager because I wanted to take a more strategic role at my company. Thus, I arrived at the Product Mentor program with ambitions to learn strategy development from a seasoned product mentor.

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The Product Guy

MAY 7, 2019

Guest Post by: Elly Lin (Mentee, Session 8, The Product Mentor) [Paired with Mentor, Alberto Simon]. When I first joined, the startup I work at had often been stuck with a backlog of products and services to create. It takes all of the fun out of product management! More About The Product Mentor.

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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”.

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The Product Guy

MAY 6, 2017

Product Owner @ Medidata Solutions (New York, NY (NYC) or San Francisco, CA (Bay Area)) Keywords: Agile, Backlog, Engineer, Scrum, User Stories [link]. Product Manager @ What to Expect (SoHo, New York City) Keywords: artificial intelligence, Health, Mobile, Product owner, What to Expect [link].

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Product Innovation Educators

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

To survive, your company must sell multiple products Watch on YouTube TLDR In this episode, I’m interviewing Greg Coticchia, an experienced CEO and product management expert. The discussion focuses on the challenges and strategies involved in expanding from a single product to multiple products.

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Mind the Product

JANUARY 28, 2019

Most product managers are driven to achieve excellence in their craft. Many, however, get stuck in what I call “product consultant” mode and cannot break out of it. Many product managers never get to launch a product, let alone own one. Accumulating Product Management Scar Tissue.

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Lenny Rachitsky

DECEMBER 29, 2024

The best product managers go out of their way to prove themselves wrong, because finding the flaws in your thinking will lead to better decisions. Spend 80% of your time focusing on the external factors—customers, competitors, and market conditions—rather than internal processes.

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Product Innovation Educators

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

The product manager’s path to influence Watch on YouTube TLDR In my recent conversation with Francesca Cortesi, CPO, we explored why the popular phrase “CEO of the product” can be misleading for product managers.

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Product Management Unpacked

AUGUST 15, 2019

Greg Coticchia, the executive director of Carnegie Mellon University’s new Master of Science in Product Management program, was recently a guest on The Pitchwerks Podcast , a weekly audio show hosted by Scot MacTaggart that talks about sales, marketing and startups. Those who sell the product – marketing and sales.

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Product Innovation Educators

DECEMBER 4, 2023

How product managers can navigate leadership challenges Today we are talking about four leadership motions that enable increased organizational effectiveness and productivity and alleviate organizational friction, waste, and indecision. The product piece has always been with me. It was the hottest startup in history.

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The Product Guy

APRIL 23, 2019

Guest Post by: Surbhi Gupta (Mentee, Session 8, The Product Mentor) [Paired with Mentor, Tim Nunn]. For a Product Manager, building the right product is more important than building the product right.”. Some aspect of the above story is often seen playing out within many companies and startups alike everywhere.

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Mind the Product

MARCH 20, 2020

How can you position yourself well now for a future as a product leader, and, once you get the job, what do you do? Quoting Georgie Smallwood, CPO of European digital bank N26, Melissa explains that the skills of a product leader are essentially those of a product manager but with wider scope. Plan Your Future Today.

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The Product Guy

FEBRUARY 18, 2017

The Product Mentor is a program designed to pair Product Mentors and Mentees from around the World, across all industries, from start-up to enterprise, guided by the fundamental goals… Better Decisions. Better Products. Better Product People. Jordan Bergtraum VP Product Management, ServiceChannel.

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