Mind the Product

JANUARY 9, 2019

Following a talk at ProductTank Bristol, he joined us to chat about the advice he gives both to aspiring product managers and to those angling for leadership positions. Links mentioned in this episode: Six leadership styles, from the Harvard Business Review. Quote of the episode. Or can you continue to be a practitioner?

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Mind the Product

APRIL 28, 2020

Lily has spent 13 years in the tech industry working mainly with startups in the SaaS and mobile space. After launching Amazon’s music stores in the US and UK, Randy has worked with museums and arts groups, online education, media and entertainment, retail and financial services. Email sponsor@mindtheproduct.com for more information.

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Mind the Product

JULY 2, 2019

John T Gourville, Eager Sellers and Stony Buyers: Understanding the Psychology of New-Product Adoption in the Harvard Business Review. Lily has spent 13 years in the tech industry working mainly with startups in the SaaS and mobile space. The Product Experience is hosted by Lily Smith and Randy Silver.

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Mind the Product

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Review us on your podcast app so that we can use your feedback to be better. She’s currently Head of Innovation at Go Compare and has spent 13 years in the tech industry working with startups in the SaaS and mobile space. * Visit The Product Experience homepage for more information and more episodes! Know the perfect guest?

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Roman Pichler

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

The technical complexities were greater than anticipated and the development progress was slower than forecasted. Compare this example with a different one: I was working for a large technology company, tasked with helping develop a new digital product. Probably an entertainer third,” says David Brent in the original Office series.

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Roman Pichler

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

The technical complexities were greater than anticipated and the development progress was slower than forecasted. Compare this example with a different one: I was working for a large technology company, tasked with helping develop a new digital product. Probably an entertainer third,” says David Brent in the original Office series.

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Mind the Product

MARCH 31, 2020

Lily has spent 13 years in the tech industry working mainly with startups in the SaaS and mobile space. After launching Amazon’s music stores in the US and UK, Randy has worked with museums and arts groups, online education, media and entertainment, retail and financial services. Email sponsor@mindtheproduct.com for more information.

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TIBCO - Thought Leadership

OCTOBER 28, 2020

This blog was written by TIBCO Director of Digital Strategy Alessandro Chimera and originally published on the Italian tech website, Solo Tablet. Another heavily impacted sector is the manufacturing industry, as orders are falling sharply or being canceled due to customers focusing their primary needs on other sectors.

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Mind the Product

AUGUST 28, 2017

He’s also overseen the building of JustGiving’s API, which has been used to generate over a million fundraising pages to date: “We took the decision to invest in our API to really enable anyone around the world to integrate with us and to build what we call ‘tech-for-good’ – and it worked!” Well worth a listen.”.

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ProductPlan

MARCH 28, 2019

When a product manager exits, it can derail major aspects of your product strategy due to their integral role and unique perspective on things. There are many technology jobs where you can throw on your headphones and block out the rest of the world for large chunks of your day, but product management isn’t one of them.

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Mind the Product

MARCH 17, 2020

Lily has spent 13 years in the tech industry working mainly with startups in the SaaS and mobile space. After launching Amazon’s music stores in the US and UK, Randy has worked with museums and arts groups, online education, media and entertainment, retail and financial services. Email sponsor@mindtheproduct.com for more information.

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Mind the Product

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Startups, small and mid-size companies are becoming more technologically sophisticated. Hardware, software and mobile technologies have become cheaper and easier to deploy, enabling small and mid-size companies to have access to similar if not better technologies than the big boys. But this competitive advantage is small.

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Mind the Product

APRIL 14, 2020

Lily has spent 13 years in the tech industry working mainly with startups in the SaaS and mobile space. After launching Amazon’s music stores in the US and UK, Randy has worked with museums and arts groups, online education, media and entertainment, retail and financial services. Email sponsor@mindtheproduct.com for more information.

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The Product Coalition

MAY 21, 2018

The technologies brought by the Third Industrial Revolution are becoming integrated, sophisticated and powerful, creating global networks of economy and relationships. Taking a deeper look into the aspect of revenue x jobs, it may seem more scaring than the fancy side of revolution and technological improvements if not handled throughly.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 8, 2019

Iterative development, scrum/agile/kanban, product roadmaps, QA Technology. Your software architecture, APIs, technology stack If you want to fast track your learning, there are a range of training programs that fit PMs with different needs and at different points of their journey. Resist the urge to look for feature parity.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 10, 2024

In the tech world, there are often many right answers. It uses the power of AR, and specifically screens displayed in the space, primarily for entertainment. But this technology doesn’t have to be used for entertainment. Next, we are going to review each and every constraint you listed and challenge it.

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Userpilot

JUNE 25, 2023

Product Leadership presents insights on effective product leadership and team-building. Inspired: How to Create Tech Products Customers Love by Marty Cagan, a PM guru and the founder of the Silicon Valley Product Group, is a must-read for SaaS product managers seeking to create products that resonate with customers.

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Gainsight

JULY 7, 2021

As we kept a close eye on the industry, one large tech event after another was announcing its cancellation or postponement. Did the cost-saving benefits of going virtual outweigh the additional costs of hosting, housing, entertaining and catering to live attendees? Fast-forward to March and the world as we knew it had changed.

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Mixpanel

MAY 5, 2021

Arguably, killing portions of a product is one of the most challenging aspects of leadership. As part of (7), evaluate the value of the feature/product on a regular basis, unshipping should be an option the team entertains. We’ll cover why in the next section, after reviewing examples. Tech costs. Incompatibility.

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ProductPlan

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

As a result, we’ve come to depend on Amazon to lighten the load, deliver convenience, entertainment, and satisfaction in just one click. Open 24 hours a day, the site was user-friendly, encouraging browsers to post their own reviews of books and offering discounts, personalized recommendations, and searches for out-of-print books.”.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

That is a reason for having, for example, the Sprint Review with stakeholders and customers.) ???? These decisions are visible in the content and ordering of the Product Backlog, and through the inspectable Increment at the Sprint Review.” Source: Scrum Guide 2020, see above.) ???? Please share your findings with us in the comments.

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Userpilot

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

However, many firms fail at successful implementation due to common pitfalls. Blue ocean strategy is especially relevant today as many industries are seeing declining profits and growth due to commoditization and saturation. With globalization and advancing technology, products and services are becoming commoditized faster than ever.

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Userpilot

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

However, many firms fail at successful implementation due to common pitfalls. Blue ocean strategy is especially relevant today as many industries are seeing declining profits and growth due to commoditization and saturation. With globalization and advancing technology, products and services are becoming commoditized faster than ever.

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Mironov Consulting

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

I’ve written a lot about the huge organizational and technical gulf between services companies and product companies.  (See  Clients own the IP and provide much of the technical direction.   A glance at a tech company’s website immediately tells me which kind they are.  

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ProductPlan

JULY 13, 2022

Additionally, when team members know they’ll potentially be working on the same product for years to come, they’re less likely to take shortcuts or pile up technical debt. Welcome change and adaptation. A product mindset is rooted in creating unique experiences for users based on learnings and feedback.

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Business of Software Conference

JUNE 29, 2020

And we’re losing a lot of the learning because every solution we entertain is going to help us better understand the problem. Now I get that like there might be different technical architect implementations for fast forwarding commercials, but there’s one feature that’s going to solve this need.

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Andrew Chen

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Earlier this year, I joined Andreessen Horowitz as a General Partner, where I focus on a broad spectrum of consumer startups: marketplaces, entertainment/media, and social platforms. My continuing leadership in the field. On the app store screen – and this is a real example – there’s reviews. Let’s get started!

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Business of Software Conference

MARCH 24, 2021

And then you just lose track of who’s doing what and what’s due when and you don’t know where the feedback is. And it’s technically incredibly complicated. Like it wouldn’t be fun, wouldn’t be entertaining ,wouldn’t be interesting to us. And you know, it works for the first three days.

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