Mind the Product

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Todd Green knows a few things about creating and managing things that attract a lot of attention – before he joined King (makers of Candy Crush etc), he helped to define the digital experience for The X Factor, and the [Your Country] Idol and [Your Country]’s Got Talent franchises. Gaming apps. How to make products fun.

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The Secret PM Handbook

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

In this part we dive into what you really came here for – product management-specific mental models. Why are product management-related mental models different? The mental models I’m going to talk about share two key characteristics: They are about about products. Categorization tools.

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 26, 2020

It made me appreciate how convenient entertainment had become on flights. In air entertainment is a great way for me to get my mind off of the fact that we are flying at 500mph somewhere around 30–40K feet in the air and if something goes wrong there is very little I can do to protect myself and my family. To myself I think?—?“oh

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Mind the Product

MAY 28, 2019

In 2017, Teresa Torres gave one of our favourite talks on the Mind the Product stage, introducing the concept of Opportunity Solution Trees. Tools: Omnigraffle , Miro (formerly RealtimeBoard). The Product Experience is hosted by Lily Smith and Randy Silver. Tools: Omnigraffle , Miro (formerly RealtimeBoard). *

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Alchemer Mobile

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Getting your app up and running is only half the battle. Overstock has been around for a number of years, very successful in the e-commerce space, and had built a really successful app, but it had gotten long in the tooth. They didn’t want to just evolve the product. What comes next is equally as important.

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Mind the Product

AUGUST 28, 2017

Jamie Parkins is a senior product manager at JustGiving, the online fundraising platform that enables people from all round the world to raise money for their cause of choice. He joined JustGiving after two years at Vzaar, a startup that focuses on video streaming. He has been the product manager for this B2B audience.

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UX Studio: Product Management

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Our journey has led us to partner with startups and enterprises in more than 250 projects worldwide. While also placing a strong emphasis on UX research to guide our design decisions. Research ensures prioritized user needs and delivered effectiveness. It increased the booking rate by an impressive 200%.

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Mind the Product

JANUARY 21, 2020

For the 50th episode of The Product Experience, we’re proud to have Chris Adams join us to talk about making your products more sustainable. Tools for measuring your carbon impact. How to understand your product or company’s carbon footprint: carbonanalytics.com. Listen if you’d like to learn more about.

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Mind the Product

AUGUST 11, 2020

A UK-based consultant, Joe Leech has built a reputation for managing change (for both users and stakeholders) and as the guy to call when a product launch has gone wrong. Joe gave one of the most entertaining and engaging talks at Mind the Product in London 2018, so we followed [.]. Considered vs non-considered purchases.

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Mind the Product

OCTOBER 30, 2019

David Bland is the CEO and Founder of Precoil, an author, and a long-time practitioner of agile and lean startup. The Product Experience is hosted by Lily Smith and Randy Silver. Lily enjoys working as a consultant product manager with early-stage and growing startups and as a mentor to other product managers.

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Bain Public

DECEMBER 14, 2021

We’ve listed below the top 9 podcasts we think product managers would love! The Product Management Podcast The Product Manager Podcast is a space to share and talk about the latest tips, tricks and tools to build great products and also make the world a better place.

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Mind the Product

DECEMBER 13, 2018

There’s no better conference to attend if you’re working in product management, digital, or marketing in or near Manchester. Where else will you find SoundCloud, the BBC, TransferWise, and Pivotal Labs, talking alongside new players in fantech (that’s technology for devotees, not air conditioners)?

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Mind the Product

APRIL 3, 2019

Joe gave one of the most entertaining and engaging talks at Mind the Product in London 2018, so we followed up with him to get to the stories that he didn’t get to share on stage – including the surprising difference between purchasing a fridge and a washing machine. Quotes of the Episode. Quotes of the Episode.

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Mind the Product

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

If you – or your kids – have ever controlled a Lego creation from an app, then you’re familiar with Melissa Pickering’s work. before founding a STEM startup. The Product Experience is hosted by Lily Smith and Randy Silver. Now the Product Director at Symec, Lily also runs ProductCamp in Bristol and Bath.

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Mind the Product

JANUARY 23, 2019

One of the things I’ve recognised, in working with Product and Innovation folks, especially those that subscribe to an agile and lean methodology is that they kept skipping ‘research’, especially discovery research. And when they did validation research, they really just wanted to hear what they wanted to hear.

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NextBigWhat

JUNE 22, 2021

I’ve helped 750+ startup founders. Then build a startup to solve it.” I’ll start by defining what a good startup idea looks like to me. Btw, some people say startups must be “10x better to succeed.” From the creation of new infrastructure—either technological or legal. I keep an eye on this.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 8, 2019

Highly effective Product Managers develop themselves in 5 key areas. Highly effective Product Managers (or what I call Exponential PMs) tend to be strong in all of these areas. This is based on studying, speaking with, and coaching PMs and product leaders. Product vision, strategy, goal setting User experience.

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UX Studio: Product Management

JULY 14, 2021

UX studio is one of the global innovation design consulting firms focusing on UX design, research, and strategic consulting. We researched the top design consulting firms’ competency level, experience, and portfolio to define the most reliable design thinking companies you can trust and partner with in 2021.

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Mind the Product

JUNE 25, 2019

The Product Experience is hosted by Lily Smith and Randy Silver. Lily enjoys working as a consultant product manager with early stage and growing startups and as a mentor to other product managers. Lily has spent 13 years in the tech industry working mainly with startups in the SaaS and mobile space.

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Mind the Product

DECEMBER 15, 2017

At Mind the Product our mission is to further the craft of product management by bringing together product people of all stripes to share their stories and experiences. So without further ado, here are the Top 10 Product Management & Design Videos of the year: 1. The Hardest Part of Product Management.

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 27, 2020

Non-Trivial Interview with Natallia Shauchenka Senior Product Manager @ BCG Digital Ventures To kick off this interview, can you tell us what companies you have worked for? ommerce players like Monoqi and Outfittery , and currently I am building products for corporates at BCG Digital Ventures. I download a few apps a week?—?currently

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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.

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Mind the Product

MARCH 17, 2020

Others have tried, but we’ve yet to find anyone else with her depth of experience (spanning stints as a developer, designer, researcher and product manager), her empathy for both users and stakeholders, her experience as a teacher, and her sense of humour. Building better products. Quote of the Episode.

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Product Innovation Educators

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

Choose the right university partners to drive research and innovation. There are time-tested ways to accomplish this, including traditional open innovation, incubators, and startups. To explain how their system works and tips for implementing a partner program, Ed Krause joins us. Another approach is a partner program.

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Mind the Product

MARCH 23, 2020

The global ProductTank community also inspired me to start my own product. The Reel is a platform for adding transparency to vehicle condition management for car rentals. When we started the meetup in late 2017, the local community was confused about the meaning of product management.

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The Product Coalition

MAY 3, 2020

The description in the call for proposal further illustrated how image processing technology may be used for scanning food trays returned to the kitchen when passengers disembark in order to identify food consumption patterns and thereafter perhaps leverage analytics to optimize the in-flight menu.

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BrainMates

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

At our latest Product Talks in Sydney, Kent Weathers , a Product leader with 15+ years’ experience bringing technology products to market, shared his strong opinions on why new product launches will continue to fail. lack of effective product marketing. Got your ticket to Leading the Product yet?

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Userpilot

JUNE 25, 2023

Which product management books do you have on your shelf (or Kindle)? Whether you’re a seasoned product management pro or just starting out on this thrilling journey, we’re pretty sure you’ll discover a book or two that will help you boost your product management game.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 3, 2019

Some of the things that I miss about the “other” way of project management The world of product management is very much one of “our way vs. the highway”. As a Product Manager, I can say for certain that I’ve been known to change my mind a lot when it comes to scope of a project. This makes sense.

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Mind the Product

DECEMBER 4, 2018

I write a lot about product strategy, and use Netflix as an example so that others can learn from the company’s success and failure. I often highlight that half of Netflix’s high-level product strategies fail in order to help product leaders to understand how hard it is to launch and grow startups.

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Product Talk

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Product teams have a variety of research activities they can draw upon when engaging with customers. In my continuous discovery framework, I argue teams need to discover opportunities and solutions. When discovering solutions, the goal is to match each solution to a specific need, pain point, or desire. Tweet This.

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Product Innovation Educators

DECEMBER 18, 2023

How product managers can create authentic demand Today we are visiting the topic that is at the heart of this podcast—creating products customers love. In 2011, he founded Flashpoint, a first-of-its-kind deliberate innovation studio, to develop formative leaders and exceptional technology startups.

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BrainStation Product Management

AUGUST 7, 2019

Lifelong education is a reality for Product Managers – in fact, BrainStation’s 2019 Digital Skills Survey found that more than 66 percent of product professionals participate in workshops, online courses, and in-person courses to stay on top of a profession that keeps changing. This is Product Management.

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ProductPlan

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

foot fungal cream, a family-sized bag of chips, and a pair of sweatpants) and the apps and services supported by AWS. As a result, we’ve come to depend on Amazon to lighten the load, deliver convenience, entertainment, and satisfaction in just one click. Moreover, they are the go-to for on-demand cloud computing platforms and APIs.

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BrainStation Product Management

AUGUST 7, 2019

Lifelong education is a reality for Product Managers – in fact, BrainStation’s 2019 Digital Skills Survey found that more than 66 percent of product professionals participate in workshops, online courses, and in-person courses to stay on top of a profession that keeps changing. This is Product Management.

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The Product Coalition

MAY 9, 2020

A lot of information and knowledge comes your way when you’re a new Product Manager. But one of the major concepts you absolutely need to get your head around is Product-Market Fit. If you don’t do your research, and understand how your product fits into the market (see what we did there?) Looking for a good read?

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Amplitude

AUGUST 30, 2017

At the Product Analytics Summit in Seattle this past March, we chatted with some of our customers about how they use Amplitude as part of their product development toolbox. Feedback is one of the most powerful tools at your disposal. Back in the 80’s, Intuit released Quicken as a personal finance management tool.

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