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10 technical strategies to avoid when scaling your startup (and 5 to embrace)

Intercom, Inc.

From premature optimization to over-engineering solutions for your product, it’s easy to get caught up in making technology decisions that slow you down instead of speeding you up. So when it comes to building your technical strategy, you need to assess each component in relation to what success will look like for your business.

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523: #1 change to make OKRs work for you – with Ben Lamorte

Product Innovation Educators

Here’s how the two approaches differ: Aspect Traditional MBOs OKRs Compensation Link Directly tied to bonuses Deliberately separated from compensation Goal Structure Combined goals and metrics Separated objectives from measurable results Review Cycle Usually annual More frequent (e.g.,

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Balancing Product Vision with Market Realities: Exclusive TPG Live Recap

The Product Guy

Shift from fixed yearly planning to rolling quarterly reviews to allow flexibility in roadmap decisions. Translate technical details into user-friendly language using real-world analogies. Whats Next for Patreon Members Your support enables us to keep delivering valuable, community-driven events.

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Whatfix Mobile Review: Pricing, Features, Pros & Cons

Userpilot

In this Whatfix Mobile review, youll find answers to three questions: What does Whatfix Mobile offer? What real users say: Whatfix Mobile pros and cons We looked at real user feedback from trusted review sites like G2 and Capterra to get a pulse on what actual users love about the product. Whatfix G2 review. Whatfix G2 Review.

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The Product Interview?—?A Technical Exercise

The Product Coalition

A Technical Exercise In this post, I’ll offer my idea of the sort of technical abilities expected from a product manager. But is a surprisingly small amount of materials about the technical aspect of PM work. The Product Interview?—?A This can be highly useful for hiring managers, as well as for PMs planning their roadmap.

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How To Partner With Technology Suppliers

The Product Coalition

Having worked on a number of large technology programmes involving the selection and management of strategic suppliers, I wanted to share my perspectives from the ‘buy side’ on how to build effective partnerships. Don’t think of strategic alignment as a one time event. They offer value beyond ‘contracted services’ (e.g.

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A Sprint Review without Stakeholders?

The Product Coalition

TL; DR: A Sprint Review without Stakeholders There are plenty of failure possibilities with Scrum. A Sprint Review without stakeholders may create an unhealthy bubble for the Scrum Team due to the disconnect, thus resulting in lower effectiveness. despite the rigid flow from Sprint Review to Retrospective to Sprint Planning.