Lenny Rachitsky

JANUARY 2, 2025

As you hear the same patterns and insights from multiple sources, you’ll know you’ve reached a sufficient depth to make informed decisions. Each pod is assigned a clear job-to-be-done, such as improving sales engagement or forecasting accuracy, and takes full ownership of the product development process.

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Product Innovation Educators

APRIL 2, 2018

Ways to form the vision for a product. I had worked in Linux operations and done design contract work on the side. I really wanted to do it full-time and a friend of mine was Badger’s CTO so he brought me on. Early on, the CTO and I had a very close working relationship. Ways to form the vision for a product.

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Product Talk

DECEMBER 18, 2024

I identify as a coach and not a consultant. Ideally, this outcome is a two-way negotiation between an executive at the company, often a chief product officer, a chief design officer, a CTO, and the cross-functional product team. They didn’t know what to do with what they were learning.

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Mind the Product

AUGUST 15, 2019

In this ProductTank London talk, new product and market growth consultant Laura Scanga shares some thoughts on how best to do this and which tools and exercises can be useful. Start With a Customer-first Approach. Typically C-suite stakeholders have a unique function or goal. Get under their skin in order to understand their problems deeply.

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The Product Guy

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Jordan has a BS in Biology from Union College and an MBA & MS in Information Systems from Boston University’s School of Management. Paul is a member of the Boston Product Management Association, Boston CTO Club, the Boston-NY CTO HIT Club, co-founder of the Boston Jewish Outdoors Club and product management consultant.

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The Product Guy

JANUARY 31, 2017

Jordan has a BS in Biology from Union College and an MBA & MS in Information Systems from Boston University’s School of Management. Paul is a member of the Boston Product Management Association, Boston CTO Club, the Boston-NY CTO HIT Club, co-founder of the Boston Jewish Outdoors Club and product management consultant.

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The Product Guy

JANUARY 27, 2017

Jordan has a BS in Biology from Union College and an MBA & MS in Information Systems from Boston University’s School of Management. Paul is a member of the Boston Product Management Association, Boston CTO Club, the Boston-NY CTO HIT Club, co-founder of the Boston Jewish Outdoors Club and product management consultant.

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The Product Guy

MARCH 2, 2017

Jordan has a BS in Biology from Union College and an MBA & MS in Information Systems from Boston University’s School of Management. Ladislav Bartos Chief Product Officer, UVIC Ltd. Amanda Ralph Product Management Consultant. She also provided strategic advice to Fortune-500 companies as a Management Consultant.

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Mind the Product

NOVEMBER 28, 2019

He puts pressure on himself to make sure he does a good job in demonstrating Amplitude’s vision for how product teams should operate. “I He’s worked as a game developer at Simon and Schuster , as a producer at Nickelodeon , and had a variety of product roles at companies like Pendo and Zendesk , all interspersed with periods of consulting.

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Mind the Product

MAY 29, 2018

Prior to Benchmark, Sarah was a Partner at Greylock Partners, and a Product Lead for search, recommendations, machine vision, and pin quality at Pinterest. Dan Olsen, Author and Consultant. Prior to consulting he worked at Intuit, where he led the Quicken product team to record sales and profit. Stephanie Hannon, CPO at Strava.

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TechEmpower - Product Management

JULY 24, 2023

Still, if you’re a business leader and your developers haven’t asked you these questions, look for a Fractional CTO to help navigate the critical early stage of development. How much member profile information do you need before allowing a user to register? How are you using geographic information?

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Arkenea

JULY 12, 2024

Michael Ciano, CTO with 20+ years of experience talks about building trust as a key for leveraging technology in healthcare, building a robust business architecture and building an organization culture that fosters innovation. How do you see the role of technology evolving in patient care over the next decade?

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Userpilot

AUGUST 17, 2024

Digital transformations often fail due to unclear vision and outdated methods, not team adoption or tech implementation issues. Successful product teams use it to make better-informed decisions, turn customer feedback into actionable ideas, and create better resources to support and engage customers effectively. Want to learn more?

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Usersnap

JANUARY 12, 2022

In short, the CPO oversees all aspects of a product’s vision, design, and development. of a Chief Product Officer Obsession with the customer’s problem Business savvy Design focus Data-driven thinking Insatiable curiosity Technical fluency Vision How to Become a CPO? How Much Does a Chief Product Officer Earn?

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Consequently, many consultants responded to the increasing demand for agile practitioners, particularly from corporate organizations, by rebranding themselves. Stakeholders bypass Product Owners by talking directly to developers or the CTO. 2020 marks the 25th anniversary of the introduction of Scrum.)

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Arkenea

AUGUST 23, 2024

Wali Khan, a healthcare technology leader with over two decades of experience enabling business capabilities through the development of innovative software products and solutions talks about the role of AI in current and future projects, what it takes to be a successful CTO in the healthcare sector and more.

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Arkenea

MAY 12, 2025

Look to India, where an elite ecosystem of developers delivers world-class results at a fraction of domestic costs. As John Reynolds, CTO of a San Francisco-based fintech startup, noted: “ Arkenea’s team in India is more responsive and communicative than some local vendors we’ve worked with. The solution?

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Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Will Larson , CTO of Calm. Des Traynor , Co-founder and CTO of Intercom. Far too many businesses rely on early-on hunches to inform their product strategies. Information has never been so accessible – the world’s knowledge is quite literally at our fingertips. Janeen Uzzell , COO for Wikimedia Foundation.

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Userpilot

JULY 27, 2023

The different roles in SaaS companies: Chief Executive Officer : As the highest-ranking executive, this person ensures the company runs smoothly and employees are happy and engaged. Chief Operating Officer: Responsible for overseeing day-to-day operations, providing strategic advice, and managing the company’s operations.

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Arkenea

AUGUST 22, 2024

Wali Khan, a healthcare technology leader with over two decades of experience enabling business capabilities through the development of innovative software products and solutions talks about the role of AI in current and future projects, what it takes to be a successful CTO in the healthcare sector and more.

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BrainMates

JULY 3, 2018

About imparting information across different types of teams in an organisation. Contending with external market information, market changes and third party relationships. You create meaning out of chaos and present information in a consumable, engaging way to a broad audience. Responsible for delivering value to the market.

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Bain Public

MAY 29, 2020

The right mentoring and coaching support facilitates a startup’s transformation and enables roadmap planning and execution, without straying from the ultimate vision and goal. See the end of this article for more information on how we helped bring these companies and their product management to the next level. In fact, 83.9%

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BrainMates

APRIL 30, 2018

The panellists were: Mark Cohen, CTO at Domain. Clive Lam, Consultant Product Manager at Brainmates. Mark Cohen (CTO): The first thing is to understand who else is actively doing something in the space, and try and get your head around how they’re doing it. Marie Kellett, former CPO eftpos. So what are your next steps?

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Gainsight

AUGUST 26, 2022

Geoffrey Moore , author and consultant, explained that SaaS companies have matured beyond simply developing product features to developing product experiences. To create these elevated customer journeys and experiences, both CS and Product must share the same vision and North Star metrics. . Sounds like a win for everyone!

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Gainsight

JUNE 10, 2021

It was informative instruction, both live and virtual, to help up attendee’s plays and performance. Major Takeaways: To empower the CSM in a role that is increasingly cross-functional, we built programs around communications, especially forums for more information. This leads to incomplete information that we use to solve problems.

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Crafty CTO

JUNE 9, 2024

As I was mulling this, I came across a pair of new Vision examples in the OpenAI Cookbook. That led me down one final rabbit hole, but a very useful one, as I soon realized that Framework was a perfect fit for one of my fractional CTO client’s “data science reporting and dashboard” needs.

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Mironov Consulting

JANUARY 17, 2019

Many CEOs tell me that they (personally) are the best-informed people within their companies about what customers need , and they (personally) are best positioned to drive decisions on product priorities. A not-yet-generating-repeatable-revenue company of 6 people might have one architect/CTO, one designer, three other developers, and a CEO.

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Intercom, Inc.

JULY 9, 2020

In addition to this, our conversation also covers his time at Altassian and contrasts this with his G2 role, his thoughts on Google updates and how they impact his industry and his vision for the future of SEO. If you’re short on time, here’s some quick takeaways. Land and expand in a nutshell is very simple.

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Business of Software Conference

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

From pitches that drown customers in a word-soup of features, to high-concept vision pitches that leave customers confused and sceptical – many companies struggle to connect authentically with customers in a way that generates deals. Startups often struggle to communicate the value of their products, particularly in sales meetings.

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UX Planet

MARCH 9, 2025

Product Vision: Enable seamless discovery, customization, and procurement of technical solutions via an intuitive chat interface. CTO, DevOpsLead) Goals: Rapidly identify scalable solutions, control costs, and avoid vendorlock-in. User Personas Primary: Technical Decision-Maker (e.g.,

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Mind the Product

APRIL 3, 2017

I suggested that this might be because, like a band, they were self organising, communicated easily and informally and had autonomy over what they played. I was initially brought in as a freelance consultant by Simon Nelson, who had been recently appointed by the OU as CEO of its new venture. Product Vision. Band vs Orchestra.

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