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Chief Product Officer: Their Superpowers and Role in SaaS Growth!

Usersnap

A CPO must coordinate employees from various functional areas, including software engineers, product managers, UX/UI designers, analysts, and marketers. Product marketing. A key element of product development is creating an effective marketing strategy. Leadership. A CPO is, above all, a leader.

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Hiring a Head of Product

Mironov Consulting

Over the last three decades, across 10 full-time jobs and 150 consulting clients, I’ve headed up product teams 18 times (mostly as interim VP ) and helped another dozen companies choose their Head of Product. Here are some patterns I’ve seen in picking successful Heads of Product. Let’s unpack. What’s In a Name?

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Who is Lenny Rachitsky: Background, Newsletter, Podcast, and More

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Try Userpilot and Take Your Product Management to the Next Level Get a Demo 14 Day Trial No Credit Card Required Who is Lenny Rachitsky? Lenny is a newsletter writer, podcast host, angel investor, and product consultant.

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Hiring a Head of Product | Rich Mironov | BoS USA Online 2020

Business of Software Conference

Rich Mironov // Mironov Consulting. If you don’t have a Head of Product you may suffer from: narrow focus on engineer/development productivity; underpowered product management teams; customer benefits misaligned with actual features; and lack of a realistic product strategy. Cross-functional leadership.

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The Chocolate Cake Problem

Mironov Consulting

 One group (sales, implementation/customer success, professional services, account-based marketing) is trained and paid and rewarded to focus on one customer at a time , with current-quarter timelines.  And there’s no ongoing maintenance without a separate service contract. Get it done, and move on.

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Positioning Jujitsu | April Dunford | BoS Conf Online Europe 2020

Business of Software Conference

April is an expert marketing practitioner turned executive consultant and author who helps technology companies make complicated products easy for customers to understand and love. She is a globally recognized expert in Positioning and Market strategy. Get Weekly Advice From Software Experts.

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Curated Content – A low down of news and views from the month of March

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A marketplace for institutions to bid on recurring revenue contracts. Fresh talks on entrepreneurship, product, marketing, leadership, hiring, and more dropping each week. A very VC centric view of best practice in developing new territories. Get Weekly Advice From Software Experts.