Mironov Consulting

APRIL 15, 2023

On either side, it’s easy to assume bad intent or have this get personal.  Almost  Almost every (non-engineer) CEO I talk with tells me that their development team needs to be much more productive – or is lazy – and their product managers are unresponsive or don’t understand the business.  I

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Userpilot

MAY 1, 2024

There is a ton of product management advice out there, but most of it is generic tips repeated over and over again. Keep on reading to learn about his journey into product management , his recommended newsletters and podcast episodes, and his top tips for product management success.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

MAY 14, 2021

Becoming an engineering manager is the first step into the big world of management for many software engineers. Engineering managers are tech experts and great leaders. That is why we wrote this article to give you an overview of the transition from software engineer to engineering manager. What is an Engineering Manager?

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Mironov Consulting

DECEMBER 31, 2017

I get pulled into lots of discussions among product managers about the best ways to represent (and then present and present and present) roadmaps or backlogs, especially to internal sales/marketing/support audiences. Especially in enterprise/B2B, sales teams may have only a handful of major active accounts, each carrying a lot of revenue.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

The company decided to pivot, and focus on developing what they initially thought of as a more convenient tool for internal business communication. When setting up a new team, the person responsible for the technical implementation?—?the Working with a Software Vendor Outsourcing to a vendor means hiring a team for a specific task.

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The Accidental Product Manager

MARCH 23, 2020

I had to say goodbye to my product manager job because I got fired Image Credit: Photo by Gift Habeshaw on Unsplash. This generally happens when the company is forced to reduce its workforce because they’ve run into financial problems or a contract got canceled or they are closing a branch office. One is that you get laid off.

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Userpilot

JULY 27, 2023

Chief Operating Officer: Responsible for overseeing day-to-day operations, providing strategic advice, and managing the company’s operations. Engineering Manager: In charge of planning, designing, and overseeing projects. They also manage finances and supervise one or more engineering teams.

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Modus Create

AUGUST 29, 2024

It is not an understatement to say that the success of a new digital product launch is largely determined during the product development process. But for many products in the marketplace today, it is no longer enough to incorporate AI into the product development process. AI can help your employees be more competitive and efficient.

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The Product Coalition

JULY 17, 2018

to find this year’s top app development agencies. After reading a bunch of content from other app development professionals, journalists, tech bloggers and the like, we realized that there are many good companies out there, and that everyone has a different favorite. It develops for Android and iOS, but also for the web.

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Usersnap

JANUARY 12, 2022

In short, the CPO oversees all aspects of a product’s vision, design, and development. However, their (and all product team members’) superpowers and role in SaaS growth is invaluable! How Much Does a Chief Product Officer Earn? What Is a Chief Product Officer? . of a Chief Product Officer.

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Mironov Consulting

JUNE 27, 2019

My last post briefly listed some broad responsibilities of product leaders which are distinct from the direct work of managing individual products. Defining my label carefully, a “product leader” is someone who manages a team of product managers. 1] Designing, Building, and Nurturing a Product Team.

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Business of Software Conference

JUNE 27, 2019

Mikey Trafton, CTO, Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas. There are 3 reasons your team isn’t doing what you want them to do, says Mikey Trafton. BoS USA 2018 Mikey Trafton Managing a Badass Team from Business of Software Conference. We’re a software consulting company we build custom software for Fortune 500 companies.

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Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Will Larson , CTO of Calm. Des Traynor , Co-founder and CTO of Intercom. And no one knows this better than Zanade Mann, founder and Managing Director of the Black Women’s Business Collective. Later’s Farhan Virji on adapting B2C support strategies for B2B teams. But what if the manager role is not for you?

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Atomic Spin PM

JANUARY 9, 2019

Finding the right custom software development firm for your project is a tough job. Your team also needs good project management, experienced product development, great people skills, and more. Your team also needs good project management, experienced product development, great people skills, and more.

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UX Studio: Product Management

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

He gathered a team of like-minded design enthusiasts to shape the future of digital design and innovation. Our dedicated UX teams have successfully handled over 250 collaborations with clients from different industries worldwide. Apart from helping clients with product design, we also develop digital products in-house.

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Userpilot

MARCH 7, 2024

So I talked to several female leaders in SaaS – about their experience with breaking into leadership positions in tech startups – what challenges they’ve faced, and how they managed to overcome them. My official title was the ‘COO’ but on Fridays, I made pancakes for the developers. Sima Banijamali – Sr.

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Bain Public

MAY 29, 2020

MAIN: Developing Entrepreneurship in Quebec. MAIN , also known as Mouvement des accélérateurs d’innovation du Québec, states that their mission is "to improve the cohesion and efficiency of the business incubator and accelerator ecosystem and to increase its impact on the development of entrepreneurship and innovation in Quebec.".

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BrainMates

APRIL 30, 2018

A bright and brave cross functional team of panellists were on hand to tackle an imagined (but realistic) Product Management scenario. The panellists were: Mark Cohen, CTO at Domain. Clive Lam, Consultant Product Manager at Brainmates. Mark Cohen (CTO): I’m gonna start crossing over into product land.

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Atomic Spin PM

JANUARY 16, 2019

This is the second post in a four-part series aimed at helping you select the best software development partner. Engagement management process. This is not the same as specializing in a certain software language/tool/technology. There is a wide range of talent in the technology industry. Great people. Experience.

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Business of Software Conference

MARCH 8, 2019

We’ve brought in speakers who have experience taking companies through these problems, either as CEOs/Founders scaling their own companies, or as consultants helping SaaS companies to take the leap into growth. How do I lead my team more effectively? Teams that don’t trust each other don’t work well together.

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Gainsight

JUNE 10, 2021

Manager of Customer Success Operations at Okta, Valery Skvirskaya Manager of Customer Success Operations Glint, Thuy Koo Manager, Customer Success Operations, of Glint joined together to create an amazing ensemble cast discussing the importance of adoption to your customer’s journey.

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Business of Software Conference

MAY 15, 2019

I went on to do management consultancy at ZS associates. Looked to new models for private jet aviation, managed a band, went and worked in film because I love film so much and found it intensely dull working for a blue chip company. The likes of MySpace and other technologies weren’t really there yet.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 19, 2021

The first product manager in a startup is a critical role with immense impact on the startup’s success?—?both Along with the founders (the CEO and CTO), most of the employees in the company at the time were developers. Shortly after I started, the CEO surprised me by saying I should hire a product manager. and during?—?the

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 23, 2022

I apply this lens to a startup that develops solutions in the health-tech market. Vertical integration delivers a level of control but also requires incurring costs a startup may not be able to afford, e.g., staff augmentation and management. managing financials, taxes) and human resources (e.g. managing payroll, onboarding).

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Intercom, Inc.

JULY 9, 2020

And I put together these horrible, bad websites – I’m lucky there’s no evidence of them anymore. I’d love to dive into what those strategies were like, especially first at Atlassian, particularly because they had no sales team. Atlassian does not have an outbound sales team.

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BrainMates

MARCH 6, 2018

In March 2018, Rich Mironov visited Australia and presented to the Product Talks Sydney Meetup Group on building and scaling Product teams. This blog is a transcript of part of that meetup, focusing on how to hire the first Product Manager at a startup. Rich Mironov presenting on why we need Product Management.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

you’ll find hundreds of articles, most pointing to the same reasons: No market need Ran out of cash Team problems Pricing/product/business models issues Competition One small problem I have with these reasons. managing yourself. So who is better managed, your CTO (managed by you) or yourself (being managed by the board)?

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Business of Software Conference

MARCH 24, 2021

We’re best known for our product Basecamp which is a project management and collaboration tool We just launched a new thing called Hey recently which is a brand new email service. One is that some stuff around product and team and building a new, a new breakout, very different product to the one that you’ve got.

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Business of Software Conference

APRIL 9, 2021

So I am very interested in in learning from Natalie what they did to adjust, but if people also have some more basic questions about how to go from having an office to being remote we can definitely talk about that too! So natalie what did you do to to help your team right now? Natalie Nagele. Natalie Nagele. Natalie Nagele.

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Business of Software Conference

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

So, this was focused on software developers, specifically, for dotnet software developers, this very small ad network, I ran those ad networks for a couple years, and realized that that was a terrible business. And I was a software developer before. The Good and the Bad of Taking Money. 2:43 Mark: Yeah.

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Mironov Consulting

AUGUST 19, 2024

   That’s why I see B2C product managers (and their organizational assumptions) in contrast with B2B/enterprise product managers (and their organizational assumptions).   So it’s very rare for the CEO to buttonhole the CPO/CTO/Head of Design with a single user’s complaint. 

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