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392: How uncovering customer pains and unmet needs led to launching a rapidly growing product – with Matt Danna

Product Innovation Educators

How this product manager created a successful product for an underserved market. Today we are taking a product journey, exploring how an insight about an underserved market turned into a valuable product and a rapidly growing company. Summary of some concepts discussed for product managers. [2:35]

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Guide to the Software Engineer Career Path

PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

Engineering managers are expected to play a role in higher-level decision-making or cross-functional collaboration in their companies. This is especially true as you move up into management. Freelance or Contractor Finally, software engineers can also choose to go the way of freelancers or contract workers.

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Who’s Speaking at Amplify 2019?

Amplitude

However, the idea for a cloud-based conferencing tool sat idle for over a decade while Eric worked as Cisco’s Corporate VP of Engineering. Designing a beautiful product is only one part of the puzzle. You also need To improve conversion and retention, product managers should work closely with growth experts.