Productside

MARCH 24, 2025

Productside | Product Management Courses & Training Refining Product-Market Fit and Scaling B2B SaaS Products Most startups dont stall because of bad ideasthey stall because they stop refining their product-market fit and what works. Everyones chasing the next AI feature or untapped market.

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The Product Coalition

JULY 31, 2022

If you are on the journey toward product-market fit, you know it’s not easy. Every new product has its own fit to find. When I studied coaching, one of the coaches who taught us was a guy named Ronnie. When I studied coaching, one of the coaches who taught us was a guy named Ronnie. So here it is?—?product-market

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Mind the Product

MAY 5, 2020

In Australia, it might have been the person who got everyone down to the pub at the end of the day, but in Hong Kong it was the person who knew everyone’s parents’ names and invited the team to their child’s first birthday party. Today there are 45 product managers. Essentially, the whole thing has just exploded. Working at Pace.

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Product Innovation Educators

OCTOBER 20, 2017

Each week I scour articles, wading through the dogs, and bringing you the best insights to help product managers and innovators be heroes. 6 steps to product-market fit. (1) Read several people’s paths to product manager in this article [link]. From building products to building people – the path to leadership.

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Product Innovation Educators

MARCH 22, 2021

Pillars and practices for product managers to deeply understand their customers’ problems. I am changing the name of the podcast to Product Mastery Now. The new name is coming soon. The logo will look the same—just the name is changing. . Summary of some concepts discussed for product managers. [2:09]

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Roman Pichler

AUGUST 11, 2020

Therefore, choose a specific market segment and develop a product for the few, not the many, as Steve Blank suggested , particularly when you manage a new or young product. More Information : Market Segmentation Tips and Strategize , pp. 59; Boost Your Product Leadership Power and How to Lead in Product Management , pp.

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Product Talk

MAY 13, 2020

This illustration can help focus a cross-functional leadership team who shares the business outcome goal to determine which leading indicator outcomes each functional team will own. In this example, let’s say the product team believes that the opportunities in green are most within their control or influence.

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Product Management Unpacked

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

I’m excited to be named Product Executive in Residence (PXIR) at Carnegie Mellon University. This new PXIR role enables CMU to bring the voice of industry into classrooms and product leadership curricula. There is also the ubiquity of what’s often referred to as the “product problem.”

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Product Talk

OCTOBER 2, 2024

As the VP of Product Management at HiveMQ, Yury oversees HiveMQ product discovery and delivery by the Product & Engineering team. In his role on the leadership team, he is responsible for shaping and executing their product strategy. Yury’s next step?

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Product Talk

JUNE 21, 2023

Today, we’re excited to share that we’ve added yet another instructor (and yes, her name is also Ellen!) Meet Ellen Brandenberger , a product coach and consultant and Director of Product at Stack Overflow. By the way, it’s not a requirement that new instructors be named Ellen—just a fun coincidence! to the roster.

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First Round Review

MARCH 15, 2018

Anne Raimondi has headed up product, marketing and operations at big names throughout tech. This one lesson is at the heart of her approach to leadership. Continue reading at First Round Review »

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The Product Coalition

JULY 16, 2023

My personal passion is to bring back this very important dimension into product management and leadership. Product Leadership Is a Business Role I make a distinction between product management and product leadership. Job titles generally reflect that distinction but not always.

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The Product Coalition

MAY 1, 2022

I bet with this last name he must have thought about creating such a game long before he actually did it. especially startups on their way to product-market fit, the ARR itself might not be important. But that’s where your leadership comes to a test. My free e-book “ Speed-Up the Journey to Product-Market Fit ”?—?an

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 26, 2020

If it took Marty almost 10 years to address this important aspect of product leadership, no wonder many product leaders don’t understand that this is part of their role. Whether you are doing it yourself or as part of the CPO Bootcamp , remember that your role as a product leader is not to lead the company’s product.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

By the way, while the tips here address specific challenges that product leaders face, many of them would apply to any kind of leadership position, and even to non-leadership positions, so feel free to forward it to friends who are currently on the move. and in product leadership positions there is so much of it!

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Product Innovation Educators

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

Product management career ladder – what associates, PdMs, directors, and VPs do. I’m a proponent of product managers moving into senior leadership roles, not only in Product but roles across the organization. 5 actions that make product marketers successful. This is product lifecycle management.

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Mind the Product

APRIL 11, 2018

Two years from its initial launch and Wriggle had evolved from an idea about using tech to tackle food waste into a known name for a certain set of app-savvy urbanites in Bristol. Product-market mismatches occurred when Wriggle’s platform tried to hit the ground running in London. It was time to expand. London was calling.

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Roman Pichler

APRIL 5, 2022

For example, a product strategy workshop might have the objective to identify the key changes required to achieve product-market fit. Contrast this with a sprint review meeting , which might help you determine if users can easily sign up for the product. What’s the meeting about? Which outcome do you want to achieve?

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 4, 2023

A product strategy is often the missing link that would convert your efforts into actual revenue. An economic downturn, a war — you name it. While I understand this distinction, I believe that a company cannot reach real product-market fit without nailing down its GTM, and vice versa. Here is how it works.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 31, 2023

Photo by Pixabay I recently led a product-market fit workshop at a known company in the Israeli tech industry. It is a well-established company, a leader in its domain, but it still needs to deliver new products to the market so product-market fit is a very relevant topic.

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Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 20, 2022

Honest feedback can be hard to take, but it’s essential to develop the type of culture that encourages people to constructively criticize processes, leadership styles, or approaches. If you have any kind of good product-market fit, you will get copied, and once you get copied, there’s no reason to pick you over other companies.

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Mind the Product

MAY 25, 2018

So we decided to come up with a sub-brand that would help us position the product differently and talk more about what it was rather than what it wasn’t. And for that, we needed a new name… Output of one naming brainstorm. After a lot of deliberation we settled on the name Yimby, which stood for “yes in my backyard”.

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Mironov Consulting

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Sales execs want more sales-y Heads of Product; development execs want more engineering-ish Heads of Product; marketing teams want a marketer in product clothing… no candidate passes muster with all groups. What’s In a Name? IMHO, Product Leadership Experience Is Essential for Heads of Product. <rant>

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Voila: Improve the odds of discovering your product, make them aware it exists Build consumer understanding of your product beyond the name (what does it do? That’s how you find product market fit. why is it valuable? is it fit for my use case?) Truth seeking. Responding. That’s how you retain.

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Good Product Manager

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

Top Product Management Leadership Priorities For 2020. You may remember me posting last fall about some research we were working on at SiriusDecisions/Forrester to understand the biggest challenges and priorities of product management leaders. Your Input Needed: What Product Management Loves (and Hates!) a) Many (most?)

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Good Product Manager

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

Top Product Management Leadership Priorities For 2020. You may remember me posting last fall about some research we were working on at SiriusDecisions/Forrester to understand the biggest challenges and priorities of product management leaders. Your Input Needed: What Product Management Loves (and Hates!) a) Many (most?)

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Userpilot

MARCH 8, 2022

So to celebrate International Women’s Day – as usual – we’re casting the spotlight on some of the most prominent influencers and thought-leaders in Product – who also happen to be ladies. Melissa Perri – Speaker, consultant, and teacher in Product Management. CEO of Product Labs.

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Userpilot

AUGUST 31, 2021

So ladies and gents – here’s Product Drive 2.0.! Product Drive 2.0. Teresa Torres is not the only big name on the Product Drive lineup this year. Other notable speakers include: Ramli John – Managing Director of ProductLed and co-author of “Product Led Onboarding”. Product Operations.

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Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 16, 2020

John: Why the switch of name from RealtimeBoard to Miro? We wanted our brand to be not just a company name but a “love mark” to accelerate our word of mouth growth. So we wanted to bring a little bit of art into the day-to-day job of each person who uses our product. Andrey: That’s a great question.

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Product Management University

OCTOBER 6, 2024

If there’s one thing product managers and product marketing managers wish they had more time for, it’s market research. Trends in your product category including growth and adoption rates, market size, competitive and technology trends, emerging markets, etc. Remember to VERIFY!

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 25, 2021

Photo by Alice Dietrich on Unsplash I recently started to work with the product guild at a well-known company that is about to go public. In our sessions, they raise the challenges that they are facing in their day-to-day job and get my advice so that they can bring their product leadership to the next level.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 16, 2022

To see these trade-offs clearly, you can name each phase and chart in each series. The name should reflect the outcome or result that you are expecting to have at this point (e.g. enterprise-ready product, happy and retained design partners, new platform launch, etc.). the strategic level that matters.

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The Product Coalition

MAY 15, 2019

McElroy influenced two entrepreneurs named, Bill Hewlett and David Packark?—?names names look familiar, anyone? As the name the “Brand Men” suggest the origins of Product Management was truely in marketing. Adopted in name and structure only, the original intent, principles and mindsets were largely left behind.

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Product Management University

DECEMBER 2, 2022

If you’re in product marketing or product management, you’re likely familiar with the concept of user personas and buyer personas. These terms might even be used interchangeably in your organization to describe a product’s customers. Executive Leadership (The Ultimate Buyer). So let’s dive in. Want to learn more?

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Product Manager (PM) & Product Marketing Manager (PMM): The Product Doppelgangers Photo by Kaleidico on Unsplash Try Googling for ‘product management vs product marketing’, you will see several results around this topic. Product marketers are like restaurant managers.

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The Product Coalition

MAY 15, 2022

I am a grown woman who can handle a good compromise in the name of true love. Willingness to acknowledge such gaps is where your leadership really shows. Business and Product Metrics This is one of the most common areas where I find myself talking about understanding the desired first and compromising on the feasible later.

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Sachin Rekhi

AUGUST 1, 2016

I'd put a bunch of aspects of product management into this category: prioritizing a roadmap, effective communication, formulating a vision, negotiating with stakeholders, and team leadership, to name a few. To me this speaks to how the science of product management isn't enough to develop compelling products.

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