Product Innovation Educators

AUGUST 5, 2024

How product managers should use the five-step model for creating team culture Watch on YouTube TLDR Product managers often face the challenge of significant responsibilities without formal authority. As product managers, we must navigate both these realms. They are leaders who inspire and guide their teams.

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The Product Guy

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

Each Session of the program runs for 6 months with paired individuals… Conducting regular 1-on-1 mentor-mentee chats Sharing experiences with the larger Product community Participating in live-streamed product management lessons and Q&A. Jordan Bergtraum VP Product Management, ServiceChannel.

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Product Innovation Educators

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

How product managers can use AI to get more actionable insights from qualitative data Today we are talking about using qualitative data to drive our work in product and consequently improve sales. Before founding Viable, he held senior leadership roles in engineering, technology, and product. What is that question?

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 25, 2021

This month, we’re focusing on all things Product Leadership. Before we start diving into the ins and outs of leadership in Product Management, it’s important to ask and to understand what we mean by Product Leadership. Who Are Product Leaders? they’re in a Product leadership role.

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Product Management University

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Product management is one of the hottest careers in high-tech right now with tremendous career growth. If you’re considering a career in this industry, you’ll need to know exactly what will be expected of you as a product manager. What Does a Product Management Career Path Look Like?

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Product Management University

AUGUST 24, 2020

Strong brand identity builds trust and motivates people to buy your products and services. In B2B organizations the same concepts apply to product management and product marketing teams for the same reasons. Engineers get paid to design and build products, and so on. Market & Industry Knowledge.

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The Product Guy

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Each Session of the program runs for 6 months with paired individuals… Conducting regular 1-on-1 mentor-mentee chats Sharing experiences with the larger Product community Participating in live-streamed product management lessons and Q&A. Jordan Bergtraum VP Product Management, ServiceChannel.

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Product Management University

APRIL 8, 2024

But products are the nucleus, and that means market leadership starts with product management. There are the obvious things product management does. I want to focus on the responsibilities of B2B product management that don’t get much airtime. Then, there’s all the in-betweens.

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The Product Guy

MARCH 19, 2025

Sustainability in Product Development: More Than Just an ESG Initiative Sustainability in product management isnt just about reducing waste. Key debate: How do you convince leadership that sustainability isnt just an ethical decision, but a business growth strategy? C-suite buy-in requires a business-first framing.

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Mind the Product

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

So why are we still developing products no one wants? Product experts have tried to tackle this issue but they gloss over the impact a company’s structure and leadership team have on product/market fit. Who owns Product/Market fit – Marketing, Sales, or Business?

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Product Innovation Educators

JULY 3, 2023

How established organizations can overcome barriers to digital transformation – for product managers Today we are exploring digital transformation in large organizations as well as other challenges leaders are facing in a digitally transforming business environment. There’s a tension between the external and the internal.

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Intercom, Inc.

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

At a product-first company like Intercom, our product marketing team has always had a crucial role – and over the years, we have often discussed how we approach product marketing. Of course, not all companies go about product marketing in the same way. Every step of the way. Liam Geraghty: Hi there.

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The Product Guy

JANUARY 5, 2017

In our a recent live stream from one of our mentors of The Product Mentor , Vikas Batra, lead a conversation around “Emotional Intelligence for Product Managers”. We are always looking for more product mentors from all around the world. About The Product Mentor. Ladislav Bartos Product Manager, Gumtree.com.

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Sachin Rekhi

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

Mastering the craft of product management is no easy task. I instead define a product manager as driving the vision, strategy, design, and execution of their product. It's equally important for product managers to think about each of these four dimensions as having a concrete set of deliverables.

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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. Why Choose Carnegie Mellon for Product Management? Why the MS in Product Management degree?

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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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Roman Pichler

JULY 6, 2021

If it’s hard for you to let go of being actively involved in managing a product or if you don’t find it rewarding to help and support a group of product people, then becoming a head of product is probably not right for you, at least not at this point in time. Grow Your Leadership Skills.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

Influence without authority has always been the foundation of product management. As product leaders, this is even more important. Many product leaders who were formerly product managers, or even product group leaders in large organizations, suffer from the same issue. Are you ready to make the shift?

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Product Innovation Educators

JANUARY 10, 2022

She cofounded the Radical Product Thinking movement of leaders creating vision-driven change, along with authoring the book Radical Product Thinking: The New Mindset for Innovating Smarter. Summary of some concepts discussed for product managers. [1:56] 1:56] What put you on the path to being a product leader?

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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

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

Leadership without authority is product management 101. But as a product executive, you must take it to the next level — and this time use it with the entire management team. Image by Denis Doukhan from Pixabay In the CPO Bootcamp we talk a lot about product strategy. You have what it takes to do it well.

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Product Innovation Educators

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

He is a strategic practitioner, having spent 20 years leading product, marketing, and business functions for large international corporations. I first heard of Bob when he was the president of Sequent Learning, the product management training company. Product strategy is doing that at a product level.

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Product Innovation Educators

JANUARY 13, 2020

How marketing and product management work together. Turns out if you ask 50 different people what marketing is, you’ll hear 50 different answers. That is what our guest did to investigate what people think about marketing and how it fits into the work product managers do.

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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. You don’t need to do anything to keep listening, but it will show in your podcast player not as The Everyday Innovator but as Product Mastery Now.

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Product Innovation Educators

JULY 6, 2020

How product managers can boost innovation in companies large and small. Summary of some concepts discussed for product managers. [6:13] After the crash, investors became risk adverse and were looking for product market fit. Role of Leadership: The VP of Sales most often kills innovation.

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Mind the Product

MARCH 29, 2024

From questioning the mantras of product gurus through to finding product/market fit with AI, here’s a look through our top product management reads this month. Read more » The post Top product management reads in March appeared first on Mind the Product.

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The Product Coalition

JULY 16, 2023

In recent years it seems that product management is all about execution and delivery. Photo by Kea Mowat on Unsplash When I moved into product management, almost 20 years ago, it used to be a very senior role. The discussion was about whether or not someone is senior enough to move into product management.

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Userpilot

MAY 30, 2024

Overlapping responsibilities and conflicting priorities are just a couple of the many friction points between product managers and product marketing managers – leading to inefficient workflows and potential product failures. Product managers focus on building the right product.

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 9, 2021

All Product Roles Are Not Alike Photo by Lennart Nacke on Unsplash My first gig as a Product Manager was in a Startup. The Product I worked on did not exist. To top it off, I had no real Product Manager experience. But there is typically no one superhuman who goes around managing everything.

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The Product Guy

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Guest Post by: Julian Dunn (Mentee, Session 6, The Product Mentor) [Paired with Mentor, Vikas Batra]. I became a product manager because I wanted to take a more strategic role at my company. Thus, I arrived at the Product Mentor program with ambitions to learn strategy development from a seasoned product mentor.

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Sequent Learning

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Achieving and Scaling Product-Market Fit: A Guide for Product Managers in Mid-to-Large Tech Companies Introduction As product managers in mid-to-large technology companies, you’re no stranger to the challenges of maintaining and scaling product-market fit (PMF).

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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. One of the hardest challenges of any product and any startup is of course reaching product-market fit. product-market fit under the hood. So here it is?—?product-market

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Intercom, Inc.

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

That’s why some of Intercom’s first marketing hires were product marketers and why we’ve had a “seat at the table” from the early days of the company. . Product marketing looks different in every company, but one common trend is that many product marketing managers (PMMs) feel undervalued.

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 1, 2023

As a product leader, is this a skill you already master? was the first product manager I ever hired. A brilliant guy, with many years of tech leadership experience, but none in product management. Still, he was one of the best hires I made in this area and he turned out to be a product star.

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Product Management University

JUNE 21, 2021

If you’re waiting for someone to crown your product management team the kings and queens of strategic direction, you better get a nice comfy chair with all the reclining, heating and massaging accoutrements because you’re in for a long wait! Here’s the thing about product management though.

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Product Innovation Educators

AUGUST 23, 2021

Two weeks ago Grant Hunter discussed what is product management. I am sharing this episode now because Steve Johnson, who is also a business partner with Grant, did a masterful job at the Summit, describing the real nature of product management. Summary of some concepts discussed for product managers. [0:55]

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Measuring the performance of product managers is a real challenge for a number of reasons. When planning the product managers’ goals, this challenge can translate into taking the wrong direction altogether. Here is a new way to look at product management goals, and make them a useful tool for both you and your team.

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