The Product Guy

MAY 21, 2025

Inside the article: Why removal is harder than building, but often more valuable A four-stage subtraction audit to guide product teams How to identify features that are dragging performance, usability, or focus A case study showing how one team removed a low-use feature and saw engagement rebound What Youll Learn: How to evaluate feature usefulness (..)

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The Product Guy

MAY 15, 2017

In a recent live stream from one of our mentors of The Product Mentor , Dustin Levy, lead a conversation around “Product Strategies for Non-Strategists”. We are always looking for more product mentors from all around the world. About The Product Mentor. Jonathan Berg Director of Product Management, Schoology.

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Melissa Perri

JULY 23, 2024

At all of them, I start understanding the current state of Product Management. I then do various interviews with executives all the way to Product Management team members and surrounding functions. I review strategies and roadmaps. Other Times, it's due to a lack of skill set in product leaders.

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Roman Pichler

JULY 20, 2016

Whenever you are faced with an agile, dynamic environment—be it that your product is young and is experiencing significant change or that the market is dynamic with new competitors or technologies introducing change, you should work with a goal-oriented product roadmap, sometimes also referred to as theme-based. Learn More.

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The Product Guy

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

Ladislav focuses on user centric product development, especially on brand, usability and revenue product challenges. He is passionate about Lean and Agile Product management, innovative business models and business and product strategies. Dustin Levy Director of Product Management, Gentex Corporation.

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Roman Pichler

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

To effectively staff the product team, I recommend including the people shown in Figure 1. [1] 1] Figure 1: The Product Team Members Let’s look at the product team members in Figure 1 in more detail starting with the person in charge of the product. 4] As you may have noticed I didn’t list the product backlog.

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The Product Guy

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Ladislav focuses on user centric product development, especially on brand, usability and revenue product challenges. He is passionate about Lean and Agile Product management, innovative business models and business and product strategies. Dustin Levy Director of Product Management, Gentex Corporation.

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Roman Pichler

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

The current sprint has an important goal: to release the product increment to selected users and validate if the functionality offered works for them. Additionally, you’ve invited the senior management sponsor to the upcoming sprint review meeting to secure the individual’s continued support. But this would be wrong.

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Roman Pichler

DECEMBER 6, 2022

For example, the marketer has to create the marketing strategy, and the development teams have to design and build the product. For instance, the marketing strategy, the user experience (UX) design and technology choices have to align to successfully acquire new users, increase conversion, or meet another product goal.

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Roman Pichler

APRIL 19, 2017

Challenging situations are great opportunities to grow as a human being and by doing so, you increase your leadership power. Additionally, keep an eye on market developments, new trends and technologies, and the competition. It’s great to know your product and market. Trust me.”. Strengthen Your Expertise. But that’s not all.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

While it would have been easy to blame the product strategy, marketing, or any number of other potential targets, they weren’t at the heart of the problem. The product strategy was sound, but we hadn’t translated it well. You need to pick metrics that work for your company, product, and team. Does it make sense?

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Product Innovation Educators

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Demand-Side Innovation: Finding the Right Mix One of the basic concepts in product innovation is understanding the difference between supply-side and demand-side innovation. Let’s break down these approaches and look at their pros and cons.

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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. Assess product strategy and adjust if necessary.

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The Product Guy

MARCH 12, 2025

Every meeting becomes a performance review rather than a space for creative problem-solving. Experiments that might failbut could lead to paradigm shiftsare killed in favor of safe bets that give executives something to celebrate on their quarterly reviews. OKRs should serve the strategy, not dictate it.

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The Product Guy

JANUARY 5, 2017

Ladislav focuses on user centric product development, especially on brand, usability and revenue product challenges. He is passionate about Lean and Agile Product management, innovative business models and business and product strategies. Dustin Levy Director of Product Management, Gentex Corporation.

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The Product Guy

APRIL 4, 2017

Ladislav focuses on user centric product development, especially on brand, usability and revenue product challenges. He is passionate about Lean and Agile Product management, innovative business models and business and product strategies. Dustin Levy Director of Product Management, Gentex Corporation.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

I enjoyed in-person meetings, especially in-person product review meetings. Early in the pandemic, this led me to resent virtual meetings, especially virtual product review meetings. This particular product review meeting was a breaking point. I worked in healthcare technology at the time.

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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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BrainMates

MAY 28, 2025

The four critical capabilities product managers need today and beyond are: Commercial Acumen. Influential Leadership. Technology Curiosity and Fluency. Influential Leadership Credibility without authority Drive alignment across complexity Story and trust The power to guide and align others without formal authority.

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The Product Guy

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

In our latest Patreon-exclusive article , part of the Roadmap to Mastery Collection , we explore: Why trust is now a product featurenot just a brand value. Actionable strategies to integrate trust into your product strategy. 1-on-1 Support spanning personalized mentorship and resume reviews (available at higher tiers).

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Roman Pichler

JULY 11, 2016

The team members are not your resources but the people who create your product. If your relationship with the team is poor, then your product is likely to suffer. Respect their UX/UI and technology decisions and their right to determine how much work can be done. Be aware that collaboration requires leadership.

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The Product Guy

FEBRUARY 18, 2017

Ladislav focuses on user centric product development, especially on brand, usability and revenue product challenges. He is passionate about Lean and Agile Product management, innovative business models and business and product strategies. Dustin Levy Director of Product Management, Gentex Corporation.

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Mind the Product

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

As a product leader, you are the product manager for a leadership team, and the tricks you learned in product teams remain valuable, they just need a little tweak. Here, to help you, are five product management tricks and tools for every product leader. It’s the foundation of our product strategy.

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Alchemer Mobile

JANUARY 28, 2020

Therefore, product managers and product leaders have seen a large increase in responsibility and potential company-wide impact. While we could chat top product management tools and technologies all day, we believe organizational changes will have the largest impact on this industry in 2020. What KPIs are core to CX?

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Alchemer Mobile

MARCH 17, 2020

Between interfacing with multiple teams, coordinating release schedules, prioritizing customer happiness, driving the mobile product roadmap, messaging product announcements internally and externally, and myriad other activities, the list of “to-do’s” for mobile product managers may seem endless, and the job is ever-changing.

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Productside

MARCH 24, 2025

From Public Sports Complexes to SaaS: A PM Origin Story Like No Other Before leading go-to-market strategy at B2B SaaS startups, Rachel helped launch Aviator , a $50M sports complex built on a decommissioned New York City airport. That was my first real product roleeven if I didnt have the title, she told us. Her throughline?

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Roman Pichler

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

The Product Leadership Conundrum. As the person in charge of a product, you are responsible for achieving product success. Their contributions are vital to design, implement, provide, and support a successful product. But you can’t accomplish it on your own and rely on the development team and stakeholders.

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Ronke PM

MAY 8, 2024

Table of Contents What does culture-driven leadership mean? The importance of culture-driven leadership in product management. Product management revolves around human needs, wants, and desires, making it a humbling responsibility. What does culture-driven leadership mean? Final thoughts.

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Innovatemap

MARCH 17, 2021

While we at Innovatemap like to think there are plenty of things that make us unique — like our incomparable product knowledge, design prowess and commitment to grow — there’s one quality that sets us apart from the naked eye, and it’s one we’re incredibly proud of: our high percentage of women. Kristin and Katie (2019 Photo).

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Product Management Unpacked

MAY 27, 2021

He began this new career path by moving from India to Pittsburgh and joining Carnegie Mellon University’s intensive, one-year MS in Product Management program. “I I had a strong tech background, so I wanted to dive into the business and design side of product management and hone my leadership skills. And it’s CMU.”.

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Alchemer Mobile

AUGUST 25, 2020

We’re seeing companies hire Chief Experience Officers and Chief Customer Officers to help lead innovation and strategy around the customer experience. With these new leadership roles comes a lot of organization-wide change. So that leads us back to the purpose of this post: Redefining the role of mobile product managers.

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People-First Product Leadership

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

In today's fast-paced product world, having a sharp product sense isn't just an advantage—it's a necessity. But how do you hone this crucial skill when faced with conflicting data, unsupportive leadership, or an over-reliance on gut feelings? Technology and customer needs are never static.

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Mind the Product

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Digital transformation is “the use of technology to radically improve performance or reach of enterprises”, according to an MIT and Capgemini white paper. Gartner says : “Digital business transformation is the process of exploiting digital technologies and supporting capabilities to create a robust new digital business model”.

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Roman Pichler

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

What’s more, the product people would occasionally visit the development site, and development group members would travel to product management from time to time. The technical complexities were greater than anticipated and the development progress was slower than forecasted. Unfortunately, things didn’t go to plan.

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Roman Pichler

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

What’s more, the product people would occasionally visit the development site, and development group members would travel to product management from time to time. The technical complexities were greater than anticipated and the development progress was slower than forecasted. Unfortunately, things didn’t go to plan.

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Mind the Product

JULY 11, 2019

The team was confronted with a high degree of uncertainty, probably due to a lack of technical knowledge. Instead, the team should have run product discovery in advance, at least to check the technical feasibility, rather than starting directly with execution. What does it mean for your daily life?

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Sachin Rekhi

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

Much of the literature that defines the role as the intersection of business, technology, and user experience isn't particularly helpful for practitioners who are left wondering what skills they need to learn versus the fine people they work closely with in actual business, technology, and user experience roles.

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