Mironov Consulting

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

After years of struggle, I’m advising all of my clients and product leader coachees to stop using the term “MVP”. To delete the letters MVP from roadmaps and product charters. The ‘P’ nominally stands for ‘product,’ but it’s almost always not a product. We spin up outbound marketing/support efforts too early.

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Userpilot

AUGUST 23, 2023

In this article, we’ll cover the responsibilities of a product analyst, the skills needed in the current job market, and the prerequisites. TL;DR A product analyst is a professional who uses data analysis and insights to evaluate and improve the performance of a product or service. What do product analysts do?

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Sachin Rekhi is the founder and CEO of Notejoy , and a prolific blogger on product management. In this Path to PM post, Sachin and I discuss five practical paths to product management. How did you first break into product management? How do I take on that product work or ask for it in the first place?

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The Product Cafe

JANUARY 18, 2024

Hello, all you product-loving folks! 💜 Welcome to this week's edition of Product Café, your weekly cup of coffee for everything product management, startups, AI, and more. ☕ Thanks for reading Product Café Newsletter ☕️!

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BrainStation Product Management

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Product Managers have the enviable job of taking a product from its roots as an idea and steering its lifecycle through launch and beyond. Often referred to as “mini-CEOs” of a product, these specialists must possess a wide variety of skills and competencies to propel a product to success.

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Ask Benny

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

How to enter into a new product management position in a new company. You just landed into a new product management position. Whether it’s a VP product or a product manager, whether it’s a small or big company, you are expected to get fast into the role, and many times you are expected to do it by yourself.

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bpma ProductHub

JULY 13, 2016

It is an important resource for the product management community. Each has advised me in different ways and on different aspects of what I can bring to an organization both personally and professionally. In addition to a technology focus, I often need to be more involved in the business or product side.

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Gainsight

AUGUST 5, 2022

Imagine you are a Customer Success Manager (CSM), and you wonder what the future holds for you. You learned about other roles where your experience in CS can be a springboard for those positions. The job has become a launching pad of sorts to other positions within and outside of CS. Paths Beyond CSM.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

How to enter a new product management position in a new company. Congratulations, you just landed a new product management position. Whether it’s a VP product or a product manager or it’s a small or big company, you are expected to adjust quickly to the role. Trust your team.

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BrainStation Product Management

APRIL 8, 2019

The position of Product Manager has been one of the fastest-growing roles in tech in recent years, with a 30 percent growth in job openings year over year. The trouble is, candidates who possess the varied skill set needed for Product Management are elusive and highly sought-after. The Personality Test.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

As someone who’s been fortunate enough to have coached dozens of Product Leaders and have walked in their shoes, I have found that there are several under-appreciated ways things change when you move into a product leader role. How do I cultivate the right product culture for the product teams to succeed?

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BrainStation Product Management

APRIL 8, 2019

The position of Product Manager has been one of the fastest-growing roles in tech in recent years, with a 30 percent growth in job openings year over year. The trouble is, candidates who possess the varied skill set needed for Product Management are elusive and highly sought-after. Speak to a Learning Advisor.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Sachin Rekhi is the founder and CEO of Notejoy , and a prolific blogger on product management. In this Path to PM post, Sachin and I discuss five practical paths to product management. How did you first break into product management? How do I take on that product work or ask for it in the first place?

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

MARCH 1, 2020

An inside look at product management at IBM and the interview process. Kevin Wei is an Offering Manager at IBM managing Watson Knowledge Catalog and DataStage. In this Path to PM blog post, Kevin shares his journey breaking into a product role as a new grad hire at IBM. What is an IBM offering manager?

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The Product Coalition

MAY 15, 2019

One signal I’ve been giving much thought too of late is the collision of two roles, Product Management and Product Ownership. A topic of hot debate in the agile and product circles but with very few answers. Credit: DataKitchen Since its inception, Scrum and the Product Owner role has become widely adopted.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

APRIL 19, 2020

Skills a Product Manager Need Analytical Skills In your current role as a consultant, you will have developed and honed your analytical skills. This is what you should frame your resume around as this is likely the closest experience you have to being a product manager. List of PM Behavioral Questions.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

APRIL 19, 2020

Skills a Product Manager Need Analytical Skills In your current role as a consultant, you will have developed and honed your analytical skills. This is what you should frame your resume around as this is likely the closest experience you have to being a product manager. List of PM Behavioral Questions.

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Userpilot

OCTOBER 1, 2021

But with such a saturated market, which tool should you choose? You can think of onboarding as the ongoing process of educating your customers in how to get the most out of your SaaS product. Technically speaking, this is known as "primary onboarding." This article is here to help you answer that question.

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Sachin Rekhi

JANUARY 27, 2013

The role of product management in technology firms is a critically important one that is often misunderstood. Product management boils down to owning the vision, design, and execution of your product. Or it could be ensuring open product, design, and technical decisions get resolved in an efficient manner.

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Mind the Product

JANUARY 10, 2017

As a product manager it’s not uncommon to feel pulled in a million different directions as you work to meet the needs of your customers, developers and company stakeholders. Internal stakeholders need to know how the products you build work. This should not be confused with technical documentation.

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

What is an ecosystem moat and how can product managers build one? These are the key questions that Austin Yang , the Lead Product Manager at Softr , discussed in his presentation at the Product Drive Summit this year. To be able to choose the right levers, you need to understand your market and your users.

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Alchemer Mobile

APRIL 14, 2020

How do you manage executive expectations, customer expectations, and technical resources? How do you promote gender diversity in the product management field? I’m a product manager at Dropbox , and I have been a product manager now for about just under 10 years. Patricia : Hi everyone.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

OCTOBER 21, 2019

We talk to Hemanth Kempanna, an Exponent alumnus, on his journey to breaking into product management and his experience building cloud-based products. For product management and UI/UX related skills, I have personally found LinkedIn Learning and Udemy to be helpful. Hemanth is currently a PM at Motorola.

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ProductPlan

MARCH 4, 2022

Product operations is a new discipline within product management, and the product operations analyst role is even newer. Businesses are still learning how to build a product operations function in their companies. Even among large enterprises with more than 10,000, fewer than half—45%—have implemented product ops.

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UX Studio: Product Management

JULY 14, 2021

Considering that none of the established innovation consulting companies are cheap, you want to make sure your return on the investment is positive. . As a product design consulting firm , we often get questions from our clients who look for reliable design, development, or marketing partners.

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Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 14, 2021

With a background in computer science and an MBA, he soon realized that understanding the markets and customers is as important as building the products. And so, in 2014, he founded Productboard , a product management system that incorporates customer feedback and insights to help product teams build better products.

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Userpilot

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

We generally advise against linear, top-down product tours. Instead, you should opt for an interactive walkthrough type of product tour. Product tours generally include a welcome screen , a survey to segment users, a checklist , and experience flows for each of the key activation points. What are product tours?

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Userpilot

JULY 13, 2021

The best walkthrough software on the market is Userpilot. An interactive walkthrough is a step-by-step, interactive guide to your product that will ultimately lead your users to activation. Exactly what constitutes activation will vary for different use cases of your product. Other good options include Appcues and Userguiding.

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Mind the Product

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

TalkTalk was fined £400,000 in 2016 for failing to have appropriate technical and organisational measures in place to secure its customers’ personal data, and for keeping their personal data for longer than necessary. Why Product Needs to Care. Why am I writing about this for the Mind the Product blog? The right of access.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

APRIL 9, 2020

Plan for a 2-4 month application process - you'll take an 80-hour pre-course even after passing a technical interview. One of the oldest coding bootcamps, Hack Reactor offers 12-week immersive programs aiming to place students in mid-to-senior level positions upon graduation. Success Rate: 98% placement within 6 months.

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Pragmatic Marketing

SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

Barbara Nelson said in The Politics of Agile , “When product managers weren’t looking, the developers went agile.” ” Indeed, many Product Managers were taken by surprise at the speed of Agile’s adoption. Ultimately, we are responsible for the success of the product and, thus, the company.

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Userzoom

AUGUST 24, 2017

Executives, Marketers, Designers, and Product Managers all want to make an informed decision and manage risk intelligently. I know, I know – it’s not the technical definition, but this has served me well for 2 decades. How you can make your next research project more actionable and valuable.

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Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 15, 2018

Building trust can be tough when you’re a new hire in a leadership position. A couple of years later, I got into a real leadership position. Managers and leaders are different. I got my first real leadership opportunity about five years into my career when one of the teams I was on was struggling with the product roadmap.

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Department of Product

MARCH 28, 2022

How to Keep on top of Trends that Matter to Product Managers Decide when to care about trends and when to sit back and watch what happens next Trends and the product lifecycle Imagine your product strategy stayed exactly the same for the next 10 years. What would happen? Because everything’s always changing.

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Userpilot

MAY 26, 2021

If your product is extremely complex to use, or making a mistake while using it would have life-changing consequences for customers, then you will need to spend more time on the sign-up stage than other SaaS businesses. Questions about your customer’s broader experience with your market, such as “What solutions did you try?

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Usersnap

JUNE 15, 2023

Building a powerful SaaS product takes way more than just an idea. Without a systematic approach to your product management process and clear roadmap, you’ll likely face several hurdles like lack of direction, unclear priorities, wasted resources, missed deadlines, difficulty in scaling, and more. Work with marketing and sales.

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Mixpanel

MAY 5, 2021

Neil Rahilly VP of Product and Design, Mixpanel Neil Rahilly is the VP of Product and Design at Mixpanel. Prior to this position, Neil was VP of Engineering, after working as a Software Engineer and leading Infrastructure Engineering. He advised companies like Tinder, Hipcamp, Reddit, Canva, and Pocket. Incompatibility.

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