Product Management University

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Fear not, product managers. It’s going to make you a better product manager than you ever imagined. Taking You Out of Your Comfort Zone Get ready, product managers because AI is definitely going to change your job if it hasn’t already, but you’re going to love it! You’re doing product design and development.

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Productside

MARCH 6, 2025

In this edition of Productside Stories , we dig into Brians 30-year legacy of building, integrating, and supercharging product portfolios across healthcare, software, media, and government. Sometimes you buy a rival to scoop up its customers or to leapfrog into a new market segment. Want to Master Acquisitions & Integrations?

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Product Management University

MARCH 2, 2025

The biggest reason product manager demos need to be great has a lot more to do with internal stakeholders than any other audience. Sure, there are customer and prospect scenarios where great demo skills are highly beneficial for product managers, but most product manager demos are to internal audiences.

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The Product Guy

MAY 7, 2020

As I strive towards becoming a product leader, I wanted to understand the best practises in product management and in the process develop my own product philosophy. . This article explores multiple aspects of product management. the Product Manager role is a rather recent phenomenon.

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The Product Guy

JANUARY 17, 2025

In the latest TPG Live session, Driving Impact Through Influence and Experimentation , we dived into strategies product managers can use to expand their influence, foster innovation, and navigate the evolving landscape of product management. Creativity: Bringing unique ideas and solutions to the table.

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The Product Guy

MAY 23, 2019

The goal as a product manager, was to find out more details about the customer I will work for and to build an opinion about the product(s) they have and the market they address to. I knew from the last interview step some details about the customer I’ll work for and the product I’m going to be in charge of leading it.

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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

JULY 8, 2024

Essential strategy tools and frameworks for product managers Watch on YouTube TLDR Want to level up your product management game? This guide dives into the world of product strategy, sharing insights from expert Andreas Maihoefer. Maihoefer stresses that understanding strategy is crucial for product managers.

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The Product Guy

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

One method that Product Managers are turning too is the Customer Advisory Board. A Customer Advisory Board (CAB) is a strategic source of feedback from people that have already purchased your product or may in the future. Market knowledge. Get input on market direction, market forces and market trends.

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The Product Guy

APRIL 9, 2019

Guest Post by: Eric Wang (Mentee, Session 8, The Product Mentor) [Paired with Mentor, Chris Butler]. The notion of a strategy in product management seems like something that only high-level stakeholders at the executive level should care about. Journey Into the World of Strategy. Simple task, right? About Eric Wang.

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Product Management University

MARCH 15, 2023

Don’t sweat it, product manager purists. Building a product management organization in this manner gets you into your dream job, the strategic product management role you’ve always wanted, and your new title reflects your actual responsibilities. You own the day-to-day care and feeding of your products.

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Productside

MAY 27, 2025

Productside | Product Management Courses & Training How WellNest Rebooted Product Strategy (eBook Preview) When product teams get stuck in backlog chaos, stakeholder noise, and reactive shipping, its not a process problem. Its a product strategy problem. Thats where the Productside Blueprint comes in.

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Product Innovation Educators

JANUARY 13, 2025

A product manager’s guide to breaking free from reactive problem solving Watch on YouTube TLDR In my recent conversation with Doug Hall, master of turning chaos into clarity, we explored how product managers and innovation leaders can break free from reactive problem-solving and create more value through proactive innovation.

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Melissa Perri

JULY 23, 2024

For the past eight years, I’ve been working with C-Suite leaders at companies big and small to set up their Product Management organizations. At all of them, I start understanding the current state of Product Management. Other Times, it's due to a lack of skill set in product leaders.

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Product Innovation Educators

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

The product manager’s path to influence Watch on YouTube TLDR In my recent conversation with Francesca Cortesi, CPO, we explored why the popular phrase “CEO of the product” can be misleading for product managers.

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Product Management University

AUGUST 21, 2023

The product CEO analogy for product managers has been around forever, but when you think about it, does it really make sense for B2B software? Every product manager wants to have a reputation for being strategic. What is Strategic Product Management? Here’s the great thing about this vision structure.

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Roman Pichler

JULY 4, 2023

Listen to the audio version of this article: [link] Option 1: The Vision Captures Strategic Decisions Your first option is to view the product vision as a statement that captures strategic decisions like the product’s users and customers, its value proposition, and its standout features.

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Roman Pichler

JANUARY 20, 2025

If extended product teams own the product strategies, whats the role of the head of product , also called Chief Product Officer and Director/VP of Product Management, in making strategic decisions ? First, as a coach who offers strategy and leadership guidance to the person in charge of the product.

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Product Innovation Educators

JUNE 29, 2020

Learn the qualities of a successful product manager and leader. Part of the path to becoming a product master is developing as a leader. Leaders of product management need agility, influence, trust, empathy, and motivating vision. Roman is a product management expert specializing in digital products.

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Product Innovation Educators

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

How an AI-powered fashion startup achieved product-market fit Watch on YouTube TLDR In this episode, we’re joined by Anya Cheng, former product leader at Meta, eBay, McDonald’s, and Target, and current founder of the AI-powered fashion startup Taelor. ” The problem?

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Alchemer Mobile

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Whether you’re new to the product management field or a seasoned professional, it’s always valuable to learn from your peers’ lived experiences. What strategies do you use to prioritize your product roadmap? Meet our product management experts. Ian Hassard , Senior Manager of Product Management at Auth0.

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The Product Guy

JULY 2, 2020

Guest Post by: Alexander Berry (Mentee, Session 11, The Product Mentor) [Paired with Mentor, Brad Popiolek]. Many product managers, including myself, often reflect and think hard around the areas which they need to invest in to progress in their career; is it A/B testing, data analysis, go to market skills?

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The Product Guy

APRIL 3, 2025

You need a coalition shared purpose, mutual trust, and real support behind your product vision. Youve got the stakeholders in the room. But still things stall. Because alignment isnt enough.

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The Product Guy

JUNE 25, 2024

In product management, where data and features often take the spotlight, the power of storytelling is sometimes underestimated. Yet, it is this very skill that can elevate a product from a mere concept to an inspiring vision. Craft a Compelling Vision : Articulate a clear and inspiring vision for your product.

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Roman Pichler

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Listen to the audio version of this article: [link] Introduction To discuss empowerment in product management, I find it helpful to distinguish three main levels of decision-making authority, product delivery, product discovery, and product strategy, as the model in Figure 1 shows. [1]

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The Product Guy

OCTOBER 25, 2024

However, product managers often face even greater challenges when navigating high-stakes situations with senior leadership or dealing with conflicting priorities across departments. These moments can be politically challenging, as they require balancing the immediate demands of stakeholders with long-term product goals.

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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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Roman Pichler

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Before the advent of agile frameworks like Scrum , a product person—the product manager—would typically carry out the market research, compile a market requirements specification, create a business case, put together product roadmap, write a requirements specification, and then hand it off to a project manager.

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Product Innovation Educators

AUGUST 21, 2023

Thrive Market’s VP of Product Management discusses mission-driven product process Jonas Klink is joining us. He is the Vice President of Product Management & UX Design at Thrive Market, the health-first membership for conscious living. In a minute, he will tell us how to do the same thing.

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The Product Guy

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

For product leaders, that means taking a step back to build a team that can be customer-centric and deliver ongoing innovation to the market. Since product teams face new challenges, product leaders need to ponder how to evolve teams and support individuals across product organizations. Better Products.

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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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Product Innovation Educators

JANUARY 18, 2021

How product managers can understand and solve their customers’ problems. This podcast is getting a new name to better align with its purpose of helping product managers become product masters. That new name is Product Masters Now. . Summary of some concepts discussed for product managers. [3:16]

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Product Innovation Educators

JUNE 12, 2023

Tools for planning and executing product projects Today we are talking about the skills product managers need to grow their careers. Before joining Google, Neha worked as a Management Consultant at Essex Product Consulting, where she helped organizations build products. To help us, Neha Bansal is with us.

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Product Innovation Educators

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Strategy, vision, and influence for product managers. Today we are talking about the journey from product manager to product officer or product VP. He has been a product manager and managed a variety of product teams in multiple countries. 19:15] How do we influence others?

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Product Innovation Educators

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Innovation accounting for teams, managers, and strategy – for product managers. Summary of some concepts discussed for product managers. [1:59] Even if you just started and have no revenue, look for progress toward the vision of where you want to go. Esther is the CEO of?GroundControl,

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Alchemer Mobile

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Whether you’re new to the product management field or a seasoned professional, it’s always valuable to learn from your peers’ lived experiences. While you can watch the full hour-long interview here , this post breaks down four of the key lessons we learned from Jessi Alva, Director, Technical Product Management at SAP Concur.

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The Product Guy

MARCH 12, 2025

You’re Stuckand It’s Because You’re Playing by the Rules In product management, youve been told to follow the rules: stick to the roadmap, build consensus, and hit your OKRs. But what if I told you they’re actually sabotaging your product’s potential?

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