UX Planet

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

For example, the more technical the product, the larger the designers technology gap that must be filled by an engineer. That said, product designers should still have a moderate level of knowledge about the technical aspects of the product and the industry as awhole.) Try explaining that at theoffice!

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Product Management Unpacked

MAY 26, 2020

For Claire, this situation is a prime example of a product manager’s need to respond to market demand quickly and effectively. “ UPMC’s ability to respond quickly to market demands boils down to how its teams are aligned with its enterprise-level strategies – a primary focus of Claire’s role. From marketer to product management leader.

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The Product Bistro

JUNE 14, 2016

Even though structured customer visits are technically “ marketing ” research, for them to be valuable requires that many of the key groups in the organization are involved. Also, participation by marketing is useful, as often Product Management is part of the marketing team. The Planning.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Negar studied marketing in university and later worked as a Marketing Executive at a professional association. Then she decided to acquire technical skills in web development to get closer to the product development process. Within two years, Negar was promoted to Marketing Manager. Unfortunately, there were none.

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The Product Coalition

MAY 11, 2022

As argued in the intro of the book, even though enterprise software makes up a big share of the total software market, most Product Management books still focus on consumer products only as well as ignore that enterprise software products are built and distributed very differently. Product Management is about solving customer problems.”

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 13, 2021

In due course, the startups need to invest a good amount of time in organizing the strategy and roadmap to track the product performance to get an early product-market fit and scalability. I have been doing consulting and advising work with startups, so let me know if you have any questions about this article. What is S.M.A.R.T?

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Userpilot

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Finding the right opportunity or the perfect candidate can be challenging in todays competitive market. PM with a technical background and a strong product sense. Technical fluency to understand, communicate, and drive impact in highly technical and fast-moving problem spaces. PMs with no technical background.

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People-First Product Leadership

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

I am leveraging my product background in both coaching and advising AI-driven startups. Pivot 1: CRM Strategist to User Experience Researcher Key Strategies: Leverage Your Unique Background : My communications skills became my secret weapon in translating complex tech concepts to marketing stakeholders. to offer 24/7 coaching services.

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ProductPlan

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

They are your technical skills. It’s advised that product managers learn about the various different frameworks, processes, and methodologies out there. But as Isabelle explained, this means that “a lot of our job is saying no… to requests coming in from sales, marketing, customer support, even our stakeholders.”

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Userpilot

MARCH 8, 2022

She advises executives around the world regarding product management. Andrea Saez – Writer, Speaker, Advisor | Sr PMM @ Product School. Andrea has 15+ years of experience in Product Management and Marketing, from SMBs to large enterprises and educational organizations such as Product School.

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Intercom, Inc.

JUNE 21, 2018

I learned a ton from growing this business: about sales, about marketing, about how to run a company, and it’s been a lot of fun. For us, it was important to completely saturate the market. You’re advising more than 50 companies right now. A lot of my advising is actually around hiring.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

As a business, you would surely want to increase the market value, for which outsourcing would be the best option. It brings you an amazing opportunity to explore the market for considerate growth. Outsourcing has been widely considered one of the best practices for businesses to reach new levels regarding digital transformation.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Often we talk more about the technical skills, like, portfolio management, being more strategic, etc but being good at those things mean nothing if you can’t build a culture conducive to good product management practices. It’s seldom their ability to do the job technically?—?to interpersonal, emotional intelligence, etc?—?that

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Userpilot

AUGUST 12, 2024

Then, he founded the Silicon Valley Product Group to pursue his interests in helping others create successful products through his writing, speaking, advising, and coaching. This is because it allows you to stay agile and responsive to customer feedback and market demands—fostering customer satisfaction and loyalty.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

MBAs from technical and engineering backgrounds will have an edge, so if that’s not you, you should focus on evidencing your abilities to be technical in those interviews. If you’re in marketing, for example, aim to work in inbound marketing, where you work on getting feedback from customers to influence the product.

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Userpilot

APRIL 30, 2021

If you’re looking to scale up your SaaS business , you may have considered hiring a marketing agency. Rather than hiring a bunch of marketing people in-house and figuring out a process from scratch, it can sometimes be more cost-efficient to hire an agency, plug your business model into their existing systems, and press play.

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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. Product analysts research to find market trends, collect and analyze data, track and assess product performance , understand product requirements, and report insights to stakeholders.

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Product Talk

AUGUST 10, 2016

We ignore the advice of Chip and Dan Heath where they advise us to avoid “whether or not” decisions (i.e. I find it easier to create separate trees for each, but technically you could include them both on the same tree. We want to be continuously seeking opportunities in our market. We don’t consider enough ideas.

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Andrew Chen

MARCH 27, 2019

Dear readers, Many of you may have read the recent New York Times article “ Uber and Airbnb Alumni Fuel Tech’s Next Wave ” which is about how alumni of successful startups often split off and start new companies, and how ecosystems of investors/advisors form around these new companies to support them.

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Mind the Product

JULY 10, 2017

Can you afford local market rates? I would recommend this model if you have no technical or product management background. For major brainstorming, problem-solving or strategic planning I would advise that you again meet in-person and work out the general strategy you’re heading. As with anything complex, it depends.

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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. Under the GDPR this fine could have risen to £35 million. How Will GDPR Affect Your Customers? The right of access.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 11, 2020

Challenge definition A challenge could be responding to customer feedback, introducing a proposition, or overcoming a technical problem. Exploration The first step after identifying the problem is to explore what solutions are available: What is already available in the market, and what is the product market fit?

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Userpilot

AUGUST 18, 2024

To create a successful product strategy, you’ll need to research your market , identify your target audience, and define your unique value proposition. Perform market research and define your target audience A successful product strategy is built on a solid foundation of customer understanding. What market gaps have they left?

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All About Product Management

FEBRUARY 11, 2008

But what is 'Technical Product Management'? Jeff Lash concurs by saying that the product manager is the person who: “Understand customer needs, figure out ways to meet those needs, work to get those solutions implemented, and provide and communicate them to the market.”

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Userpilot

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

To enable data sharing for team collaboration, you can use growth tools for data management , data sharing across teams, and analytics dashboards for different departments regardless of technical expertise. You should use no-code growth tools that support team collaboration in both technical and non-technical roles.

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Userpilot

MARCH 3, 2022

This includes market research (potential employers), understanding product strengths (your value to the customer), iterative development (subsequent drafts), or refining the UI (formatting). Careers in programming are a good springboard as are those in sales, customer service, or marketing. “First of it would be your skillsets.

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Alchemer Mobile

JUNE 15, 2024

In the same report, Gartner sounded a note of caution, advising leaders to connect use cases to KPIs to ensure that any AI project adds value by creating new revenue or better customer experiences. Right now, enterprise companies are thinking about how they can scale proven use cases with less technical knowledge to drive business goals.

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Sachin Rekhi

JANUARY 27, 2013

Owning the vision for a product involves clearly formulating and then evangelizing the audience you are targeting, the distinct problem you are solving, and your unique solution by which you will win the market. Or it could be ensuring open product, design, and technical decisions get resolved in an efficient manner.

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Business of Software Conference

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

This will change the way that a lot of people think about product market fit, BS metrics, understanding the needs of the people that really matter. Jared Spool’s excoriation of the use of NPS by marketing departments had struck a chord earlier in the week. So I’m going to talk about Product-Market Fit. Transcript.

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 5, 2021

We write stories, make presentations, product documentation, marketing materials, and whatnot. Examples include your stories, and your requirements for your Technical teams. sales, marketing, Leadership, onwards and across in Product. sales, marketing, Leadership, onwards and across in Product.

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Ask Benny

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

As a product manager, you need to get fast into all aspects: vision, strategy, business, marketing, sales, product, user experience, technical, development process, etc. You might be wrong, because you don’t know yet the market enough, or don’t know the product enough. I would advise differently. Make it personal.

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Pragmatic Marketing

SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

As product managers, we bear the responsibility for bridging the two worlds – technical and business, and need to influence both. Change must happen on two levels across the organization: Technical – Roles and responsibilities must be understood, accepted, and adopted. As a result, specializations in roles developed.

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ProductPlan

JULY 2, 2019

Ultimately, this results in better products for our email marketing customers.”. Jonathan Reilly , Technical Product Manager at OneMain Financial, advises building your emotional intelligence. Lesson 2: Cut Down on Scope. Keeping your product on track can be difficult when requests continue to pile up.

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Lenny Rachitsky

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

The framework is based on his experience advising dozens of consumer subscription businesses, as well as his analysis of over 30,000 consumer subscription apps (based on proprietary data provided by RevenueCat ) and interviews with leaders at dozens of top consumer subscription companies. Public company market caps are from 8/30/24.

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Userpilot

OCTOBER 1, 2021

But with such a saturated market, which tool should you choose? Technically speaking, this is known as "primary onboarding." " That translates into more product experiments , and a more empowered product marketing team overall. This article is here to help you answer that question. " Onboarding milestones.

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Intercom, Inc.

JULY 12, 2018

He’s also co-founded Color Genomics and invested in and been an adviser to companies like Airbnb, Coinbase, Instacart, Square, Stripe and more. I stuck around for another year as an advisor, so I really saw extreme growth in both of those cases. In some cases, these people had different viewpoint from me.

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The Product Coalition

MAY 25, 2021

Having an internal test kitchen where hypotheses can be proven or disproven quickly and with the smallest amount of effort reduces time and increases accuracy to market. A hindrance that keeps a company from getting a product to market sooner. So, what does a product test kitchen look like? There are essentially two different types.

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