TechEmpower - Product Management

AUGUST 21, 2023

Most innovators don’t have a technical background, so it’s hard to evaluate the truth of the situation. And unless they have a tech background, they can’t look under the hood themselves. The answer is to engage a trusted outside source for a Technical Review – a deep-dive assessment that provides a C-suite perspective.

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Intercom, Inc.

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

We had a large group of talented people – some who knew features and workarounds better than anyone else, some who were experts in technical concepts, some who excelled in project and relationship management, and others who had a deep knowledge of particular industries. part of the name. The only problem? We were operating in silos.

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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. 2 Do the Necessary Prep Work.

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Roman Pichler

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Listen to the audio version of this article: [link] 1 Complement Scrum with a Product Discovery and Strategy Process Scrum is a simple framework that helps teams develop successful products. You should therefore do just enough product discovery and strategy work before you start using Scrum and before you add any items to the product backlog.

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Product Talk

MAY 14, 2025

And just because APIs are slightly more technical products, that doesnt mean that you cant apply discovery to them. Chi started sitting in on quarterly business reviews with top vendors. To make this happen, Chi needed to connect with her vendors product and technology folks. They still exist, even when your product is an API.

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Roman Pichler

APRIL 13, 2021

To select the right KPIs, I recommend taking the following three steps: First, use the user and business goals in the product strategy to select an initial set of indicators. This, of course, assumes that you have a validated product strategy and a realistic product roadmap in place.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

I recently led a workshop for an organic tech farm startup that wanted to set its foot online for selling organic food to B2B customers. I have some takeaways and learnings to share that I covered as a coach for their onboarding strategy. In the first meeting, I was assured that clarity on goal, strategy, the partnership was missing.

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Roman Pichler

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

As their name suggests, these roadmaps focus on product goals or outcomes such as acquiring customers , increasing engagement , and future-proofing the product by removing technical debt. In addition to goals, the template above contains dates or time frames, names, features, and metrics.

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Product Innovation Educators

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

His name is Ken Babcock, and he is the Co-founder and CEO of Tango. Prior to Tango, Ken spent most of his career in the Bay Area at Uber, where he held roles in Launch Operations, Data Science, and Product Strategy. . 7:48] How do you think about the strategy for getting attention for a new product launch?

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Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 21, 2019

Some 84% of people trust online reviews as much as a personal recommendations, reason enough why every business should be concerned with who reviews their product and what they have to say about it. What do we mean by the term “review sites”? Not all review sites are made equal. Peer review sites.

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Product Talk

APRIL 9, 2025

To adequately cover this topic, we are going to get into the nitty-gritty of the technical underpinnings of APIs. If you need help getting up to speed on these technical details, be sure to read last weeks article. Field names werent descriptive and no further context was provided. Alright, lets dive in. Why does this happen?

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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. What’s the meeting about?

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Userpilot

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Unfortunately, the research backs this up, with a staggering 90% of users reporting that they stopped using an app due to poor performance. Instead, the interpretation is added as a result of qualitative sources, namely human expertise, intuition, and domain knowledge. It’s the same issue if you lack a survey strategy.

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Product Innovation Educators

JULY 4, 2022

His name is Steve McIrvin and we met a few years as we both had kids competing in Science Olympiad. From there, if we’re getting into a brand new category, we follow a fast-follower strategy. Wyze’s tagline is to make great technology accessible. Before joining Wyze, Steve was last at Amazon.

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Lenny Rachitsky

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

And this is in the best-case scenario—assuming you’re on an empowered product team with a clear strategy, inside a business that’s growing. In this newer, flatter tech industry, PMs who thrive will be the ones who build their own systems, methodologies, and tools to make the job work for them , not the other way around.

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Roman Pichler

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Listen to the audio version of this article: [link] Organise the Team around a Product As the name suggests, a product team is focused on a product. For example, the marketer must be able to create the right marketing strategy for the product. This sounds simple enough. 3] Figure 3 illustrates the team’s ownership of the goals.

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

During this time, I have continually endeavored to uncover the strategies that spell success and delve deeper into the nuances of the product management community in Israel. Through my extensive tenure, product managers here are more engrossed in the execution aspects, often not receiving their due as strategic thought leaders.

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Let’s review everything your customer success team has to do in the absence of any customer success tools. Review scalability & adaptability : Lastly, pick a tool that can grow with your business and adapt to changing needs, allowing you to expand functionalities as your customer success strategy evolves.

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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 struggled to figure out how to run the product review meeting effectively.

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 4, 2022

SSAI Server-Side Ad Insertion technology allows content owners to integrate ads into the stream avoiding buffering, ad-blockers, and watching experience interruptions. The technology is used to identify ad breaks within the streaming content and place and renew targeted advertisements with no interruptions.

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Userpilot

APRIL 16, 2025

Heres how data fragmentation hurts your product strategy and development: Fragmented data can cause flawed strategic decisions Every product decision starts with a question: Whats driving retention ? Instead of feeling understood, they feel like just another name in the system. Which features need attention?

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Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 1, 2019

This week, I invited Michael to come on the show and tell us about their growth strategy. Tara: You definitely had relevant expertise, but I really love that you made the transition from the traditional industry (on Wall Street) to tech. They understood technology, and they had a unique respect for regulatory and compliance.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Indirect Investments as a Form of Corporate Venturing Don’t Add Up The strategic value of indirect investments as part of a corporate venturing or innovation strategy is hazy at best. being involved in building new businesses, technology, and business models. Or at worst, a capital destroying misuse of shareholder funds.

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Mind the Product

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

In reality, asking for a product roadmap was shorthand for “please help me with my strategy”. Team context : You and your team will use the product roadmap as one of the tools to help you figure out your long-term strategy. The roadmap was a shared strategic space to bring several perspectives to an overall strategy. Confidence.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Strategies for switching into a product management role when you don’t fit the cookie cutter qualifications. He doesn’t have a technical background and currently works in a different domain. I realized this only as my friend and I talked through strategies he might try. The problem The friend I talked to is named John.

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UX Planet

JUNE 9, 2025

From Raw Data to Clarity — Cleaning, Sorting, and Synthesising Insights Part 4 (of 5) of the UX Research Playbook series Synthesising qualitative data is similar to reaping the harvest after the diligent effort poured into research — it’s the step where hard work blossoms into meaningful insights. Mural , Miro , etc.) is recommended.

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Product Innovation Educators

JULY 17, 2023

Our guest is Dr. Robert Cooper, who discovered the now famous Stage-Gate process and was named the “World’s Top Innovation Management Scholar” by the prestigious Journal of Product Innovation Management. On the other hand, there are all kinds of new technologies like AI, biosciences, and new opportunities in the medical field.

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Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 12, 2021

That’s why any great support strategy needs a clever mix of both, so you can balance efficiency with a great customer experience. These are the technical or sensitive queries that need a specialized, empathetic response. So how do you ensure that you’re getting the most out of your human support strategy?

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Alchemer Mobile

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

The first step of any go-to-market strategy is to lock in a compelling positioning statement: Who is your app intended for? www.your-app-name.com) and set up a landing page, complete with your app’s name and description and a form for visitors to sign up for email alerts on your app’s progress. App marketing at its most basic.

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People-First Product Leadership

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Rapid technological changes and shift to hybrid work: The transition to remote / hybrid work, then back to the office, has mixed up communication, collaboration, and work-life balance. They’ve learned to be adaptable, embrace community, and promote positive coping strategies. Today is perfect for a lifequake. Sound familiar?

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Fallacy #1: ‘Agile’ Equals More Bang for the Buck If you ask founders and managers of startups why they want to become an agile organization, they typically name reasons such as: Becoming more efficient in software delivery, Delivering faster, Improving the predictability of software deliveries.

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Productside

MARCH 24, 2025

Heres what we learned about the difference between finding and refining product-market fitand how to align your teams, avoid hype-driven strategy, and unlock real growth. Rachel eventually launched her own IoT startup, worked in health tech and long-term care, and made the leap to AI-powered B2B SaaS. Her throughline?

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Product Talk

APRIL 16, 2025

Some of these challenges were due to me being a beginner. If you arent familiar with the technical details of REST APIs, you might want to read my Understanding Web APIs: What They Are and How They Work article before reading the rest of this article. I had to learn the conventions of a REST API. I was new to OAuth.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 18, 2021

Decide on the SaaS model, product strategy, and the pricing strategy Formulate your strategy before undertaking software development. E.g., you need to look for experience in the industry you target and the technology stack. He/she needs to document the architectural decisions, and this needs a structured review.

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Product Talk

MARCH 2, 2016

This worked reasonably well when the role technology played within an organization was to service the business. Technology teams did little to test their assumptions about what the business needed, which resulted in solutions that didn’t quite work. The requirements go to engineering for delivery. The business was the customer.

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Product Innovation Educators

JULY 29, 2024

Ulwick introduced the opportunity algorithm in a 2002 Harvard Business Review article. This resistance to change is a significant hurdle in implementing more effective product innovation strategies. This blend of technology and human skills offers the best path forward in product innovation. It’s been about 93.5%

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Roman Pichler

APRIL 13, 2021

To select the right KPIs, I recommend taking the following three steps: First, use the user and business goals in the product strategy to select an initial set of indicators. This, of course, assumes that you have a validated product strategy and a realistic product roadmap in place.

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