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How to Develop, Articulate, and Sell Product Strategy

The Product Guy

First, I did not know how to frame, develop and present product strategy in a systematic way, and second, as a startup, my company has not historically had a good track record of strategy being developed outside of senior management (read: founder). Two major obstacles stood in my way.

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Niche product design

UX Planet

But once a culture matures, it starts to develop its bad habits. Growth pains Why then do we need to travel so far away? I find growth to be a significant force, limiting design at any startup pursuing scale. I find growth to be a significant force, limiting design at any startup pursuing scale.

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Validate Your Idea: The Proven 5-Step Method For Product Success + Free Canvas

The Product Coalition

As product managers, it’s our job to develop solutions that solve real problems for our customers and create value for the business. Chances are, it might have been because the team wasn’t using the hypothesis-driven approach correctly. But with so many potential ideas to pursue, how do you know which ones are worth pursuing?

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Dune's Leadership Lessons : Transforming Product Management with Duke Leto's People-First Approach

People-First Product Leadership

I’m in Duke Leto’s camp and believe a boss - at any level - should care and be thinking about their team. I recall the startup founder who literally bounced with excitement when we discussed the product being built. We all have good and bad days. Instead it’s their grit and positive character that stands out.

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Joe Leech: A Scientific Approach to Product

Mind the Product

The fox terrier travels everywhere with him – to London once a week, wherever it is, where Joe goes, he goes. Joe coaches and mentors product teams, supporting them to make good decisions and good user-centred design choices. I’ll be told ‘we’re not shipping stuff when we should, UX is poor, we’re struggling to keep staff’.

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Connect and conquer ? build your brand by staging events

Intercom, Inc.

Product positioning, knowledge and brand awareness are your first ports of call in the early days. Get comfortable traveling to your audience rather than expecting them to come to you. A bad version of this opportunity is spending half of your annual marketing budget on sponsoring a conference closing party.

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How I got a $375K PM offer from Instagram

PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

In 2017, a friend intro’d me to a tiny startup called Indigo Fair. Distinguishing between bad vs. good vs. great answers is key , and seems like an underserved area Write down a framework for how you tackle these problems. I love to travel, so this was fun for me. This is a story I did not expect to write.