The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Then she decided to acquire technical skills in web development to get closer to the product development process. She had many ideas about how to improve marketing tactics but did not have the technical skills to either make the necessary changes on the web or create better solutions using technology. Unfortunately, there were none.

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Sequent Learning

JANUARY 9, 2025

For Product Managers and Emerging Leaders By Steven Haines Most people who aspire to greater levels of responsibility are often advised to learn to influence others.  You can’t dictate to anyone because you don’t have positional power like a CEO might.  Technical or domain credibility. Business credibility.

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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. Setting an awesome strategy without building the enablers to executing on it is just a pipe-dream.

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Userpilot

AUGUST 18, 2024

According to Ant Murphy, the reason is simple, you don’t have a prioritization problem, you have a strategy problem. We explain how to create a successful product strategy, the role of product strategy in prioritization, and how to align your prioritization efforts with your strategy. First, prioritize your goals.

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Userpilot

MARCH 8, 2022

She advises executives around the world regarding product management. How product strategy uses a company's vision to fuel profitability. Andrea Saez – Writer, Speaker, Advisor | Sr PMM @ Product School. Follow her for a good dose of career advice combined with a neverending supply of positive energy.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Many top employers are looking for computer science or engineering graduates to fill PM positions, and this is an excellent route into the role. How is the strategy here different for current MBA students? Basically, the strategy is similar. This will likely be interfacing with the product team and product managers.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 5, 2021

TL; DR: 71 Product Owner Interview Questions to Avoid Imposters If you are looking to fill a position for a Product Owner in your organization, you may find the following 71 interview questions useful to identify the right candidate. A new feature is overdue and has been drastically underestimated due to unexpected technical debt.

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Userpilot

AUGUST 23, 2023

A product analyst needs to have the following skillsets: Technical skills: data analysis , data visualization, statistical analysis, and technical tools. But aspiring students are advised to study the following under a bachelor’s degree – business management, statistics, economics, or computer science.

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Product Talk

AUGUST 10, 2016

But to the grandmasters, they were able to understand what moves led to this position and were able to cycle through next moves and their potential outcomes. We ignore the advice of Chip and Dan Heath where they advise us to avoid “whether or not” decisions (i.e. You have a desired outcome, but no strategy for how to reach it.

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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. As a product manager, you need to get fast into all aspects: vision, strategy, business, marketing, sales, product, user experience, technical, development process, etc. I would advise differently.

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Userpilot

MARCH 3, 2022

Product managers with technical skills such as SQL or technical stack are in high demand, so highlight them in your resume. You should customize the content of your resume to match the requirements of each position you apply for. Show off your Product Manager (technical) skills.

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Modus Create

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Larry advises companies not to deploy GenAI directly to customers without human oversight the potential consequences are too high, particularly for highly regulated industries like financial services, life sciences, and healthcare. Sarah advises companies to ensure that AI is fully embedded into their digital products from the concept phase.

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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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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. Why Product Needs to Care.

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Sachin Rekhi

JANUARY 27, 2013

And while the scope of your product can also vary from a small feature to the entire product strategy for a company, the core discipline remains the same. Your strategy can change over time and it may require updating your vision. Or it could be ensuring open product, design, and technical decisions get resolved in an efficient manner.

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Intercom, Inc.

JULY 12, 2018

As VP of Corporate Strategy at Twitter, Elad Gil was a key player as company headcount skyrocketed from 90 to 1,500 employees. 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 do think it’s been a net positive though.

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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. We cannot point fingers anymore and say, “It was the developers who did not deliver,” or, “It was the business unit that did not have a coherent strategy.”

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Dear Strategy

JANUARY 4, 2019

Dear Strategy: “How do I evaluate a job opportunity that moves me from SaaS products to on-premises products but is one of the CEO’s initiatives?”. . But I would definitely advise against making any career choice based solely on what you think is popular. Dear Strategy: Episode 072. ###. Listen to the podcast episode.

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Lenny Rachitsky

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

If you’re not a subscriber, here’s what you missed this month: Why PMs are best positioned to thrive in an AI world On asking for help (even when you really don’t want to) Part 2: Time management techniques that actually work Subscribe to get access to these posts, and every post.

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The Product HQ

JUNE 10, 2024

If you look at just a few examples of product owner open positions on LinkedIn, Glassdoor, and Indeed, you’ll notice a lot of differences in requirements, experience, skills , qualifications, and responsibilities. Once you become a scrum product owner, you are in a decision-making position. Otherwise, skip ahead.

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Intercom, Inc.

MAY 19, 2022

It’s a lot easier to improve what you can measure, and keeping an eye on these indicators to inform your strategies has clearly paid off – the average CSAT is on the rise, increasing by 11 percentage points compared to last year. Automation is just one facet of it and an overall self-service strategy.

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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. . We hope this article will help you better understand what the leading companies in design thinking do and how to choose the most suitable design strategy firm to partner with. .

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Gainsight

AUGUST 5, 2022

You learned about other roles where your experience in CS can be a springboard for those positions. If you have these in your toolbox, in addition to other skills you learn along the way, there is no doubt that you can rise to the next level of CS or transition into another position. . However, you aren’t sure of the path to get there.

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Product Bookshelf

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

The story begins with the struggling founders meeting with their top advisor and board member who recommends OKRs. Throughout the story, the company is struggling to find the right customers and identify its market position. The scenarios and characters are realistic and familiar. How much more effective would people be?

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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. I am very happy to share what I have done and am still doing to get the best out of the first weeks in order to enter the position in the best efficient way. I would advise you differently.

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Andrew Chen

OCTOBER 31, 2016

Together, Shawn Clowes (Atlassian), Elena Verna (SurveyMonkey), Nick Soman (Gusto), Andrew Chen and Brian Balfour (Reforge, previously at Hubspot) have interviewed or screened over 1,000 individual candidates for growth roles – both for their current and previous companies, plus startups where they’ve invested/advised.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

APRIL 19, 2020

Without previously having a PM job, it is vital to position your resume to appear as if you were already doing PM related tasks in your current consulting role. If you have advised any of these people with tasks like product growth, pricing strategy, or market sizing, be sure to note that on your resume!

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

APRIL 19, 2020

Without previously having a PM job, it is vital to position your resume to appear as if you were already doing PM related tasks in your current consulting role. If you have advised any of these people with tasks like product growth, pricing strategy, or market sizing, be sure to note that on your resume!

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Mironov Consulting

MAY 18, 2024

  Out of scope means they can advise, counsel, suggest, offer to help… but don’t own the decision/action.    UNFILLED PRODUCT POSITIONS There are thousands of talented product folks between gigs, looking for their next adventure.    Strategy and escalations and Board slides can wait a half hour.

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 2, 2023

Still, we have a duty to advise what’s best for the product. If deadlines, budget and scope are fixed, then there’s not much I can do about adversity when it comes.And you are probably in a very uncomfortable position, which will eventually add to the complexity of making the product.

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Userpilot

APRIL 30, 2021

This is especially true if none of your founding team members have any deep marketing strategy expertise. Rather than drain yourself by doing too many things at once, it’s strongly advisable to focus on one channel and find an agency that specializes in that. But how do you go about selecting a marketing agency for your SaaS business?

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Lenny Rachitsky

AUGUST 13, 2024

.” [link] Motivations for starting companies ▶️ “I disagree with Elad Gil that starting up is an act of desperation; most founders start from a positive place.” ” Motivations can be diverse: solving technical problems, proving oneself, having a grand mission, or simply wanting to be successful.

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Business of Software Conference

JULY 7, 2021

A very well-known CEO/Founder once said to me, “I know exactly how to boost sales, I have a strategy that works every time, without fail. Alex A may have little patience to deal with awkward technical queries, and may be willing to make unrealistic promises to get deals to cross the line.

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Building a successful ecosystem requires a long-term strategy and vision. The product allows its users to create quality visuals like banners or background graphics without technical skills, and this is possible thanks to templates. Companies use community leaders to outsource some of the effort needed to manage the ecosystem.

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Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 5, 2023

He’s a keynote speaker, adviser, and co-author of several books on the subject, including the provocatively titled The Best Service is No Service , Your Customer Rules , and his latest The Frictionless Organization: Deliver Great Customer Experiences with Less Effort. Getting rid of friction. That’s really expensive.

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Imaginary Cloud - Design

JANUARY 30, 2020

This limits the situations in which audio interactions are positive to a couple of scenarios, like driving a car alone or taking a shower, for instance. However, a large part of BI decisions require strategies involving many pieces of information, and not just yes or no inputs. Chandra Steel, PCMag. It’s not this way or the highway!

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The Product Coalition

MAY 15, 2019

Later whilst being an adviser at Stanford university Neil H. When I created the Product Owner role, I gave it more responsibility for product strategy and revenue generation than a Product Manager. The rise of the internet, smart phones and all kinds of technical advancements, saw many monolithic empires crumble through disruption?—?leaving

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