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519: Product verification, most important of the 19 activities of product management – with Nishant Parikh

Product Innovation Educators

Drawing from his 20+ years of technology experience and extensive research, Nishant shared insights about how these activities vary across different organizational contexts – from startups to enterprises, B2B to B2C, and Agile to Waterfall environments.

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The Innovation Ambition Matrix

Roman Pichler

The longer-term growth potential of core products, however, is low, and so is the amount of risk and uncertainty present. Additionally, you may have to investigate new technologies and review whether the current business model needs to be adapted. Both are major revenue sources for the company.

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515: Case studies of organizational growth through successful product launches – with James Whitman

Product Innovation Educators

James describes working with one organization that had five different sales leaders in 18 months due to these pressures. He describes what he calls the “Your PowerPoint is better than mine, but you’re wrong” syndrome – where strong presentation skills can override better strategic choices.

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527: The truth behind “CEO of the Product” – with Francesca Cortesi

Product Innovation Educators

Early in her career, Francesca encountered this phrase alongside the common description of product management as sitting at the intersection of business, user experience, and technology. Leadership doesn’t always mean management Many professionals enter product management from technical backgrounds, such as engineering or development.

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Balancing Product Vision with Market Realities: Exclusive TPG Live Recap

The Product Guy

Shift from fixed yearly planning to rolling quarterly reviews to allow flexibility in roadmap decisions. Present qualitative user insights alongside quantitative metrics. Translate technical details into user-friendly language using real-world analogies. RICE scoring) to balance long-term vs. short-term needs.

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How to become a supermanager with AI

Lenny Rachitsky

Previously, in order to avoid becoming a bottleneck, I could review only high-stakes communications, like emails to the CEO or all-hands presentations. Of course, I’m still available to review work—and I do. And while this may sound like a chore (who enjoys being graded?), my team has found it invaluable.

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A guide to AI prototyping for product managers

Lenny Rachitsky

He also wrote my 9th most popular post of all time ( Become a more technical product manager ). IDEs) that help you write code with the help of AI Let’s review the most popular tools in each category to see what they can do and what we can build. For example, I built this presentation app (with live Q&A and polls!)