UX Planet

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

From design-team-of-thirty to design-team-of-one Over the past two years, I have been a design-team-of-one at a fast-growing startup, and the experience has been nothing short of a rollercoaster. In a startup environment, where resources are often limited, collaboration becomes not just a preference but a necessity.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Many startups with an ordinary product make the way to growth and scalability whereas others with great products fail to survive. What is wrong with these startups? Both product and product strategy should fall in place to make the startup sustainable and help them to grow. What is S.M.A.R.T?

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ProductPlan

JANUARY 21, 2021

In 2016 I gave a talk on lean market validation at the opening night of Startup Weekend at the University of California, Santa Barbara. In attendance were 200 eager students and entrepreneurs who wanted to learn how to build a startup in 54 hours. 10 Ways to Rapidly Test Your Startup Idea. So, What is Market Validation?

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Mind the Product

JANUARY 19, 2021

Startups are often talked about as if they’re all the same, as if experience in one is directly transferable to another. Georgie Smallwood, Chief Product Officer at Tier Mobility, joined us on the podcast to chat about the differences in working for earlier stage companies and those that are scaling up. She covers why she [.].

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Userpilot

JUNE 9, 2023

There’s a lot of confusion when it comes to multivariate testing vs A/B testing. Is multivariate testing just A/B testing with more than two variants? That’s why we’re going to clarify their key differences, as well as give you some advice to cultivate product growth with them. Are they the same? Well, not really.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 14, 2023

Lean product development is a methodology that aims to create products that are of high quality, meet customer needs, and are delivered on time and within budget. It is a continuous process that involves identifying customer needs, designing and developing products, and testing and refining them until they meet the desired outcome.

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Mind the Product

JANUARY 26, 2021

Everyone – or so we’re told – has the dream of joining or founding a hot startup and making their fortune, all while really proving their product chops. Though he’s now a Product Manager at Facebook, Karthik Suresh co-founded Altrest and grew Craft.io Finding product/market fit.

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Lenny Rachitsky

MARCH 5, 2024

It’s free, available to everyone, and if you can pull off a great launch, Product Hunt can change your startup’s growth trajectory. However, the little-known truth is that of the thousands of startup founders who try their hand at Product Hunt each week, very few see any impact.

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280 Group

AUGUST 9, 2022

For our next installment of the Women in Product Management Series I interviewed Lisa Yokoyama, Head of Product for Amex Digital Labs at American Express. To read the entire series on Women in Product Management make sure to sign up for our newsletter. How did you get into Product Management? .

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280 Group

MARCH 14, 2023

For our next installment of our Women in Product Management Series, I had the pleasure of interviewing Mina Ghaani , Director of Product Management and Web3 Product Leader at PwC. To read the entire series on Women in Product Management make sure to sign up for our newsletter. It really is.

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Userpilot

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

What are the different types of product managers? We also look at the levels of seniority among product managers as well as the skills they need to lead successful teams and build products that delight customers. The types of product managers differ in focus and required skills.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 30, 2019

Being a Product Manager at an Early Stage Startup In my previous article , I reflected on a few things that I would tell myself if I could travel back in time and the concept of “three waves of changes.” In this post, I want to talk about the three most important lessons I have learned so far as a Product Manager at a startup.

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 17, 2023

Collecting and making sense of customer feedback is a primary responsibility of product teams. Collecting product feedback is one of the main tasks of Product Managers. Customer emails Email is a primary source of product feedback, especially for startups. How can PMs collect that feedback?

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Userpilot

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Product analytics are crucial for understanding user behavior, conducting conversion optimization, and improving the customer experience. A/B testing tools take that to the next level by letting you test two versions of a product flow, web page, or landing page, then see how the different versions perform.

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Mind the Product

OCTOBER 30, 2019

David Bland is the CEO and Founder of Precoil, an author, and a long-time practitioner of agile and lean startup. He joined us on the podcast to talk about how to create focus around what matters to your users by using different testing methodologies – a topic he and Alex Osterwalder cover in their book, Testing Business Ideas.

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Userpilot

OCTOBER 9, 2023

TL;DR A pilot is a test release of a product or feature to a select group of users, designed to gather feedback and validate assumptions. A minimum viable product (MVP) is used to test the feasibility and viability of a new product idea. Imagine a startup building a new product management tool.

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280 Group

JUNE 14, 2017

Language is dynamic, and terms in product management are subject to the same forces. The MVP or minimum viable product is one such term. It has been popularized by Lean Startup for nearly a decade. Interestingly, during the early days of Lean Startup, the whole.[continue continue reading].

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The Product Coalition

MAY 25, 2021

The value of a test kitchen when creating a product is immense. The ability to test and iterate based on real usage with real users is invaluable to getting to the root of a problem, understanding a user’s existence, and removing friction. So, what does a product test kitchen look like?

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ProductPlan

JANUARY 21, 2021

In 2016 I gave a talk on lean market validation at the opening night of Startup Weekend at the University of California, Santa Barbara. In attendance were 200 eager students and entrepreneurs who wanted to learn how to build a startup in 54 hours. 10 Ways to Rapidly Test Your Startup Idea. So, What is Market Validation?

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NextBigWhat

DECEMBER 24, 2021

Find smart people and collect the best ideas… Test them out. 22 startup principles to scale your company in 2022: 1) The obstacle is the way Every hard problem you solve is a moat that others will shrink from. Find smart people and collect the best ideas… Test them out. Product features go unused. Happy Holidays!

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Roman Pichler

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Before the advent of agile frameworks like Scrum , a product person—the product manager—would typically carry out the market research, compile a market requirements specification, create a business case, put together product roadmap, write a requirements specification, and then hand it off to a project manager.

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

In my work with startups I noticed two common pitfalls?—?opposite Photo by Daniel Abbatt from Pexels The best startups I work with have truly embraced the lean startup methodology. Working with dozens of startups, I do see, however, companies that are implementing it wrong. Lean Startup is no different in that sense.

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Product Innovation Educators

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Using an Innovation Stage-Gate – for product managers. Today we are talking about how Lean Startup can be used at large organizations. He has helped many large companies implement innovation practices including Lean Startup and has written the book on the topic, titled Lean Startup in Large Organizations.

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Minimum Viable Products: Why You Should Test Before Investing In Ideas Let’s analyze the advantages of MVP-based software development. If you look into the problem carefully, you’ll see that all the relevant reasons for failure : changing requirements, weak arrangement, insufficient investment and test activities?

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Mind the Product

JANUARY 5, 2021

Dave Martin (co-founder of Right to Left) chatted with us about building great habits for product people, and how to make sure they stick. The post The Habits of Successful Product Managers – Dave Martin on The Product Experience appeared first on Mind the Product. He also tells us about [.].

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Userpilot

JANUARY 11, 2024

What are the 10 Dysfunctions of Product Management? In short, these are the 10 common problems that most product teams face, originally identified by Ben Foster and Rajesh Nerlikar in their best-seller Build What Matters. Want to learn how Userpilot can help you overcome the 10 dysfunctions of product management?

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Lenny Rachitsky

MARCH 10, 2024

Real product managers are creators and are responsible for both value (ensuring the product meets customers’ needs) and viability (ensuring the product aligns with the business objectives). Seek individuals with deep expertise, coaching abilities, and a contribution to comprehensive product strategy.

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280 Group

DECEMBER 7, 2021

For our next installment of the Women in Product Management Series, I interviewed Vanessa Davis, Vice President of Workspace Products at Litera Microsystems. View the full list of this blog interview series to learn the stories of more women product leaders. How did you get into product management?

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Product Innovation Educators

AUGUST 26, 2019

Know how to test a product by measuring risk through desirability, viability, and feasibility. We are discussing a valuable new book titled Testing Business Ideas. It is full of practical experiments we can do as product managers to help us with problem-solution fit. Order on Amazon , Testing Business Ideas.

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Product Innovation Educators

JULY 6, 2020

How product managers can boost innovation in companies large and small. In 2012 I read a book titled, Startup Owner’s Manual: The Step-by-Step Guide for Building a Great Company. Consequently, I think of Eric Ries as the create of Lean Startup and Steve Blank as its father. Successful startups ignored that advice.

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Mind the Product

MARCH 24, 2020

These are situations that are fraught with the possibility for unintended consequences – something Roisi Proven covered in her great episode (and talk) about the Black Mirror Test. Ethical frameworks for product development. The Black Mirror Test. Kim Goodwin’s talk: How can we Build Human-Centred Products.

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Mind the Product

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

When the opportunity came up to chat with him, we wanted to cover something new – the idea that startups are hiring too many product managers. Listen if you’d like to learn more about: When should you hire your first product manager? How should you organise a product team? Quotes of the Episode.

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Usersnap

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

For Product Managers and Developers, selecting the right, usability testing platform and tool isn’t just a task; it’s a crucial step in shaping your product’s success. The market offers a variety of usability testing tools, each varying in price, features, and research methods. Usersnap 2.

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Userpilot

JUNE 25, 2023

Which product management books do you have on your shelf (or Kindle)? Whether you’re a seasoned product management pro or just starting out on this thrilling journey, we’re pretty sure you’ll discover a book or two that will help you boost your product management game.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 8, 2018

Are you trying to wrap your head around the role of product management and why it is important for the venture? Still confused about the concept of product management? Keep on reading this article in order to get a better idea what a product management framework is, and why is essential for every startup?

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Userpilot

OCTOBER 20, 2023

What does the future of product management look like? Our article explores 8 key trends in product management that you can’t afford to miss! TL;DR Product-led growth is becoming the go-to growth strategy and PLG tactics can help sales-led companies to improve customer experience. Let’s get right to it.

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Mind the Product

JULY 30, 2019

Roisi Proven is a true product person: she has a penchant for imagining the worst, which she’s turned into a superpower to put all of her product decisions through a rigorous ethics test. Ethical frameworks for product development. The Black Mirror Test. Ethical frameworks for product development. *

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