The Product Guy

APRIL 9, 2019

Guest Post by: Eric Wang (Mentee, Session 8, The Product Mentor) [Paired with Mentor, Chris Butler]. The notion of a strategy in product management seems like something that only high-level stakeholders at the executive level should care about. Make a list of the scope and the challenges to your product. First Attempt.

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The Product Guy

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

Each Session of the program runs for 6 months with paired individuals… Conducting regular 1-on-1 mentor-mentee chats Sharing experiences with the larger Product community Participating in live-streamed product management lessons and Q&A. Jordan Bergtraum VP Product Management, ServiceChannel.

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Alchemer Mobile

APRIL 21, 2021

Quick transitions to remote learning, usage and integration hurdles, lack of funding for new tech, and massive fluctuations in MAU all played a role in delivering a challenging year for educators and education technology across the country. Ratings, Reviews, and Interactions.

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Melissa Perri

JULY 23, 2024

For the past eight years, I’ve been working with C-Suite leaders at companies big and small to set up their Product Management organizations. At all of them, I start understanding the current state of Product Management. I review strategies and roadmaps. I gather data through surveys about observations.

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Lenny Rachitsky

JANUARY 7, 2025

Colin Matthews was a longtime PM and now teaches my favorite AI prototyping course: AI Prototyping for Product Managers. He also wrote my 9th most popular post of all time ( Become a more technical product manager ). Claude goes one step beyond ChatGPT’s abilities with their Artifact system.

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The Product Guy

JUNE 25, 2018

This article highlights a few ways to increase clarity and provide better role definition between a manager and a direct report as it pertains to daily situations involving escalations, blockers, and air cover. Given the split responsibility between manager and direct report, alignment and effective communication in these situations is key.

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The Product Guy

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Each Session of the program runs for 6 months with paired individuals… Conducting regular 1-on-1 mentor-mentee chats Sharing experiences with the larger Product community Participating in live-streamed product management lessons and Q&A. Jordan Bergtraum VP Product Management, ServiceChannel.

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The Product Guy

AUGUST 30, 2017

Guest Post by: Liel Aharon (Mentee, Session 4, The Product Mentor) [Paired with Mentor, Felix Sargent]. At the end of 2015 I was in the worst nightmare of any Product Manager. I had a strong roadmap, clear goals and a vision for the product. A production release was a distant vision. Better Products.

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Product Innovation Educators

AUGUST 5, 2024

How product managers should use the five-step model for creating team culture Watch on YouTube TLDR Product managers often face the challenge of significant responsibilities without formal authority. Consider the rapid advancement of technology in recent decades. They are leaders who inspire and guide their teams.

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Lenny Rachitsky

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

For more: Hire your next product leader | Favorite Maven courses | Lennybot | Podcast | Swag Subscribe now I believe the future of product management looks like Tal Raviv. Product management is unfair. We’re expected to be on both a maker and a manager’s schedule. While screensharing.

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Product Talk

MAY 14, 2025

The difficulties you face from going to 0 to 1understanding your customer, identifying what will differentiate your product, building early versions of that product, and actually finding customers to use it? They still exist, even when your product is an API. Its worth noting that many API teams dont have product managers.

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The Product Bistro

DECEMBER 13, 2019

Without giving too much of the story away (trust me, this is a page turner) the main protagonist is Allie, a product manager of a studio at a game company. Her “product,” a game called Quiltworld, is a hit, and Allie is proud of her creation. Plenty of meat to take away, chew on, and to influence your thinking.

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Product Innovation Educators

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

What product managers need to know about selecting and managing projects. This is the next episode in the series on a product management body of knowledge I’m doing every-other-week. Our guest, who also authored the portfolio management chapter of the PDMA BoK book, is Steve Atherton.

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Product Management Unpacked

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

CMU Master of Science in Product Management program student Erick Valencia landed a PM experience of a lifetime as part of a student team developing a driverless race car system to race in the Indy Autonomous Challenge. Product Managers often face a race to the finish, so to speak. A most unlikely invitation.

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The Product Guy

APRIL 4, 2017

In a recent live stream from one of our mentors of The Product Mentor , Chris Butler, lead a conversation around “Business Development vs. Product Management”. We are always looking for more product mentors from all around the world. About The Product Mentor. Jordan Bergtraum VP Product Management, ServiceChannel.

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Product Innovation Educators

MARCH 3, 2025

How AI captures customer needs that human product managers miss Watch on YouTube TLDR In my recent conversation with Carmel Dibner from Applied Marketing Science, we explored how artificial intelligence is transforming Voice of the Customer (VOC) research for product teams.

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Product Talk

MAY 4, 2022

For example, while Teresa recommends creating a product trio that includes a product manager, engineering lead, and a designer, she acknowledges that some product trios might be made up of slightly different members. It’s not about finding the right tech stack; it’s about finding the tech stack that works for your team.

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The Product Guy

JANUARY 5, 2017

In our a recent live stream from one of our mentors of The Product Mentor , Vikas Batra, lead a conversation around “Emotional Intelligence for Product Managers”. We are always looking for more product mentors from all around the world. About The Product Mentor. Ladislav Bartos Product Manager, Gumtree.com.

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Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 22, 2021

After writing An Elegant Puzzle about the challenges of engineering management in high-growth organizations, his focus shifted to a career path that’s much less understood – the technical leadership track. Or does this whole tech career thing support the writing? Take product managers. I don’t know.

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Product Innovation Educators

OCTOBER 7, 2024

The episode also covers potential pitfalls in prototyping and best practices for product managers. The Power of Prototyping in Product Management The Oshman Engineering Design Kitchen at Rice University is an academic makerspaces where students learn innovation and product development skills.

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Product Innovation Educators

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

How product managers can use AI to get more actionable insights from qualitative data Today we are talking about using qualitative data to drive our work in product and consequently improve sales. Before founding Viable, he held senior leadership roles in engineering, technology, and product. What is that question?

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The Product Guy

MARCH 12, 2025

You’re Stuckand It’s Because You’re Playing by the Rules In product management, youve been told to follow the rules: stick to the roadmap, build consensus, and hit your OKRs. But what if I told you they’re actually sabotaging your product’s potential? OKRs should serve the strategy, not dictate it.

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Alchemer Mobile

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

You also might be reading this post thinking: “Who’s adding new tools to their tech stack right now?” Incorporating these tools into your customer experience tech stack will drive more engagement, gather high-quality customer feedback, and help inform your product roadmap. Supporting tech. This is a valid question.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

The Product Interview?—?A A Technical Exercise In this post, I’ll offer my idea of the sort of technical abilities expected from a product manager. This can be highly useful for hiring managers, as well as for PMs planning their roadmap. Is it a “good” structure? What are the upsides and downsides?

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Product Management University

APRIL 25, 2023

The hard part is avoiding the trap of TELLING employers what the product (you) does versus SELLING its value. Here we are in the early part of 2023 and so many of my talented friends, former colleagues and customers have fallen victim to the mass layoffs in high tech. Is there any technology company that doesn’t want that?

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The Product Guy

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Guest Post by: Nick Eckhart (Mentee, Session 8, The Product Mentor) [Paired with Mentor, Nis Frome]. Every product manager has made the mistake of thinking a perfect product roadmap would solve the problem in front of them. Ah, of course, the product roadmap. And yet, you still need a product roadmap.

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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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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

As product managers, the first principles approach enables us to attack problems from new angles, armed with sound logic. The automotive industry’s entrenched methods focused on optimizing these ICE systems, often at the expense of innovation in alternative energy sources. It isn’t about accepting things as they are.

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Alchemer Mobile

MAY 19, 2021

Incorporating these tools into your customer experience tech stack will drive more engagement, gather high-quality customer feedback, and help inform your product roadmap. It provides the speed and efficiency mobile apps require for constantly changing products while maintaining the security and integrity of existing systems.

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The Product Guy

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Product managers who master ecosystem thinking will lead the next wave of innovation. We dive into this powerful habit in our latest Patreon-exclusive article , “ Navigating Product Ecosystems: The Future of Product Management in 2025.” The challenges PMs will face managing interconnected systems.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

A well designed experimentation system allows a company to accelerate growth by creating faster feedback loops and enabling progressive delivery. To have a successful experimentation program, the product managers need 3 things: 1. Don’t forget Tech debt and bugs. How to prioritize the ideas for maximum business value?

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

How is the increase in mobile use changing the landscape of the product management role, and what are the differences between traditional product management and mobile product management? In the world of mobile product management, interfaces are particularly prone to changes and redesign.

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Intercom, Inc.

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

As well as being a critical philosophy behind how we build software, it also represents how I feel about the software industry and technology in general. Basic technology execution is becoming easier too. There are more technology jobs than ever before. Choose standard technology. Choose standard technology.

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Alchemer Mobile

APRIL 2, 2021

While we watched brave, brilliant healthcare workers combat the pandemic on the front lines, the mobile technology used to support their efforts from home underwent massive change. Healthcare apps saw incredible floods of new consumers as the world transitioned to managing health remotely, and the impact on engagement was stunning.

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The Product Guy

JANUARY 7, 2025

Whether youre grappling with a delayed product launch or a strained relationship, the path forward begins by uncovering the deeper truths beneath the surface. Product managers live and breathe this approach, diving beyond symptoms to address root causes. Imagine what could happen if we applied those skills beyond products.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Guest post by Rebecca Monfries, Head of Delivery at Terem Technologies, and Nathan Bruce, Lead Business Analyst at Terem Technologies. to look at the current system architecture, consider the high-level solution and outline how you’re going to implement it. accounting or taxation), find your Subject Matter Experts (SME’s).

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Userpilot

APRIL 16, 2025

Your customer information lives in Salesforce, while your support tickets are in Zendesk, your product usage data in Mixpanel, and your marketing campaigns in HubSpot. When data collection is messy, product managers lose visibility, teams waste hours chasing answers, and user experience suffers. Sound familiar?

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