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The 10th Annual Product Management Awards Winners

The Product Guy

Harpal now works as an independent consultant and interim Chief Product Officer (CPO) advising companies and teams globally on strategic product development and innovation. The Best Product Consultant. The Best Product Turnaround. Drew Falkman. Prior to iFundWomen, Maya held positions at JPMorgan Chase and Techstars.

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Four Product Success Factors

Roman Pichler

If people don’t need or want to use a product, it will fail. To be desirable, a product has to solve a specific problem or offer a tangible benefit. Take the example of Sonos, a wireless hi-fi system that allows people to enjoy music by providing easy access to a range of streaming services.

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The Product Adoption Curve in SaaS: What Is It and How To Use It In Your Product Strategy

Userpilot

Think of early adopters as the yuppies rocking AirPods in 2016 back when the idea of wireless headphones was anxiety-inducing. If you want to get more users to adopt your product with in-app onboarding, get a Userpilot demo. Unlike the innovators, they’re trying to solve a real problem and have access to capital for innovation.

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How Soft Skills Can Save a Business

The Product Coalition

Yet while a political climate is nearly always a factor, soft skills determine which way these politics shape a product, strategy, or the entire direction of a company. Strategy Sinks Nokia There is a very high probability that you at one point had a Nokia mobile phone.

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What’s the Difference Between Product-Centric and Customer-Centric

ProductPlan

But by making it easy and relatively affordable to play any song in any room of the house (or all of them), casual consumers saw the appeal of wireless streaming audio. At the same time, the rest of us sat on the sidelines, content with boomboxes, clock radios, and other all-in-one solutions. They began dipping their toes in the market.

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4 Development Pitfalls to Avoid with an Agile Growth Strategy

Mixpanel

Throughout his career, Al has focused on helping companies develop and execute digital strategies to grow their business and stay ahead of the curve. Developing a mobile product is a daunting task. This approach empowers product and marketing teams to play offense with respect to immediate retention and optimization opportunities.

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Sprint Product Managers Try To Take On AT&T And Verizon

The Accidental Product Manager

Being a product manager who works in the highly competitive wireless market has got to be a struggle every day. The battles between the large wireless carriers in the U.S. wireless market, each of the major players has had to change its strategy. To win more customers, Sprint needs a better network.