The Product Coalition

JANUARY 3, 2023

Product led companies can. Eventually, a big enough business must diversify and reach for other markets where it can keep growing into. Product will help us rebuild Growth is dead, it will probably come back when things get better, but until then, we have only Product to help us navigate through the storm.

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The Accidental Product Manager

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

NASCAR product managers try to attract a new fan base Image Credit: roger blake So when I say “NASCAR” to you, what do you think of? The problem that the NASCAR product managers are facing is that fans warmly nostalgic for Old Dixie are aging out. In the past, this image would have been fairly accurate.

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The Accidental Product Manager

MARCH 1, 2021

However, the product managers at Amazon have come to a realization that they need to find a way to save money. That kind of increase in sales would look good on anyone’s product manager resume. In 2001 there were 300 companies in this business. It’s almost like Christmas day all over again!

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Product Management University

MAY 11, 2018

The lint roller manufacturers have figured out that they can generate more revenue by marketing the same product to a whole new segment — pet owners — under a clever new name. Take that same concept into the B2B world and you have vertical market messaging for products and services that have value across many industries.

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ProductPlan

DECEMBER 6, 2022

The product management function in any given industry has both similarities and differences. In all cases, product managers drive the development of products and are ultimately responsible for the success of those products. Moreover, they communicate the product vision to the organization.

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Mironov Consulting

JUNE 16, 2022

I remember major tech downturns in 1985, 1992, 2001 and 2008.  Especially  Especially 2001.  I  I quit my third startup on Sept 1st, 2001, in a very hot tech moment.  9/11 came around less than two weeks later, which crushed financial markets and VC funding.  

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The Product Coalition

MAY 15, 2019

One signal I’ve been giving much thought too of late is the collision of two roles, Product Management and Product Ownership. A topic of hot debate in the agile and product circles but with very few answers. Credit: DataKitchen Since its inception, Scrum and the Product Owner role has become widely adopted.

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NextBigWhat

APRIL 5, 2021

Barry Enderwick Former marketing Netflix 2001 – 2012 ( Via ). And you have to spend ad money/attention educating consumer on what the name of the plans mean. If I tell you that you’re on the “3 DVDs-at-a-time” plan it is much clearer than telling you that you are on the “Gold” plan. Simple, right?

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Product Innovation Educators

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

A strategic approach product managers can use for choosing product features. Today we are talking about prioritizing product features. Helping us is someone who’s been prioritizing customer feedback professionally since 2001. He is a serial entrepreneur and previously a product manager and software developer.

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Mind the Product

JUNE 20, 2018

Famously, back in 2001, inventor Dean Kamen was going to change the world. South Park devoted an episode to making fun of the hype before the product was released. Segways have been on the market for 17 years. And that’s a hugely important lesson for startups and product managers alike.

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BrainMates

MARCH 6, 2018

This blog is a transcript of part of that meetup, focusing on why we need Product Management. Rich Mironov presenting on why we need Product Management. Why do we need a Product Management team? I have 30 years in Silicon Valley product management, so this isn’t a new thing.

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The Product Cafe

MARCH 22, 2023

Hello, all you product-loving folks! 💜 Welcome to this week's edition of Product Café, your weekly cup of coffee for everything product management, startups, and more. Riddle of the Week 🧩 What product can you sell even if it's broken? 👇🏻 That’s all folks!

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The Basics of Product Management

JUNE 13, 2020

In some fields like product management and project management, every single person is expected to display leadership qualities. Learn how to become a Product Manager. The individual tasks of a Product Manager may be different from those of a Project Manager, but the leadership qualities should remain the same.

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Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 14, 2021

With a background in computer science and an MBA, he soon realized that understanding the markets and customers is as important as building the products. And so, in 2014, he founded Productboard , a product management system that incorporates customer feedback and insights to help product teams build better products.

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Product Innovation Educators

JANUARY 22, 2018

Fundamentally, product managers should be driving success for their organization. In his recent book, The Power of Little Ideas: A Low-Risk, High-Reward Approach to Innovation , he studies other companies who have won their market using a similar approach. Summary of some concepts discussed for product managers. [2:55]

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Product Management University

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Learn B2B Skills Anytime, Anywhere With Product Management University On-Demand. Product Management University On-Demand is ideal for: Individuals that want to pursue a career in product management and product marketing. Product Management University On-Demand is really unique.

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UX Planet

DECEMBER 19, 2023

They consist of members from all avenues of the product design process, including product managers, UX designers, front-end developers, back-end developers, Quality Assurance (QA) engineers, etc. That is why it is essential for them (product managers, designers, etc.)

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The Product Bistro

JANUARY 31, 2017

When the bubble burst in 2001 or so, a lot of that gear ended up on eBay , for pennies on the dollar. This definitely cast a shadow on the principal go to market strategy that drove the original dot com bubble. Duplicate servers, duplicate storage, well, you get the idea.

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

It’s a core principle of Lean Startup, Design Thinking, and other modern product development methods, and the default mode of operation for many successful tech companies today. In product management circles the term “Product Discovery” has become most synonymous with evidence-driven product development.

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 6, 2020

There’s much uncertainty, but it’s likely that for a number of years markets will cool down, investments will dry up, customers will clamp down on spendings, and lots of people will be unemployed. the markets dry up, and things that worked before stop working. This article was first published in my product management blog.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

It was at that time that the company entered into fierce competition with the other major disruptor in the market?—?Amazon. Ben Foster, who was the company’s PM of Findings between 2001–2004, was in charge of that effort. Online shopping was growing as people joined the internet revolution.

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Pragmatic Marketing

MAY 23, 2017

Unfortunately, in 2001 as the dot-com boom went bust, Fujitsu, for the first time in the company’s history, lost money. Continuously Market. Of course, to ensure you’re intelligently reacting to market changes, you continually have to be in the market. You As the Product. As you embark on version 3.0

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ProductBoard

DECEMBER 20, 2017

At productboard we aim to bake best practices of product management straight into the interface, so you can improve the way you manage your products right out of the box. In the meantime, we’ll continue publishing thoughts and ideas we’ve learned from great product managers here. Read more… ??

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eG Innovations

MARCH 5, 2021

We want to take some time to introduce you to a few of them, who make eG Innovations the leading performance monitoring company in the market. We’re pleased to introduce Babu Sundaram , Head of Product Engineering at eG Innovations. Babu Sundaram – Head of Product Engineering, eG Innovations. Tell us a bit about yourself.

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Tyner Blain

MAY 24, 2017

I “went agile” in 2000/2001 – I was writing software and leading teams at an enterprise software company at the time, and we adopted elements of XP and other agile practices in what we branded (internally and externally) as Fast Cycle Time (FCT). Getting Faster at Building the Wrong Thing. This team is outcome driven.

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CardBoard

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Addressing Common Challenges in Product Development Product development is a complex process, filled with uncertainty. Requirements can change, new technologies can emerge, and market conditions can shift. Traditional project management methods can struggle to keep up with this level of change and complexity.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

The Origins of Agile Product Development Product Development is a vital part of business. So is research, marketing or sales; but, without a product, there is really no outcome of the whole process. Here, we have covered the differences between Project and Product Management. This is vital.

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Usersnap

AUGUST 12, 2024

NPS measures customer loyalty by asking how likely customers are to recommend your product or service to others. Finding the right tool was challenging for me as a product manager, but I realized how crucial the right choice is for quality feedback and business growth.

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Modus Create

JANUARY 12, 2021

Customers are savvy, informed, and ready to jump ship if a better product or service comes along. In a free market, successful companies that become complacent or comfortable with their share of the market, who don’t carefully consider the needs of the customer, become less competitive over time.

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Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 30, 2018

I was at an agency for a while and then moved to the Bay Area in 2001. I did interaction, visual design, and then got into management. ” to “I’m having to influence my product manager. We’re often talking around where should the brand be, where should marketing be, where should product design be.

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Product Talk

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Product management is evolving quickly. The days of gathering requirements from business stakeholders and documenting them in long product requirements documents are vanishing. Instead, product teams are experimenting their way to viable solutions. We no longer take months or years to release value to our customers.

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Business of Software Conference

DECEMBER 11, 2019

By the way you can tell I’m a product/program manager because there’s an agenda for every meeting – I don’t go into anything without telling people where we’re going to go. So it’s like okay you’re a product manager what is your potential. If you’re an H.R.

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