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Peter Thiel's Anti-Lean Manifesto

Sachin Rekhi

The Lean Startup methodology, first described in 2008 by Eric Ries, has taken the startup world by storm. And every major business school now offers an innovation class that leverages the business model canvas and other lean principles for developing a new product idea. A bad plan is better than no plan."

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Beyond the hype: Practical advice on building a platform

Intercom, Inc.

And it’s not without good reason: nearly all software products with dominant market share started as apps but grew to the point where third-party developers began building valuable integrations on top of what these companies had already created. New Relic’s General Manager, Mark Weitzel, weighs in on how you can support your developers.

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Behind Every Great Product

svpg

When I first decided to start The Silicon Valley Product Group, I had just left eBay and had some very strong opinions about what makes great product teams, and great product cultures, and while there were more than a few important thinkers and leaders on these topics, one area that I felt was under-represented was the role of product management.

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Norman Crowley on uncovering the business opportunities in tackling climate change

Intercom, Inc.

We are delighted to chat with you about your work at Crowley Carbon and your wider vision for making global companies more sustainable. We were fairly poor. So I started to develop a hankering for making money at an early age. I always loved software and developing software. Even the poorest of the poor.

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Holly Hester-Reilly on Product Science and Experimentation

Amplitude

They have ideas, theories, visions, but they question everything and are always open to changing their minds upon seeing new evidence. ”I Whether they are the principles of behavior science, experiment design, or team function, I believe what’s going on can be observed, understood, tested, and taught. ”I Why science? Good question.

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Learning from Failure: Product Manager Style

The Product Coalition

Many product people know that rushed development can kill the final release. In this case, negotiations between Atari and Universal Pictures/Steven Spielberg over the rights to the film were only completed in July 1982, leaving only 5 and a half weeks for development in the push to release the game in time for Christmas.

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How to Be an Ethical Product Manager

The Product Coalition

point of view, the general population are becoming more and more tech literate and recognise bad practices from a mile away. It can be as simple as adding an option to increase the text size within your app for those with low vision, or adding subtitles to video/audio content on your website. Facebook is clamping down on clickbait.