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A Decade of Product Management

Melissa Perri

Founders realizing they can't do it all on their own, that Product Management is a career, and an important skill for the executive team. -- 2011: "You are crazy for joining a startup, Melissa. They started to see the value. -- 2011: "Product reports to the VP of Engineering." 2019: "How do I hire a Chief Product Officer?

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The decade software ate the world

Intercom, Inc.

It was in August 2011 that Marc Andreessen coined the famous phrase “ Software is eating the world ” in a Wall Street Journal op-ed. Apple survived the death of Steve Jobs in October 2011 under the thoughtful stewardship of Tim Cook, and continued to essentially be the iPhone company, while branching into wearables and services. .

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Scaling from 60 to 1,000 People

Mind the Product

TransferWise was formed in 2011 out of frustration with the expense of sending money overseas. Unlike the banks, we display our fee upfront and deduct it before currency conversion. We use the mid-market exchange provided by Reuters with no mark-up, so there are no nasty surprises for customers. We’re happy to boast that the service [.].

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Product Strategy as a System

Roman Pichler

First, as a coach who offers strategy and leadership guidance to the person in charge of the product. 6] I created the board back in 2011 to offer a simple yet effective way to capture the vision and strategy of a product. There are two effective ways in which the individual can be involved.

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Don’t Miss These Amazing Speakers at #mtpcon Singapore

Mind the Product

She also spent three years as VP Product at HotelTonight and has held product leadership roles at Prezi, Snagajob, and Eclipsys. Product Leadership. Kate has more than 20 years product management, leadership and marketing experience with the likes of Yahoo! Kenneth Chin, CPO Seek Asia. by Kate Leto, Product Consultant.

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Product Management Memory Lane with Alyssa Dver

bpma ProductHub

Informed: Wake Up Wisdom for Women” in 2011. Look around at your own company and in your PM team, how many women do you see (let alone any minorities) in leadership roles? At Veracode, he works with confident team members, from multiple ethnicities and genders, both on the Product Management team and on the executive leadership.

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Developing Product Management Confidence

bpma ProductHub

Be sure to come to the BPMA event on May 13 th called “ High Performance Leadership: Leveraging the Neuroscience & Social Secrets of Confidence ” presented by Alyssa to soak up her zany stories and valuable tips. Informed: Wake Up Wisdom for Women” in 2011. Cute puns aside, there is truth to these issues even today.