Business of Software Conference

MARCH 8, 2019

Over the past 13 years we’ve spoken to hundreds of founders and CEOs of software and SaaS companies looking to scale their business. This year at BoS Europe we’re answering some of the most common questions we see scaling companies struggling with. How do I lead my team more effectively?

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 17, 2019

by Sergey Kizayn, CTO, Intetics. Each individual phase of this life cycle presents unique challenges that can make or break any company. The secret to becoming a successful startup lies in knowing your strengths and weaknesses and overcoming all the obstacles you will face along your journey. No Market Need.

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Mironov Consulting

DECEMBER 31, 2017

I strongly advocate a “portfolio pie” model of prioritization, to avoid putting all of our development eggs into the feature basket. Especially in enterprise/B2B, sales teams may have only a handful of major active accounts, each carrying a lot of revenue. More here.)

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Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Will Larson , CTO of Calm. Des Traynor , Co-founder and CTO of Intercom. Later’s Farhan Virji on adapting B2C support strategies for B2B teams. But despite these differences, Farhan Virji, VP of Customer Happiness at Later, believes that there is actually quite a lot that B2B support teams can learn from their B2C colleagues.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

you’ll find hundreds of articles, most pointing to the same reasons: No market need Ran out of cash Team problems Pricing/product/business models issues Competition One small problem I have with these reasons. Startup die because companies don’t maximize their opportunity to succeed. Google it?—?you’ll The same also goes to pivoting.

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Bain Public

MAY 29, 2020

MAIN: Developing Entrepreneurship in Quebec. MAIN , also known as Mouvement des accélérateurs d’innovation du Québec, states that their mission is "to improve the cohesion and efficiency of the business incubator and accelerator ecosystem and to increase its impact on the development of entrepreneurship and innovation in Quebec.".

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BrainMates

APRIL 30, 2018

A bright and brave cross functional team of panellists were on hand to tackle an imagined (but realistic) Product Management scenario. The panellists were: Mark Cohen, CTO at Domain. Clive Lam, Consultant Product Manager at Brainmates. Mark Cohen (CTO): I’m gonna start crossing over into product land.

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Mironov Consulting

JUNE 27, 2019

Defining my label carefully, a “product leader” is someone who manages a team of product managers. That maps to titles like Director of Product Management, Group Product Manager, VP of Products, or Chief Product Officer. 1] Designing, Building, and Nurturing a Product Team. What does your team and company need?

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Usersnap

JANUARY 12, 2022

In short, the CPO oversees all aspects of a product’s vision, design, and development. However, their (and all product team members’) superpowers and role in SaaS growth is invaluable! How Much Does a Chief Product Officer Earn? What Is a Chief Product Officer? . of a Chief Product Officer.

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The Accidental Product Manager

MARCH 23, 2020

This generally happens when the company is forced to reduce its workforce because they’ve run into financial problems or a contract got canceled or they are closing a branch office. I was working in one of their branch offices that had about 30 people working in it. One is that you get laid off. You get the point.

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Business of Software Conference

MAY 15, 2019

Technology launched before the market was ready, a funded company run into the grown, struggling to reach the heights of an American counterpart. I went on to do management consultancy at ZS associates. Then I worked in a gaming gambling company before finally starting my own thing. Tom Adeyoola, Founder/CEO, Metail.

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Mironov Consulting

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Over the last three decades, across 10 full-time jobs and 150 consulting clients, I’ve headed up product teams 18 times (mostly as interim VP ) and helped another dozen companies choose their Head of Product. They come from professional services groups — which is all bespoke contracts and project management.

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Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 11, 2020

Intercom has responded by hiring a diversity and inclusion consultant, updating our recruitment strategy and hiring practices to reduce bias, scheduling allyship training for all employees, and amplifying Black voices in our podcast and blog. They equate “white” with “good” and “black” with “bad.”. This was going to be a team effort.

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Business of Software Conference

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Some of the BoS talks that had an impact on his company, including changing its name to Kevel. So, this was focused on software developers, specifically, for dotnet software developers, this very small ad network, I ran those ad networks for a couple years, and realized that that was a terrible business. 2:43 Mark: Yeah.

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UX Studio: Product Management

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

We analyzed dozens of Sacramento web design companies at UX studio to create our independent list of best-rated Sacramento web design firms. This article summarizes companies that offer product design services and the most frequent questions to help you pick the best web design company in Sacramento, California.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Before it became a world sensation, the company was called Tiny Specs, and their initial product had nothing to do with collaboration in the workplace. The company decided to pivot, and focus on developing what they initially thought of as a more convenient tool for internal business communication.

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Product Talk

MARCH 1, 2023

I realize that many product people have never worked in a product trio , don’t have access to customers, aren’t given time to test their ideas, and are working in what Marty Cagan calls “features teams” or “delivery teams.” If you missed the first one on product success and team satisfaction , be sure to start there.

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Intercom, Inc.

JUNE 14, 2018

Looking for an example of a happy, high performing product team? I hosted Laura on our podcast to learn everything from why assembling a great product team is like pulling off a heist, to tips for improving collaboration and marrying business needs with user goals. Do a lot of companies and designers overlook that part?

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Mironov Consulting

APRIL 15, 2023

In my experience, there’s usually a fundamental misalignment between two broad groups at software companies – especially B2B/enterprise companies — that I’ve been thinking/writing for a while.  One On either side, it’s easy to assume bad intent or have this get personal.  Almost

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The Product Coalition

JULY 17, 2018

to find this year’s top app development agencies. After reading a bunch of content from other app development professionals, journalists, tech bloggers and the like, we realized that there are many good companies out there, and that everyone has a different favorite. companies that everyone agrees are awesome at what they do.

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Userpilot

MARCH 7, 2024

Keep reading to learn from the inspiring stories* of: Melissa Kwan – CEO and founder of ewebinar Alice de Courcy – Group Chief Marketing Officer at Cognism Maja Voje – Best-selling Author of GTM Strategist , Go-To-Market Advisor & Mentor to +400 tech startups inc. Sima Banijamali – Sr. What’s your story?

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Atomic Spin PM

JANUARY 9, 2019

Finding the right custom software development firm for your project is a tough job. Your team also needs good project management, experienced product development, great people skills, and more. Your team also needs good project management, experienced product development, great people skills, and more.

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Intercom, Inc.

JULY 9, 2020

We hear about his time at Atlassian before G2 and the differences in approach to SEO at both companies. And I put together these horrible, bad websites – I’m lucky there’s no evidence of them anymore. Atlassian does not have an outbound sales team. Kevin: Yeah, that’s true.

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BrainMates

MARCH 6, 2018

In March 2018, Rich Mironov visited Australia and presented to the Product Talks Sydney Meetup Group on building and scaling Product teams. The CTO or VP Engineering and the rest of your tiny development team build stuff, because until we have something to sell we don’t actually need sales people. Lots of shared titles.

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Business of Software Conference

JUNE 27, 2019

Mikey Trafton, CTO, Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas. There are 3 reasons your team isn’t doing what you want them to do, says Mikey Trafton. BoS USA 2018 Mikey Trafton Managing a Badass Team from Business of Software Conference. So I started my company which is called Bluefish 20 years ago in Austin Texas.

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Atomic Spin PM

JANUARY 16, 2019

Yes, the company as a whole matters, but you also need to be confident that the people there have the right set of skills for your project. This is the second post in a four-part series aimed at helping you select the best software development partner. This is not the same as specializing in a certain software language/tool/technology.

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Business of Software Conference

APRIL 9, 2021

Even fully remote companies who have been doing asynchronized work for decades have had to change their ways of working when the pandemic hit. They both work in self funded organically grown very wholesome companies and have been pretty much remote all all the way through so let me introduce firstly natalie natalie do you want to say hello.

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Business of Software Conference

MARCH 24, 2021

Jason Fried is co-founder of Basecamp, a private company based in Chicago that builds the best web tools possible with the least number of features necessary. And over the years we’ve made a name for ourselves being an independent company we’re a relatively small business intentionally. we have 56 people in the company.

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Userpilot

AUGUST 17, 2024

“How World-Class Product Teams Are Winning in the AI Era” is one of the talks at this year’s Product Drive Summit. Delivered by Carlos Gonzalez de Villaumbrosia, it tackles the challenges and opportunities AI-revolution poses for product teams. AI enables product teams to achieve more with fewer resources. Want to learn more?

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Mironov Consulting

AUGUST 19, 2024

IMHO a company’s price point shapes the organization itself , including some fundamental C-level conflicts.    An enterprise software company with $150,000 average sale looks and behaves very differently from a music stream service or consumer finance app charging $8/month. Why Does This This Matters?

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Gainsight

JUNE 10, 2021

Giving your CS team is dependent on your company values and needs. As Customer Success Operations becomes central to most companies, the growth of the CS team and professional role is leading to an opening of the profession. They carefully chose the talent on their teams to suit their needs. Complex and fast?

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