Intercom, Inc.

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

In the early stages of most SaaS startups’ lives, the CEO or founder often acts as the initial head of sales. In this post, I outline how SaaS founders should modify their approach and implement a simple sales methodology to increase their odds of success. Meet your target users and get feedback. What words do they use?

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Intercom, Inc.

JULY 2, 2020

But obsessing over efficiency can mask what’s most important, and most rewarding, to support teams – actually helping customers. Support teams exist to solve customers’ problems, not to deflect them or find the fastest way to hit the “close” button. Customers] just want to use the solution. The evolution of customer support.

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Roman Pichler

JULY 8, 2024

To achieve this, perform a stakeholder analysis using a tool like the Power-Interest Grid shown in Figure 1. [2] It can be hard to reach the required level of buy-in without using design-by-committee , brokering a weak compromise, and agreeing on the smallest common denominator—which is hardly the foundation of a successful product.

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Alchemer Mobile

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

My team is too small. Speaking up might spur a conversation around how to adjust your role to better fit your needs, or better yet, to bring in another team member to share your workload. Limited team bandwidth. The three most common challenges include: I have too many responsibilities. I don’t have enough time in my day.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

It’s too bad I didn’t have first principles to draw on at the time. Identify Base Principles —  What are the fundamental truths of product development? Build from the Ground Up —  Using these principles, construct your roadmap. It’s always better when at least you can pretend it’s not your fault. Trust, outcomes, value?

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Userpilot

APRIL 27, 2023

How do you create in-app surveys that give the user sentiment insights you need to build valuable products? We kick off by discussing the benefits of in-app surveys and exploring their different types. TL;DR In-app surveys are short questionnaires used for collecting feedback from users. What are in-app surveys?

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Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 20, 2022

We surveyed and interviewed key people in our teams to understand how they worked and how they saw Intercom’s internal operations. And sure enough, the feedback was that things were starting to slow down. When people detect a bottleneck in the system, the operational cadence of the company starts slowing down. We learned a lot.

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Mind the Product

OCTOBER 27, 2016

It wasn’t too long ago that designers and developers were disciples of strictly separate crafts – but today, someone who can do both well is quickly labelled a “unicorn”, and sought after by many a unicorn-thirsty start-up. To quote Adaptive Path co-founder Peter Merholz from this blog: “The experience is the product.”.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 27, 2022

At the beginning of any software development project, managers think of which methodology is between waterfall and agile. It’s essential to follow clearly defined processes or software development life cycle (SDLC) to ensure software development quality. Waterfall and agile: A smart method or bad solution?

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Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 22, 2021

For those who don’t know him, Will has over 10 years of experience in the likes of Yahoo, Digg, Uber, and Stripe, and he’s currently the CTO of Calm , the mindfulness app that helps millions of people to lower their stress levels and sleep better. If you’re a senior engineer and want to further your career, what skills should you develop?

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Sachin Rekhi

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

One of the challenges we've long acknowledged in the tech industry is how difficult the transition can be from a software engineer to an engineering manager due to the vast distinction in the skill set to be great at the new role. Doing this right means a lot more than simply supporting your team. a product leader.

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Userpilot

JANUARY 27, 2022

Are you looking to reduce product churn for your SaaS business? If speaking realistically, product churn is inevitable for SaaS companies but decreasing churn by just 5% can cause your profit to rise as much as 25-125%. Whether a churn rate is good depends on the size of the SaaS business. What is product churn in SaaS?

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Userpilot

JANUARY 22, 2020

As more and more SaaS companies attempt to increase customer loyalty, more and more ways of measuring it are developed. Thus, NPS can inform your user onboarding and product development, and help you reduce your churn and increase retention. Now, you may be wondering – is 25 a good or bad NPS? What NPS gets wrong.

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UX Planet

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

As a Product Designer working in a high-performing software team, I am tasked and responsible for championing user value, ensuring that the end user's needs are met when using the product. It was a valuable growth for me to be deeply involved in assessing business values and technical feasibility with my team.

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Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 16, 2018

They help managers evaluate how their employees are doing, the value they bring to a team and how their work can be improved. Now, as one of the managers of a global support team that is quickly scaling, I can completely understand not only the necessity but the benefits of tracking KPIs. But KPIs carry the risk of seeming impersonal.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

I’ve asked friends who do the job at social events and got the same answer, and frequently asked members of my own teams, who struggled to find the time to do it. To compensate, I’ve seen UX researchers & designers pick up the mantle a lot more, and the design teams have really leaned into this space.

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Userpilot

JANUARY 10, 2024

Whether you’re building a product from scratch, updating something on your platform, or just want to listen to users and create better experiences , this article provides the guide you need. Book a demo to discuss your needs with our team and get tailored solutions. We covered: The benefits of proper user research.

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Mind the Product

JULY 10, 2017

Let’s establish this right upfront: nothing beats a well-managed full-time in-house team of local developers. Are there enough skilled developers at your location? And done right, I believe that outsourcing means you can come very close to your team next door in terms of productivity and innovation.

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UX Planet

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

In a design project at AT&T, a business request came to our team to design a target experience for selling wireless products at retail stores that will replace existing systems in a couple of years. The business decided to purchase the Salesforce platform to replace OPUS and improve sales and service efficiency.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 28, 2022

I think one of the ways to minimize the chance of this happening is to have an always on routine of talking to customers e.g. standing time to talk to customers that almost gets backed into the operating rhythm of the team. I think it makes sense to hear that opinion and factor that into the product development process. Of course?—?the

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 30, 2023

It was another bad start to what seemed like Groundhog Day. “I This was the third conversation we were having about the product, an app that served our own company along with external customers. That’s how budgets were constructed up until this year. Outcomes that initially float to the surface are often weak.

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Roman Pichler

MAY 11, 2021

” But do not allow people to dominate and tell you what to do, and don’t agree to a weak compromise. The SAFe product owner is tactical in nature and focuses on working on the product backlog and guiding the development teams. Myth #3: The product owner is responsible for the team performance.

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Roman Pichler

JULY 6, 2021

Consequently, your focus shifts from managing a product to looking after the product people on your team and empowering them to do a great job. Another key aspect to support the people on your team succeed is to create the right environment for people to succeed. Grow Your Leadership Skills.

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Product Talk

AUGUST 16, 2023

And she’s also always happy to coach the members of the Product Talk team in how to develop our own continuous discovery skills, too. While Welena’s role at Product Talk is not strictly as a product manager, that doesn’t stop her from developing and practicing her continuous discovery skills. You can submit your story here. .

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Mind the Product

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

And I’d like to think that product people are among the more open professionals out there: we can be honest about our struggles, face up to our fears, and seek wisdom for our weaknesses. Therefore it’s how we handle it which matters – and we do well to remember that not all conflict is bad. So what are these fears?

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

MAY 14, 2021

Becoming an engineering manager is the first step into the big world of management for many software engineers. That is why we wrote this article to give you an overview of the transition from software engineer to engineering manager. Engineering managers are tech experts and great leaders. So let's get to it!

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Intercom, Inc.

MAY 24, 2022

Whether you’re an individual contributor, manager, or director, you can leverage your own skills – and those around you – to influence growth across your team, org, and company. Every team has a valuable mix of strengths, and varying levels of skill and expertise in different areas across its members.

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Mind the Product

MAY 16, 2018

But, when asked about the greatest moment of the turnaround, Mulally says it was when his executive team started being comfortable enough with him to tell him the truth. Poor-performing companies’ employees were 79% more likely to have low overall self-awareness than those at firms with robust ROR. What is Self-Awareness Anyway?

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

A Scrum Master should recognize that different stages of a Scrum Team’s development require different approaches: some, teaching; some, coaching; and some, mentoring. A Scrum Master’s principal objective should be to remove themselves from daily operations by enabling the Scrum Team to be self-organizing. A cross-functional?—?be

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UX Planet

OCTOBER 22, 2024

One of the questions a Designer invariably hears during an interview process, particularly when showcasing a case study, pertains to the duration of the solutioning endeavor they have just showcased. The first substantial software project I was involved in, was a multi-year endeavor that was already in motion when I joined the team.

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Userpilot

MAY 26, 2024

Is Userlane or Spekit the best tool for customer feedback? And is there a better software that would better fit your needs? It would be best to consider your priorities and the functionalities you’ll need from the tool to get the job done. Appcues : best customer feedback tool for creating mobile surveys.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

But many, many products are developed without knowing from the start that people want the solution, or even care about the problem. There are plenty of software products that start with a solution that is “possible” and “innovative” but has nothing to do with how people actually behave. It seems so simple!

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Userpilot

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

We'll delve into 11 types of survey questions, providing concrete survey question examples and best practices to help you collect accurate feedback at scale. 11 Types of survey questions for collecting feedback The different types of survey questions include: 1. Poorly constructed MCQs can lead to ambiguous or misleading results.

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Userpilot

OCTOBER 31, 2022

This article will examine negative personas, what makes them essential for SaaS businesses, and how you can build one. Talk with your sales and customer service teams to better understand your customer profiles. Userpilot helps you collect user data in-app and collect direct feedback from users via microsurveys.

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UX Studio: Product Management

JUNE 14, 2024

If you are interested in DIY woodworking projects, you might have heard of professional Japanese tools like the Ryoba saw. It is a seemingly uncomplicated wood crafting tool that feels almost primitive in the best possible way. I must acknowledge that there’s no miracle snake oil for solving the struggles of feedback.

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Usersnap

JANUARY 8, 2024

The engineering team from Lockheed Martin used imperial units (pounds-force), while NASA’s team used metric units (newtons). From aviation’s decade-spanning aircraft design challenges to construction projects exceeding budgets and deadlines—the common thread is the struggle with unforeseen variables in the real-world.

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

The leadership team finally agreed on the vision. Clarity enables the team to translate the choices into a functional product that creates value. So as you make choices, package the strategy into a document, and share it with the product team, keep four words in mind?—?a A yes with a weak how or a no receives a zero.

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