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The ultimate marketing technology stack for 2019

Intercom, Inc.

Known as the Martech 5000 — nicknamed after the 5,000 companies that were competing in the global marketing technology space in 2017, it’s said to be the most frequently shared slide of all time. Marketing technology is now the largest portion of total marketing budget (29% on average according to Gartner ).

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Calm’s Will Larson on how to build a technical leadership career

Intercom, Inc.

After writing An Elegant Puzzle about the challenges of engineering management in high-growth organizations, his focus shifted to a career path that’s much less understood – the technical leadership track. Or does this whole tech career thing support the writing? Architect, Tech Lead, Solver, and Right Hand. I don’t know.

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Applying Proto-Strategy to Product Management

The Product Guy

In my company, we review a living document with our management chain on a quarterly basis to align business direction for the short-term (immediate one to two quarters) to the long-term (two to five years). No formal stakeholder review as this is meant to be the first version that will undergo many iterations and refinements.

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501: How product managers can build people-first cultures – with Gary Harpst

Product Innovation Educators

The Paradox: Technological Progress vs. Social Development Before considering solutions, it’s worth examining a paradox: Why have we made such remarkable progress in technology while seemingly stagnating in our ability to work together effectively? Consider the rapid advancement of technology in recent decades.

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Product Manager: Seeking Help

The Product Guy

One effective strategy to boost your confidence in your report managing these situations is to spend time roleplaying certain scenarios and provide immediate and constructive feedback. I am working on a fairly large scale project with my manager that touches multiple tech teams. Obtaining extension on stakeholder requests.

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Succeeding with Product Delivery and Scrum: 10 Tips for Product People

Roman Pichler

These are typically brand-new and young products as well as products that are experiencing a bigger change, for example, to extend their life cycle by addressing a new market segment or by replacing some of the technologies. It is therefore worthwhile to measure the code quality and minimise technical debt. Third, form a product team.

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Challenges of Product Management and How to Overcome Them

Alchemer Mobile

If you can’t explain what makes your favorite apps great from a technical, marketing, and product perspective, chances are you have some learning to do. Due to its murkiness, there are a few common myths that plague product management across industries and company size. My technical skills aren’t advanced enough (15%).