Product Innovation Educators

MARCH 27, 2023

Lessons for product managers from PDMA’s Outstanding Corporate Innovators Award Every year the Product Management and Development Association (PDMA) recognizes an organization with the Outstanding Corporate Innovators Award (OCI). Summary of some concepts discussed for product managers [3:04] Why was the OCI award created?

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Centercode

DECEMBER 28, 2022

When it comes to soliciting pre-release customer feedback, most teams focus on one thing: bugs. Understandably so – a buggy product in a competitive marketplace is kryptonite to a successful launch.

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DISQO

JULY 5, 2018

“It will win with the customer by doing a series of small bets that give it insight on how to build that long-term customer relationship.”. Whereas many organizations have deep and meaningful expertise doing large-scale market research, their findings are hitting critical limitations. Make small bets, via experimentation.

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Centercode

APRIL 2, 2019

Test strategy is critical to the success of any testing effort – but where do you start? How you involve real users in beta testing? In our interview with Adam Satterfield , director of Testing and Quality at Anthem, we dive deeper into these questions and the importance of test strategy on the whole.

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Centercode

JULY 16, 2019

When it comes to soliciting pre-release customer feedback, most teams focus on one thing: bugs. Understandably so – a buggy product in a competitive marketplace is kryptonite to a successful launch. When you treat all customer feedback one way, you’re missing out on the full benefits of target market insights.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 27, 2020

Tamar Yehoshua, Chief Product Officer, Slack A few weeks ago, I reached my one year anniversary at Slack. For example, we run a weekly executive product review with a small group, sparing people’s time from unnecessary meetings, and then “pin” the notes in a public channel. It’s hard to believe it’s already been a year.

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freshtrax

MAY 21, 2024

One area where the impact of AI technology is noticeable is in what we call “crowdsourcing businesses.” According to some institutional investors I know, sales in some categories of major crowdsourcing services, such as illustration, have significantly declined. To be successful, you need to act as though the user’s pain is your pain.

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ProductPlan

JUNE 29, 2023

ProductPlan has long been your single source of truth for the what , when , and how behind your product. More recently, we’ve helped you crowdsource new ideas from customers and stakeholders alike , and create a consistent GTM process for every new launch. Now, we want to help you capture your product strategy.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 5, 2018

Building your first Machine Learning product can be overwhelming?—?the I’ve often seen great Machine Learning models fail to become great Products, not because of the ML itself, but because of the supporting product environment. I break down a Machine Learning product into eight steps. lots of it! Here goes step 1!

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Usersnap

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

You have developed your product sparked by brilliant ideas and are ready to go-live. The customer finding it could damage your reputation. Negative online feedback is just a finger’s swipe away. It’s nice to have your customers testing the application. You can have a variety of devices for testing.

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Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 22, 2021

Write a draft, talk through it with your peers, your manager and other staff engineers – and don’t forget to ask for feedback. You last chatted with us way back in 2018, when you shared your insights on engineering and infrastructure management. And Digg is an iconic brand, really amazing products in its time.

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Userpilot

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

A help center is an in-app self-serve support system designed to help customers solve their problems inside the product. Having an in-app help center enhances customer satisfaction since customers don’t have to rush to contact customer support. Why do you need a help center for your product?

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DISQO

JULY 5, 2018

“It will win with the customer by doing a series of small bets that give it insight on how to build that long-term customer relationship.”. Whereas many organizations have deep and meaningful expertise doing large-scale market research, their findings are hitting critical limitations. Make small bets, via experimentation.

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DISQO

JULY 5, 2018

“It will win with the customer by doing a series of small bets that give it insight on how to build that long-term customer relationship.”. Whereas many organizations have deep and meaningful expertise doing large-scale market research, their findings are hitting critical limitations. Make small bets, via experimentation.

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Gainsight

MAY 23, 2019

When it rains, it pours—products and features, that is! In addition to the exciting announcement of the Gainsight Customer Cloud at Pulse 2019 and new offerings that include Gainsight CDP, CX and RO, our product leaders also shared an incredible list of innovations to our existing products. Gainsight PX. Coming Soon.

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Gainsight

APRIL 2, 2021

Have you ever heard the one about the client that “was a little different than your other customers?” In the Customer Success world, this scenario has become a bit of a joke. So when a Customer Success leader, as one of OUR clients, tells us about how different they are, it’s reasonable to be a bit skeptical.

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Amplitude

APRIL 8, 2020

At Amplitude, we believe that product intelligence is a team sport—that analytics needs to be easy for the whole team to adopt. Many of our customers are also focused on driving adoption, so we often get asked how we use Amplitude to drive results. Stage 2: We Ran an A/B Test.

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ProductPlan

JANUARY 2, 2020

We write a lot about the skills that product managers need to be effective. But what are the most under-appreciated product management skills? But what are the most under-appreciated product management skills? To answer that question, we asked several product managers for their thoughts. Crowdsourced Picks.

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The Product Manager Coach Blog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

In the world of product management, where technical acumen, strategic vision, and people skills intersect, there’s an often underutilized asset that many PMs overlook: the power of networking. Plus, don’t forget to download the free guide, 10 Tips for Being a Better Product Manager , at the end of this post!

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Bain Public

JUNE 11, 2019

It’s safe to say that shipping a product from start to finish is no easy task for a product manager. In order to get the job done properly and efficiently, product managers deserve the proper software, tools and resources needed to create and execute successful products. Roadmap and Build Products Customers Love Aha!

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ProductPlan

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Remote work and hybrid product teams existed before 2020, but the pandemic supercharged the transformation of many more into more distributed organizations. This requires product leaders to distinguish between healthy communication and becoming an overbearing presence despite the distance.

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Usersnap

JULY 17, 2020

As a business, we’re regularly trying new products and tools to help us with our software development. Especially when building customer-centric products, the software text matters. Providing software in our customer’s native language impacts the user experience a lot. A big time saver for many teams.

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Bain Public

OCTOBER 19, 2021

I know you’re probably wondering: what does this have to do with your product roadmap strategies ? When it comes to your product, a MOAT is about building defences to break away from the competition. It’s about setting broad goals for your product and defending your company against current or future competitors.

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ProductPlan

JUNE 29, 2023

ProductPlan has long been your single source of truth for the what , when , and how behind your product. More recently, we’ve helped you crowdsource new ideas from customers and stakeholders alike , and create a consistent GTM process for every new launch. Now, we want to help you capture your product strategy.

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Lenny Rachitsky

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Each week I tackle reader questions about building product, driving growth, and accelerating your career. They launched the company back in 2019, while still students at the University of Pennsylvania, and today have scaled the app to millions of users and nearly 20,000 schools.

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Intercom, Inc.

MARCH 4, 2021

What began as a crowdsourcing initiative quickly evolved into an ecosystem where women can access funding, business training, and community building to help their businesses scale. So some people call it your viable product, or your most viable concept, or something. Constructive Feedback. They don’t have the tools.

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Business of Software Conference

MAY 21, 2020

Alex Yang: For those of you who are wondering why you just got Rick-rolled, Elpie and I decided to crowdsource our walk on song from our team. Our current product is a biometric fingerprint scanner paired with an Android app. Our product needs to work in some pretty extreme environments, so both are pretty robust.

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Product Innovation Educators

JUNE 3, 2024

Mastering Market Research Techniques for Successful Product Management Watch on YouTube TBD TLDR Market research is essential for product managers to make informed business decisions and to create products customers love. Successful companies leverage market research to drive innovation and revenue growth.

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Business of Software Conference

APRIL 9, 2021

In this talk, Peldi and Natalie discuss the aspects of remote worklife that are different now for working at home in result of Covid-19 including productivity, schedules, prioritisation, focus, and much more. So I think one of the biggest question that people keep asking a lot is around productivity, and like how do you stay productive?

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 22, 2020

A new survey by the rapid consumer feedback platform Alpha sheds valuable light on the question. Alpha surveyed over 500 product leaders from large organizations and startups for its 2020 Product Management Insights Report. Product development moves fast, but customer preferences move faster.”?—?Alpha’s

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Lenny Rachitsky

MARCH 25, 2025

Each week I tackle reader questions about building product, driving growth, and accelerating your career. They want to build products rather than follow processes, assemble irrationally passionate teams, and empower every employee with a great idea to ship a blockbuster. Her next class starts March 31st, so get on it.

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