The Product Guy

APRIL 4, 2017

In a recent live stream from one of our mentors of The Product Mentor , Chris Butler, lead a conversation around “Business Development vs. Product Management”. We are always looking for more product mentors from all around the world. Signup to be a Mentor Today! About The Product Mentor. Meet the mentors….

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The Product Guy

FEBRUARY 18, 2017

In a recent live stream from one of our mentors of The Product Mentor , James Alexander, lead a conversation around “Finding Blue Oceans”. We are always looking for more product mentors from all around the world. Signup to be a Mentor Today! About The Product Mentor. Signup to be a Mentor Today!

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The Product Guy

MAY 15, 2017

In a recent live stream from one of our mentors of The Product Mentor , Dustin Levy, lead a conversation around “Product Strategies for Non-Strategists”. We are always looking for more product mentors from all around the world. Signup to be a Mentor Today! About The Product Mentor. Signup to be a Mentor Today!

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 5, 2022

About 12 years ago, I was an executive advisor on a project at a large telecommunications company. I was in a meeting with the CTO and his staff one day when he laid out his vision. Yet no one in the meeting asked that question. Yet no one in the meeting asked that question. Part of his vision was “being agile”.

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Arkenea

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

Let’s move away from tech and use the vision to build a profitable and sustainable business in textiles and manufacturing as an example: Perhaps the manufacturer has been receiving feedback from clients requesting a faster turn-around time to meet their cycle requirements. Should they proceed with making those changes?

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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. That question has been on Will Larson ‘s mind for a long time.

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Product Talk

DECEMBER 18, 2024

As I coached teams on how to make better decisions about what to build, I often got feedback that it was messy. I identify as a coach and not a consultant. Common Challenges to Adopting Continuous Discovery Cecilie Smedstad: You’ve been working with quite a few product teams over the years as a coach. Find 30 minutes.

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The Product Guy

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

In our a recent live stream from one of our mentors of The Product Mentor , Dan Mason, lead a conversation around “Your Next Career Steps”. We are always looking for more product mentors from all around the world. Signup to be a Mentor Today! About The Product Mentor. Signup to be a Mentor Today!

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The Product Guy

JANUARY 31, 2017

In our a recent live stream from one of our mentors of The Product Mentor , Marc Wendell, lead a conversation around “UX Design Tactics”. We are always looking for more product mentors from all around the world. Signup to be a Mentor Today! About The Product Mentor. Signup to be a Mentor Today!

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The Product Guy

JANUARY 27, 2017

In our a recent live stream from one of our mentors of The Product Mentor , Krishna Madhuvarsu, lead a conversation around “Product Management in Startups vs. Enterprises”. We are always looking for more product mentors from all around the world. Signup to be a Mentor Today! About The Product Mentor.

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The Product Guy

MARCH 2, 2017

In a recent live stream from one of our mentors of The Product Mentor , Nis Frome, lead a conversation around “Rapid Prototyping”. We are always looking for more product mentors from all around the world. Signup to be a Mentor Today! About The Product Mentor. Signup to be a Mentor Today! Meet the mentors….

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Product Talk

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Meet the Continuous Discovery Champions Left: Christophe Frenet, Chief Product Officer at Botify. Christophe says, “Not every PM will be experienced in doing voice of the customer meetings, so if they are paired with a UX designer who is excellent at it, then the trio can lean more on the UX role to achieve this.

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Mind the Product

AUGUST 2, 2019

We often think of our biggest blockers being external: a crazy CEO, recalcitrant CTO, surly engineers, or designers who just won’t do what we want them to. Meet Your Inner Critic. To reboot our self-talk, we need to practice “self-distancing” and talk to ourselves like a coach. We all have negative thoughts.

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Intercom, Inc.

JUNE 14, 2018

Rather than suggesting a model startup, advisor and author Laura Klein is likely to point you toward her favorite heist film. Adam: You mentioned all these different points of view in a product team: research, design, engineering, product management – and everyone’s trying to empathize with one another and meet in the middle.

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Product Talk

AUGUST 14, 2024

Meet the Continuous Discovery Champions at Ramsey Solutions The product team at Ramsey Solutions is 40+ squads strong. The Head of Product Coaching Matthew Ensor and CTO Brendan Wovchko partnered up and decided this was the way they wanted their teams to work together. And that actually helps us have empathy for one another.”

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Mind the Product

MAY 21, 2019

If teams can do that they have a chance at meeting their customers’ changing needs and generating a return on investment for the business. A CTO friend of mine likes to talk about the importance of an uptime budget for devops engineers. Patty McCord, former Chief Talent Officer at Netflix.

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Lenny Rachitsky

JUNE 9, 2024

If customers keep coming back, it indicates that your product or service is meeting their needs and providing value. . “Falling in love” means feeling enough passion about the problem that it can drive you to persist through hard times. The ultimate measure of product-market fit is customer retention.

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Mironov Consulting

JUNE 27, 2019

There may also be some designers or a few developers reporting into such roles, but I’m focused away from CTO and VP Engineering roles where the majority of staff are developers. . Coaching/mentoring/training plan. Or have seniors on your team formally assigned to mentor the novices. We develop good product reflexes.

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Bain Public

MAY 29, 2020

It is a known fact that startups which are accompanied or coached, view their chances of success as being much higher compared to those that are not. The right mentoring and coaching support facilitates a startup’s transformation and enables roadmap planning and execution, without straying from the ultimate vision and goal.

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Mind the Product

OCTOBER 18, 2016

Through his time at eBay, Netscape, HP and elsewhere, Cagan has worked with lots of great product teams, and has been influential in his writing and coaching about the role of product over the years, but he acknowledges that there is still a lot of confusion about the role of a product manager.

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Lenny Rachitsky

AUGUST 22, 2024

When starting a new role, create a structured 30-60-90-day plan: 30 days (listening and learning): Meet with as many team members and stakeholders as possible (aim for 50 to 60 people) to understand their perspectives, challenges, and wish lists. Start by defining your long-term career goals and envision where you want to be in 5 or 10 years.

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Lenny Rachitsky

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

For inquiries about sponsoring the podcast, email podcast@lennyrachitsky.com.

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Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 15, 2018

Find a sponsor , not a mentor — someone who is in the room when opportunities arise and makes sure your name comes up. Most people know what mentoring is: you find a leader, someone you respect, you grab coffee with them every so often, you unload your problems on them, and they give you some coaching and advice, which is useful.

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Lenny Rachitsky

MARCH 10, 2024

Real product managers are creators and are responsible for both value (ensuring the product meets customers’ needs) and viability (ensuring the product aligns with the business objectives). Seek individuals with deep expertise, coaching abilities, and a contribution to comprehensive product strategy.

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Valerian Tech

JUNE 5, 2023

Insurance companies must ensure they have the necessary frameworks, policies, and procedures in place to meet these regulations, protecting customer privacy rights and avoiding penalties or legal repercussions. Below are only some of the ways they can help.

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Mironov Consulting

JANUARY 17, 2019

A not-yet-generating-repeatable-revenue company of 6 people might have one architect/CTO, one designer, three other developers, and a CEO. Learning meetings don’t sound at all like sales meetings: their objective is to extract insights rather than commitments. 3] “As a former user/subject expert, I know what customers want.”.

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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. Laura : “Oh yeah.

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Mironov Consulting

DECEMBER 31, 2017

” It’s a rare executive who doesn’t push her/his VP Engineering or CTO hard on productivity, hiring ramps and fanciful notions about increased commitments leading to better outcomes. Instead, I usually defer to the VPE/CTO on the bigger efficiency question, and focus on prioritization choices captured in the roadmap.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

MAY 14, 2021

Engineering managers will frequently consult with other product managers, engineers, and their teams while spending time in meetings, answering emails, and delivering presentations to upper management. Meet with the engineering managers you work with as an SWE. Sit down with a coach from Google, Amazon, or even Facebook!

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Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 5, 2022

Evernote’s CTO on Your Biggest Security Worries From 3 to 300 Employees. But each of the five has its own criteria that your company needs to meet or satisfy by designing and then implementing controls across the company. Caught your interest? SOC 2 compliance: A Beginner’s Guide. The LinkedIn Incident.

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Revulytics

DECEMBER 16, 2019

About the Conference: Mind the Product events are the go-to places for meeting other product managers and honing your product craft. Notable Speakers from recent Mind the Product conferences: Teresa Torres , Product Discovery Coach. Dharmesh Shah, CTO and Co-founder of HubSpot. Which industries are the attendees from?

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Arkenea

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

This is precisely where larger organizations require trusted advisors—experts who can navigate new technology initiatives, assess their value, and determine whether they’re truly worthwhile. We also use AI services through meeting minutes, schedules, documentation summaries and in several other areas.

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Userpilot

JULY 27, 2023

Monitoring cash position and flow is crucial for assessing liquidity and the ability to meet short-term obligations. Time to Market for New Products : Also known as velocity, this metric measures the CTO’s effectiveness and speed in rolling new products /features. The company needs a high percentage of this metric to stay competitive.

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UX Planet

MARCH 2, 2024

This was praise and a comment that I heard from our Digital Business CTO. For these project teams, the design system instills confidence and certainty that they are meeting our company’s minimum design standards, provided they utilize the foundational assets and components intentionally.

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Product Talk

MARCH 1, 2023

It keeps us focused and ensures that we create value for the business while meeting customer needs. In my experience coaching teams, it seems like either the team picks their outcome (with little to no input from leadership) or leadership picks the outcome (with little to no input from the team). I was surprised to see that 77.6%

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Valerian Tech

JUNE 19, 2023

Implementing robust data security measures not only helps healthcare companies meet regulatory requirements but also demonstrates their dedication to ethical practices and responsible data handling. Thus, robust data security measures, including encryption, access controls, and secure storage systems are critical.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 9, 2020

Meet other heads of product teams Any head of a product team had one day to build their team and they have a lot to teach. Find a mentor Developing your management skills requires a lot of self-discipline, but also support and advice from people you trust. It’s much more productive to delegate roles and responsibilities.

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