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They Are Not Product People

The Product Coalition

I remember that at some point, I was debating with the CTO and Co-Founder?—?one It can be with your CEO or anyone in the management team, with internal and even external customers, and honestly, with anyone important enough for their opinion to matter and make you change your plans. I’m talking about your customers.

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Hiring Your First Product Manager

The Product Coalition

Along with the founders (the CEO and CTO), most of the employees in the company at the time were developers. This is one of the most popular questions I receive from my consulting customers as well as CPO Bootcamp participants. Cultural fit: The one compromise you should never make at a startup is cultural fit.

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They Don’t Understand Your Role as a Product Leader. But Do You?

The Product Coalition

When it comes to the actual work products that product managers deliver: wireframes and user stories. considering all relevant points of view including the customers, the market, and the company itself. My free e-book “ Speed-Up the Journey to Product-Market Fit ”?—?an When do they feel that they can no longer do it themselves?

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How To Manage People Who Are More Experienced Than You Are

The Product Coalition

Photo by Pedro Figueras from Pexels As the importance of product management for business success becomes clearer, many startups give one of the founders the product leadership role. It can be a full-blown CPO responsibility or a CTO who runs both product and technology.

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Product Management Skills: Influence Without Authority

The Product Coalition

You could be a lone PM in a tiny startup with no Product Management team, meaning that you only report to the CEO, or maybe a CTO. By using research and data to back up your opinions and decisions, you’ve come armed with evidence that you know what you’re talking about. Show them the data, the research, and explain your reasoning.

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Finding Your True Career IMPACT Within the Product Field

ProductPlan

Delighting customers and creating innovative solutions for their problems dictates our priorities. A selfless approach based on customer empathy and satisfying stakeholders is an asset on the job, but less so for ourselves. Tailor your resume, cover letter, and personal pitch to fit a particular job opportunity. To your company?

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Shape Up Your Agile

Crafty CTO

” A case in point: if you search the Shape Up ebook for “agile,” you get one lonely match (in Jason Fried’s Foreword ): Likewise, just one match if you search for “scrum” and “methodology.” ” In all cases, the point being made is, “Shape Up isn’t one of those!

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