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Run Less Software

Intercom, Inc.

The same is true in software. In this battle, I’ve found a secret weapon hidden within one of our core engineering strategies, an idea called Run Less Software. As well as being a critical philosophy behind how we build software, it also represents how I feel about the software industry and technology in general.

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How Our Cross-Functional Teams Decide What to Build at Whispir

The Product Coalition

I wrote a variation of this for the various product teams at Whispir recently and then as fate would have it, a CEO I know reached out to me on LinkedIn asking the same thing?—?so with very little effort but a huge amount of diligence and thought, and you can do it in 15 minutes if you have access to all the research already.

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Top 5 Observational Research Best Practices

BrainMates

Observation is an important part of mixed methods user research. Whether observing people using a technology or system in the workplace, at home, or out in public, it can provide insights not available in quantitative data. Example: Metadata platform for content distribution. Put simply, metadata matters. But it does.

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391: Product VP of Wyze uses community for product innovation and you can too – with Steve McIrvin

Product Innovation Educators

When our customers want a new solution, we try to find that solution, invent something, or enhance the features of an existing product. We came up with the solution of putting an adapter with a USB port in a light bulb socket. Wyze’s tagline is to make great technology accessible. When we came out with the $19.99

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Flow’s Daniel Scrivner on the brave new world of asynchronous productivity tools

Intercom, Inc.

Though technology has allowed us to work remotely for quite some time, companies have debated whether it’s truly best for business. So what’s the solution? When most people think of product development, they imagine an in-person experience. It’s a bold gambit, but if anyone can pull it off, Daniel can. billion in 2015.

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7 Ways API & SDK Solutions Help Product Managers Move Faster

The Product Coalition

instead, carefully chosen tools and processes help PMs and their teams gain efficiency. Designed to streamline product development workflows, third-party APIs and SDKs make up one popular and powerful category of such tools. But no one can achieve such compressed time cycles just by working harder?—?instead,

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Generative AI in Your Business Strategy: From Concept to Reality

The Product Coalition

Generative AI has the potential to create economic impact within sales, marketing, software engineering & IT, customer operations, and R&D functions across various verticals. If your AI journey has already been successful, then it’s time to harness the power of new tools for an even broader impact. Why Accelerate Now?