The Product Coalition

MAY 1, 2022

especially startups on their way to product-market fit, the ARR itself might not be important. But that’s where your leadership comes to a test. My free e-book “ Speed-Up the Journey to Product-Market Fit ”?—?an For example, if you have an ARR goal, ask yourself what would happen if you only get to 50% of it.

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Product Management University

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

As the customer success manager (CSM) role evolves into more of a strategic customer leadership role versus a tactical reactionary role, it’s critical to build relationships with customer executives, and in most cases, it’s not as difficult as you think. They’re also critical to the success of product management, product marketing and sales.

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ProductPlan

JUNE 5, 2020

Key takeaways include product strategy , user research, and the UX/UI design process. The Product Executive Certificate is geared toward senior-level professionals with experience in a product leadership role. It explores product leadership fundamentals and managing growth, among other takeaways.

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 10, 2022

Having the courage to speak up is one of the things that we are talking about in the leadership workshop that opens the CPO Bootcamp , for example. Throughout our career as product people, working well with others was probably one of the most effective skills we all had to master.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

But on the other hand, they need you there, and if you give too much weight to their leadership you can’t become their partner. That’s not the leadership team that they need. A CEO once shared with me that in his relationship with product leadership, he feels that he is giving much more than he is getting. That’s a fact.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

By the way, while the tips here address specific challenges that product leaders face, many of them would apply to any kind of leadership position, and even to non-leadership positions, so feel free to forward it to friends who are currently on the move. and in product leadership positions there is so much of it!

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 21, 2024

Product leadership is such a hard role, one of the hardest. thepaintedsquare from Unsplash As a board member at ProductX  — the largest product conference in Israel — I met last week with a guest speaker to prepare his talk at the upcoming conference. Summaries are a very powerful leadership tool. Photo by Jessica Lewis

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 10, 2023

However, provoking productive disagreements is a key leadership skill you want to master. Here is how fostering healthy debates is essential for effective leadership and better outcomes. If you see the connection between that skill and product leadership you are 100% right. We have so many of them regardless.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 11, 2023

The journey to product-market fit might seem random, but it actually has a well defined high-level structure. Here is part two of the guide that will help you find your way to product-market fit. This is an important principle in the product-market fit journey. Where are you? Do you have a clear ICP?

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 1, 2023

As a product leader, is this a skill you already master? was the first product manager I ever hired. A brilliant guy, with many years of tech leadership experience, but none in product management. Still, he was one of the best hires I made in this area and he turned out to be a product star.

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 22, 2021

This is one of the insights that the CPO Bootcamp participants get as part of the data-driven product leadership module. My free e-book “ Speed-Up the Journey to Product-Market Fit ”?—?an One way to know if you fully understand the numbers is to explain them to someone else.

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 2, 2020

To survive and succeed, your product leadership must be sharper than ever. My free e-book “Speed-Up the Journey to Product-Market Fit”? —?an an executive’s guide to strategic product management is waiting for you at www.ganotnoa.com/ebook Originally published at [link] on March 25, 2020.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 11, 2023

To survive and succeed, your product leadership must be sharper than ever. Our free e-book “ Speed-Up the Journey to Product-Market Fit ” — an executive’s guide to strategic product management is waiting for you at www.infinify.com/ebook Originally published at [link] on July 5, 2023.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

The softer side of product management by the way is very different from the softer side of product leadership. As a product leader, when you set goals for yourself, make sure to work on the soft skills that matter at your level, not on the ones that were important when you were a product manager.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 30, 2022

It’s much more important to say that we are trying to establish initial signals of product-market fit than to say that we need a certain ARR value. It’s All About Leadership Last but not least, prioritizing at the right level not only helps you think, but also helps you explain how you think to others?—?your

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

Here are three things that if you include in your product requirements would make your life easier and help your developers deliver on what you really intended, not on what you told them to build. I didn’t call him that at the time, but he taught me so much and helped me shape my leadership style and principles.

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The Product Coalition

JULY 2, 2022

primarily focused on product teams, helping them be great at the discovery work that is at the heart of what they do Leadership coaching?—?focused focused on helping product leaders thrive and lead the product organization effectively as well as the product strategy in the right direction Transformational coaching?

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 18, 2023

It took me time to understand that I need to present myself as a product leadership coach and product strategy expert rather than a consultant. When you are product-led, the company had decided that it is going to grow by selling the same product to each customer. That’s the whole reason VCs invest in startups.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

When people (and VCs) aren’t spending money easily, you must be super sharp with your value proposition, positioning, product, marketing, and sales. While I understand this distinction, I believe that a company cannot reach real product-market fit without nailing down its GTM, and vice versa. Here is how it works.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Photo by Xavi Cabrera on Unsplash When I was head of product at eBay I participated in an executive leadership training program. My free e-book “ Speed-Up the Journey to Product-Market Fit ”?—?an It is a slightly different skill to master, but very important for your ability to succeed. Are You a Real Problem Solver?

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 13, 2022

But when you are still before product-market fit, it means that the product still needs to change and evolve until it is the right thing for your customers. If the only thing preventing you from reaching product-market fit is additional features, you are lucky (or simply wrong ?? But the product will surely change!

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 3, 2024

Principles are a very powerful tool in product leadership. A lot of it is due to leadership changes, or a major shift that companies realized they needed to make as part of their 2024 planning. That’s when I recommend having a discussion with leadership on the principles you want to follow.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 26, 2020

If it took Marty almost 10 years to address this important aspect of product leadership, no wonder many product leaders don’t understand that this is part of their role. It is to lead the company through its products , and that’s a huge difference. My free e-book “ Speed-Up the Journey to Product-Market Fit ”?—?an

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 31, 2023

Photo by Pixabay I recently led a product-market fit workshop at a known company in the Israeli tech industry. It is a well-established company, a leader in its domain, but it still needs to deliver new products to the market so product-market fit is a very relevant topic.

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 22, 2023

Product leadership seems to require nonstop negotiation with everyone you work with. Our free e-book “ Speed-Up the Journey to Product-Market Fit ” — an executive’s guide to strategic product management is waiting for you at www.infinify.com/ebook Originally published at [link] on April 18, 2023. Here’s how.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 21, 2021

Taking risks is an inherent part of product leadership. Photo by Skitterphoto from Pexels When I was VP Product at Twiggle, we had a management off-site with some outdoor activities. My free e-book “ Speed-Up the Journey to Product-Market Fit ”?—?an

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 5, 2021

Product leadership is about finding the right business opportunities to accomplish with the right product. My free e-book “ Speed-Up the Journey to Product-Market Fit ”?—?an When looking for the next one, how can you tell if it’s right? And what if there is another, better one, just around the corner?

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 4, 2023

If you’re just dealing with tough market conditions, the situation is different but the conclusion is quite similar: When people (and VCs) aren’t spending money easily, you must be super sharp with your value proposition, positioning, product, marketing, and sales. Here is how it works. What had changed?

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The Product Coalition

JULY 17, 2022

Product leadership starts with the ability to really, deeply understand people?—?customers My free e-book “ Speed-Up the Journey to Product-Market Fit ”?—?an an executive’s guide to strategic product management is waiting for you at www.ganotnoa.com/ebook Originally published at [link] on July 17, 2022.

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Mixpanel

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Start by talking to business stakeholders, like your leadership, customer success, marketing and more. This is particularly important when you’re product-led. (For Across the board, user journeys are increasingly digital—and that’s a good thing for product marketers.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

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. Here’s why and how.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 19, 2023

But the first thing Twiggle’s founders asked me to do was to decide which product we are going to create with the amazing technology that they have built so far. This required a whole new level of thinking and a deep understanding of product-market fit. And they go far beyond the product itself.

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 25, 2021

Photo by Alice Dietrich on Unsplash I recently started to work with the product guild at a well-known company that is about to go public. In our sessions, they raise the challenges that they are facing in their day-to-day job and get my advice so that they can bring their product leadership to the next level.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 12, 2023

Hiring a product leader is never easy. You are looking for a partner to join your team and take a significant leadership role. Here are a few things to consider when you seek your next product leader. The Broader the Better The product leader’s role includes much more than managing the product team and the product work.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 15, 2020

Instead, my recommendation is to start by adding a strategic layer when you plan the product and roadmap so that you will be closing the strategic gap while doing what you were asked to do. Your leadership role doesn’t end when the CEO gives you a general direction and expects you to follow. In some ways, it only starts there.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 19, 2021

A side note for VPs who manage additional roles like design, tech writing, customer success, or product marketing: it is very tempting to hire a Head of Product that will own it fully and reduce your load, but my recommendation is for this to be a last resort. My free e-book “ Speed-Up the Journey to Product-Market Fit ”?—?an

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 9, 2021

My free e-book “ Speed-Up the Journey to Product-Market Fit ”?—?an an executive’s guide to strategic product management is waiting for you at www.ganotnoa.com/ebook Originally published at [link] on July 27, 2021. The right answer will reveal itself to you, all you need to do is let it show.

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