Mon.Dec 11, 2023

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How Merging Purpose With Profit Redefines Product Roadmaps And Product Success

The Product Coalition

“Purpose is not the sole pursuit of profits but the animating force for achieving them. Profits are in no way inconsistent with purpose — in fact, profits and purpose are inextricably linked.” — Larry Fink, CEO BlackRock Over my career, I’ve had many conversations about purpose and a similar number about value. Yet, those conversations rarely intersect despite being a perfect pair for a product.

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The key is communication: Leading a travel product through the pandemic

Mind the Product

We talk to Peek’s CPO Navya Rehani Gupta about the communication initiatives she instigated to see the travel company successfully through the pandemic. Read more » The post The key is communication: Leading a travel product through the pandemic appeared first on Mind the Product.

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From Ideas to Impact: The Role of AI in Modern Content Creation

The Product Coalition

In digital content creation, Artificial Intelligence (AI) has emerged as a significant influence, transforming how content is produced and consumed. Utilizing AI for content creation, including video content, has transformed traditional approaches and significantly impacted efficiency. AI tools for content creation, powered by advanced machine learning algorithms, analyze extensive datasets to discern patterns and trends.

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Selecting a Software Development Company in 2024

TechEmpower - Product Management

In 2023, there were approximately 26.3 million software developers worldwide. This vast pool of talent showcases a wide range of experience and portfolios, quality of work, and inquisitiveness. Given this diversity, it's important to be selective in the development services company with whom you choose to partner. In the 25 years that TechEmpower has been in business, we’ve seen thousands of companies come and go.

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Your Guide to Product Management Interviews: Top Questions with Answers

Stand out in your product management interview with guidance from Priyanka Upadhyay, an experienced product leader and Stanford Online program coach. In this guide, Upadhay dives into five key competencies interviewers will likely want to assess. She provides sample questions with detailed answers spanning: Product strategy Product design Execution Market estimation Teamwork Confidently land the product management role you want by pre-empting what interviewers are looking for and demonstrating y

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How to Encourage Your Team to Take More Risks

The Product Coalition

Taking risks is an inherent part of product leadership. But what happens when your team members have a hard time doing so, at least to the extent that you need them to? Here are a few things you can do to help them master this important skill. Photo by Skitterphoto from Pexels When I was VP of Product at Twiggle, we had a management off-site with some outdoor activities.

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Get Ready for an Exciting 2024: Reveal’s New Features Unveiled 

Reveal

Reveal Embedded Analytics 2024 is just around the corner, and we’re thrilled to share a sneak peek into what Reveal has in store for you! Our commitment to providing cutting-edge embedded analytics solutions remains stronger than ever. Get ready to be excited as we introduce many new features that will take your analytics game to the next level next year. 1.

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Coffee Lover’s Guide to Principles of Design

UX Planet

What do Dalgona and Design have in common?

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Multitasking During Meetings? How to Make Your Colleagues Indistractable

Nir Eyal

When I moved from a Google sales team in New York City to a Google operations team in Boulder, Colorado several years ago, I expected to find differences in culture and team norms. But one particular practice took me by surprise. Multitasking during meetings was rampant. Everyone was so distracted. This became grossly apparent during my first presentation in my new role.

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Most of the portfolios I review have these key problems

UX Planet

Stop yourself from making the same mistakes and get your foot in the door for your next UX role Continue reading on UX Planet »

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Effective Risk Management: Balancing Safety, Compliance, and Opportunity

Effective risk management in product development balances safety, compliance, and opportunity. Risks can't be eliminated, but they can be mitigated through structured assessments, clear documentation, and expert guidance. Engaging specialists ensures efficiency, regulatory adherence, and product security while reducing costly oversights. A well-executed risk management plan includes frequent evaluations, defined assessment criteria, and a structured decision-making process.

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Consider This: Four Tools to Align the Interdisciplinary Product Team

Haines-Group

The Problem Product Management, Engineering, and Marketing are the center points of the interdisciplinary product team. Product Management establishes the vision for exactly what we should make, Engineering/Development designs and builds it, and Marketing figures out how to get customers to buy it. But maintaining alignment of these disciplines throughout a new product or enhancement initiative is difficult.

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Minion Yellow: An Iconic Palette Emerges from Collaboration

UX Planet

Illuminating the Spectrum of Color Continue reading on UX Planet »

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The Power of Not Understanding

The Product Coalition

One of the places where product leaders add the most value is by connecting the dots. Seeing a broad picture and making sure everything fits together is one of our superpowers. But what happens when the dots don’t connect? It’s your responsibility to call it out, even if you don’t fully understand why. Photo by Bradyn Trollip on Unsplash When my sister first introduced me to Strava she described it as a social network for runners.

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Can Sustainability Win More Razor Customers?

The Accidental Product Manager

Schick product managers have a plan to win more customers Image Credit: Tom Fassbender So just exactly how much time do you spend each day thinking about shaving? If you are like the majority of people, probably very little. What’s even worse, from a shaving product manager’s point-of-view is that we probably spend even less time thinking about the equipment that we use to shave with.

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Build Your Best Product Strategy: An Action Plan You Can Start Now

As your company grows and your product matures, so too should your product strategy. Drawing from their decades of experience as product leaders, Stanford Online instructors Donna Novitsky and Laura Marino share best practices for defining your product strategy at each stage of company growth. Get practical, real-world product strategy tips from experts who have lived through the same challenges you’re currently facing.

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You Can’t Take Everything Upon Yourself

The Product Coalition

As product leaders, our success depends on others. We are so used to helping people and making sure the company gets what it needs, that we sometimes take it too far. Where is the line that you shouldn’t cross? Here are three examples of things you shouldn’t do. Photo by Andrew Itaga on Unsplash As a parent, my instinct is to do whatever it takes to keep my kids safe and happy.

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Free Fiction Story for One Week: A Dreidel Ball Miracle

Johanna Rothman

If you read this blog or my newsletter, you know I enjoy both nonfiction and fiction writing. I have a short story as part of the 2023 Holiday Spectacular : A Dreidel Ball Miracle. You can read it for free here for just one week. Enjoy! A Dreidel Ball Miracle © 2023 Johanna Rothman Emily Gould walked into the ballroom at the fancy Boston Harbor hotel and could not decide if she was delighted or appalled.

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Strategic Debt Is the Silent Killer of Startups

The Product Coalition

With everything you have to do every day, it is so easy to neglect strategy. Not because it’s not important, but because it seems less urgent than everything else you have to deal with right here and now. But much like code, your product strategy also requires maintenance. And when left unhandled for too long, you might barely notice, but the impact can be deadly.

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Introducing Amplitude Academy Badges

Amplitude

Learn about Amplitude Academy Badges, designed to help you acquire industry-recognized Amplitude and analytics skills. Use these badges to build your credentials.

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Enterprise ABM Marketing Tools: A Marketers Guide

Savvy B2B marketers know that a great account-based marketing (ABM) strategy leads to higher ROI and sustainable growth. In this guide, we’ll cover: What makes for a successful ABM strategy? What are the key elements and capabilities of ABM that can make a real difference? How is AI changing workflows and driving functionality? This Martech Intelligence Report on Enterprise Account-Based Marketing examines the state of ABM in 2024 and what to consider when implementing ABM software.

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Strategic Roadmap Template

The Product Coalition

So you have done your planning and now want to communicate your roadmap to management or to the team. You know that you need a little more than a timeline with features on it, but what is this more exactly? Here is a template that will help you not only communicate your roadmap better but also build it the right way from the get-go. Photo by Tamil Vanan on Pexels You might have heard that I’m writing a book on product leadership.

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Conducting a Year-End Retrospective to Supercharge the New Year

The Product Manager Coach Blog

The new year is a great time to set goals for the year ahead. Before you can set goals, though, you need to know where you’re starting from. A year-end retrospective can help you make the most of your successes, identify areas for improvement, and chart the roadmap for the year ahead. Here’s our guide to help you put together a successful end-of-year retrospective.

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Management Routines That Work for You

The Product Coalition

Part of your role as a product leader is pure management: management of the execution, and of the people who report to you. It can be quite challenging, both because it is objectively complex and because of time management. In order to succeed, make sure to create the management routines that would help you. Here’s how. Photo by Click Espezi on Pexels My oldest daughter is a basketball player.

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Top 20 Software Development Trends in 2024

TurnKey Labs

When it comes to software development trends, it always pays for tech startups and high growth companies to be one step ahead so they can proactively leverage these trends to their advantage. This year, they face new challenges and find new opportunities.

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Less Stress, More Success: Accounting Best Practices & Processes for 2025

Speaker: Duke Heninger, Partner and Fractional CFO at Ampleo & Creator of CFO System

Are you ready to elevate your accounting processes for 2025? 🚀 Join us for an exclusive webinar led by Duke Heninger, a seasoned fractional CFO and CPA passionate about transforming back-office operations for finance teams. This session will cover critical best practices and process improvements tailored specifically for accounting professionals.

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Two Pitfalls of Great Managers

The Product Coalition

Great managers empower their people. They give them the freedom and their full trust to simply show their greatness and shine. But there is a thin line between empowerment and too much freedom. Too much freedom doesn’t work for them as much as it wouldn’t for you, even if you are not willing to admit it. Here is what you need to be aware of if you want to keep being a great manager, not just in your head.

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The 5 ‘must-have’ for identity design

UX Planet

How to create visual symbols that can become the icons of the future. Five fundamental principles to create successful identity design. Identity designers are great conceptualists, mastering the art of visual communication to summarise the heart of a business into one simple visual. These symbols will be invested with meaning and emotional connections as the audience interacts with them.

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How to Make the Most Out of Any Meeting

The Product Coalition

As a product leader, you most likely spend your day in and out of meetings. This is natural since working with others is how we make things happen. But does it work for you? This simple tip can revolutionize your effectiveness and help you make the most out of the meetings you are having anyway. Photo by cottonbro on Pexels I always try to be as effective as possible.

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User interview & Focus group?—?pros and cons of each method

UX Planet

One to one or… Continue reading on UX Planet »

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4 AI Hacks to Make Sales Teams More Efficient

Over the last two years, there’s been a 76 percent increase in AI adoption across sales organizations. The reason for its rise? AI increases teams’ productivity by predicting and automating actions that require manual effort. In other words, the research that takes reps hours, AI can do in seconds. For sales teams, AI opens up a world of new possibilities, including automating outreach, identifying best-fit buyers, and keeping CRMs flush with fresh data.

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You Can’t Sell Your Product, They Have to Buy It

The Product Coalition

There comes a time with every product when there is a focus on sales. Money time. But like pregnancy, sales processes take time and can’t always be rushed. Surely, there are things you can do to speed up the process, but it’s usually not selling. What is it then? The answer is below. Photo by Erik Scheel on Pexels Nobody likes to fail. I’m no different.

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Refactoring Productboard’s design system to the next level

ProductBoard

It can be a tough conversation to have, but reworking your design system can be what’s best for everyone. It’s a familiar experience that lots of us have shared — migrations to merging, refreshes and refactors. First, it was Photoshop to Sketch, then Sketch to Figma (for the most part).

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How Product-Market Fit Really Works (Part 2)

The Product Coalition

The journey to product-market fit might seem random, but it actually has a well defined high-level structure. In order to successfully navigate it, you need to understand how it works. Here is part two of the guide that will help you find your way to product-market fit. Photo by Quang Nguyen Vinh on Pexels When I first started my consulting business , I attended a sales coaching workshop.