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

Speaker: Amanda Adams, Fractional CFO, CPA

Are you ready to elevate your accounting processes for 2025? 🚀 Join us for an exclusive webinar led by Amanda Adams, 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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467: Strategic product planning – with Yaroslav Lazor

Product Innovation Educators

Unpacking the BRIDGeS framework for product managers Today we are talking about strategic product planning, which involves decision-making, problem-solving, feature prioritization, and product vision creation. Our guest is Yaroslav Lazor, Founder and CEO of Railsware. He created the strategic product planning tools and frameworks that Railsware continues to apply on projects for customers as well as their own products.

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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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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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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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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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B2B eCommerce, Self-Service Portals, and PIM Trends for 2024

In 2024, B2B customers expect better quality and service with streamlined experiences that match consumer-grade simplicity—no long calls or meetings required. Our B2B eCommerce Trends Report, surveying 400+ B2B professionals in the US and Europe, reveals how eCommerce has become vital to top companies’ strategies. The report shows how leaders are leveraging eCommerce to break data silos, unify channels, and deliver the personalized experiences that customers demand.

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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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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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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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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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Usage-Based Monetization Musts: A Roadmap for Sustainable Revenue Growth

Speaker: David Warren and Kevin O’Neill Stoll

Transitioning to a usage-based business model offers powerful growth opportunities but comes with unique challenges. How do you validate strategies, reduce risks, and ensure alignment with customer value? Join us for a deep dive into designing effective pilots that test the waters and drive success in usage-based revenue. Discover how to develop a pilot that captures real customer feedback, aligns internal teams with usage metrics, and rethinks sales incentives to prioritize lasting customer eng

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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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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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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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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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Prepare Now: 2025s Must-Know Trends For Product And Data Leaders

Speaker: Jay Allardyce, Deepak Vittal, and Terrence Sheflin

As we look ahead to 2025, business intelligence and data analytics are set to play pivotal roles in shaping success. Organizations are already starting to face a host of transformative trends as the year comes to a close, including the integration of AI in data analytics, an increased emphasis on real-time data insights, and the growing importance of user experience in BI solutions.

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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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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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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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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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The 25 Types of Innovation Dominating R&D Today

Innovation varies widely across sectors and organizations, creating value in diverse forms. Understanding different types is crucial for R&D teams to foster creativity and uncover missed opportunities. This guide explores 25 key types of innovation in management frameworks.

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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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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.

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Launching LLM-Based Products: From Concept to Cash in 90 Days

Speaker: Christophe Louvion, Chief Product & Technology Officer of NRC Health and Tony Karrer, CTO at Aggregage

Christophe Louvion, Chief Product & Technology Officer of NRC Health, is here to take us through how he guided his company's recent experience of getting from concept to launch and sales of products within 90 days. In this exclusive webinar, Christophe will cover key aspects of his journey, including: LLM Development & Quick Wins 🤖 Understand how LLMs differ from traditional software, identifying opportunities for rapid development and deployment.

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Achieving Product-Market Fit: A Guide for Product Owners

Emerge Insights

Every entrepreneur has experienced the high of an exciting product idea. And almost as many have suffered the gut punch of weak customer traction after launch. Why the disconnect? More likely than not, a lack of product-market fit between the team’s intended solution and the actual market’s needs is to blame. Product-market fit represents finding […] The post Achieving Product-Market Fit: A Guide for Product Owners appeared first on EMERGE | UX Agency.

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Insight From Marty Cagan’s Coach the Coaches Workshop (Part 2)

The Product Coalition

In part two of this summary, I am moving to talk about strategy and leadership insights. As these are topics close to my heart, I had a lot to say — so here are my thoughts backed by SVPG’s insights on these topics. Quite a few weeks have passed since I attended SVPG’s ‘Coach the Coaches’ session. I went back to my normal life, personal and professional.

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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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