October, 2024

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Users engage with only 6% of product features: Product benchmark findings

Mind the Product

With the move to subscription-based licensing, it’s more important than ever for users to see the value of a product. The best product managers use feature adoption to measure and improve their product’s value. Our benchmarking survey set out to evaluate how features are being received by users. What is feature adoption? Feature adoption aims Read more » The post Users engage with only 6% of product features: Product benchmark findings appeared first on Mind the Product.

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He’s Worth over $58 Billion, but Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg Doesn’t Understand the Difference between Values, Culture, and Business Processes

Spice Catalyst

Summary This article discusses the differences between Meta (formerly Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp) and Apple in their approach to product development and core values. It criticizes Mark Zuckerberg’s “move fast and break things” approach, contrasting it with Apple’s “Design Thinking” approach, which focuses on understanding users and creating innovative solutions.

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How to Get Clarity When Your Company's Strategy is… “Fuzzy”

Melissa Perri

“Our vision is to be the best!” Cue awkward silence in the conference room. “Best at… what exactly?” “Everything!” If you’ve ever sat through a company strategy meeting and left with your head spinning, you’re experiencing a common problem. It usually unfolds in layers of confusion. First, there’s the vision – those sweeping statements that try to inspire but end up saying nothing.

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Ask Teresa: Does the Engineer in the Product Trio Need to be the Tech Lead?

Product Talk

Working as a product trio is the foundation for discovery. Without input from a product manager, a designer, and an engineer, it’s difficult for us to account for the cross-functional perspectives we need to build successful products. However, most companies tend to have more engineers than product managers or designers. This creates some confusion when it comes to forming product trios.

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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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What is a Product Management Framework? 

280 Group

Introduction Imagine trying to build a skyscraper without blueprints. Chaos, right? That’s exactly what it’s like managing a product without a solid framework. While everyone knows they need a plan, too many product teams are still winging it, hoping their products don’t come crashing down. Let’s talk about how a product management framework can save.

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How much do U.S. product managers really make?

Lenny Rachitsky

👋 Hey, Lenny here! Welcome to this month’s ✨ free edition ✨ of Lenny’s Newsletter. Each week I tackle reader questions about building product, driving growth, and accelerating your career. If you’re not a subscriber, here’s what you missed this month: Why no productivity hack will solve your overwhelm A PM’s guide to influence State of the product job market, part 2 Why cash is king Subscribe to get access to these posts, and every post from th

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Leveraging Voice of Customer Data: Turning Objections into Sales Opportunities

Alchemer Mobile

Imagine you’re delivering a crucial sales presentation. Suddenly, your potential client raises an objection. Instead of being caught off guard, you respond with a perfectly tailored answer that addresses their concerns head-on. This isn’t a matter of luck or guesswork – it’s the power of Voice of the Customer (VoC) data in action. Customer experience initiatives offer invaluable insight into your customers’ preferences, pain points, and expectations.

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Portfolio struggles

UX Planet

Tips and insights to make your portfolio journey Photo by Hal Gatewood on Unsplash Love them. Hate them. Or just disagree with them. There’s no denying that portfolios have become an active part of the recruitment process. I’ve seen more and more recruiters and job applications ask for them. At our Content Design and UX meetups , more and more folks have asked what to include in their portfolios and if they need one.

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When You Should NOT Use a Product Roadmap

Roman Pichler

Listen to the audio version of this article: [link] You Can’t See Further than the Next Three Months A product roadmap should be a realistic forecast that states the specific value a product is likely to offer in the next 12 months. [1] Creating such a forecast is not always feasible, especially when you work on a new, innovative product. If you can’t see further than the next three months, then do not use a product roadmap.

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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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Tools of the Trade: How HiveMQ Automates Customer Interview Recruiting with Orbital

Product Talk

If you want to make continuous interviewing part of your discovery , you have to automate the recruiting process. It sounds simple, but that doesn’t mean it’s easy. If you want to make continuous interviewing part of your discovery, you have to automate the recruiting process. It sounds simple, but that doesn’t mean it’s easy. – Tweet This While many product teams want to talk to customers every week, they struggle to make this a reality.

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The Nightmares of Product Management 

280 Group

The Out-of-Control Episode Good evening, my dear product managers… Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the backlog… (sinister chuckle) they’ve returned. Yes, our product management nightmares are back, and this time, they’ve spiraled deliciously out of control. Welcome, brave souls, to another collection of tales that haunt our noble profession.

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Why most companies struggle with OKRs: A conversation with Jeff Gothelf

Mind the Product

Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) are one of the most popular frameworks that many companies use to define success; however, many product teams struggle to use them effectively. We sat down with Jeff Gothelf, Author and Leadership expert, to discuss his latest book, “Who Does What by How Much?” and explore how product teams can better Read more » The post Why most companies struggle with OKRs: A conversation with Jeff Gothelf appeared first on Mind the Product.

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Why Your User Stories Are Killing Product Usability

Product Management University

Your user stories are killing product usability because they’re missing two critical components. Not only is product usability suffering, the absence of these two components is making product design all the more difficult. Here are two things you won’t find in any agile book or agile training course that’ll complete your user stories, simplify design and improve product usability.

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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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The science of survey timing: When to send surveys to maximize response rates

Alchemer Mobile

Surveys are one of the most effective ways to get valuable feedback from your target audience. Whether you’re surveying your customers, employees, or performing market research, surveys enable you to easily gather quantitative and qualitative feedback at scale. Of course, to provide value to your business, surveys need to be completed. Obvious yet true: if people don’t respond to your surveys, they’re not doing you much good.

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Turning Home Assignments From a Necessary Evil into an Opportunity

The Product Coalition

While home assignments are a lot to take in, they also give you an opportunity to shine and make sure the job is right for you. Here’s how. Most candidates hate home assignments. They view them as a chore, an unfair or unnecessary request from the potential employer. But it doesn’t have to be this way. I’ll never forget my first product management home assignment.

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Customer Recruiting for Continuous Discovery: Get Easy Access to Customers Week Over Week

Product Talk

In all of our Product Talk Academy courses , we ask students, “What’s your biggest hurdle to adopting continuous discovery?” Overwhelmingly, the #1 response is: access to customers. This doesn’t surprise me. In Continuous Discovery Habits , I wrote that the only way to make continuous discovery sustainable is to automate your customer recruiting process.

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The Nightmares of Product Management 

280 Group

The Out-of-Control Episode Good evening, my dear product managers… Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the backlog… (sinister chuckle) they’ve returned. Yes, our product management nightmares are back, and this time, they’ve spiraled deliciously out of control. Welcome, brave souls, to another collection of tales that haunt our noble profession.

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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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Leadership coaching: 5 reasons why you should do it

Mind the Product

Learn how leadership coaching can enhance your career, with tips on finding the right coach and maximising your sessions. Read more » The post Leadership coaching: 5 reasons why you should do it appeared first on Mind the Product.

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Product Management University Announces Free Training Courses for Product Marketing Managers

Product Management University

Unconventional Product Marketing Skills to Drive More Revenue From Existing Products Today, Product Management University announced free training courses for product marketing managers. It’s offering free eLearning versions of its Product Marketing 101 Basic Skills Courses. These courses offer an unconventional approach to traditional product marketing that makes it easier for product marketing managers to generate more revenue from existing products without splitting hairs to define and communi

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Five proven prompt engineering techniques (and a few more-advanced tactics)

Lenny Rachitsky

👋 Hey, I’m Lenny, and welcome to a 🔒 subscriber-only edition 🔒 of my weekly newsletter. Each week I tackle reader questions about building product, driving growth, and accelerating your career. For more: Hire your next product leader | Favorite Maven courses | Lennybot | Podcast | Swag Subscribe now ❤️‍🔥 A quick note on the Lenny and Friends Summit The inaugural Lenny and Friends Summit was a smashing success.

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Speed and Substance: How To Innovate Consumer Insights

The Product Coalition

Stefan Röse breaks down how Quantilope is pushing forward customer development and the consumer research field. By Jon Matheson for Product Coalition Have you ever wondered how much a consumer is worth? Depending on who you ask, the answer will vary depending on what they genuinely know or understand about consumers. Perhaps that’s why some research experts say, “Data is the new currency.

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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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Making the Complex, Easy: Self-Service A/B Testing Is Here!

Amplitude

Learn how Amplitude Web Experimentation brings self-service experimentation to growth teams, web product managers, and marketers to maximize conversion rates.

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How to Build a Strong Relationship Between Product Management and Sales with Anna Nuñez

280 Group

Productside Stories S2 Ep7: Anna Nuñez In this episode of Productside Stories , host Rina Alexin interviews Anna Nuñez , Growth Manager of Sales at Databricks, to explore how product management and sales teams can collaborate more effectively. Anna dives deep into the importance of open communication between sales and product, actionable ways to streamline customer feedback, and why breaking down silos is essential for business growth.

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What we learned at Pendomonium and #mtpcon: Day 1

Mind the Product

For the first time ever, we teamed up with our friends at Pendo for the eighth Pendomonium! With over 1,300 attendees in the room, it was a great occasion to take in the bright skies, connect with coworkers old and new, and soak in some product goodness. Read on for some of our key learnings Read more » The post What we learned at Pendomonium and #mtpcon: Day 1 appeared first on Mind the Product.

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Product Management University Announces Product Strategy Framework for B2B

Product Management University

Today, Product Management University announced its Product Strategy Framework for B2B product management. This framework makes it easier for organizations to hit their financial and strategic goals with fewer stops and starts because it eliminates the need for every product to have its own strategy that ultimately stretches the organization too thin to execute any of them well.

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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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Behind the product: NotebookLM | Raiza Martin (Senior Product Manager, AI @ Google Labs)

Lenny Rachitsky

Listen now on Apple , Spotify , and YouTube. Brought to you by: • Explo — Embed customer-facing analytics in your product • Sprig ⁠⁠ — Build products for people, not data points • Sidebar — Accelerate your career by surrounding yourself with extraordinary peers — Raiza Martin is a senior product manager for AI at Google Labs, where she leads the team behind NotebookLM, an AI-powered research tool that includes a delightful podcast-on-demand f

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Three Reasons to Insist on Outcome-Based Planning

The Product Coalition

Here are three reasons not to give up and stick to the important principle of working with outcomes. Photo by AP Vibes Outcome-based roadmaps are considered the best practice; however, they are not as common as you would expect. While the idea is nice, implementation is much trickier, and many companies revert to simple feature stacking instead. When I was Head of Product at eBay, one of my primary responsibilities was to lead and build eBay’s new catalog system.

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Dragonboat Wins 2024 Proddy Award for ‘Top Product to Watch’

Dragonboat

We are pleased to share that Dragonboat has been awarded the 2024 Proddy Award for ‘Top Product to Watch’ by Product School. This prestigious recognition was unveiled live at ProductCon San Francisco by Carlos Gonzalez de Villaumbrosia, Founder and CEO of Product School. It marks Dragonboat’s second accolade from Product School where in 2023 it […] The post Dragonboat Wins 2024 Proddy Award for ‘Top Product to Watch’ appeared first on Dragonboat.