Resilience in change
Lead on Purpose
OCTOBER 16, 2017
Change happens. Change is one of the inevitable aspects of business and life. Some find it difficult to deal with change, and their attitude toward it limits their growth.
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Product Management Tasks – A Guide through Responsibilities of your Job
Tim Herbig
OCTOBER 17, 2017
Not every company provides enough clarity about the product management tasks which are expected from their employees. That’s why this extensive guide will walk you through the general expectations on that role and which specific domains you need to master to become a successful Product Manager.… Continue Reading. The post Product Management Tasks – A Guide through Responsibilities of your Job appeared first on Tim Herbig.
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10 Great Questions Product Managers Should ask Customers
Mind the Product
OCTOBER 18, 2017
You can get a lot of helpful insight from the perspective of a customer, just simply by asking the right questions. Customers are usually quite willing to provide you with their feedback, especially if they’ve had a particularly positive or negative experience. You can learn quickly about what you’re doing right and what you’re doing wrong, in your customer’s eyes.
How to build a billion dollar digital marketplace – examples from Uber, eBay, Craigslist, and more
Andrew Chen
OCTOBER 17, 2017
Marketplaces are easily underestimated. When marketplaces get big, they can get really big. Some of the biggest tech successes ever – eBay, Airbnb, Alibaba, Uber – are marketplaces worth tens of billions of dollars each. And yet marketplaces often start small, in niches and weird corners of the Internet. As we all know, when eBay got started in 1995, it was focused on collectibles.
Enterprise ABM Marketing Tools: A Marketers Guide
Advertiser: ZoomInfo
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.
Maximizing Your LinkedIn for a Successful Product Management Career
The Product Guy
OCTOBER 19, 2017
In a recent live stream from one of our mentors of The Product Mentor , Paul Hurwitz, lead a conversation around “Maximizing LinkedIn for Product Managers”. We are always looking for more product mentors from all around the world. Signup to be a Mentor Today! View the live stream…. About The Product Mentor. The Product Mentor is a program designed to pair Product Mentors and Mentees from around the World, across all industries, from start-up to enterprise, guided by the fundamental goals…
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Improving the UX of Your Terms and Conditions Page (and 6 Easy Ways To Do It)
Mind the Product
OCTOBER 20, 2017
When it comes to designing or improving the UX of a website, how often do you consider your terms and conditions page? My guess: hardly ever. I know what you’re thinking, “why spend time improving a page that 99% of people don’t read when I should be working on my home page, pricing page, or check-out page?”. While, you should definitely pay the greatest attention to the design of these pages, but there is a case to be made for giving some tender love and care to your terms page.
Learning Product Management Skills vs. Training: The Big Difference!
Product Management University
OCTOBER 17, 2017
There’s a significant difference between learning product management skills and going through a product management training course. Learning is where things get far more interesting. From the time I was a teenager, I aspired to be a decent golfer – just good enough to beat my friends at the time and not embarrass myself later on in life when playing with colleagues or clients.
How to Quickly Prioritize Your Product Backlog
The Product Guy
OCTOBER 16, 2017
Guest Post by: Christopher Davis (Mentee, Session 4, The Product Mentor) [Paired with Mentor, Jonathan Berg]. As a product manager, you’ll often find yourself with a growing backlog of user stories and product defects that need grooming and scheduling. But which ones should come first, and why? A robust ranking framework is key to answering these questions.
Career Paths in Product Management – Building Products vs. Building People
Tim Herbig
OCTOBER 17, 2017
At one point in time, every PM will arrive at the point at which she has finally gained enough professional experience at her current or past job to climb the corporate ladder. Promotions become a thing. And thereby it’s not about leveling from which level, but about the act of leveling itself. While this may … Continue reading "Career Paths in Product Management – Building Products vs.
Revolutionize QA: GAPs AI-Driven Accelerators for Smarter, Faster Testing
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GAP's AI-Driven QA Accelerators revolutionize software testing by automating repetitive tasks and enhancing test coverage. From generating test cases and Cypress code to AI-powered code reviews and detailed defect reports, our platform streamlines QA processes, saving time and resources. Accelerate API testing with Pytest-based cases and boost accuracy while reducing human error.
Great Design for Great Digital Products by Jane Austin
Mind the Product
OCTOBER 20, 2017
Rather than having a single “genius” designer who drives their own solutions to problems, quality design facilitates the bringing together of different perspectives. For this to work, you need to build a deep, shared understanding, and once you get to this point, you can operate through consent, not consensus, meaning that decisions can be made quickly and transparently.
Learning Product Management Skills vs. Training: Big Difference!
Product Management University
OCTOBER 17, 2017
There’s a significant difference between learning product management skills and going through a product management training course. Learning is where things get far more interesting. From the time I was a teenager, I aspired to be a decent golfer – just good enough to beat my friends at the time and not embarrass myself later on in life when playing with colleagues or clients.
The Importance of Scrum Ceremonies
Clever PM
OCTOBER 19, 2017
I recently had a really great conversation with a fellow co-worker about how and why companies struggle with the adoption of agile methodologies like Scrum. It just so happened that he had come from a very large company where someone had undertaken something unheard of — they attempted to objectively measure the effect that Scrum […].
3 Feature Prioritization Methods With Your Users In Mind
UX Studio
OCTOBER 16, 2017
Whether in the pool or already on the market, a new product or service with plenty of ideas will constantly require recurring feature prioritization. An implementation which might have seemed unnecessary one day can become a basic expectation the next. This carries great responsibility, as some new functions might impact usability and also affect business related interests.
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.
Offshore Development: Pluses and Minuses for Product Managers
Mind the Product
OCTOBER 16, 2017
US-based technology companies are working at a fever pitch to recruit the best talent available. I live in Seattle where many Silicon Valley-based firms, including Google and Facebook, have opened offices to tap into the wealth of local talent that companies like Microsoft and Amazon enjoy here. Another growing trend is to hire offshore talent to fill those critical engineering roles which cannot be filled quickly enough here and, perhaps more importantly, is significantly cheaper.
Why Wistia Turned its Company into a Mountain-Climbing Team
Amplitude
OCTOBER 17, 2017
Maintaining your agility while simultaneously making the product development process predictable is one of the biggest challenges any product leader faces. It was about a year ago that we realized: we were failing at this, and. our laissez-faire, do-what-you-will take on project management was the culprit. This was hard for us to accept because our lack of rigid project management was exactly what had allowed us to build a great product in the first place.
Product Management Tasks – A Guide through Responsibilities of your Job
Tim Herbig
OCTOBER 17, 2017
Not every company provides enough clarity about the product management tasks which are expected from their employees. That’s why this extensive guide will walk you through the general expectations on that role and which specific domains you need to master to become a successful Product Manager.… Continue Reading. The post Product Management Tasks – A Guide through Responsibilities of your Job appeared first on Tim Herbig.
Product Managers and Designers — Evolving Towards a Better Future
The Product Guy
OCTOBER 17, 2017
From The Best Product Person of 2016, Chris Butler, …. Looking Forward. More to Come. The Best Product Person (TBPP) is the leading international award honoring excellence in Product Management. Established in 2010, TBPP is awarded annually in association with The Product Guy and The Product Group. Take a moment and congratulate The Best Product Person of 2016: Chris Butler. ( tweet ).
B2B eCommerce, Self-Service Portals, and PIM Trends for 2024
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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.
Sharon Kean – Apps & Flat Packs
Mind the Product
OCTOBER 17, 2017
Summary: If you want to change legacy systems or industries, focus on bringing people with you. This helps you find solutions which genuinely solve problems rather than imposing your perspective on others. Bloom & Wild are trying to make flower delivery easy and fun – No longer do you need to worry about whether someone is in, if they’re at their desk or even what a nice bouquet looks like.
Feedback Is The Key To Success In Product Development
Sequent Learning
OCTOBER 17, 2017
The post Feedback Is The Key To Success In Product Development appeared first on Sequent Learning Networks.
How Home Depot Product Managers Are Fighting Back Against Amazon
The Accidental Product Manager
OCTOBER 16, 2017
Home Depot product managers are not giving up in the fight against Amazon Image Credit: Mike Mozart. If you are a product manager working in the field of retail goods, there is one word that should strike fear in your heart: Amazon. Retailers like Macy’s, Nordstrom’s, and Kohl’s have all been reporting decreased sales and the culprit is Amazon.
TEI146: Who product managers focus on for designing great products – with Brian Baker
Product Innovation Educators
OCTOBER 16, 2017
How to get the right insights from the right users to have successful products. Design is increasingly an aspect of product management, not just product teams. More of us are familiar with user experience and its impact on design, but where does design really begin? Every true user experience expert I have talked with about this has the same answer and that’s with the user of the product or the person with the problem that we wish to solve with a product.
4 AI Hacks to Make Sales Teams More Efficient
Advertiser: ZoomInfo
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.
Sharon Keane – Apps & Flat Packs
Mind the Product
OCTOBER 17, 2017
Summary: If you want to change legacy systems or industries, focus on bringing people with you. This helps you find solutions which genuinely solve problems rather than imposing your perspective on others. Bloom & Wild are trying to make flower delivery easy and fun – No longer do you need to worry about whether someone is in, if they’re at their desk or even what a nice bouquet looks like.
Product Management 101 — Crash Course in Product Management (Introduction)
The Product Coalition
OCTOBER 19, 2017
If you are visiting this page, there are chances you might be seeking an answer to one of the following questions – Having completed my formal education, how do I start my career in Product Management? Coming from a non-related industry, how do I break into Product Management? Being a Tech developer, how do I transition into a Product Manager role? I’m an entrepreneur; however, I lack any relevant experience to manage/scale my product.
Barriers to a successful retrospective with a distributed team
Miro
OCTOBER 18, 2017
Barriers to a successful retrospective witha distributed team A retrospective is an essential activity for the team to effectively learn and improve. Handle a distributed team? Rely on collaboration tools and make sure communication between sites is clear and timely. However, there are might be a number of complexities getting in the way of a […].
Product-market fit – and other innovation insights for product managers Oct 20, 2017
Product Innovation Educators
OCTOBER 20, 2017
Each week I scour articles, wading through the dogs, and bringing you the best insights to help product managers and innovators be heroes. 6 steps to product-market fit. (1) Determining your target customer, (2) Identifying underserved customer needs, (3) Defining your value proposition, (4) Specifying your Minimum Viable Product (MVP) feature set, (5) Creating your MVP prototype, and (6) Testing your MVP with customers.
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
How Do You Test Automated Data Entry for Mobile Web Apps? A Tip We Gave to Our Customer
Amir Rozenberg
OCTOBER 19, 2017
These days, many brands are finding new ways of streamlining the user experience in order to drive higher adoption rates, increased security, and user satisfaction. Onboard sensors offer a great alternative to tedious manual data entry; in many cases, this not only enhances and simplifies the user experience, but also can allow for the creation of new and compelling flows.
Turn Your Team Boards Into Newsletters
Roy Madden
OCTOBER 19, 2017
The increasing volume of information, along with accelerating industry trends, has made it harder for busy professionals and teams to keep up with emerging threats and opportunities in the market. Current solutions for keeping up with trends fall short. By default, most teams rely on ad hoc email chains and chat to share links. These options lack context and add a lot of unwanted noise, chaos, and stress.
Shift-M Podcast Posted About Hiring
Johanna Rothman
OCTOBER 16, 2017
Yegor Bugayenko asked me to be a guest on his podcast to talk about Hiring Geeks That Fit. I gladly accepted and the podcast is now up: Shift-M/10. We spoke about many issues in hiring: Laundry list/shopping list problem in job descriptions. Starting with a “test” or a phone screen (I need to write a post about starting with auditions/tests first.).
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