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The Product Development Life Cycle – How Companies Stay Ahead of the Curve by Listening to Customers

Usersnap

Every product goes through stages. Like in the Odyssey, there’s a beginning, a middle, and in most cases, an end. However, for products, these stages are related to understanding the problem that you want to solve, how you can approach it, what can be improved and how to stay relevant. We call it the product development life cycle. Knowing where you are, and where you’re going is crucial to setting and achieving goals.

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Three Reasons Why a High Churn SaaS Business Will (Probably) Never Make Money

Gainsight

How will we look back on 2021 and 2022 years from now? I’m sure partly, we will reflect with shock. How did we ever think GameStop was worth tens of billions of dollars? Why did we believe in crypto scams like FTX? And whoever thought an NFT of a “Bored Ape” would be valued at millions? What were we thinking? On the flip side, we might have some nostalgia for the halcyon days of SaaS when everything was worth 100x ARR, regardless as to business model!

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Whose job is it anyway? The rise of Product Ops and why it deserves to be an independent function

Mind the Product

Lately it feels like no matter where you look, there’s always someone talking about Product Ops. But few people are asking: Does it actually need to exist? Antonia Landi, Product Operations Leader dives deep into this emerging role. [.] Read more » The post Whose job is it anyway? The rise of Product Ops and why it deserves to be an independent function appeared first on Mind the Product.

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What Is Product Experience & Why Does It Matter?

Product Management University

Product experience is a vital part of product design and development. Your product should be able to make customers measurably better at specific job tasks that are critical to their success, for sure, but does it do so easily and efficiently, and even more importantly, do those customers actually enjoy using it? Product experience takes into account how your product delivers ideal customer outcomes and the manner in which it eliminates obstacles.

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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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Stop Asking Asking Customers What They They Want, Instead Ask What They Do

The Product Coalition

Ask them what they do, when they do what they do, what challenges are they running to, and how are they solving those challenges today. One of the biggest challenges that business owners or product managers (PM) face is figuring out what their customers want. Too often, we ask customers what they want, instead of asking what they do. Instead of asking customers what they want, ask them what they do.

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3 Unexpected Lessons I Learned Conducting UX Research with the Government

dscout People Nerds

It’s easy to bring up biases and assumptions to government work. But understanding the nature of its bureaucracy is key to success.

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Side Hustles for Product Managers: 16 Great Ways to Leverage Your Skills

The Product Coalition

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Software Delivery Isn’t Linear: Value Based Decision Making at Sustainably

The Product Coalition

Product leader Kristina Philip shares lessons and stories about building software to advance social philanthropy. Continue reading on Product Coalition ».

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Onboarding UX Best Practices For SaaS Products

Userpilot

Getting new users signed up and beginning to get value from your product is a challenge many product managers will face: onboarding UX best practices can help you tackle it effectively. In this article, we’ll break down exactly the tools , techniques, and tactics you can leverage in your product. Ready to get into it? Let’s get started! TL;DR.

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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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SUNDAY REWIND: The importance of EQ for product development teams by Nikkia Reveillac

Mind the Product

This week’s Sunday Rewind takes us back to 2021’s #mtpcon Digital Americas conference and a talk from Twitter’s former head of research Nikkia Reveillac on why emotional intelligence is the key ingredient in the highest performing product development teams. Nikkia starts with a story about the US and Trinidad and Tobago football teams both trying [.

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Product Update: More Account-Wide Controls and Management for Account Admins

Alchemer Mobile

Improvements to project folders, account webhooks, and report themes make life easier for admins. By Vanessa Bagnato, Director of Product Marketing, Alchemer. In December 2022, the Alchemer product team launched more improvements to Standard Reports, improved Project Folder management, and account webhook enhancements designed to give account administrators more control and improve organization.

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How do customers want to talk to businesses? Our new survey reveals what you need to know

Intercom, Inc.

We’re fast approaching a new year, with major changes in customer support trends and customer expectations. So what does “good customer support” look like for 2023? We conducted a major survey to find out what people want and expect from customer service, and made some fascinating discoveries. Our latest study contacted 1,000 US customers across generations, to learn more about what they want and expect from businesses as we enter 2023.

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Stock Your Facilitation “Go-bag” With These Tools So You’re Prepared for Almost Anything

The Product Coalition

Have you ever showed up to lead a workshop and found that all the whiteboard markers were dried out? Or nobody brought pens? Or there wasn’t any paper on hand for sketching exercises? With the return of more in-person work comes the return of more in-person workshops, and that means that we facilitators need to be prepared with the right toolkit for live gatherings.

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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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Keeping product creative, innovative… and fun! by Manon Dave

Mind the Product

In his keynote session at #mtpcon London 2022, Manon Dave talks about his awesome career experiences and how he has kept his work creative, innovative and fun. Watch this video or read on for key highlights from the talk. [.] Read more » The post Keeping product creative, innovative… and fun! by Manon Dave appeared first on Mind the Product.

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Effective Always Changing

The Product Guy

Get out of your comfort zone and iterate your process every quarter — always be trying something new. Watch and learn more from product management expert, Amin Bashi.

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Our biggest releases of 2022: A next-generation Inbox, our most powerful Messenger yet, and the introduction of tickets

Intercom, Inc.

2022 has been a year for the books, with major changes and uncertainty across every industry. . Through it all, we’ve focused on building delightful features for our customers – and today, we’re focusing on something a little more positive with our roundup of the biggest and best of what we’ve built for you this year. Below are the highlights of what we’ve built for you in 2022, but there’s so much more to see.

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3 Misconceptions About CEO Communication

The Product Coalition

As product leaders, we constantly struggle to balance between getting guidance from above and setting the direction ourselves. The CEO, or any of the founders if you are in a startup, seems to rightfully want to set the tone. Or do they? Here are 3 things you want to pay attention to. Photo by Milada Vigerova on Unsplash I love massages. They are so good for both the mind and the body, that I try to get them regularly.

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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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Running your retrospective meetings, the right way

Mind the Product

A retrospective meeting can benefit any team, irrespective of whether you follow Agile or not. This article gives an overview of conducting retrospectives efficiently and can also be applied to our personal lives. [.] Read more » The post Running your retrospective meetings, the right way appeared first on Mind the Product.

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Conversations with Chief Innovators: SecureG

Modus Create

Welcome to Conversations with Chief Innovators, where our CEO Pat Sheridan discusses innovation in business with transformational leaders across industries. In the fifth episode, we bring you Mike Denning , Founder and CEO of SecureG. Watch the full episode below. Mike Denning has been steering organizations through tech revolutions since the dawn of the dot-com era. .

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How to Overcome 7 Common Challenges in Global Product Management

Gocious Blog

It's no secret that developing products come with many challenges. Some of them are unpredictable, while others can be avoided with better planning and preparations. Issues often arise from internal factors, including miscommunication, information silos, and differing opinions. Some issues occur due to external factors, such as supply shortages or market demands.

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Plan and Pace Activities Like a Pro With the 5 Chapters of Workshop Design

The Product Coalition

In a recent poll, many of my fellow facilitators shared that the most challenging part of designing a workshop lies in picking the right methods and activities to apply, then pacing against them. Hey, I get it! As guides, we want so badly to steer our teams in the right direction and toward the best possible outcomes. It’s our job to get them from A to B, ideally using the best-fit activities to help solve the problem at hand (and without running out of time).

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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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Bringing products to market – Lea Hickman on The Product Experience

Mind the Product

New products get tested and brought to market every day across different scales and sectors. What are the most essential go-to-market keys to make a product launch successful? There was no one better to discuss this with than Lea Hickman, Partner at Silicon Valley Product Group who joins us on the podcast to discuss bringing products to market. [.] Read more » The post Bringing products to market – Lea Hickman on The Product Experience appeared first on Mind the Product.

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From BigCo to Startup: 20 Tips for Evaluating Early-Stage Companies & Making the Leap

First Round Review

Considering moving from BigCo to startup? We crowdsourced a tactical guide for first-time startup job-seekers on how to evaluate career opportunities at early-stage companies.

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One Important Communication Skill Every Product Manager Needs to Improve

Gocious Blog

Product managers need a variety of skills to excel in their positions, including the ability to be organized, creative, punctual, collaborative, and effective communicators. Of all the skills that a Product Manager must exhibit during the product development process, effective communication is the most vital to success. From product ideation to completion, good communication is necessary.

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12 Top DevOps Best Practices for a Successful Transition in 2023

The Product Coalition

DevOps has been one of the most exciting and talked-about fields over the past decade. If you’re not familiar with the term, DevOps refers to the collaboration between developers and operations people to speed up the process of software delivery by streamlining application lifecycle processes. If you are familiar with the term, it’s probably because you or your company have begun using DevOps processes and tools in your daily work, or because you have plans to do so sometime soon.

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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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All product management should be focused on growth by Partho Ghosh

Mind the Product

In this #mtpcon SF+Americas 2022 breakout session, Partho Ghosh, Senior Director of Product, Growth at Hootsuite, looks at why all product management should revolve around growth. Watch this video or read on for key highlights from the talk. [.] Read more » The post All product management should be focused on growth by Partho Ghosh appeared first on Mind the Product.

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Feature Audit 101- Analyze Feature Usage and Make Data-Driven Product Decisions

Userpilot

What is a feature audit? How does it help product managers and how to carry it out? These are just a handful of the questions we answer in the article. If that’s what you’re after, let’s get right to it! TL;DR. Feature audit is a tool that PMs can use to evaluate how good features are at satisfying user needs. A typical feature audit is a graph with data about how many users engage with all the features and how often they do it.

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414: Stakeholder management for product leaders – with Bruce McCarthy

Product Innovation Educators

How product managers can align stakeholders on product projects. Today we are talking about the need for product leaders to manage stakeholders and the associated challenges this creates. Aligning the perspectives of stakeholders on a product project is desirable as well as difficult. Helping us with this difficult task is Bruce McCarthy. Previously, Bruce joined us for a three-part series on creating and using product roadmaps.