Product Management University
DECEMBER 5, 2023
Here’s the easiest way to marry company strategy and product strategy. The first order of business is to make a clear distinction between your company’s financial goals and strategic goals. They’re often conflated. Financial goals are just that. While meeting those goals is critical to your organization’s success, financial goals themselves aren’t the same as strategic goals.
Product Management University
DECEMBER 5, 2023
Here’s a simple three-step approach for your product demos that will help you sell solutions versus products. It’ll make differentiation easier and improve your sales win rates. In many cases, the product silos that exist within product management become transparent to buyers during the sales cycle, creating the perception you’ve got a bunch of fragmented products instead of integrated solutions.
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The Accidental Product Manager
DECEMBER 4, 2023
Subway product managers have to come up with a comeback plan Image Credit: Mike Mozart I’m pretty sure that even if you didn’t know it, there are more Subway sandwich restaurants out there than there are McDonald’s restaurants. With the chain being that large, you would expect that they must be doing quite well. In the past that has been the story.
Userpilot
DECEMBER 6, 2023
Dogfooding means eating your own dog food. Wait! What? What does it have to do with product management or product design? That’s what you’ll find out from this article. Let’s dive in! TL;DR Product dogfooding is a testing practice. It involves teams using their own product internally to identify issues and opportunities for improvement.
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.
The Product Coalition
DECEMBER 6, 2023
The Critical Role of Product Strategy When Money Is Scarce (Part 1 — Seed) A good product strategy is something every company needs. When VCs and customers aren’t throwing money at whatever you tell them, it becomes a critical tool. Here is how a product strategy can help you create business results, even when the market is not in your favor. Photo by Nonki Azariah on Unsplash Last week I had a pleasant surprise.
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Userpilot
DECEMBER 5, 2023
Product design is much more than an aesthetic and intuitive UI. Our ultimate guide explores: What exactly product design involves How to design successful products , and Tools that can help you design them. Let’s get right into it! TL;DR The aim of the product design process is to create products that solve genuine customer problems, are functional, and offer a positive user experience.
Roman Pichler
DECEMBER 4, 2023
Listen to the audio version of this article: [link] What is Product Discovery? Product discovery is the process of “figuring out a solution to a problem we’ve been asked to solve,” writes Marty Cagan. [1] It involves understanding and selecting user needs, exploring solutions, and choosing the most appropriate one. Let’s make this more concrete by looking at a popular product discovery tool, Teresa Torres’ Opportunity Solution Tree (OTS). [2] Before I proceed, let me point out that I am neither
Gocious Blog
DECEMBER 5, 2023
Choosing between two great options is a struggle for anyone. When faced with the decision, there can be a feeling of loss for the choices not selected. When it comes to ideas and group discussion, it can even feel personal. The more options thrown into the mix, the more challenging the decisions become.
Mind the Product
DECEMBER 3, 2023
Earlier this year, Ebenezer Diagi, Product Manager and Designer at ZIMVEST wrote a great guest post for Mind the Product on engaging your users through flow. In this Sunday's rewind, we look back to this engaging piece. Read on for a quick recap. Read more » The post SUNDAY REWIND: 8 rules for flow in product appeared first on Mind the Product.
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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.
Product Talk
DECEMBER 6, 2023
Opportunity solution trees help product teams chart the best path to their desired outcome. They keep the team aligned as they manage the messy cycles of continuous discovery. Opportunity solution trees help product teams chart the best path to their desired outcome. – Tweet This In this article, we’ll cover what an opportunity solution tree is, the benefits of using one, how to create one, and so much more.
Product Management University
DECEMBER 8, 2023
The word roadmap usually conjures up thoughts of a product roadmap for people in a technology product company. For customer success managers though, the intent of a customer account roadmap, while similar, is bit more surgical than a product roadmap when it comes to defining success and leading customers to it. Think of the customer account roadmap as the perfect blend of account strategy, execution tactics, and a metrics dashboard that simplifies everything for both the customer success manager
Alchemer Mobile
DECEMBER 6, 2023
Improve customer adoption and onboarding with continuous feedback By Jasper Lipton, Alchemer Senior Product Marketing Manager, and Vanessa Bagnato, Alchemer Director of Product Marketing Successfully onboarding a new customer has long term impacts on your business, and can improve adoption, reduce churn, and increase revenue. With the ability to automate manual steps and customize the Alchemer Platform to fit your onboarding needs and business, you can collect the information you need to help cu
Mind the Product
DECEMBER 7, 2023
AI image generation provides creators with new and exciting capabilities but also raises some profound ethical questions. We look for a way forward that will harness its immense possibilities while also ensuring safety, transparency and responsible governance. Read more » The post Image generation AI: A paradigm shift in creativity and governance appeared first on Mind the Product.
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
The Product Coalition
DECEMBER 4, 2023
The Critical Role of Product Strategy When Resources Are Limited (Part 2 — Rounds A, B, and Later) When you start selling your product, you feel great, but that doesn’t last for too long. At some point, the results you expected and even produced in the past aren’t replicating. You add features, you replace salespeople, but it doesn’t help. You blame the market, but often that’s just overlooking the real problem.
Product Innovation Educators
DECEMBER 4, 2023
How product managers can navigate leadership challenges Today we are talking about four leadership motions that enable increased organizational effectiveness and productivity and alleviate organizational friction, waste, and indecision. The motions reflect a need for leadership change as organizations struggle for higher performance while supporting employees.
dscout People Nerds
DECEMBER 5, 2023
User research can help us understand and utilize GenAI both effectively and ethically. But GenAI can also provide opportunities for UXR at a pivotal time.
Mind the Product
DECEMBER 5, 2023
Join us for an insightful conversation with Martin Eriksson, EQT Product Partner and Co-founder of Mind the Product. Martin unveils The Decision Stack, a model to empower product teams in making more effective decisions. We dissect the five steps of this model, demonstrating the power of a defined vision, cohesive strategy, and an understanding of objectives, opportunities, and principles.
Speaker: Jay Allardyce, Deepak Vittal, Terrence Sheflin, and Mahyar Ghasemali
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.
Userpilot
DECEMBER 8, 2023
A mindset of product experimentation is vitally important for product success and growth. If product managers can consistently apply the scientific method, analyze the effect of multiple variables changing, and gather reliable data about the future direction of the product, they’re in a strong position to improve customer outcomes. Ready to learn more about experimentation?
Mironov Consulting
DECEMBER 5, 2023
We’re in the Silly Season: companies of all sizes are doing annual planning — intending to lock down 12 months of iron-clad commitments, non-negotiable delivery dates, major organizational changes, and accurate predictions of revenue. In my experience, this is mostly ineffective if it’s done only once a year — especially if focused on how much money we need to make, rather than how we’re going to make it.
Johanna Rothman
DECEMBER 4, 2023
In the first post, How Centralization Decisions Create Friction, Increase Cycle Time, and Cost Money, Part 1 , I explained how centralizing even relatively small decisions to centralize has high costs. Why do organizations centralize? To supposedly capitalize on “economies of scale.” That's the problem of understanding the cost of work—but not the value of that work.
Mind the Product
DECEMBER 8, 2023
Adriana Hoppenbrouwer-Pereira Is the Co-Founder of the Digital fashion platform The Fabricant. We caught up with her at Web Summit 2023 to hear about her experiences in launching a disruptor product within the fashion industry. Read more » The post Driving digital innovation in fashion: Adriana Hoppenbrouwer-Pereira appeared first on Mind the Product.
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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.
Userpilot
DECEMBER 7, 2023
One of the most pressing questions of customer success is how many customers stick around. After all, keeping all the customers you already have will be much cheaper than trying to acquire new customers. In this guide, we’ll show you the difference between renewal rates and retention rates so you know which product analytics to focus on! TL;DR The renewal rate is the percentage of customers who renew their subscriptions.
Reveal
DECEMBER 6, 2023
Reveal Embedded Analytics In the dynamic world of data analytics, the demand for comprehensive and integrated solutions has reached unprecedented levels. In response to this pressing need, OEM analytics has emerged as a pivotal force in reshaping how businesses harness and interpret their data. This article aims to serve as a guide to understanding the benefits and competitive advantages of OEM analytics, offering valuable insights into selecting the right OEM analytics solution.
Lenny Rachitsky
DECEMBER 3, 2023
Brought to you by Sidebar —Accelerate your career by surrounding yourself with extraordinary peers | Jira Product Discovery —Atlassian’s new prioritization and roadmapping tool built for product teams | Wix Studio —The web creation platform built for agencies — Ebi Atawodi is Director of Product Management for the Creator Experience at YouTube, former Head of Product at Uber, and a former Director of Product (Payments and EMEA) at Netflix.
Mind the Product
DECEMBER 8, 2023
Amanda White, senior product manager at Tanzu Labs, looks at the unintended consequences of protecting product teams from interruptions and suggests that more importance should be placed in developing balanced teams with high levels of autonomy. Read more » The post Stop “protecting your team” appeared first on Mind the Product.
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.
Userpilot
DECEMBER 7, 2023
Data is the backbone of modern marketing. Thus, properly harnessing data-driven insights is key to achieving product growth and business success. This article explores what data-driven insights are and why they are important. It will also guide you through uncovering and harnessing these insights in your SaaS business. TL;DR Data-driven insights are the conclusions reached from analyzing raw data and identifying the patterns and trends in them.
Johanna Rothman
DECEMBER 6, 2023
Flow Efficiency In How Centralization Decisions Create Friction, Increase Cycle Time, and Cost Money, Part 1, I discussed how removing support staff for departments and managers created longer cycle times. (And sometimes, increased friction so much that people could not easily do their jobs.) Removing those support staff was one indication the companies fell into the Economies of Scale trap.
TurnKey Labs
DECEMBER 7, 2023
Ever wondered about the true cost of leaving your offshore team’s data unprotected? Picture this: cybercrime is estimated to cost the world a staggering $10.5 trillion annually by 2025. Cybercrime is no longer a distant threat; it’s an impending financial storm.
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