Andrew Chen

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The “ Dinner Party Jerk ” test is a solution to a common problem: Startups often struggle at pitching their team, even though for the earliest stage companies, it’s incredibly important to do it well to raise capital — as I’ve described it below: Pre-seed- Bet on the team ‍ Seed- Bet on the product Series A- Bet on the traction Series B- Bet on the revenue Series C- Bet on the unit economics To figure out if you are properly pitching yourself in your team, run the thought experiment of de

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Mind the Product

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Product leaders in the C-suite struggle to get their organisations to innovate and understand the value of experimentation, according to recent research. What actions can they take to get other execs to change their approach to Product? Read more » The post Product leaders in the C-suite: tips for dealing with execs appeared first on Mind the Product.

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Mind the Product

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

This article gives actionable tips to overcome job fatigue as a product manager and handling accountability and office politics. Read more » The post Product managers, stop being jaded appeared first on Mind the Product.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

“Feedback is the breakfast of champions.” -Ken Blanchard. To me, it seemed an ordinary day. Or as ordinary a day in a large company gets… during COVID. Those small squares started popping on my screen, shrinking as each person joined until it wasn’t possible to distinguish between anyone on the screen. Yet I could still see the tension on the team’s face and almost feel the hesitance in the air even though we were all separated by significant distance — no one wanted to be there.

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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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Product Talk

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

There are all kinds of ways to introduce continuous discovery habits. If you’ve been at your company for a while, you might get inspired after reading a book or attending a conference. If you’re joining a new company, you might want to try a new tactic out with your new team. And if you’re really excited about an idea, you might look for opportunities to share it outside your company with the broader product community.

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dscout People Nerds

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Recruiting the highest quality participants can make or break the success of your study. Here are some tips for getting it right the first time.

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NextBigWhat

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

a16z ‘s GP, Anish Acharya has an interesting take on what it will take for an AI consumer startup to be super successful. “If it’s weird and working, it’s exactly where we want to invest…Weird products tend to win.” Extreme products win. Always! Successful consumer products have strong “word of mouth” virality due to surprising […] The post Weird x Working = ?

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Userpilot

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Contextual email marketing isn’t just about sending emails—it’s about delivering the right message at the right time and relevant to the user’s behaviors. But how can you implement the right email marketing strategy to drive product engagement in SaaS businesses? That said, let’s explore what contextual email marketing means, bring some methods to automate your email campaigns, and see real-world email marketing examples from successful SaaS businesses.

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Lenny Rachitsky

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

👋 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. Subscribe now P.S. Don’t miss The Best of Lenny’s Newsletter book (all proceeds going to charity), Lennybot (an AI chatbot trained on my newsletter posts, podcast interviews, and more), my recruiting service (focusing on Sr.

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Product Management University

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

If you’re looking to climb the product marketing career ladder faster, here are five things you can do that’ll accelerate your climb. 1. Track Record of Year-Over-Year Product Revenue Growth Not to state the obvious here, but product revenue is always top the priority. You already know that. As a product marketer though, this is more about your strategy and execution tactics that lead to year-over-year revenue growth.

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Mind the Product

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

This week’s Sunday Rewind is a talk on why product managers should not be data-driven by Jens-Fabian Goetzmann from #mtpcon London 2022. Read more » The post SUNDAY REWIND: Why product managers should not be data-driven by Jens-Fabian Goetzmann appeared first on Mind the Product.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

An app designed to help tourists navigate attractions was launched through a partnership between the BVI Chamber of Commerce and… Continue reading on Product Coalition »

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UX Planet

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

Systemic Thinking: The Key to an Impactful UX Strategy Systems Thinking is a holistic approach to problem analysis and solving that emphasizes viewing systems as a whole, rather than focusing only on individual parts. In the field of UX research, Systems Thinking can bring many benefits to strategic planning, allowing for a broader and more integrated view of the user ecosystem.

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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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Product Innovation Educators

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

How product management teams can make better innovation decisions I am interviewing speakers at my favorite annual conference for product managers, the PDMA Inspire Innovation Conference. This discussion is with two speakers who did a joint session, Dr. Wayne Fisher and Dr. David Matheson, whose session is titled “Improving decision quality during stage gate reviews.” Recent findings from PDMA’s Outstanding Corporate Innovator award program indicate that highly innovative com

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Mind the Product

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

This article offers practical advice on what data you should gather from your Go-to-market teams, like sales and customer success teams. Read more » The post Getting data from GTM teams- a guide for product managers appeared first on Mind the Product.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

In the relentless pursuit of efficiency, businesses are constantly exploring new frontiers. While automation has long been a cornerstone in this endeavor, its scope has often been limited to repetitive tasks. However, a new era of possibilities has dawned with the emergence of Generative AI (GenAI). Imagine a tool that not only automates tasks but also learns, adapts, and innovates — genAI development company, a technology that is already capturing significant attention.

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Amplitude

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Check out the Amplitude Blog to learn about digital analytics, product strategy, and product-led growth from our experts. Read the latest tips and examples to bring power to your products.

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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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Gocious Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Leading product executives know that building great products is both an art and a science. Even if they don't directly participate in the product development process, most product executives are well acquainted with the challenges of managing a portfolio of products. While creativity and outside-the-box thinking are encouraged, prioritization frameworks are also necessary for consistency and alignment.

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Mind the Product

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

In the first of a three-part series, this article looks at how cybersecurity product management is different, its challenges and the skills needed to succeed. Read more » The post Navigating the Cybersecurity Realm: Unveiling the crucial role of product managers appeared first on Mind the Product.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

The value assessment framework allows you to identify gaps in any of the value layers — definition, delivery, and perception. But not all gaps are alike, and not all of them need to be treated the same way. Some even need to be left untouched. Here is a guide on how to tell the difference and how to address each. Photo by Iain Kennedy on Unsplash When I was a product lead at Imperva, there was a feature that engineering kept telling me required a rewrite.

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UX Studio

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

We challenge you to find someone who hasn’t heard about generative AI. This allegedly magic technology appeared almost overnight and can write copy, create images, produce videos, and more. AI tools can also generate ideas and answer almost any question we can think of. It’s a different question how well they do that, though. Before we get to that one, there’s an even bigger question to consider: What can this magical technology do for us as designers and researchers?

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Gocious Blog

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Increasing efficiency within your organization's product development process does not come in a one-size-fits-all solution. Each industry has unique challenges to launching the next best product. The product development approach best suited to your organization will depend on the size of your company, the complexity of your product lines, and your mindset for success.

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Mind the Product

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

This week, Kate Leto, Executive Product Leadership Coach, makes a return to The Product Experience podcast! Join us as she shares insights on coaching, leadership, communication, conflict, and stakeholder management. Read more » The post An inside look into product leadership coaching – Kate Leto (Product Leadership Coach) appeared first on Mind the Product.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Here are lessons learned in regard to what it takes to achieve B2B customer retention at ninety percent or higher.

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Userpilot

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Product webinars are a great way of keeping up-to-date with the latest news and trends in product management in an accessible way. We’ve collected some of the best product management webinars for 2024, so you don’t miss out. TL;DR A product webinar is a virtual seminar showcasing and discussing a product's features and benefits as a marketing and sales tool.

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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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Johanna Rothman

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

As a consultant, I create many kinds of information products: both writing and speaking. I use the ideas of experiments and finalization to decide what to ship and when. That allows me the most flexibility in my product development. However, too many organizations don't differentiate between what they need to ship as experiments and when to finalize the product.

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UX Planet

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Prescriptive Agile frameworks make it hard for designers to add valuable contributions to the team. Without discovery practices as part of the sprint, the product is destined to fail. In 2011 I was a UX Designer in a design studio. Our design process was waterfall. I designed every detail in Photoshop before handing the mockups to the developers. After delivery, we prayed to the gods that the final product would work as designed.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

What separates “cool” tech from a sustainable business.

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