Mind the Product

OCTOBER 29, 2024

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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Lenny Rachitsky

OCTOBER 29, 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. 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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Amplitude

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Build your first analytics dashboard by following our step-by-step guide that explains what makes an effective analytics dashboard and how to implement it.

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Productside

OCTOBER 29, 2024

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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Stand out in your product management interview with guidance from Priyanka Upadhyay, an experienced product leader and Stanford Online program coach. In this guide, Upadhay dives into five key competencies interviewers will likely want to assess. She provides sample questions with detailed answers spanning: Product strategy Product design Execution Market estimation Teamwork Confidently land the product management role you want by pre-empting what interviewers are looking for and demonstrating y

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 27, 2024

Good planning starts top-down, but when that’s not possible, plan bottom-up without losing sight of the bigger picture. Here’s how. Photo by petrenkod297238 We all know that good planning starts top-down by understanding the strategy and drawing your actions from it. Unfortunately, for various reasons, it’s not always possible to do so. Sometimes, you need to plan bottom-up, but don’t throw the baby out with the bath water.

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Sequent Learning

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Strategic Product Management: Sunset Decisions, Platform Benefits, and Team Structures Introduction Strategic decisions around product lifecycle management, platform integration, and team structures are critical for product managers in established tech companies. Managing a product portfolio often includes determining when to sunset underperforming products, how to leverage platform strategies, and effectively distinguishing between product and project teams.

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UX Planet

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Written by Mary Moore and Mary-Ann Sadovaya from Shakuro The Middle East and Near East fintech landscape is transforming rapidly, driven by digital innovation, regulatory reforms, and a tech-savvy population. Countries like Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Egypt, and Kuwait are emerging as fintech hubs, focusing on conventional and Islamic finance. With initiatives like Saudi Vision 2030 and the UAE’s National Innovation Strategy, there is a strong push towards economic diversification and cashless econo

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Gocious Blog

OCTOBER 29, 2024

And How to Fix Them with Product Roadmap Software Bridging the gap between innovation and tangible business results is crucial in manufacturing. This success requires a balance of user-friendly design, quality engineering, and effective sales strategies. Companies must balance these competing needs, all while ensuring that their products meet quality standards, market demands, and cost efficiency.

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Product Culture

OCTOBER 30, 2024

For Halloween, here’s a frighting topic: quitting. Humans don’t like to quit. Our brains are wired for loss aversion and focus on sunk costs, among other things. How to make a smart, rational decision? Subscribe to my weekly Nano-letter: Sign Up Subscribe to One Thing Weekly Name * First Name Last Name Email * Our Privacy Policy * You can change your mind at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link in the footer of any email you receive from us, or by contacting us at bruce@productculture.com.

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Mind the Product

OCTOBER 31, 2024

An often overlooked role in product management is the internal product manager. As organisations become more dependent on internal teams, this role is becoming more and more important as companies look to rely more on operations and productivity within engineering teams.In most organisations, this role usually involves maintaining and improving tools for employees, of tools Read more » The post A deep dive into internal product management appeared first on Mind the Product.

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Alchemer Mobile

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

It goes without saying that today’s consumers spend an incredible amount of time on their smartphones. We all do, right? The numbers behind smartphone and app use, though, are truly mind-blowing. Consider these statistics : Smartphone users access an average of 30 mobile apps in a month, at an average rate of 10 every day. Mobile apps are expected to generate more than $935 billion in funds by the end of 2024.

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Productside

OCTOBER 30, 2024

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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Product Management University

OCTOBER 29, 2024

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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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.

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Mind the Product

OCTOBER 31, 2024

From surveys on product tools to burnout and building AI products that aren’t terrible, here’s a roundup of the most-read posts on Mind the Product this month. Poll results: What tools are product managers using most? Our most widely read article this month laid out the findings from some polls we conducted to find out Read more » The post Top product management reads in October appeared first on Mind the Product.

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Product Innovation Educators

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Product innovation lessons from social media content creation Watch on YouTube TLDR In this episode of Product Mastery Now, I’m interviewing Leah and Philip Abraham, a creative duo with expertise in songwriting, acting, music production, and filmmaking. Their diverse background offers valuable lessons for product managers looking to improve their innovative thinking techniques.

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Productside

OCTOBER 30, 2024

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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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 31, 2024

You Want It… When?

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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.

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Mind the Product

OCTOBER 29, 2024

This week on the podcast, we speak with Andrew Martinez-Fonts, VP of Product at Honeysales, to discuss product strategy and how that should always come before any technological advances. Andrew stresses the need to truly understand customer needs and align strategies with business goals. Featured links: Follow Andrew on LinkedIn | Honeysales | ‘Five things we learned at the #mtpcon + Read more » The post It’s the Strategy, stupid – Andrew Martinez-Fonts (VP Produ

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UX Planet

OCTOBER 28, 2024

There is no such thing as a universal product design process. Every org is different and uses the process that works best for its needs. Yet, it’s possible to establish a general set of actions that (with some alternations) work for many companies. Product design process cheatsheet by Prophecy Product Design Cheatsheet is a helpful document created by Prophecy that provides a step-by-step workflow for product development, focusing on 6 key stages of the design process. 1.

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Productside

OCTOBER 29, 2024

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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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Let’s talk about creating pathways to grow your product, because it’s more than just about adding features and getting more users.

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Mind the Product

OCTOBER 29, 2024

An account of challenges, learnings, and career insights in product ops, and its strategic importance within large organisations. Read more » The post Lessons from my first year as a Prod Ops Manager appeared first on Mind the Product.

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Userpilot

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Ever wonder why some products instantly click with users while others get abandoned faster than New Year’s resolutions? The secret often lies in those crucial first moments – your user onboarding. But here’s the thing: getting users to say “wow” instead of “why?” isn’t just about making a great first impression.

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Productside

OCTOBER 28, 2024

For our next installment of our Women in Product Management Series, I interviewed Angela Fleming, VP Product at FreeAgent. Nicole: Welcome, Angela, thank you so much for sharing your insights and journey through the world of Product Management. Laura: Thank you, Nicole, for having me. It’s a real pleasure to join you. I’d love to. The post Trailblazing Women in Product Management: Angela Fleming, VP Product at FreeAgent appeared first on Product Management Courses | Productside.

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Amplitude

OCTOBER 27, 2024

Ensure only the right users have access to the right data by controlling access to sensitive, PII, and revenue data.

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Mind the Product

OCTOBER 27, 2024

In this week’s Sunday Rewind, Ramon Guiu recounts how his company made the move from Waterfall to Agile product development. Read more » The post Sunday Rewind: From waterfall to agile: A product manager transition appeared first on Mind the Product.

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UX Planet

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Part 1: A lone design generalist A brief history of design generalists A few decades ago, every visual designer’s dream job was in advertising — a field where creativity and a good salary converged. However, by the late 2000s, it started to feel like everything possible in 2D design had already been explored. The work often became nothing more than a rehash of previous ads or at best recycled concepts borrowed from old graphic design school projects.

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Productside

OCTOBER 28, 2024

For our next installment of our Women in Product Management Series, I interviewed Angela Fleming, VP Product at FreeAgent. Nicole: Welcome, Angela, thank you so much for sharing your insights and journey through the world of Product Management. Laura: Thank you, Nicole, for having me. It’s a real pleasure to join you. I’d love to. The post Trailblazing Women in Product Management: Angela Fleming, VP Product at FreeAgent appeared first on Product Management Courses | Productside.

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