Lead on Purpose
JANUARY 29, 2018
Success depends as much on the desire of an individual as anything else. Hard work, persistence and intelligence also factor in, and depending on the endeavor, these may play a big role.
Intercom, Inc.
FEBRUARY 2, 2018
That’s right, would you offer yourself a job at your company? It’s a question every interviewer should ask themselves. No, this isn’t some theoretical mental exercise. It’s actually a powerful question to ask yourself when you’re looking to expand your team but find yourself paralyzed with options. When you are a small but growing company or team each additional hire has a disproportionately large impact.
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Mind the Product
FEBRUARY 2, 2018
I’ve always argued that product management is a team sport. But as soon as you have more than one team in an organisation and you need them to interact with each other, you introduce friction. This friction between teams is why we have libraries full of project management books and methodologies, inboxes and outboxes, dependency management, and so much more.
Product Management University
JANUARY 30, 2018
The B2B Product Manager Magazine January 2018 is now available. We’re kicking off 2018 with a discussion on product success metrics and a viewpoint that there’s only one critical metric that’s important over the long term. If you routinely hit that one, all the others will take care of themselves. We also look at the benefit of using customer value themes to drive your sales demos and how they can improve win rates.
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First Round Review
FEBRUARY 1, 2018
Last year, First Round hosted a seminar of 17 rising star product managers in NYC, taught by some of the best product leaders in the tech industry. Here's who they are and what they learned.
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Mind the Product
FEBRUARY 1, 2018
At the outset of 2018, there are already over 50 million voice-based devices shipped, up from 1.7 million in 2015 (see footnote). Consumer adoption of voice-based products has grown to the point where businesses need to understand what voice-based experiences can mean to them. But, as I’m sure we’re all aware, exploring new business models such as voice-based products and experiences doesn’t always come naturally to big companies.
Product Management University
JANUARY 29, 2018
There are a lot of opinions on the definition of successful in product management. Is there one simple way to characterize the role of product management and what it takes to be successful? There are a thousand ways to characterize successful product management, but they all lead to one thing. When it’s all said and done, your products have to make the people who use them measurably better at what they do.
First Round Review
JANUARY 29, 2018
Stacy La made the leap from design at Yammer and Microsoft to Clover Health, when the bootstrapped startup was only four people. Now, the company's raised over $425M, 500+ employees strong, and La leads an eight-person design team. Read on for her tactics on how to survive — and thrive — as an early employee.
Intercom, Inc.
JANUARY 30, 2018
In customer engagement, the right context for a message matters just as much as the right time and recipient. Given that content is in itself a tool for engagement, the same principle is in play. Today, we released our second installment in our audiobook series, Intercom on Customer Engagement. Divided into 8 shorter chapters, this compilation is our guide to crafting actionable messaging strategies that will help you grow your business.
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The Product Guy
JANUARY 29, 2018
In a recent live stream from one of our mentors of The Product Mentor , Alex Berman, lead a conversation around “Managing Mixed Role Teams and Delivering Awesome Product”. We are always looking for more product mentors from all around the world. Signup to be a Mentor Today! Check it out… 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 g
Ask Benny
FEBRUARY 2, 2018
How to enter into a new product management position in a new company. Congratulations. You just landed into a new product management position. Whether it’s a VP product or a product manager, whether it’s a small or big company, you are expected to get fast into the role, and many times you are expected to do it by yourself. If you are lucky, there is someone in the company that has thought about your on-boarding, but many times especially if this is a small startup, there isn’t.
Clever PM
FEBRUARY 1, 2018
This post comes courtesy of a direct request from one of my supporters over at Patreon, who asked me if I could give them a 10,000 foot-level overview of the Product Lifecycle from ideation to delivery. While nothing here should be terribly earth-shattering or world-changing, I think it’s important for us as Product Managers to […].
The Product Coalition
FEBRUARY 1, 2018
It’s interesting how the simple act of searching the internet can yield so much data, but yet so little knowledge! While researching “market research”, I found it’s one of those topics that can be overwhelming, simply because I had to go through endless sources, most of which are very similar, and each carrying only a small piece of the puzzle. Bringing high-quality content to the world is one of our core values at Knowledge Officer ; this is why I decided to save your time and energy, and bring
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The Product Guy
FEBRUARY 1, 2018
Excerpts from our conversation with The Best Product Person of 2017, Melissa Perri. Getting to Here. > What inspires you in your day-to-day work? I’m inspired by making other Product Managers awesome. As a teacher, I’m always playing with new frameworks or ways of teaching. I inspect, adapt, and learn constantly. I believe that being able to explain complex patterns and ideas in a way that is actionable for others really helps firm up your own understanding of the craft.
UX Studio
JANUARY 30, 2018
What a buzzword, right?! Not really. Gamification in UX predates what we thought of as its beginnings. Even though the term “gamification” made its appearance in 2008, it didn’t gain popularity until 2010. It had popped into our lives long before we started to pay attention to it. “UX” falls in the same category, as Donald Norman mentioned the term “user experience” for the first time in 1993 (when he changed his title from User Interface Architect to User Experience Architect).
Revulytics
JANUARY 30, 2018
The Telerik Platform is retiring on May 10, 2018 (“retiring products that have served their purpose”). This leaves users of Telerik Analytics (formerly EQATEC Analytics) in a bit of a jam as they seek an alternative software usage analytics platform. Telerik may be retiring, but you still have work to do! Call me biased (and not so subtle), but allow me to suggest why Revulytics Usage Intelligence is the best alternative to Telerik if you are looking for an out-of-the-box solution for on-premise
The Product Coalition
FEBRUARY 2, 2018
How to enter a new product management position in a new company. Congratulations, you just landed a new product management position. Whether it’s a VP product or a product manager or it’s a small or big company, you are expected to adjust quickly to the role. In many cases you are expected to do it by yourself. If you are lucky, there is someone in the company that has thought about your on-boarding, but many times, especially if this is a small startup, there isn’t.
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The Product Guy
JANUARY 27, 2018
If you are a great product person looking for a great product job, or vice versa, check out our job board. Thousands of employers across all areas of product, from management to design, from digital to physical, are looking to fill positions from our community. Each week we highlight some of the recently posted openings. Check out this week’s newest, below….
Miro
FEBRUARY 1, 2018
How to integrate RealtimeBoard into your Agile workflow When you are considering which Agile software project management tool to choose, it’s important to take into account its features and compatibility with your existing workflow. To help you make the right decision and consider all the pros and cons, we wrote about how you can integrate […].
The Accidental Product Manager
JANUARY 29, 2018
The Big Mac just is not relevant any more Image Credit: pointnshoot. The product managers over at McDonalds have a problem on their hands. Yes, they work for one of the most successful companies in the world. For over 60 years McDonalds has been synonymous with fast food. However, the world is changing and McDonalds is not changing with it. A recent study showed that only one in five millennials, a core market for McDonald’s , had ever tried a Big Mac burger.
The Product Coalition
JANUARY 30, 2018
One of the toughest parts of working on a product is to give everyone a good overview of what you want to build and why. Especially people who are not on the product team. Marketers and Social Media Managers who have to create a community around the company and the product need to get an overview of what they are selling and communicating about. During years I worked in product, I learn that one of the skills underrated and also that is the toughest to master is communication.
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Mironov Consulting
FEBRUARY 1, 2018
What: One-Day Product Leaders Workshop (Roundtable). When: April 16, 2018. Where : Frankfurt, DE . Cohost: Greg Prickril. Limit of 8 participants. Interested: email Rich or Greg. Scheduled one day ahead of ISPMA’s Software Product Summit in Frankfurt, this is a one-day session specifically for those leading product management teams[/tweetherder]: Product VPs, Directors of Product Management, Chief Product Officers and other product-focused execs.
Miro
JANUARY 30, 2018
Defining the customer’s problem with a JTBD Canvas Here at RealtimeBoard, we set out on a mission to build a universal whiteboarding tool that helps companies embrace digital transformation, manage remote teams and think visually in order to speed up internal processes and delight their customers. That’s why we are always curious about the ways […].
Johanna Rothman
JANUARY 31, 2018
I’m a monthly contributor to the Gurock blog. This month’s article is Feedback & Feedforward for Continuous Improvement : Using Double-Loop Learning Challenges Our Assumptions. Single-loop learning is when you “Plan the work and work the plan.” Double-loop learning is when you challenge assumptions during the project. Agile approaches allow us to do so.
The Product Coalition
JANUARY 30, 2018
Image Courtesy of Blockgeeks Can your digital identity be safe from the next major breach without blockchain? Today, your “identity” is comprised of 100s of records stored with individual organizations like banks, government entities, credit reporting agencies, medical providers, financial institutions, and even social media sites you’ve granted access to.
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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
Qlik
JANUARY 31, 2018
Just a couple of weeks removed from the Trends 2018 Webinar, I was truly surprised by the number of people who registered and attended. In case you missed it, you can view it. on our webinar registration page. We got a ton of questions, nearly 100 of them in fact; too many to summarize in a blog. Most of them were answered privately.
Miro
JANUARY 30, 2018
Define the customer’s problem with these three steps Here at RealtimeBoard, we set out on a mission to build a universal whiteboarding tool that helps companies embrace digital transformation, manage remote teams and think visually in order to speed up internal processes and delight their customers. That’s why we are always curious about the ways […].
Product Innovation Educators
FEBRUARY 2, 2018
Each week I scour articles, wading through the dogs, and bringing you the best insights to help product managers and innovators be heroes. We need more product people, not product managers. The job announcements for product managers are trending towards the unreasonable and absurd. They describe a single role that includes bits of product management, UX, marketing, development, sales, customer experience, strategy, and more.
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