Lenny Rachitsky

APRIL 9, 2024

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Mind the Product

APRIL 11, 2024

Unlock the potential of Agile product management with actionable strategies to overcome challenges like backlog management and prioritization. Read more » The post Principles of rapid innovation appeared first on Mind the Product.

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Product Management University

APRIL 8, 2024

There are a million and one things that go into creating a market leading company. But products are the nucleus, and that means market leadership starts with product management. There are the obvious things product management does. Everyone knows what they are, so there’s no need to rehash them. A simple ChatGPT inquiry will give you everything you need.

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UX Planet

APRIL 7, 2024

Exploring the impact of ‘fake’ UI designers on aesthetics vs functionality, urging a balance for truly user-centered design experiences.

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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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Bryce York

APRIL 7, 2024

To become a product manager, you’ll need to build a skillset that spans business, technology, and user experience. Product managers need a mix of soft and hard skills, including: written & spoken communication interpersonal skills empathy problem-solving business acumen data analysis user research collaboration project management Outside of big tech, the specifics of your education aren’t nearly as important as its relevance and a demonstration of relevant knowledge.

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Gocious Blog

APRIL 9, 2024

Product roadmaps are essential tools to help manufacturers of all sizes navigate the ever-evolving landscape of innovation and development. The value that dynamic roadmaps deliver will depend on how product teams manage those roadmaps. Making regular updates and tracking key performance metrics (KPIs) is key to ensuring success across the entire product portfolio.

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Product Culture

APRIL 10, 2024

Great roadmaps show goals, priority and options. They capture direction, discovery and delivery. Yet they stay simple enough for everyone to understand. 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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Userpilot

APRIL 9, 2024

What are the best onboarding platforms available on the market in 2024? This depends on your use case. Are you looking for an onboarding solution for web or mobile apps? Do you need it to support customer or employee onboarding processes? Are you after specific features to support your onboarding tasks? What’s your budget? There are many variables to consider.

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dscout People Nerds

APRIL 10, 2024

Research leader Laura Oxenfeld entered SiriusXM in the thick of a major product launch—but soon realized the org needed a plan far beyond the near future.

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Mind the Product

APRIL 12, 2024

Customer feedback provides cross-functional teams with confirmation that they are on the right path, which leads to the development of products that bring value to customers - products that impact their lives for the better. Ronke Majekodunmi dives in. Read more » The post Customer feedback is product management appeared first on Mind the Product.

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Lenny Rachitsky

APRIL 11, 2024

Brought to you by: • WorkOS —The modern API for auth and user identity • Eppo —Run reliable, impactful experiments • CommandBar —AI-powered user assistance for modern products and impatient users — Todd Jackson is a Partner at First Round Capital. Before moving into venture capital, he played a crucial role as VP of Product and Design at Dropbox, guiding the company until its IPO in 2018.

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Userpilot

APRIL 9, 2024

Visual data surrounds us – colorful charts on weather reports, infographics on the web and in social media articles, map charts in presentations, etc. In the SaaS industry, data visualization is a powerful and widely used tool – from product managers tracking product performance to executives tracking revenue and user growth. To help you get started with data visualization, this article explores various visualization methods and their use cases.

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UX Planet

APRIL 12, 2024

“Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.

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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

APRIL 7, 2024

In this post from 2020 occupational psychologist Kim Atherton looks at the benefits and pitfalls of using OKRs. Read more » The post SUNDAY REWIND: OKRs: So simple! So then why isn’t everyone using them? appeared first on Mind the Product.

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Amplitude

APRIL 8, 2024

Amplitude has successfully achieved Google Cloud Ready - BigQuery Designation by meeting a core set of functional and interoperability requirements when integrating with BigQuery.

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Userpilot

APRIL 7, 2024

When it comes to boosting your product growth, user tracking tools can make your life a lot easier. They offer insights into product performance , what your users are doing inside your product, and why they are doing it. But how do you know you’re picking the right tools? In this article, we share key insights on user tracking tools based on their use cases, which will hopefully help you make up your mind.

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UX Planet

APRIL 7, 2024

Background With 19k Twitch followers, 8k+ Instagram followers, and partnerships with countless high-profile brands, DJ Lani Love is a prolific DJ with a vast following across the world. Lani came to me looking for a website refresh to match her rising success. Discovery First, I conducted a discovery call to learn about her goals. I learned that she wanted to attract more deals with luxury brands, particularly in fashion.

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Mind the Product

APRIL 9, 2024

w to choose and implement the right product lifecycle to drive innovation, mitigate risks, and delight customers. Read more » The post How to choose the right product lifecycle appeared first on Mind the Product.

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Amplitude

APRIL 10, 2024

Learn the story behind Amplitude Session Replay and how it helps teams build better products. Use Session Replay to develop products and diagnose user issues.

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Userpilot

APRIL 10, 2024

Knowledge base creation is critical to enhancing self-service support. As your business grows, you can expect the number of support tickets to increase and the stress levels of your customer service team to go up. Building a knowledge management system can stem the tide, keeping your customers happy and ensuring your support agents can focus on more important tasks.

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UX Planet

APRIL 8, 2024

Because there is no such thing, as too many books Continue reading on UX Planet »

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Over the last two years, there’s been a 76 percent increase in AI adoption across sales organizations. The reason for its rise? AI increases teams’ productivity by predicting and automating actions that require manual effort. In other words, the research that takes reps hours, AI can do in seconds. For sales teams, AI opens up a world of new possibilities, including automating outreach, identifying best-fit buyers, and keeping CRMs flush with fresh data.

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Mind the Product

APRIL 12, 2024

What I learned from my journey into freelance product management. In 2017, I left my full-time job to work as a freelance product manager. Recently, someone was surprised to learn that I’d done this and started quizzing me. So, I thought I’d share what we talked about in case it’s useful for you too. Starting Read more » The post What I learned from my journey into freelance product management appeared first on Mind the Product.

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Amplitude

APRIL 9, 2024

Learn how our team at Amplitude uses our own product and integrations to support our growth marketing and success goals.

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Userpilot

APRIL 10, 2024

How do you keep hold of your customers? Through customer retention management. The longer you can retain your customers, the more revenue you make and save from not having to find new ones. This article will walk you through what customer retention management is and provide you with some top customer retention tactics and strategies. TL;DR Customer retention management focuses on understanding customer needs to keep them loyal and retained.

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UX Planet

APRIL 8, 2024

Things to Learn and Know to Become a UX Designer with Actionable Items.

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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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Mind the Product

APRIL 8, 2024

What are the implications for product managers of the various legal challenges to Apple's walled garden approach? Read more » The post Apple under attack: what should product managers do? appeared first on Mind the Product.

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Nir Eyal

APRIL 8, 2024

Pushing ourselves and holding ourselves accountable are how we achieve success. Unfortunately, many of us mistake harsh self-criticism and self-castigation for “pushing ourselves.” And that has the opposite of the desired effect. The post Studies Show Self-Compassion is the Motivator You’re Missing appeared first on Nir and Far.

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Userpilot

APRIL 8, 2024

Think about the last software application that you used for work. Whose idea was it to buy it? Did it come from the management or employees? If it’s the latter, then you’ve already experienced what bottom-up SaaS is! Our guide explains what exactly bottom-up SaaS is and covers the main growth strategies and tactics used by bottom-up companies.

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