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Intercom, Inc.
APRIL 1, 2019
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10 Scaling Tips for Product People
Roman Pichler
APRIL 2, 2019
1 Involve the Right People. A small group of qualified individuals who have the right skills and motivation can be more productive than many individuals who lack the necessary expertise and act out of obligation. This is true for product people and development team members alike in my experience. Therefore, make an effort to involve the right individuals.
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Developing a Test Strategy for the Agile World
Centercode
APRIL 2, 2019
Test strategy is critical to the success of any testing effort – but where do you start? How does your strategy conform to different development methodologies? What should you tackle in-house, and what should you outsource? How you involve real users in beta testing? In our interview with Adam Satterfield , director of Testing and Quality at Anthem, we dive deeper into these questions and the importance of test strategy on the whole.
Why you Should Start With Customer Insight
Mind the Product
APRIL 2, 2019
Creating a successful product requires a clear vision. Equally important, it requires confidence that the vision is aligned with the needs of the customers the company exists to serve. Without this, product leaders tend to either hedge their bets with small, safe, incremental adjustments or make no progress at all because they lack confidence in the right solution.
Your Guide to Product Management Interviews: Top Questions with Answers
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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
How to build a billion dollar sales team like Stripe
Intercom, Inc.
APRIL 4, 2019
The fastest growing software companies in recent years all have something in common – they started with little to no sales team. They relied on a great product, with a passionate userbase that helped kickstart an organic growth engine which sold the product for them. But even for companies with this early viral growth, there comes a point in time when this organic growth needs to be supplemented with formal sales.
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The Best Thing about being a Product Manager
The Product Guy
APRIL 4, 2019
Excerpts from our conversation with The Best Product Person of 2018, Brian Crofts. Watch now and see why he is counted amongst the ranks of the best in product management. More to Come. The Best Product Person (TBPP) is the leading international award honoring excellence in Product Management. Established in 2010, TBPP is awarded annually in association with The Product Guy and The Product Group.
Creative Leadership by John Maeda
Mind the Product
APRIL 5, 2019
Moore’s Law isn’t really a law, but semantics aside it essentially stipulates that computers have been doubling in speed roughly every two years. The compounding effect of this doubling is sometimes difficult to comprehend, but it means that today’s computers are two billion times faster than they were just a few decades ago. And if you extrapolate that compounding effect forward, the numbers get even stranger – by roughly 2040 that computer will be nine quintillion times
3 career tips for SDRs who want to become AEs
Intercom, Inc.
APRIL 2, 2019
For many Sales Development Representatives, the natural next step in your career is to move into an Account Executive role. But bridging the gap from SDR to AE and proving you’re ready to take the next step isn’t always straightforward. The skills and mindset required to be an AE are quite different from that required of an SDR. While SDRs play an important role in acquiring and qualifying new sales opportunities , AEs are tasked with taking that initial interest from a prospect and turnin
Creating Flow and Value in Product Development
Amplitude
APRIL 5, 2019
Let’s consider the time it takes to go from agreeing to do something to a customer receiving value. It may come as a surprise, but most of that time is not spent working. It’s spent waiting—waiting in backlogs, waiting for other people, waiting for feedback, waiting to be rolled out and adopted. In this 7-minute video, I explain why limiting work in progress, the scope of work, and handoffs between teams can increase flow and value in product development.
Effective Risk Management: Balancing Safety, Compliance, and Opportunity
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Effective risk management in product development balances safety, compliance, and opportunity. Risks can't be eliminated, but they can be mitigated through structured assessments, clear documentation, and expert guidance. Engaging specialists ensures efficiency, regulatory adherence, and product security while reducing costly oversights. A well-executed risk management plan includes frequent evaluations, defined assessment criteria, and a structured decision-making process.
Product Management Management
The Product Guy
MARCH 31, 2019
How do you know you (or someone you are managing) are a great product manager? How do you continuously push the quality of product work higher in your organization? How do you identify what is ‘great’ product work anyways? This talk will give methods to help product managers grow and be great. It will be helpful for people that are product manager managers today, those who want to be managers, and any product manager that wants to take their skills up a level.
Peace in the Valley: Tips for Growing Product Managers by Rob Crook
Mind the Product
APRIL 1, 2019
In this #mtpengage Manchester talk, Rob Crook of Moonpig talks about product management mastery, and how to overcome imposter syndrome. He says that Robert Green calls it mastery, Tim Ferris calls it becoming superhuman, and Cal Newport says you need to practise it for 10,000 hours. There’s a modern obsession with self improvement – millennials spend double the amount that baby boomers spend on self-improvement activities.
What we shipped: 8 new features to create a best-in-class customer journey
Intercom, Inc.
APRIL 3, 2019
In the past few years, companies have increasingly realized the value of personalization in acquiring and retaining customers. Adding a personal touch shows your visitors and customers that you care, making visitors more likely to become customers and customers more likely to become advocates for your brand. At Intercom, personalization is at the heart of our product – we help companies engage with their customers in a more personal way.
Founder Exposed: Opening Up About Startup Failures and Vulnerability
First Round Review
APRIL 2, 2019
Jeff Wald knows firsthand that behind every startup success story is a stack of seldom discussed defeats. The investor and three-time founder opens up about why leaders should embrace vulnerability, and offers tools for extracting lessons from failure and getting back in the game.
4 AI Hacks to Make Sales Teams More Efficient
Advertiser: ZoomInfo
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.
Identifying a Great Product Manager
The Product Guy
APRIL 2, 2019
Good or great? Or something else? What skills should you develop to differentiate yourself and accelerate your path to greater success? Watch as we learn more from product management expert, Alisa Warshawski.
AI at an Early Stage Startup by Zara Tam
Mind the Product
APRIL 4, 2019
Zara Tam loves building things that make an impact. Now at Verve, she was formerly a product manager at Founders Factory, where she led a revolutionary AI recruitment product called Chosen. Built with the latest machine learning and search technologies, Chosen can help recruiters to find brilliant talent in a matter of minutes. In this ProductTank London talk, Zara shows how AI can transform the time-consuming processes that companies face when they scout for talent.
Mapping: An introductory guide for product teams by Teresa Torres
Miro
APRIL 3, 2019
Mapping: An introductory guide for product teamsVisual thinking is one of the most valuable parts of the creative process. It helps you think: drawing makes you get specific with your ideas and see them in new ways, so you can continue to iterate.Visual thinking frees up mental energy, offloading some memory into external displays and […]. The post Mapping: An introductory guide for product teams by Teresa Torres appeared first on MiroBlog | A blog by Miro.
Founder Exposed: Opening Up About Startup Failures and Vulnerability
First Round Review
APRIL 2, 2019
Jeff Wald knows firsthand that behind every startup success story is a stack of seldom discussed defeats. The investor and three-time founder opens up about why leaders should embrace vulnerability, and offers tools for extracting lessons from failure and getting back in the game.
Less Stress, More Success: Accounting Best Practices & Processes for 2025
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.
What Seven Years at Airbnb Taught Me About Building a Business
Product Management Today Submitted Articles
APRIL 1, 2019
Create strong culture, stay laser-focused on problems, and set wildly ambitious goals
The Lizard Loop – How to Back up Rigour With Intuition by Roisi Proven
Mind the Product
APRIL 5, 2019
In this #mtpengage Manchester talk, Roisi Proven of Gower Street Analytics talks about the lizard loop, which she describes as “backing rigour with intuition, after you’ve already backed up your intuition with rigour”. System 1 and System 2 thinking originate from the popular book Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman. System 1 thinking, also known as your lizard brain, and is responsible for fast, automatic, frequent, unconscious decisions.
Product Managers Try To Find Stores To Fill Malls
The Accidental Product Manager
APRIL 1, 2019
Malls need stores, but what kind of stores? Image Credit: Rene Schwietzke. When was the last time that you went out to a mall? For most of us, it’s probably been a while. We used to always go to the mall – that’s where you could get stuff, especially during the holidays. However, with the arrival of online shopping most of us don’t go to malls as much anymore.
Are you cut out for Product Management?
BrainMates
APRIL 2, 2019
We know Product Management is a tough gig. So many articles have been written about this multifaceted, multidimensional role encouraging us to continue to fight the good Product fight. But what about quitting Product Management? What about if your personality and attitude aren’t suited to the role? Let’s address the elephant in the room and ask ourselves, “Am I cut out for Product Management?
Build Your Best Product Strategy: An Action Plan You Can Start Now
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As your company grows and your product matures, so too should your product strategy. Drawing from their decades of experience as product leaders, Stanford Online instructors Donna Novitsky and Laura Marino share best practices for defining your product strategy at each stage of company growth. Get practical, real-world product strategy tips from experts who have lived through the same challenges you’re currently facing.
Recruiting Tech Specialists for Research: Why it’s Hard and How to Make it Work.
Generation Focus
APRIL 4, 2019
If you have ever needed to recruit technical profiles for research, then you probably know that this is a challenging group to reach. We’ve spent time investigating the underlying causes of this issue and fool-proofing the outreach strategies that can give you the best chances of success in finding and engaging the people you need. Why technology professionals are hard to recruit: People who work in tech are difficult to engage for many reasons, but mainly because they are busy.
Managing Change – Joe Leech on The Product Experience
Mind the Product
APRIL 3, 2019
Just call him Mr Joe. A UK-based consultant, Joe Leech has built a reputation for managing change (for both users and stakeholders) and as the guy to call when a product launch has gone wrong. Joe gave one of the most entertaining and engaging talks at Mind the Product in London 2018, so we followed up with him to get to the stories that he didn’t get to share on stage – including the surprising difference between purchasing a fridge and a washing machine.
From PM to CEO: How Sundar Pichai’s Background in Product Paved the Way for Becoming CEO at Google
ProductPlan
APRIL 4, 2019
It’s been nearly five years since Sundar Pichai took the reins as CEO of Google. How did this relatively unknown product manager in his early 40s rocket through the ranks to take control of one of the largest and most powerful tech companies of all time? The short answer: By realizing that a decidedly unsexy yet strategically critical aspect of Google’s search business was vulnerable and turning it into the key driver behind some of the tech giant’s most influential products.
A Founder / Product Manager ‘s Guide to April Fool Prank
NextBigWhat
APRIL 1, 2019
Whatever you do, don't do a PR. The post A Founder / Product Manager ‘s Guide to April Fool Prank appeared first on NextBigWhat.
15 Modern Use Cases for Enterprise Business Intelligence
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Large enterprises face unique challenges in optimizing their Business Intelligence (BI) output due to the sheer scale and complexity of their operations. Unlike smaller organizations, where basic BI features and simple dashboards might suffice, enterprises must manage vast amounts of data from diverse sources. What are the top modern BI use cases for enterprise businesses to help you get a leg up on the competition?
Product Love Podcast: Christopher O’Donnell, SVP of Product at Hubspot
ProductCraft
APRIL 3, 2019
Do product management and making music have anything in common? Christopher O’Donnell seems to think so. Both crafts require creativity, constant iteration, and feedback. It’s all about taking great ideas and putting them together. Christopher can attribute his interest in tech and art back to his childhood, where even at the age of 11, he. The post Product Love Podcast: Christopher O’Donnell, SVP of Product at Hubspot appeared first on ProductCraft by Pendo.
Coming Together at #mtpcon Singapore to Hone our Craft
Mind the Product
APRIL 2, 2019
On March 25-26, 2019 we gathered over 400 passionate product people from 26 countries around the world in Singapore for two days of connecting, sharing, and moving our craft forward together. It started with a day of deep-dive workshops followed by an opening party right on Marina Bay, and culminated in the main conference in the iconic Victoria Theatre featuring fascinating keynotes and an insightful panel.
Reasons Why Golang is Better Than Other Programming Languages
The Product Coalition
APRIL 2, 2019
In the world of programming languages, there is no respite for breakthroughs and innovations. The developers are always in search of an easier, more sophisticated and more project-friendly language that meet their needs. GoLang came as such as astounding new programming language with a full pack of solutions. Ever since it arrived, GoLang took the entire programming world by surprise.
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