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How to shift the competition

Lead on Purpose

Successful business leaders thrive on competition. They’re at their best when contending for the top customers in high-end markets. They may feel that if they’re not in the middle of a cut-throat battle with competitors, they must not be succeeding.

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BWP 2017 Year in Review

bpma ProductHub

Boston Women in Product 2017 Year in Review: By Emera Trujillo. 2017 has been an exciting year for Boston Women in Product. With events throughout the year, our organizing committee has loved being on this journey with all of you. As we gear up for 2018, here’s a look back at the past year with Boston Women in Product! By the numbers. We organized 5 events in 2017, ranging from morning workshops to afterhours panel presentations, with really great event hosts, sponsors, and partners including:

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Top 10 Product Insights You Should Have Read in 2017

Mind the Product

Every week I curate the best product and design content from across the internet into our weekly product management newsletter Prioritised. Here are the top 10 most clicked articles from the 408 links featured in this year’s 51 newsletters – 10 articles your peers digged so much you should definitely check them out as well. The MVP is dead.

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My Professional Review of 2017

Tim Herbig

It’s this time of the year again. The time to take a moment and reflect on the professional achievements and learnings of the past year. So, without further ado, here we go: I had the opportunity to take a coaching role having regular office hours with (potential) Product Owners on while working at ORBIT. … Continue Reading. The post My Professional Review of 2017 appeared first on Tim Herbig.

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Less Stress, More Success: Accounting Best Practices & Processes for 2025

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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Which Lead Tactics Work Best

Clever PM

The worst number in business is one. If you have just one source of leads, it is only a question of time when the price per click goes up or the targeting options change or the viewership of the publication changes. Because of this, you want to have several lead generation mechanisms in place. This way, if something happens to one of them, the other ones will continue working for you and generating new leads.

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Key Product Dates for Your Diary in 2018

Mind the Product

In a recent blog post Mind the Product’s director of training, Rosemary King , said that getting an edge as a product manager means “collecting as many valuable experiences as you can from as many places as possible,” and we’ve got plenty in the pipeline next year to help you do just that. Our 2018 is shaping up to be a busy year with product conferences, local peer-to-peer meetups, training workshops and much more.

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Guest Blog: Customer Service in Retail – Infographic

Mironov Consulting

This week we feature an article by Patrick Thuot who shares an infographic about how customer service can help the retail industry. A customer-centric approach can help any type of business succeed. – Shep Hyken. With the proliferation of the Internet and the ubiquity of smartphones, tablets, and laptops, the whole retail industry has experienced huge disruption.

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How Buffer is managing product development in a fully distributed team

Miro

How Buffer is managing product development in a fully distributed team Here at RealtimeBoard, we set out on a mission to build a universal whiteboarding tool that helps companies to 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 […].

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4 common cash flow problems and how to fix them

Good Product Manager

Regardless of whether you’re a B2B wholesaler or a B2C merchant, maintaining a healthy cash flow is essential to running a successful business and building the foundations you need to grow over time. Without adequate forecasting, cash flow problems can creep up unexpectedly even for highly profitable businesses.

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B2B eCommerce, Self-Service Portals, and PIM Trends for 2024

In 2024, B2B customers expect better quality and service with streamlined experiences that match consumer-grade simplicity—no long calls or meetings required. Our B2B eCommerce Trends Report, surveying 400+ B2B professionals in the US and Europe, reveals how eCommerce has become vital to top companies’ strategies. The report shows how leaders are leveraging eCommerce to break data silos, unify channels, and deliver the personalized experiences that customers demand.

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How to estimate the weight of a round shaped steel bar

Mind the Product

In this construction video tutorial, you will learn the detailed method for estimating the weight of mild steel round bar with the plug chugging formula. The formula is represented as W = D 2 /162.198xL This formula is very useful in determining the weight of mild steel bar in Kg. Here, D denotes dia of bar in mm and L denotes length of bar in meters.

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Top Software License Compliance Stories of 2017

Revulytics

Somehow, we’ve managed to compile a “technology-related top news stories of 2017” list that doesn’t mention augmented reality, Apple’s iPhone X or Amazon’s search for a new headquarters (though loyal readers know we’ve at some point worked all of those companies or themes into our own stories over the year). This year’s piracy and compliance-related stories all point to the enormous risk in having an incomplete picture of software licensing landscapes, as well as the enormous reward for both cus

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TEI 156: Medical device product management – with Mike Lawless

Product Innovation Educators

Test to understand where a product design fails and use parallel solution paths. Several listeners have asked about medical device products and I searched for someone with deep experience in this area. I realize most of us are not involved with medical devices, but there is much any product manager can learn from the upcoming discussion. This ability to learn from product managers in different industries is one of the things I most enjoy about this podcast.

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Partnerships

Oren Steinberg

7 keys to good business partnerships. BizDev professionals are often tasked with the role of building and growing partnerships. But, just as the role of BizDev is often ambiguous, so is the task of partnering. A nice starting point is to define the Role of Business Development as Filtering and Building partnerships that further the organization towards its goals. 1.

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Usage-Based Monetization Musts: A Roadmap for Sustainable Revenue Growth

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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How Scrum masters use RealtimeBoard for backlog grooming

Miro

How Scrum masters use Realtimeboard for backlog grooming The best practices that will help you to prioritize your team’s work Backlog grooming has proved to be one of the most highly effective Scrum practices. It helps clarify backlog items and ensures that they are appropriate, ordered and ready for planning and development. Moreover, it helps […].

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Happy Kwanzaa

Userzoom

Kwanzaa is derived from the Swahili phrase “matunda ya kwanzaa,” which means “first fruits of the harvest.” It is a celebration of family, community and culture of those of African descent worldwide, celebrated from December 26 through January 1 of each year. We wish every member of our “blog family” who celebrates the Kwanzaa holiday nothing but happiness, joy and inspiration on this special holiday.

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The evolving role of product manager–and other innovation insights for product managers Dec 29, 2017

Product Innovation Educators

Each week I scour articles, wading through the dogs, and bringing you the best insights to help product managers and innovators be heroes. It’s a slow week around the web for product management articles. Here are a couple I enjoyed. Happy New Year! How the product manager role evolves from startup to mature organization. When product managers consider what type of work they want to do, the stage of the organization should be considered.

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You need to be contagious and thrive on the right amount of tension

Bain Public

I've been in product for a while. Each year I write a few lines to re-frame what the hell it is I do and how to remain successful. Product management is a discipline of quirky nonconformists responsible of defining the "why". Winning products thrive on the direction of these individuals who evolve in tandem with the types of products, customers, and markets they engages with.

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Prepare Now: 2025s Must-Know Trends For Product And Data Leaders

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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18 Tax Prep Best Practices for Your Startup

The Product Coalition

Why is it that so many companies dread the end-of-year tax process? For many, it’s a scattered, painful, and overly time-consuming process: information isn’t organized in one central location and, often, companies aren’t quite sure what information they need to compile (no matter how many years they’ve been in business and paid taxes). Additionally, company leaders prioritize most other things over taxes so they push off anything tax-related until early March, not realizing they are missing cruc