Five Lessons on Continuous Discovery
The Product Coalition
JULY 6, 2021
The antithesis of modern Product is mindlessly building a list of features. It’s an anti-pattern to rarely talk to your customers… Continue reading on Product Coalition ».
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Tips for Becoming a Head of Product
Roman Pichler
JULY 6, 2021
Be Prepared to Look after People, Not Products. When you become a head of product, you move into a line management position. Consequently, your focus shifts from managing a product to looking after the product people on your team and empowering them to do a great job. Instead of creating, for example, product strategies and roadmaps and tracking KPIs , you should help the people on your team acquire the right knowledge and develop the right skills so that they can carry out the relevant work on
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How to make Cool Design?
Imaginary Cloud - Design
JULY 8, 2021
Everyone wants cool designs, but do we know what coolness is? This article seeks to explain the definition of coolness and further describes (with examples) each characteristic of what is perceived as cool. Last but not least, we describe how to make cool designs even when working with very different projects. Table of Contents. What is cool? What makes Design cool?
Core Concept: The Role of User Research in a Continuous Discovery World
Product Talk
JULY 7, 2021
Over the past several weeks, we’ve been exploring what a product trio is , how decision-making works in product trios , and why more roles aren’t included. Today, we are going to tackle how user researchers fit into this puzzle. You can watch the short video or read a lightly edited transcript below the video. Why aren’t user researchers included in product trios?
How to Achieve High-Accuracy Results When Using LLMs
Speaker: Ben Epstein, Stealth Founder & CTO | Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO, Aggregage
When tasked with building a fundamentally new product line with deeper insights than previously achievable for a high-value client, Ben Epstein and his team faced a significant challenge: how to harness LLMs to produce consistent, high-accuracy outputs at scale. In this new session, Ben will share how he and his team engineered a system (based on proven software engineering approaches) that employs reproducible test variations (via temperature 0 and fixed seeds), and enables non-LLM evaluation m
Getting the max from an MVP – Dan Olsen
Mind the Product
JULY 6, 2021
Want to make a veteran product person sad? Just ask them how they’ve used MVPs in the past. Once you get past the sobbing, you’re likely to get stories of the myriad ways that a perfectly good experiment got turned into a v1 release. It doesn’t have to be like that! Dan Olsen joins us [.] Read more » The post Getting the max from an MVP – Dan Olsen appeared first on Mind the Product.
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342: Conjoint the correct way – with Patty Yanes
Product Innovation Educators
JULY 5, 2021
A tool to help product managers understand what features customers value. Today we are talking about conjoint analysis, which is a tool you can use to make informed decisions about what customers value and what they will pay for. If you have to make decisions about what features to include in a new product or the next version of a product, what price to charge for a product, or what the impact on market share will be by introducing a new product, then this discussion is for you.
Product Analysis in a World of Funnels
The Product Coalition
JULY 5, 2021
How to leverage the Swiss Army Knife of Products Analytics Continue reading on Product Coalition ».
Applying a ‘Time-To-Market’ KPI in product
Mind the Product
JULY 8, 2021
Time-To-Market (TTM) is a hot topic presented and explained by a lot of product people. When it comes to implementing this for your product, there isn’t much information on how to do this. This article will drive you through the journey on how to apply TTM KPI in your organization. What is Time-To-Market? It’s a [.] Read more » The post Applying a ‘Time-To-Market’ KPI in product appeared first on Mind the Product.
Tips for Becoming a Head of Product
Roman Pichler
JULY 6, 2021
Listen to this article: [link]. Be Prepared to Look after People, Not Products. When you become a head of product, you move into a line management position. Consequently, your focus shifts from managing a product to looking after the product people on your team and empowering them to do a great job. Instead of creating, for example, product strategies and roadmaps and tracking KPIs , you should help the people on your team acquire the right knowledge and develop the right skills so that they can
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
Top 143 Social Media Groups For MSPs, VARs, And Tech Channel Professionals
Jay McBain
JULY 8, 2021
The channel is very large, highly diverse, and incredibly decentralized. Channel partners know that to be successful, they need to carve out a niche — whether that be by line of business, by industry (and, increasingly, by subindustry), by size of customer, geographically, technologically, and by business model. These six vectors are not mutually exclusive, […].
Are Meetings Eating Up All Your Time While Working From Home?
The Product Coalition
JULY 9, 2021
Use these tips to maximize your effectiveness during the day. Continue reading on Product Coalition ».
Integrating social responsibility into product development
Mind the Product
JULY 6, 2021
It’s time to add socially responsible to the current product-development trifecta of desirable, feasible and viable. It’s no longer enough to focus on building products that are desirable for customers, feasible to build, and viable for our organizations. We need products that are socially responsible as well. In a world facing catastrophic climate chaos, growing [.
Children and Technology: 3 Things Parents Need To Know
Nir Eyal
JULY 4, 2021
The post Children and Technology: 3 Things Parents Need To Know appeared first on Nir and Far.
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.
B2B Product Manager June 2021
Product Management University
JULY 6, 2021
B2B Product Manager June 2021 Issue. When you look at the maturity curve for your product management team, don’t focus so much on the skills they have. Pay more attention to the business outcomes customers get from products your team is delivering. Also, read on to see how product management can earn its way into the driver’s seat on strategic direction until someone else proves they know it better.
Company Ideation and Formation
The Product Coalition
JULY 6, 2021
How Entrepreneurship Practices Influences How Companies are Formed Continue reading on Product Coalition ».
Organizing around complex products at the intersection of physical and digital by Matthew Cornford
Mind the Product
JULY 9, 2021
In this ProductTank London talk, head of product at Ocado, Matthew Cornford, provides some tips on how product managers can get teams organized when dealing with complex physical and digital products. Watch the video to see Matthew’s talk in full or read on for an overview of his key points: Provide autonomy Embrace Conway’s Law [.] Read more » The post Organizing around complex products at the intersection of physical and digital by Matthew Cornford appeared first on Mind the Product.
When Your Product Is Your People
dscout People Nerds
JULY 7, 2021
Lisa Madokoro and Taylor Kim of Shopify’s Talent Insights & Research team on building meaningful human experiences when the “users” are your colleagues.
Enterprise ABM Marketing Tools: A Marketers Guide
Advertiser: ZoomInfo
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.
NFT Trends in Japan
freshtrax
JULY 8, 2021
NFT’s (Non-fungible tokens) have been a big trend in 2021 though they have been around since 2014. So why are they gaining so much popularity now? It’s difficult to pinpoint the main reason for this digital craze, but it’s certainly due to the culmination of many factors that have occurred around the world in 2020. Before we go over some NFT trends around the world, let’s briefly discuss what an NFT is and how they work with blockchain technology and cryptocurrency.
Experience Design For “Targeted” User Emotion
The Product Coalition
JULY 4, 2021
The Practical Workbook For Product Experience Design Photo by Andrea Piacquadio from Pexels A recently turned couch potato to wannabe runner, I depend on guided runs by Nike Running Club to keep me from not giving up. The side to the dish is the accompanying playlist recommended on Spotify. Five minutes in, I am warming up with the music. The music is interrupted by an advertisement asking me to purchase the premium.
Hooked! Connect, engage and inspire with storytelling by Yamini Naidu
Mind the Product
JULY 5, 2021
In this #mtpcon Digital APAC session, Yamini Naidu, author of Supercharge Results with Storytelling reveals how to discover business storytelling, explore the use of storytelling and identify storytelling applications in your context. She explains the importance of a well-crafted story and message, why influence is the contemporary tool of our time, and how to use it to [.
Product Love Podcast: Adam Brotman, CEO of Brightloom
ProductCraft
JULY 9, 2021
This week on Product Love, I sat down with Adam Brotman, CEO of Brightloom. Brightloom creates meaningful relationships between people and the brands they love. Before Brightloom, Adam Brotman was the EVP of Global Retail Operations and Chief Digital Officer at Starbucks. Adam is an experienced leader in the digital world, where he’s led several. Read more » The post Product Love Podcast: Adam Brotman, CEO of Brightloom appeared first on ProductCraft by Pendo.
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.
The 8 Most Relevant SaaS Metrics You Need To Look At For Sustainable Growth
Userpilot
JULY 9, 2021
Which SaaS metrics should you track to measure if your business is growing at a healthy pace? With the abundance of data and product analytics available, it's sometimes hard to distinguish vanity metrics from important growth ones. The thing is, SaaS companies often go one of two ways: track a lot of metrics and don't act on insights gathered. don’t track metrics at all (mostly due to not knowing what to track and why).
How Does Custom Packaging Contribute to Small Businesses?
The Product Coalition
JULY 9, 2021
It does not matter whether you are doing your business on a smaller scale or a larger one. The thing is you need to be consistent enough to think about promoting your business on every platform wherever it can be promoted well to get fruitful results. A couple of research studies have proved that there is a huge difference between the old and recent business models.
SUNDAY REWIND: Linda Rising on Science vs Stories
Mind the Product
JULY 4, 2021
With only two weeks to go until #mtpcon Digital Americas (July 14-15), it reminded us of this legendary talk by Linda Rising, author, lecturer, and consultant. She discusses product decision making and how to make the best calls through stories and science. In this awesome talk from Mind the Product San Francisco, Linda argues that cognitive [.] Read more » The post SUNDAY REWIND: Linda Rising on Science vs Stories appeared first on Mind the Product.
Creating value with continuous discovery—a discussion with Teresa Torres (Part 2)
ProductBoard
JULY 9, 2021
Continuous discovery means you prioritize regular interactions with your customers and use what you learn in those interactions to fuel your product strategy. While many teams agree with this concept in theory, they can find it hard to implement a true continuous discovery practice. Teresa Torres is an internationally acclaimed author, speaker, and coach.
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.
13 Best Product Management Books to Read in 2021 – Product Manager Must-Reads
Userpilot
JULY 9, 2021
What are the best product management books to add to your 2021 reading list? We’ve put together a list for you with a few staples from every product manager’s bookshelf and some new releases too. So read on for a quick summary of each book, who the author is, and key points, so you can pick a book for your next beach day. TL;DR. Continuous Discovery Habits by Teresa Torres teaches you how to set up a continuous discovery system within your organization with actionable exercises.
How Natural Language Processing Can Revolutionize The Financial Industry
The Product Coalition
JULY 8, 2021
Since volumes of textual data increase, natural language processing becomes an effective tool for financial analysis. Here are four ways it helps. Photo by Morgan Housel on Unsplash The language is the substance absorbing information from the epochs, reflecting social trends and giving a profound insight into things happening to us, humans, today. It’s the most natural communication medium for us.
Accessibility and Compliance are Side Effects of Inclusive Research and Design
UserInterviews
JULY 7, 2021
What is accessibility? How can product teams achieve compliance? And is the accessible/aesthetic paradox real? Cat Noone, CEO of Stark, had answers.
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