ProductBoard

JULY 29, 2019

Written by Brian Crofts, Chief Product Officer at Pendo, for our ebook, The Path to Product Excellence: Stories and Advice From the Field. Show me a delightful, incredible product—something that inspires fandom in its users, and I’ll show you something that solves a big, hairy problem. Users talk about elegance, simplicity, and moments of delight when advocating for a product, but if you dig down.

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Gainsight

AUGUST 2, 2019

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Nir Eyal

AUGUST 2, 2019

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Mind the Product

AUGUST 1, 2019

Messenger apps started as the simplest way to start a conversation online. Open the app. Select a person to chat with. Go. Today, those apps have seemingly endless ways for users to engage: video chat, send gifs, send emojis, send money, use a filter, buy and sell goods, play games, talk to bots, and more. So much, in fact, that the product leaders behind these apps are slimming them down.

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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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ProductPlan

JULY 30, 2019

Product managers will encounter many forks on the road to growth and product success. Those forks always require answering difficult questions. For an early-stage company or new product, the question might be, How will we prioritize features before we have customers? Growing companies will ask, Is it time to scale up our product team ? At some point later in your product’s evolution, you might face another tricky question.

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Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 1, 2019

But although it’s inspiring to look at the paths other companies have successfully traveled, you also run the risk of ending up at the exact same destination. That’s why Brex’s CFO Michael Tannenbaum believes in breaking a few rules. “Michael is the rare CFO who also leads up marketing, which makes him the perfect person to talk us through the company’s trajectory” As the head of Intercom’s Early Stage program for Startups, the fast-growing fintech startup is one company I’ve been ke

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Mind the Product

AUGUST 2, 2019

What do you need to be an outstanding product manager? This is one of the key questions for every product organisation and it is also one that this talk from MTP Engage Hamburg tries – at least to some extent – to answer. I share some of the issues that I think play a critical role in becoming a super-successful product manager. Issues that I wished I had known (or someone had told me) when I moved from a UX role to a more holistic digital product management role over 15 years ago.

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The Product Guy

AUGUST 1, 2019

Guest Post by: Merziyah Poonawala (Mentee, Session 9, The Product Mentor) [Paired with Mentor, Joni Hoadley]. What do you do when your team is working their socks off and yet they are getting little credit for the work being done, mainly because the team isn’t able to set concrete expectations with the stakeholder? Read on to learn how, through collecting and analyzing their operational data, a team was able to quantify and improve their processes on the path to being able to establish clear rel

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Userzoom

JULY 31, 2019

In honour of us sprucing up our own Tree Test Results capabilities , we thought we’d update our classic beginner’s guide to Tree testing. Here we’ll be answering the following questions: What is tree testing? What are the benefits? How do I run my own tree testing? How will I possibly stop myself from making a joke about going into a forest, pressing up against a silver birch and saying, “yeah feels pretty woody, now let’s try another one”?

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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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Intercom, Inc.

JULY 31, 2019

You might think chatbots are only for customer support, but using them to answer your customers’ questions is just one way to leverage chatbots. With the right setup, a chatbot can power your marketing as well so you never miss a lead. 53% of buyers are more likely to buy from a business they can message, so if you’re looking for ways to make your marketing more effective in 2019, live chat is the way to go.

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Mind the Product

JULY 29, 2019

Traditionally, the banking industry has been slow to innovate. It often delivers a user experience that leaves much to be desired. In this ProductTank London talk Megan Caywood, then Chief Platform Officer at Starling Bank, explains how the bank has challenged the status quo by introducing a current account that is entirely digital and tailored to the smartphone generation.

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The Product Guy

JULY 28, 2019

Today’s product management tools just don’t show you the big picture. Watch and learn more from product management expert, Benny Reich.

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Sachin Rekhi

JULY 29, 2019

I was first introduced to Annie Duke's concepts in a recent podcast with Stewart Butterfield interviewing Ben Horowitz and Marc Andreessen on the 10th anniversary of A16Z. In the interview Stewart asks Marc about any mistakes he believed he had made building A16Z. Marc starts off by referring to Annie Duke's work and the concept of resulting, which is the tendency to equate the quality of a decision with the quality of its outcome, which is a risky and incorrect thing to do with any decision tha

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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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Intercom, Inc.

JULY 30, 2019

We have never been more aware of how crucial healthy self-perception is to our well-being and success, with countless books , articles and podcasts dedicated to the importance of maintaining a healthy sense of confidence in ourselves. Our relationship with confidence affects multiple aspects of life, but many of us feel it most acutely in the workplace.

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Mind the Product

JULY 30, 2019

Roisi Proven is a true product person: she has a penchant for imagining the worst, which she’s turned into a superpower to put all of her product decisions through a rigorous ethics test. That’s useful – but she’s also found a way for you to engage your team in a creative way, using the model of the show Black Mirror , in an effort to make better decisions.

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The Product Guy

JULY 30, 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.

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Userzoom

JULY 31, 2019

The research industry is no stranger to buzzwords. Big data, IoT, Artificial intelligence… While some are short-lived, others stick around long after the first big splash. So when I began bumping into mentions of ‘blockchain and research’ during season five of Silicon Valley , I made a mental note to pay close attention. So based on my experience, here’s an investigation of what Blockchain is capable of, and how I think this will affect the research industry.

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Speaker: Jay Allardyce, Deepak Vittal, Terrence Sheflin, and Mahyar Ghasemali

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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ProductCraft

JULY 29, 2019

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JULY 30, 2019

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First Round Review

JULY 31, 2019

Startup leaders make tough calls every day. We spoke with 6 top operators to gather the tactics and strategies they use to make smart decisions under pressure, garner trust with stakeholders and execute with conviction.

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Userzoom

JULY 30, 2019

Whether it’s evaluating a current website, testing a prototype, or iterating throughout the product development cycle, click tests are a fast and cost-effective way to ensure your design works for your users. So if you’re new to the world of clickmaps, heatmaps and darkmaps, let’s explore click testing and how it can benefit your product development… What is a click test?

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Innovation varies widely across sectors and organizations, creating value in diverse forms. Understanding different types is crucial for R&D teams to foster creativity and uncover missed opportunities. This guide explores 25 key types of innovation in management frameworks.

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NextBigWhat

AUGUST 2, 2019

We launched the first cohort of the product management course last year, did a bunch of experiments on the content, format and the process – ranging from offline-only course, online-only, recorded to live sessions and we are now happy to have found the high impacting format + content + process. . Get Brochure. A blended format, with very deep focus on daily execution and long-term product thinking!

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Mind the Product

AUGUST 2, 2019

What blocks us from doing our best work? This is the question that Denise Jacobs, author of Banish Your Inner Critic , asks us in the opening keynote of #mtpcon San Francisco. We often think of our biggest blockers being external: a crazy CEO, recalcitrant CTO, surly engineers, or designers who just won’t do what we want them to. But what if our biggest blocks are actually in our own heads?

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First Round Review

AUGUST 1, 2019

Startup leaders make tough calls every day. We spoke with 6 top operators to gather the tactics and strategies they use to make smart decisions under pressure, garner trust with stakeholders and execute with conviction.

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dscout People Nerds

JULY 31, 2019

Author of Practical Empathy, Indi Young, breaks down why so many of us look for research patterns in the wrong places. .

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Speaker: Christophe Louvion, Chief Product & Technology Officer of NRC Health and Tony Karrer, CTO at Aggregage

Christophe Louvion, Chief Product & Technology Officer of NRC Health, is here to take us through how he guided his company's recent experience of getting from concept to launch and sales of products within 90 days. In this exclusive webinar, Christophe will cover key aspects of his journey, including: LLM Development & Quick Wins 🤖 Understand how LLMs differ from traditional software, identifying opportunities for rapid development and deployment.

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Userpilot

JULY 30, 2019

So, you’ve successfully launched a product and now you’re planning to launch a new product within the category. If that’s the case. This blog is for you. We’re here to give you ideas for your new product adoption. If you’ve already achieved product-market fit with your first product, you might think that you can easily achieve it with your new one.

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Mind the Product

JULY 31, 2019

Hopefully you’ve heard the news; MTP Engage Manchester will be back on 6th and 7th February 2020 – and even better than before! Last year, we had a fabulous array of speakers (you can see some of their talks here ), ranging from voices from our local ProductTanks to internationally renowned speakers. All last year’s talks went down a storm; you told us you thought the speaking line-up was top-notch and we’re determined to do even better this year.

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First Round Review

JULY 30, 2019

There's no one-size-fits-all growth advice. Brian Rothenberg, former VP of Growth at Eventbrite, breaks down the three broad phases of the startup lifecycle. For each phase, he identifies key targets that startups should aim for to kick their growth strategy to the next level.

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