Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 8, 2020

And the challenge is a lot harder in an enterprise context, where the buyer and the user aren’t necessarily one and the same person. Many businesses struggle to strike a balance between freemium’s light-touch customer engagement with the more involved enterprise sales process. Crowning the customer. Shortening the sales cycle.

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The Product Guy

APRIL 9, 2019

In my company, we review a living document with our management chain on a quarterly basis to align business direction for the short-term (immediate one to two quarters) to the long-term (two to five years). The challenge to the product managers is to translate these into a more functional plan for our engineering team. First Attempt.

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TechEmpower - Product Management

AUGUST 21, 2023

Most innovators don’t have a technical background, so it’s hard to evaluate the truth of the situation. And unless they have a tech background, they can’t look under the hood themselves. The answer is to engage a trusted outside source for a Technical Review – a deep-dive assessment that provides a C-suite perspective.

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Product Innovation Educators

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Recently, at Hemnet, Sweden’s beloved property platform, she led product development that drove a 130% increase in top line revenues, making it the growth engine of the business. Leadership doesn’t always mean management Many professionals enter product management from technical backgrounds, such as engineering or development.

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The Product Guy

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

The Product Mentor is a program designed to pair Product Mentors and Mentees from around the World, across all industries, from start-up to enterprise, guided by the fundamental goals… Better Decisions. He translates complex business problems into solutions that are easily consumed by engineering, marketing and sales.

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Userpilot

OCTOBER 19, 2024

It is tailored for product teams who need to send NPS surveys inside their app and analyze it without technical expertise. 3 Delighted for e-commerce, tech, and non-profit teams Creating NPS surveys with Delighted. So they make it easier to send these surveys and get more responses.

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The Product Guy

OCTOBER 25, 2016

The Product Mentor is a program designed to pair Product Mentors and Mentees from around the World, across all industries, from start-up to enterprise, guided by the fundamental goals… Better Decisions. He translates complex business problems into solutions that are easily consumed by engineering, marketing and sales.

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The Product Guy

JULY 4, 2019

We provided consulting, insurance brokerage, information technology and business process outsourcing services. This was due to incorrect contribution amounts, the system not finding an account, or invalid employer data. She has co-facilitated and led Agile training sessions for students in Master of Engineering in Silicon Valley.

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Mind the Product

APRIL 9, 2018

I love building enterprise systems, because you get to work with your customers/users every day and literally see their lives change as you release new features. But building good enterprise systems is prone to failure, as author and product consultant Sam McAfee has recently pointed out. At Zalando, we changed this.

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The Product Guy

AUGUST 30, 2017

The relationship between QA and Engineering was bordering on food fights, and we’d only achieved half of our requirements. As we were getting closer to the end of the year, my senior vice president called me in, to review our progress against our goals. I’m not a technical Product Manager. In fact, our tests regularly failed.

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The Product Guy

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Feasibility risk impacts the capacity of the team to build the product given time, skills and technology constraints. The sales team and leadership promised the clients to deliver the product without having any discussion with the engineering team. Resource, technology and poor planning impact a product’s functionality.

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Intercom, Inc.

MAY 25, 2022

We have truly global ambitions to bring our mission of making internet business personal to the biggest enterprise customers across the world. This is the third post in a series exploring the ways Intercom has scaled key functions to support the needs of enterprise customers. We’re growing alongside our customers. Can Intercom do that?

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Alchemer Mobile

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

You also might be reading this post thinking: “Who’s adding new tools to their tech stack right now?” Incorporating these tools into your customer experience tech stack will drive more engagement, gather high-quality customer feedback, and help inform your product roadmap. Supporting tech. This is a valid question. Apptentive.

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Mind the Product

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Over the years I’ve worked alongside a number of enterprise product managers in many companies. How the customer would like to buy the software (the biggest pitfall in my experience for enterprise products). I call this “building enterprise software while bypassing customer requirements at scale”.

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Userpilot

DECEMBER 31, 2024

While your product managers use our analytics reports to track product usage, your engineering teams can use our session replays to uncover bugs, and your customer support team may use our in-app help center feature to offer self-service and reduce support tickets. According to user review platforms, their plans start at $7,000/year.

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The Product Guy

JANUARY 27, 2017

In our a recent live stream from one of our mentors of The Product Mentor , Krishna Madhuvarsu, lead a conversation around “Product Management in Startups vs. Enterprises”. He translates complex business problems into solutions that are easily consumed by engineering, marketing and sales. Signup to be a Mentor Today!

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 8, 2024

Explore digital transformation strategies for enterprises Have you wondered why digital transformation strategies are a necessity? They involve integrating digital technologies and processes into every aspect of your business, from operations to customer interactions. What is the importance of digital transformation?

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The Product Guy

JANUARY 5, 2017

The Product Mentor is a program designed to pair Product Mentors and Mentees from around the World, across all industries, from start-up to enterprise, guided by the fundamental goals… Better Decisions. He translates complex business problems into solutions that are easily consumed by engineering, marketing and sales.

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The Product Guy

APRIL 4, 2017

The Product Mentor is a program designed to pair Product Mentors and Mentees from around the World, across all industries, from start-up to enterprise, guided by the fundamental goals… Better Decisions. He translates complex business problems into solutions that are easily consumed by engineering, marketing and sales.

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The Product Guy

FEBRUARY 18, 2017

The Product Mentor is a program designed to pair Product Mentors and Mentees from around the World, across all industries, from start-up to enterprise, guided by the fundamental goals… Better Decisions. He translates complex business problems into solutions that are easily consumed by engineering, marketing and sales.

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The Product Guy

JUNE 20, 2019

You can do this by immersing yourself in their processes and taking part in sprint planning, reviews, retrospectives and demos. This will not only lead to better technical decisions and a better product, but it also eases your workload: understanding the bigger picture allows the team to be more self-sufficient! About Terri Boshoff.

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The Product Guy

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

This is largely caused due to not researching enough around the market you are building for understanding the target audience and spending enough time with your customers to build empathy for them and understand their pain points. How Products Fail Without Customer Empathy. More About The Product Mentor. More About The Product Mentor.

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The Product Guy

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

Regret, sorrow, disappointment – not all team check-ins and spec reviews end like this, but for a while, most of mine did. It wasn’t like we actively distrusted each other – more so the fact that we rarely saw each other in person – we had a wee 4,225 mile gap between myself in Brooklyn, NY and my engineers in Poland.

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The Product Coalition

MAY 11, 2022

Finally, “ Building for Business: Product Management in Enterprise Software ” is a truly B2B-focused Product Management book, written by Blair Reeves (Salesforce) and Benjamin Gaines (Adobe) for “all the ones who aren’t part of the Silicon Valley startup bread”. But why is working in enterprise software now different?

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The Product Guy

MAY 15, 2017

The Product Mentor is a program designed to pair Product Mentors and Mentees from around the World, across all industries, from start-up to enterprise, guided by the fundamental goals… Better Decisions. He translates complex business problems into solutions that are easily consumed by engineering, marketing and sales.

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Arkenea

APRIL 10, 2025

This approach can free up internal resources, reduce time to market, and provide access to niche skills, especially in emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, blockchain, and the Internet of Things. Large enterprises may outsource entire product lines. Table of Contents What Is Outsourced Software Product Development?

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 26, 2023

Generative AI is poised to bring about a significant transformation in the enterprise sector. The AI Journey So Far The encouraging news is that most enterprises have already embarked on their artificial intelligence journey over the past decade years. Remember that we are still in the nascent stages of generative AI technology.

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freshtrax

JUNE 11, 2019

According to an article by Tech :: Note , the Japanese tech industry has grown as a whole with continual increases in the total revenue of the industry, from 14,380 billion yen (approx. Top 10 Japanese tech companies by capital value (November 2018). Top 10 Japanese tech companies by sales (2015-2016). Revenue in Yen.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Therefore, the first question any aspiring agile startup should answer for itself is simple: is it a sales-driven, product-driven, or tech-driven enterprise? However, if the competition is fierce, technology is advancing rapidly, and big players are investing large amounts, there is no way to avoid becoming a learning organization.

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Mironov Consulting

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

I’m often asked what KPIs B2B/enterprise product folks should use, or what OKRs they should choose. Why KPIs from consumer companies don’t fit well with B2B/enterprise. These often come from visible, credible consumer tech companies with household names and high transaction volumes. 1] Generic KPIs? Rarely pays out.

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Product Management Unpacked

MAY 27, 2021

After nine years working as a systems engineer, applications engineer, software engineer and finally, a lead data engineer, Debashish Sasmal was ready for his next strategic move. I had a strong tech background, so I wanted to dive into the business and design side of product management and hone my leadership skills.

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Mironov Consulting

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Product management doesn’t run Engineering; Engineering runs Engineering. And at least in public, Engineering and Product leadership need to be shoulder-to-shoulder , actively supporting each other at every turn. But there are some engineering team configurations that I see as problematic.  So

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Intercom, Inc.

MARCH 16, 2022

“The secret to Intercom’s success in this realm is simple: years of consistent, careful, and multi-faceted cultural, organizational, and engineering work”. The secret to Intercom’s success in this realm is simple: years of consistent, careful, and multi-faceted cultural, organizational, systems and software engineering work.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 27, 2024

Digital technology has inadvertently become a significant contributor to the growing carbon footprint of the tech industry. That’s why these skills can prove to be useful when consulting with software engineers and other specialists in deciding which languages to use when energy efficiency is a priority.

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Mironov Consulting

JULY 28, 2022

Especially in B2B/enterprise software companies, I see two dramatically divergent ( incompatible ) worldviews that IMO explain a lot of corporate behavior. Enterprise Sales and Solutions Teams… Are paid/rewarded/promoted for working with individual prospects or customers one at a time.  Sales   Aggregate outcomes.  Total

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Roy Madden

APRIL 4, 2022

The core of Feedly for Market Intelligence is an AI engine, called Leo, that automatically gathers, analyzes, and prioritizes intelligence from millions of sources in real-time. Meet Leo, Feedly’s AI Engine. Feedly’s AI Engine (Leo) automatically tags key market intelligence concepts.

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Mind the Product

JANUARY 28, 2019

This gap can be amplified by switching industries or by the rare occurrence of alternating between consumer and enterprise product management, which can be disruptive to a product manager’s professional development and career. My article “ 10 Hacks of Customer-Centric Enterprise Product Managers ” dives into this deeper.

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