Roman Pichler

JULY 6, 2021

If it’s hard for you to let go of being actively involved in managing a product or if you don’t find it rewarding to help and support a group of product people, then becoming a head of product is probably not right for you, at least not at this point in time. Grow Your Leadership Skills.

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Product Management University

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

If you’re looking to climb the product marketing career ladder faster, here are five things you can do that’ll accelerate your climb. Track Record of Year-Over-Year Product Revenue Growth Not to state the obvious here, but product revenue is always top the priority. It’s more about demonstrating stronger leadership.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

Influence without authority has always been the foundation of product management. As product leaders, this is even more important. Many product leaders who were formerly product managers, or even product group leaders in large organizations, suffer from the same issue. Are you ready to make the shift?

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Roman Pichler

APRIL 5, 2022

For example, a product strategy workshop might have the objective to identify the key changes required to achieve product-market fit. Contrast this with a sprint review meeting , which might help you determine if users can easily sign up for the product. What’s the meeting about? Which outcome do you want to achieve?

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Product Management University

DECEMBER 11, 2024

In a similar fashion, AI is changing how product managers learn best practices, and it will all be for the better when you see the results. Common Scenarios Before & After AI Here are a few common product management scenarios that exemplify the stark difference between learning best practices before and with AI.

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Alchemer Mobile

APRIL 14, 2020

How do you promote gender diversity in the product management field? I’m a product manager at Dropbox , and I have been a product manager now for about just under 10 years. I’m a product manager at Stripe. Can you provide any interesting insights on being a female PM? ” Right?

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Product Management University

JUNE 21, 2021

If you’re waiting for someone to crown your product management team the kings and queens of strategic direction, you better get a nice comfy chair with all the reclining, heating and massaging accoutrements because you’re in for a long wait! Here’s the thing about product management though.

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 9, 2021

All Product Roles Are Not Alike Photo by Lennart Nacke on Unsplash My first gig as a Product Manager was in a Startup. The Product I worked on did not exist. To top it off, I had no real Product Manager experience. But there is typically no one superhuman who goes around managing everything.

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The Product Coalition

JULY 16, 2023

In recent years it seems that product management is all about execution and delivery. Photo by Kea Mowat on Unsplash When I moved into product management, almost 20 years ago, it used to be a very senior role. The discussion was about whether or not someone is senior enough to move into product management.

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Intercom, Inc.

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

That’s why some of Intercom’s first marketing hires were product marketers and why we’ve had a “seat at the table” from the early days of the company. . Product marketing looks different in every company, but one common trend is that many product marketing managers (PMMs) feel undervalued.

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Gocious Blog

APRIL 18, 2024

When it comes to leadership in the manufacturing world , product marketers and product managers are like two peas in a pod. Both positions require a thorough understanding of the product and their ideal customer's preferences and pain points.

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Mind the Product

MARCH 29, 2024

From questioning the mantras of product gurus through to finding product/market fit with AI, here’s a look through our top product management reads this month. Read more » The post Top product management reads in March appeared first on Mind the Product.

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

Leadership without authority is product management 101. But as a product executive, you must take it to the next level — and this time use it with the entire management team. Image by Denis Doukhan from Pixabay In the CPO Bootcamp we talk a lot about product strategy. You have what it takes to do it well.

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Product Management University

DECEMBER 17, 2020

B2B Product Manager December 2020 Issue. We’d welcome the opportunity to be your partner in 2021 to become more customer outcome focused in how you build, market, sell and deploy your solutions. Enjoy the B2B Product Manager December issue. Blog: High-Octane Product Management. In This Issue.

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Product Management University

JULY 10, 2020

is critical to the reputation of the company, its leadership and financial future. These user scenarios and features also get repurposed to become your product demos with the above business dialogue as the front end of the story. The Ultimate Guide to Portfolio Product Management & Marketing. Related Articles.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 19, 2021

The first product manager in a startup is a critical role with immense impact on the startup’s success?—?both Photo by Tolga Ulkan on Unsplash When I joined Twiggle as their first VP Product I was the thirteenth employee. Shortly after I started, the CEO surprised me by saying I should hire a product manager.

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Lenny Rachitsky

APRIL 11, 2024

Before moving into venture capital, he played a crucial role as VP of Product and Design at Dropbox, guiding the company until its IPO in 2018. Prior to Dropbox, Todd led product management for Twitter’s Content and Discovery teams after selling his startup, Cover, to Twitter in 2014.

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Userpilot

MAY 30, 2024

Overlapping responsibilities and conflicting priorities are just a couple of the many friction points between product managers and product marketing managers – leading to inefficient workflows and potential product failures. Product managers focus on building the right product.

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 1, 2023

As a product leader, is this a skill you already master? was the first product manager I ever hired. A brilliant guy, with many years of tech leadership experience, but none in product management. Still, he was one of the best hires I made in this area and he turned out to be a product star.

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The Product Coalition

JULY 31, 2022

If you are on the journey toward product-market fit, you know it’s not easy. Every new product has its own fit to find. One of the hardest challenges of any product and any startup is of course reaching product-market fit. product-market fit under the hood. So here it is?—?product-market

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Roman Pichler

AUGUST 11, 2020

Therefore, choose a specific market segment and develop a product for the few, not the many, as Steve Blank suggested , particularly when you manage a new or young product. More Information : Market Segmentation Tips and Strategize , pp. Many Needs but No Compelling Reason for Using the Product.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Measuring the performance of product managers is a real challenge for a number of reasons. When planning the product managers’ goals, this challenge can translate into taking the wrong direction altogether. Here is a new way to look at product management goals, and make them a useful tool for both you and your team.

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ProductPlan

MARCH 5, 2021

The product manager career path is an exciting one with lots of possible on- and off-ramps. According to LinkedIn, interest in product management has doubled in the United States in the past 5 years. What is the Product Manager’s Career Path? Typical Product Management Roles. Product Manager.

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The Product Bistro

JANUARY 25, 2021

In the way back time, before Agile, before OKRs and other fads, product managers wrote MRDs, or Market Requirement Documents. This was the artifact the began the process of developing a new product, or a variant of a product. A recent project, a complete re-do of one of our flagship products was needed.

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Mind the Product

MARCH 12, 2020

Product operations is an emerging function. How does it help modern product management organizations to scale effectively? Similar to the emergence of design ops in the last five years, product operations fulfills a need to streamline a scaling function. What Product Managers do. What is Product Operations?

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Product Innovation Educators

AUGUST 5, 2024

How product managers should use the five-step model for creating team culture Watch on YouTube TLDR Product managers often face the challenge of significant responsibilities without formal authority. As product managers, we must navigate both these realms. They are leaders who inspire and guide their teams.

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Mind the Product

JULY 9, 2019

After leaving the Navy and working on nuclear submarines, Dan Olsen embarked on a career that has spanned enterprises and start-ups, consulting, speaking, writing, and running the Lean Product & Lean UX meetup. He joined us to talk about product/market fit: what it is, how to know when you have it, and how to achieve it.

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The Product Coalition

JULY 25, 2021

Product management requires you to master so many different skills, that there always seems to be a gap between what you do well and what you need to do well to succeed. As a manager of product people, it is your job to help them with this continuous growth, but it’s not always easy. The answer is, of course, yes?—?most

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

If you manage AI products, the answer is probably “many”. AI product management is a unique beast that can be quite challenging, but there are ways to make it easier. Photo by Skitterphoto from Pexels In 2014, at the ProductX conference, I won second place for my presentation on time management for busy product managers.

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Product Innovation Educators

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

How product managers can use AI to get more actionable insights from qualitative data Today we are talking about using qualitative data to drive our work in product and consequently improve sales. Before founding Viable, he held senior leadership roles in engineering, technology, and product. What is that question?

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The Product Coalition

JULY 27, 2024

The role of Product Management has dramatically transformed over the past two to three decades. To dive deeper into this topic, we spoke with John Zilch, a passionate product leader with over a decade of product experience in various product roles. John’s journey in Product Management is insightful and inspiring.

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The Product HQ

JUNE 1, 2024

AI product manager skills are a must-have for anyone looking for a rewarding career in AI product management. Every new product brings its own set of challenges. UX Cam shared data indicating that product managers spend as much as 52% of their time on unplanned activities.

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 9, 2021

As their managers, we always need to coach our product managers toward their next level. Photo by Jess Bailey on Unsplash I was a manager long before I was a product manager. In one of my roles as an R&D manager, I inherited an employee from one of the other teams on the day I joined.

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Userpilot

MARCH 8, 2022

Women are still underrepresented in the Product Profession – with only 33.3% of US Product Managers being female in 2021, according to a metastudy of 30 million profiles conducted by Zippia : Source: [link]. Melissa Perri – Speaker, consultant, and teacher in Product Management. CEO of Product Labs.

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Lenny Rachitsky

MARCH 10, 2024

Real product managers are creators and are responsible for both value (ensuring the product meets customers’ needs) and viability (ensuring the product aligns with the business objectives). Seek individuals with deep expertise, coaching abilities, and a contribution to comprehensive product strategy.

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Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 8, 2018

The reason I’m showing you this is to make you really see that I was in your shoes, and over the last 10 years, a lot has changed when it comes to how I think about research, about design, about product management, the difference between those things, but most importantly, the role of UX inside any company of any size.

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Product Talk

OCTOBER 2, 2024

For today’s Tools of the Trade , we caught up with Yury Oleynik , the VP of Product Management at HiveMQ , who has managed to make continuous interviewing a reality on his team. Like many of the stories we highlight here on Product Talk, Yury’s features a few false starts and frustrations.

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