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Summary: Lessons from working with 600+ YC startups | Gustaf Alströmer (Y Combinator, Airbnb)

Lenny Rachitsky

Folks were diverse, including former founders and people outside the technology industry, which contributed to better decision-making and a YC-like mindset. ” Motivations can be diverse: solving technical problems, proving oneself, having a grand mission, or simply wanting to be successful.

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In Scope for My Role?

Mironov Consulting

  Out of scope means they can advise, counsel, suggest, offer to help… but don’t own the decision/action.  Push internal recruiters hard, perhaps reviewing stacks of résumés together to clearly communicate what you’re looking for.    With lots of gray space between the two.

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How to Keep on top of Trends that Matter to Product Managers

Department of Product

Or how about telling the execs at Microsoft Office that their model of selling physical boxes of Office software is a one way ticket to death by Google Workspace? It is extremely difficult (and probably not advisable) to attempt to stay on top of all trends. It’s impossible for one person to do. And not all trends matter.

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Product Analyst: Responsibilities, Skills, and Requirements

Userpilot

A product analyst needs to have the following skillsets: Technical skills: data analysis , data visualization, statistical analysis, and technical tools. But aspiring students are advised to study the following under a bachelor’s degree – business management, statistics, economics, or computer science.

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These 5 Coding Bootcamps Are Worth Considering

PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

Software development is one of the few highly skilled occupations that doesn’t require any professional certification. To fill growing demand for skilled developers, coding bootcamps began popping up in 2012. Course Report has followed the coding bootcamp industry since 2013. Career Karma’s Online Coding Bootcamp Guide for 2020.

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Sprint Planning Tips for Product Owners

Roman Pichler

For advise on when to carry out product backlog grooming, please see my article “ When should Product Backlog Grooming Take Place? ”. Software development is an exciting but demanding profession. Unforeseen things can happen in software development including people falling ill and a server going down. Focus on the Sprint Goal.

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A summary of “Building Products for the Enterprise”

The Product Coalition

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?