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Mergers & Acquisitions in Product Management: How to Navigate Growth & Integration

Productside

In this edition of Productside Stories , we dig into Brians 30-year legacy of building, integrating, and supercharging product portfolios across healthcare, software, media, and government. The pivot to customer list acquisition worked out eventually, but only because they discovered the real story during diligence, not after.

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Run Less Software

Intercom, Inc.

The same is true in software. In this battle, I’ve found a secret weapon hidden within one of our core engineering strategies, an idea called Run Less Software. As well as being a critical philosophy behind how we build software, it also represents how I feel about the software industry and technology in general.

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476: Improving decision quality during stage gate reviews – with Wayne Fisher, PhD, and David Matheson, PhD

Product Innovation Educators

This discussion is with two speakers who did a joint session, Dr. Wayne Fisher and Dr. David Matheson, whose session is titled “Improving decision quality during stage gate reviews.” He cofounded SmartOrg, which provides software and services to support decision-making and managing uncertainty. But that’s not all.

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Digital Sustainability: A Growing Frontier in Software Development

The Product Coalition

Software development with sustainability in mind is a rising trend in digital spaces. While software is intangible and doesn’t directly consume energy or produce emissions, its environmental implications lie in its development and usage. As software builders, we are uniquely positioned to influence this environmental trajectory.

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The overlooked differentiator: how customer support fuels success 

Alchemer Mobile

On the other hand, poor support can quickly lead to bad reviews, social media complaints, or lost customers. Encouraging Reviews and Ratings: Prompting satisfied customers to share their experiences on review sites and forums. Hint: Customers that are happy with your support staff will likely mention it in their review!

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11 Best Customer Success Tools in 2024 (for Startups to Enterprises)

Userpilot

Let’s review everything your customer success team has to do in the absence of any customer success tools. Best customer success software for startups and small companies. Best customer success software shortlist ClientSuccess – starting from $15,000/year. Defining a customer success tool and other FAQs.

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How engineers can make an impact outside the code editor

Intercom, Inc.

Yes, the code that you write and the systems that you build are major contributing factors to the success and growth of a business. New interviewers should start off with sessions that involve less ambiguity like pairing or reviewing take home tests in order to become familiar with process. Who reviews my code?” “How