What is Product Management 2.0?
Monday, 16 December 2019
We launched this blog from the insight gained from conversations with friends and colleagues in the community. The 2.0 experience is about contribution, participation and collaboration. The 2.0 release of a product is recognition of the success of the initial release. We could not have foreseen these new requirements in the initial release, but now we can leverage what we learned from the first release. Now we can deliver a better experience and give our customers better value.
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Measure Small. Measure Often. Win Big!
Sunday, 15 December 2019
We're living in a technologically fast paced environment. Customers are demanding better and continuously improving features. When looking for a solution in the market, customers are doing their research and are becoming incredibly informed before they chose to buy. This trend began in the consumer markets, but it has made its way to the B2B space.
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Build, Buy or Partner: Choosing the Right Innovation Strategy
Tuesday, 10 December 2019
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Product Management: PE Firms’ Next Lever to Pull for Value Creation
Monday, 09 December 2019
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Shut-Up and Listen!
Sunday, 08 December 2019
Much of product management centers around talking to your customers and asking about their problems to hopefully provide solutions. All of these tasks are extremely valid and important, but have you ever stopped and took the time to listen internally and spend time with other departments, including sales?
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Product Management: PE Firms’ Next Lever to Pull for Value Creation
Saturday, 07 December 2019
Private Equity is shifting. Firms have a record number of competitors. Asset prices are steep. Dry powder is abundant, and expectations are high. Firms can no longer depend on deleveraging and achieving operational cost synergies. In today’s market, a dollar of growth is worth so much more than a dollar cut. To achieve the multiple expansion LPs are expecting, PE firms must empower portfolio companies to obtain strong revenue and margin growth.
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The Apple Effect
Friday, 06 December 2019
There is no denying that Apple equals innovation. For better or worse regarding product management, Apple is hugely successful in tapping into existing markets, creating new ones and introducing products we didn't even know we wanted, let alone needed. Try and tell me you don’t know someone with an Apple product.
While Apple's products are sleek with an intuitive user experience and a simple interface,
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Top 5 Everyday Tools for Product Management
Thursday, 05 December 2019
As product managers, we interface with a handful or even hundreds of programs, apps and tools to manage our work every day, so we’d like to recommend our Top 5 tools every product manager should have in their arsenal. I’m hopeful this topic will generate interest and discussion and turn into an ongoing series of posts and friendly debates.
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Trading Up: The Skills You (and Your Team) Need
Wednesday, 04 December 2019
Leading a team? Consider the plight of the MLB general manager—improve your roster by the trade deadline or potentially lose your project.
It’s the middle of summer and I’ve been watching major league baseball teams negotiate their rosters. Many are trading-up and making themselves more competitive in specific areas. Others are cutting their losses. One team is staffing to win now; the other team is building for next year.
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Up for a Challenge? Test Your Skills During a Startup Weekend
Tuesday, 03 December 2019
Your challenge, if you choose to accept it: Have a (good) idea, pitch it, obtain approval, form a team, build a minimum viable product, present it and sell it. All resources are provided and paid for. No talk; all action. The catch? You have 54 hours.
The sense of urgency in this unique experience forces product managers to think about their and their team’s skills.
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