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Product Innovation: Is Your Product a Slow-Melting Ice Cube?
Product innovation can certainly be exciting and rewarding. And in today’s hyper-competitive and fast-changing business environment, innovation is not optional…. Read →
How to Turn Customer Requests Into Actionable Insight
Product managers are often tasked with managing countless customer requests. But as the strategic masterminds behind product strategy, we know… Read →
Time to End-of-Life Your Product? Use This 10-Step Checklist
Almost all products eventually reach their natural end-of-life. So it becomes product’s job to take them through the phase-out or… Read →
How Product Managers Can Use Wireframes
Have you ever tried to communicate with developers about a user story and found yourself stumbling over your description? Have… Read →
How to Write Release Notes Your Users Will Actually Read
We know what you’re thinking: Release notes best practices? Good grief! Like I don’t have enough to worry about, making… Read →
5 Product Management Career Mistakes to Avoid
Product management roles demand the ability to think about both strategy and tactics. Ironically, the most common product management career… Read →
8 Ways to Use Agile Principles to Drive Innovation in Large Organizations
When we think about product development within enterprise organizations, the phrases “rapid innovation” and “agile development” are probably not the… Read →
7 Secrets for Successful Product Roadmaps
Wouldn’t it be great if you could learn, right now, from hundreds of experienced product managers? What would they say… Read →
No, Your Customer Is Not Always Right. Why You Need to Validate Customer Requests.
It is difficult to think of a phrase that has been more misinterpreted and misused by businesses than, “The customer… Read →
Why Transparency Matters When Prioritizing Product Features
Product management is about making informed, strategic decisions and ensuring product aligns with organizational goals and customer needs. But a… Read →
5 Common Pitfalls in Data-Driven SaaS Product Management
If you’re a product manager responsible for SaaS applications, you’ve probably been hearing increasing chatter about data-driven SaaS product management…. Read →
5 Product Marketing Lessons I Learned at INBOUND 2018
Last week, I had the pleasure of attending HubSpot’s INBOUND conference in Boston. The conference marked my first trip to… Read →
The Counterintuitive Truth About Your Product Demos
Nobody watching or listening to your product demo actually cares about your product, your company, or you. That’s why one… Read →
Product Management’s Role in a Modern Cross-Functional Team
Would it surprise you to learn that in the early days of scrum, the product manager was not generally considered… Read →
Why In-App Onboarding Deserves a Spot on Your Roadmap
If you work for a SaaS company, you probably regard in-app onboarding and training the way many software product managers… Read →
Growing Pains: 5 Challenges Faced by Product Managers at Rapidly Scaling Companies
Product managers at rapidly growing companies are a unique breed that require different skills to be successful. Just as a… Read →
Why Your Startup Needs a Product Roadmap
We’ve noticed a disturbing trend lately. Some product managers have been suggesting that startups don’t need a product roadmap—and that… Read →
How to Land a Product Management Job at Google, Amazon, Facebook, or Apple
How do I get hired as a product manager at Google, Amazon, Facebook, Apple, or other top companies? This is… Read →