Andrew Chen

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The “ Dinner Party Jerk ” test is a solution to a common problem: Startups often struggle at pitching their team, even though for the earliest stage companies, it’s incredibly important to do it well to raise capital — as I’ve described it below: Pre-seed- Bet on the team ‍ Seed- Bet on the product Series A- Bet on the traction Series B- Bet on the revenue Series C- Bet on the unit economics To figure out if you are properly pitching yourself in your team, run the thought experiment of de

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Mind the Product

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Product leaders in the C-suite struggle to get their organisations to innovate and understand the value of experimentation, according to recent research. What actions can they take to get other execs to change their approach to Product? Read more » The post Product leaders in the C-suite: tips for dealing with execs appeared first on Mind the Product.

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Mind the Product

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

This article gives actionable tips to overcome job fatigue as a product manager and handling accountability and office politics. Read more » The post Product managers, stop being jaded appeared first on Mind the Product.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

“Feedback is the breakfast of champions.” -Ken Blanchard. To me, it seemed an ordinary day. Or as ordinary a day in a large company gets… during COVID. Those small squares started popping on my screen, shrinking as each person joined until it wasn’t possible to distinguish between anyone on the screen. Yet I could still see the tension on the team’s face and almost feel the hesitance in the air even though we were all separated by significant distance — no one wanted to be there.

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Product Talk

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

There are all kinds of ways to introduce continuous discovery habits. If you’ve been at your company for a while, you might get inspired after reading a book or attending a conference. If you’re joining a new company, you might want to try a new tactic out with your new team. And if you’re really excited about an idea, you might look for opportunities to share it outside your company with the broader product community.

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dscout People Nerds

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Recruiting the highest quality participants can make or break the success of your study. Here are some tips for getting it right the first time.

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NextBigWhat

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

a16z ‘s GP, Anish Acharya has an interesting take on what it will take for an AI consumer startup to be super successful. “If it’s weird and working, it’s exactly where we want to invest…Weird products tend to win.” Extreme products win. Always! Successful consumer products have strong “word of mouth” virality due to surprising […] The post Weird x Working = ?

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Userpilot

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Contextual email marketing isn’t just about sending emails—it’s about delivering the right message at the right time and relevant to the user’s behaviors. But how can you implement the right email marketing strategy to drive product engagement in SaaS businesses? That said, let’s explore what contextual email marketing means, bring some methods to automate your email campaigns, and see real-world email marketing examples from successful SaaS businesses.

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Lenny Rachitsky

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

👋 Hey, I’m Lenny and welcome to a 🔒 subscriber-only edition 🔒 of my weekly newsletter. Each week I tackle reader questions about building product, driving growth, and accelerating your career. Subscribe now P.S. Don’t miss The Best of Lenny’s Newsletter book (all proceeds going to charity), Lennybot (an AI chatbot trained on my newsletter posts, podcast interviews, and more), my recruiting service (focusing on Sr.

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Speaker: Margaret-Ann Seger, Head of Product, Statsig

Experimentation is often seen as an aspirational practice, especially at smaller, fast-moving companies who are strapped for time and resources. So, how can you get your team making decisions in a more data-driven way while continuing to remain lean and maintaining ship velocity? In this webinar, Margaret-Ann Seger, Head of Product at Statsig, will teach you how to build an experimentation culture from the ground-up, graduating from just getting started with data-driven development to operating

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280 Group

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

In the ever-evolving world of product management, staying ahead means constantly honing your skills and understanding the landscape around you. At 280 Group, we’ve been on a mission since 2018 to map the contours of this landscape with precision and depth. Our Global Product Management Skills survey, now in its third edition, is a resource for product professionals seeking to gauge their expertise against global standards.

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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. 1. Track Record of Year-Over-Year Product Revenue Growth Not to state the obvious here, but product revenue is always top the priority. You already know that. As a product marketer though, this is more about your strategy and execution tactics that lead to year-over-year revenue growth.

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Mind the Product

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

This week’s Sunday Rewind is a talk on why product managers should not be data-driven by Jens-Fabian Goetzmann from #mtpcon London 2022. Read more » The post SUNDAY REWIND: Why product managers should not be data-driven by Jens-Fabian Goetzmann appeared first on Mind the Product.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

An app designed to help tourists navigate attractions was launched through a partnership between the BVI Chamber of Commerce and… Continue reading on Product Coalition »

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UX Planet

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

Systemic Thinking: The Key to an Impactful UX Strategy Systems Thinking is a holistic approach to problem analysis and solving that emphasizes viewing systems as a whole, rather than focusing only on individual parts. In the field of UX research, Systems Thinking can bring many benefits to strategic planning, allowing for a broader and more integrated view of the user ecosystem.

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Userpilot

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Having funnel analysis tools that provide comprehensive analytical insights about where and why users drop off will solidify your business’s competitiveness in the long term. In this article, we’ve compiled our favorite software and conducted an in-depth review for each, highlighting their main analytics features and pricing. TL;DR Funnel analytics refers to the analysis of events across all stages of every customer journey.

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Mind the Product

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

This article offers practical advice on what data you should gather from your Go-to-market teams, like sales and customer success teams. Read more » The post Getting data from GTM teams- a guide for product managers appeared first on Mind the Product.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

In the relentless pursuit of efficiency, businesses are constantly exploring new frontiers. While automation has long been a cornerstone in this endeavor, its scope has often been limited to repetitive tasks. However, a new era of possibilities has dawned with the emergence of Generative AI (GenAI). Imagine a tool that not only automates tasks but also learns, adapts, and innovates — genAI development company, a technology that is already capturing significant attention.

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Amplitude

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Check out the Amplitude Blog to learn about digital analytics, product strategy, and product-led growth from our experts. Read the latest tips and examples to bring power to your products.

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Userpilot

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

What Salesforce email integrations do you need to effectively engage users and streamline your processes for better efficiency? Our quick guide explores 7 such integrations, so if you’re after an answer, you’re in the right place! Let’s dive in! TL;DR Salesforce is a leading CRM platform designed to enhance customer relationships and drive sales growth.

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Mind the Product

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

In the first of a three-part series, this article looks at how cybersecurity product management is different, its challenges and the skills needed to succeed. Read more » The post Navigating the Cybersecurity Realm: Unveiling the crucial role of product managers appeared first on Mind the Product.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

The value assessment framework allows you to identify gaps in any of the value layers — definition, delivery, and perception. But not all gaps are alike, and not all of them need to be treated the same way. Some even need to be left untouched. Here is a guide on how to tell the difference and how to address each. Photo by Iain Kennedy on Unsplash When I was a product lead at Imperva, there was a feature that engineering kept telling me required a rewrite.

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Product Innovation Educators

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

How product management teams can make better innovation decisions I am interviewing speakers at my favorite annual conference for product managers, the PDMA Inspire Innovation Conference. 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.” Recent findings from PDMA’s Outstanding Corporate Innovator award program indicate that highly innovative com

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Userpilot

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

What are the best Salesforce integrations in 2024? In the article, we look at 12 solid contenders for this title, covering a few most common use cases: In-app user engagement Sales funnel management Customer support Analytics and reporting Marketing Collaboration and project management Let's dive right in! TL;DR Salesforce integrations connect the CRM with other platforms to enhance functionality, streamline operations, and improve data sharing.

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Mind the Product

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

This week, Kate Leto, Executive Product Leadership Coach, makes a return to The Product Experience podcast! Join us as she shares insights on coaching, leadership, communication, conflict, and stakeholder management. Read more » The post An inside look into product leadership coaching – Kate Leto (Product Leadership Coach) appeared first on Mind the Product.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Here are lessons learned in regard to what it takes to achieve B2B customer retention at ninety percent or higher.

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Speaker: Tony Karrer, Ryan Barker, Grant Wiles, Zach Asman, & Mark Pace

Join our exclusive webinar with top industry visionaries, where we'll explore the latest innovations in Artificial Intelligence and the incredible potential of LLMs. We'll walk through two compelling case studies that showcase how AI is reimagining industries and revolutionizing the way we interact with technology. Some takeaways include: How to test and evaluate results 📊 Why confidence scoring matters 🔐 How to assess cost and quality 🤖 Cross-platform cost vs. quality tr

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UX Studio

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

We challenge you to find someone who hasn’t heard about generative AI. This allegedly magic technology appeared almost overnight and can write copy, create images, produce videos, and more. AI tools can also generate ideas and answer almost any question we can think of. It’s a different question how well they do that, though. Before we get to that one, there’s an even bigger question to consider: What can this magical technology do for us as designers and researchers?

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Userpilot

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Product webinars are a great way of keeping up-to-date with the latest news and trends in product management in an accessible way. We’ve collected some of the best product management webinars for 2024, so you don’t miss out. TL;DR A product webinar is a virtual seminar showcasing and discussing a product's features and benefits as a marketing and sales tool.

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UX Planet

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Prescriptive Agile frameworks make it hard for designers to add valuable contributions to the team. Without discovery practices as part of the sprint, the product is destined to fail. In 2011 I was a UX Designer in a design studio. Our design process was waterfall. I designed every detail in Photoshop before handing the mockups to the developers. After delivery, we prayed to the gods that the final product would work as designed.

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