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Exiting Gracefully
Longevity for product executives is pretty short: typically between 2 and 2.5 years. So in the course of a…
Richard Mironov
Rich coaches product executives, product management teams and revenue software organizations. He also parachutes into software companies as interim VP Products/CPO.
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The Risks of Replatforming
(Or How Major Platform Migrations Really Happen)
Many companies have replatforming efforts underway. Architectures get old, new
kinds of partners…
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Selling Problems (and Then Solutions) Instead of Philosophy
(this builds on my June difficult discussions
[https://www.mironov.com/difficult/] post)
As good product folks, we know that…
Podcast: What Do You Do With a HiPPO?
Rachel Obstler, VP Product at Heap, invited me in for a two-part conversation
[https://heap.io/resources/product-therapy-podcast/product-therapy-what-to-do-with-a-hippo]
on…
How to Manage Misaligned Stakeholders
Topic: “How to Manage Misaligned Stakeholders” and fireside chat
Where: Dan Olsen’s Lean Product meetup (online)
When: Thursday, 19…
Podcast: Building and Managing a World Class Product Management Discipline
Steve Divitkos’ In The Trenches [https://inthetrenches.net/podcast/] podcast
series is for entrepreneurs and CEOs running small/medium-sized businesses.…
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Merchandizing Product Management
It’s pretty easy to tell if Sales is hitting its goals. (“Are we on track to
hit this quarter’…
Podcast: Why Finding Insights is So Painful
Rachel Obstler, VP Product at Heap, invited me in for a two-part conversation on
her Product Therapy podcast. This is…
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How Weak Analogies About Software Can Lead Us Astray
I often have conversations with CEOs of software companies or software-powered
(ecommerce) companies who aren’t steeped in how software…
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Difficult Product Discussions with CEOs
I’m sometimes pulled into difficult discussions with CEOs, where I’m trying to
describe systematic product-side failures that directly…
AMA on Working with Sales and Executives
Rich joined Product Tank Des Moines/Ames
[https://www.meetup.com/ProductTank-Des-Moines-Ames/] for an “Ask Me Anything”
session on working…
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Coaching With Heart
One of my VP Product coachees raised a topic that comes up often:“I want to
become a much better…