Market Thinking • 1 min read Auckland: Scaling SaaS Callaghan Innovation, New Zealand’s innovation agency, sponsored a two-day conference for NZ startups and tech firms. Subtitled “Scaling…
Innovation • 5 min read How to Make Time for Customer Interviews & Validation I got a lot of good responses from this recent post about the need to frequently talk directly with real…
Market Thinking • 2 min read Webinar: 10 to 10 Million, Navigating Growth as a Product Manager ProductPlan hosted a live webinar… When: Thursday, 23 August, 11am Pacific/2pm Eastern Topic: 10 to 10 Million: Navigating Growth…
Leadership • 5 min read Do Infrastructure Teams Need Product Management? I’ve been mulling this for a while, recently prompted by thoughts from Josh Robb and Amy Nguyen. Many infrastructure…
Market Thinking • 1 min read Frankfurt: ISPMA Software Product Summit Keynote What: ISPMA Software Product Summit Keynote: “Product Leadership: Lessons from Silicon Valley” Where: Hilton City Center, Frankfurt, Germany When: 17-…
Innovation • 7 min read Talking Directly with (Real) Customers I speak/write incessantly about the importance of product managers talking directly with their users and buyers (collectively “customers”), not…
Market Thinking • 1 min read Dublin Workshop: Managing Stakeholders and Priorities Managing Stakeholders and Priorities: A One Day Workshop for Product Managers Hosted by Software Skillnet/Technology Ireland Where: Dublin IE…
Leadership • 8 min read Your Audience’s Real Roadmap Questions I get pulled into lots of discussions among product managers about the best ways to represent (and then present and…
Leadership • 6 min read “My CEO is a Finance Guy Stuck on ROI…” (combining a series of similar conversations) Head of Product: My CEO is a finance guy*, and is pushing the product…
Leadership • 6 min read Hearing About Accounts, Listening for Segments In a well-run organization, each role has a single orientation; they either support individual customers or they support the…
Market Thinking • 5 min read Let’s Abandon Customers and Users I spend a lot of time sifting through documents, positioning and stories – trying to figure out who we’re talking…
Market Thinking • 1 min read Auckland: Four Laws of Tech Product Economics What: Product Management Auckland meetup Topic: Four Laws of Tech Product Economics Where: Pushpay, 167 Victoria St W, Auckland, New…