“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…
Strategy
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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…
Let’s Fire a Few of Our Customers
As product managers, we worry about market results – not just successfully
shipping stuff on time, but growing our product’s…
The DIY Illusion
I’ve recently talked with several companies that are spending $1M/year or more
to build generic software that is…
Eight Mistakes You’ll (Probably) Make in Your First Product Management Job
Here are some mistakes that I expect most first-time product managers to make –
even after coursework, certificates, and online…
This Is Why I Hire First for Product Experience
David Cancel’s post This Is Why I Never Hire Product Managers
[https://medium.com/life-learning/this-is-why-…
A VP Product’s Checklist
Individual product managers drive individual products or services. VPs of
Product Management establish the broader context for getting great
products/…
Will 2016 Be The Year Of The Unicorn Apocalypse In Silicon Valley?
Paul Glader, in a Jan 16th post on the Forbes/ Leadership blog, quotes from a discussion we had with the…
Four Laws Of Software Economics (Part 4)
We’ve laid out three fundamental facts about commercial software: your development team will never be big enough; all of…
Four Laws Of Software Economics (Part 3)
Our two previous posts noted that your development team will never, ever be big
enough to catch up with your…
Four Laws Of Software Economics (Part 2)
Post #1 noted that your development team will never, ever, ever be big enough to catch up with your dreams.…
Four Laws Of Software Economics (Part 1)
Newton taught us that gravity’s not just a good idea, it’s the law.
I’ve spent a lot…