Sales Lies Part 1 - Sales is Closest to the Customer
Sales will lie to you. They may not know they are lying, but they are. This episode is around the false belief that Sales is closest to the customer, so they know the market...
Product Management
Articles and posts about product management, the practise, the art, and the reality of the role. Useful tips and guidelines
Troubled Business Models meet the Pandemic
Lyft and Uber already had a rocky path to profitability, the COVID-19 pandemic is more than a monkey wrench in those plans. Survival isn't assured....
Sales Threats
Sales often uses the blunt edge of a threat to get their way. Product Management would do well to weigh such threats against the real world...
Engineer to Order - a Primer
The Dude has long and deep experience with tech and the attendant business models that are employed,...
Product Management Ethics
Reading about ethical lapses at major tech companies, the Dude wonders about product management's role in these lapses, and whether product management is abdicating their responsibilities...
The miss
Calls for product management to "do something" when bookings are light are common, but corrosive. Product management has few knobs with quick response....