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Startup Mentality to hit a wall
Startups are all in, everyone moving with a common purpose and focus. But, when they are absorbed into a large corp, those ethos will bend, guaranteed
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Articles and posts about product management, the practise, the art, and the reality of the role. Useful tips and guidelines
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Why Are We Doing This?
Every company has one, a product that is sucking wind. A good product manager can turn it around, make caviar out of garbage. But it takes a toll
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The most powerful phrases in Product Management
Over the decades, The Dude has heard some powerful phrases that have stuck with him. Now, he is sharing them and their context
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Vendor Lock In
Open source loves to talk about freedom, but it drives much of the SaaS world, and the wielders of the tools build products with tons of Vendor Lock in.
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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
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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.
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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
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Engineer to Order - a Primer
The Dude has long and deep experience with tech and the attendant business models that are employed, but it comes as a shock to himself when he was searching for something that he was sure he had already written on Engineer to Order businesses, he was further surprised that he
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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
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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.
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A new one for the Dude
Building a pipeline of talent with college grads is smart, but if you don't structure the department and leadership for success, you're gonna have a bad time.
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Market Research
If you pay for market research, and it confirms your suspicions, you might be deluded. Product Management needs to keep their eyes open