Own the product from conception to completion and beyond In my early product management jobs, I focused a lot on the process of product management. A CEO of a startup [ … ]
Month: October 2014
Should I get me some of that?
Came across this special deal on an electronics retailer’s web site today. Until they explicitly pointed out the incredible savings I was getting if I purchased the CPU and motherboard [ … ]
How does a PM gain insight?
In a comment on one of Alan’s posts, a reader, Michael, asks, how product managers can gain insight into market and customer needs. He then lists a number of ways [ … ]
Waiter: SE, Salesperson, or Product Manager?
Often when I am eating out, I ask the waiter for a recommendation. And so often the response is the same: the waiter responds by telling me what she prefers. [ … ]
How to be a GREAT Product Manager (part 5)
Be an integrator, translator and communicator. Don’t be a terminator. I’m sure you’ve heard the phrase that Product Managers are “the hub of the wheel”. I really don’t like that [ … ]
Good PR or another bad pricing move?
If things come in three, I’m expecting another example of bad pricing policy to come my way in the next 24 hours. I just finished writing about how my shoe [ … ]
Honey, I bought the Phone. Confessions from the Cambridge Apple Store.
I have a perfectly good Blackberry 8200 series, but I’ve been waiting for a chance to hit the Apple store to check out the iPhone. If you’ve been reading our [ … ]
Value-based pricing
One day last week, my sandals broke. One of the straps just came undone at the seams. These were pretty nice sandals; I got them on sale for $75, but [ … ]
How to be a GREAT Product Manager (part 4)
The 4 Cs of leadership: credibility, commitment, communication and courage Product managers need to be leaders. A truism no doubt. But what does being a leader really mean and how [ … ]
Here’s the deal with Biz Dev (Part I)
Saeed has posted two fairly provocative items about business development. (Here are the first and the second.) Frankly, Saeed, you’re not following your own advice. To paraphrase you, “Enough with [ … ]