The worst thing you can be given as a marketer is a good product to sell. So, I’m going to channel the Cranky PM here a bit. Though I doubt [ … ]
Wither Tradeshows?
If there’s one thing that I always loved as a Product Manager, it was a trade show. No, really. All you other Product Manager can stop scoffing. It was a [ … ]
P-Camp Silicon Valley 2009
P-Camp Silicon Valley 2009 will be March 14 at Yahoo! in Sunnyvale. Hit up the Enthiosys website and sign up today. See you there!
Mars Needs Women; Twitter Needs Product Manager
Product Managers may not need Twitter but it looks like Twitter needs a Product Manager. It’s interesting that most of the discussions we have on this blog and between ourselves [ … ]
If Steve can do it…
Well if Steve can blog from his iPhone then I can blog from my new G1. Unfortunately, even the best phone in the world doesn’t give you anything meaningful to [ … ]
Who needs a sale?
I would expect that most of the Product managers that read this blog don’t put their products on sale very often, if ever (what sales people do is another issue). [ … ]
On Taking Advice
A short thought on taking advice: Business school case studies almost always go into details about some successful company or individual. Rarely, if ever, do they try to dissect a [ … ]
Interrupting our thread in progress…
One thing that’s definitely interruptible is a comment thread on the blog. Andrew, an APC Product Manager, has kindly and professionally taken the time to respond to everyone’s comments about [ … ]
Musical Chairs
Today I received an email regarding a new and possibly explosive program at work. I won’t say which company this is, but you’ve been their website. Here’s the money quote: [ … ]
How others see Product Managers
So, first off I (Ethan) have started a new job. And I have to admit it: I am no longer a Product Manager. I have taken a job as a [ … ]