by Saeed Khan I’m going to try something a bit different this time. Here’s your chance to help a startup founder with some common startup challenges. Max Cameron is a [ … ]
Worth Repeating: 8 Lessons we can learn from Infomercials
I posted this originally back in 2009. I used to watch the show Pitchmen on television. Unfortunately one of the two main characters — infomercial star extraordinaire Billy Mays — [ … ]
Why Social Media is insufficient if you want to truly ‘engage’ with customers
By Saeed Khan It’s interesting to step back from time to time and reflect on how we work and communicate with coworkers, friends, customers and others. Of course, Social Media [ … ]
Guest Post: Sticky Notes and Fish Bones – Finding and Understanding Core Problems
NOTE: The following is a guest post by Kellie Jones. If you want to submit your own guest post, click here for more information. In the early days of [ … ]
Can anything really replace a good face-to-face customer meeting?
By Saeed Khan Recently I managed to get out for a few days to meet with some customers. I talk to customers every month, but the vast majority of [ … ]
The Most Important Skills for Product Managers are …
By Saeed Khan Last week, I asked you (the readers), to answer the following questions – What are the base skills, tools, knowledge etc. that are either necessary or VERY [ … ]
Guest Post: Creating Brand Advocates Without a Special Formula
NOTE: The following is a guest post by Amy Swanson. If you want to submit your own guest post, click here for more information. Creating Brand Advocates Without a [ … ]
Open Question: Top skills every Product Manager should know/learn?
By Saeed Khan Last week I had the pleasure of hosting my second #prodmgmttalk Twitter chat. These are held weekly on Monday 4PM PST (Tuesday morning in Australia) and are [ … ]
If Software is Eating the World, Product Management Will Make it Taste Great
By Saeed Khan A couple of months back, Mark Andreesen had an article in the Wall Street Journal entitled “How Software is Eating the World“. If you haven’t read [ … ]
You don’t know what you don’t know (until it’s too late)
By Saeed Khan I heard an interesting story recently from a PM friend of mine. Her sales people had requested an ROI spreadsheet to use with prospects. Given current [ … ]