I came across an interesting blog post entitled “Product management by committee. How sustainable is it?“. The topic is a very good one as many early stage technology companies are [ … ]
Gilbert and Sullivan present: The High-Tech Product Manager
I’ve always liked the Major General’s song from The Pirates of Penzance. If you are not familiar with the song, first watch the two videos at the bottom of this [ … ]
What can we learn from Cassatt’s demise?
There’s an interview with former BEA co-founder Bill Coleman in Forbes about the last days of his company Cassatt. Bill Coleman is now the founder and CEO of Cassatt Corporation, [ … ]
New PM Resources Page
We’ve added a Resources page to the blog. It is meant as a repo for useful groups, associations, forums etc. for Product Managers, Marketers and others interested in the topics [ … ]
Ideas for Twitter’s Revenue Model – pt. 2
In part 1, I described some of the responses received from a survey I ran a couple of weeks ago asking readers for ideas on how Twitter could generate revenue. [ … ]
Ideas for Twitter’s Revenue Model – pt. 1
The survey I ran last week is now closed and here is a summary of the ideas and comments collected. Some are fairly traditional and some are rather novel. Take [ … ]
Help the Twitter Product Manager
Only a couple of days left before the survey ends. The survey will close at 11:59 PM EST on Friday April 17, 2009. Let’s face it, we ALL like FREE [ … ]
Devil’s Dictionary for High Tech – Part 2
And as promised, here’s part 2 of this list. Part 1 can be found here. SAAS: n. Same Applications Available by Subscription Sales: v. The art of turning leads into [ … ]
Devil’s Dictionary for High Tech – Part 1
The Devil’s dictionary is a book created in the early 20th century by American Ambrose Bierce containing sarcastic, ironic and witty re-definitions of words. e.g PAINTING, n. The art of [ … ]
Help Twitter Generate Revenue
As many of you may have read back in December, Twitter announced they were hiring a PM to help them figure out how to generate revenue. I’m assuming Twitter has [ … ]