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Godin vs. Gladwell: Fight!
In Malcolm Gladwell’s most recent book, Outliers, he uses a metric of 10,000 hours of effort as a measure of time it takes for someone to master their chosen profession [ … ]
What do we call this mess?
It’s been difficult to find a good term to describe the economic climate we’re in now. As difficult as the R-word was for political leaders 6 months ago, having said [ … ]
Do This or Die!
A couple of days ago, I recommended one of my favorite radio programs — The Age of Persuasion — to all of you. I also mentioned that that one of [ … ]
Product Naming Fail? Or Brilliant Marketing Ploy?
So, the invention seems pretty good, but who thought up and agreed to the name? Is it just a dumb name or is it a stroke of genius for viral [ … ]
You Might Be a Product Manager If….
Over at Product Beautiful, Paul Young has a great post entitled You Might Be a Product Manager If… There are over 50 one liners about life as a PM. Far [ … ]
The Age of Persuasion
First of all, Happy New Year to all of you. Here’s a great radio program that everyone should listen to. Called “The Age of Persuasion“, hosted by former ad exec [ … ]
Oh yeah? Compete with this!
Creating defensible competitive advantage and differentiation are something we’re all familiar with. Here’s one product that tries something a little different. I’ll give them points for trying, but really, how [ … ]
Experience, IT and Surveys
In addition to his personal blog, Good Product Manager, Jeff Lash also hosts Ask A Good Product Manager where he solicits answers to common Product Management questions from other bloggers. [ … ]
ProductCamp Boston
Another ProductCamp is in the works. This time, the Boston Products group is planning a ProductCamp for February 28, 2009 in Cambridge MA. Click here for more details. Saeed