by Emily Hossellman Beta testing is a key part of product development, but it can be difficult to get the timing right. Product teams are often pressured to get new [ … ]
Remote workers, Yahoo and building great products
By Saeed Khan It’s been several months since the news of Marissa Mayer’s INTERNAL memo on working from home, entitled “Physically together” became public. I had written a blog post [ … ]
Strategic Product Management – Job Responsibilities or End Results?
By John Mansour Is your reference to “strategic product management” more about job responsibilities considered to be strategic or product initiatives that produce results with strategic impact? I ask the [ … ]
Does your content have a clear purpose?
By Saeed Khan Content marketing is all the rage. Well written, targeted content can propel your website traffic, can deliver more leads, can increase your perception as a thought leader [ … ]
Worth Repeating: Customers – How to work with Product Management and Influence our Product Direction
by Saeed Khan I originally wrote this post a couple of years ago, but some recent experiences with customers reminded me of it. Some customers are really easy and great [ … ]
The Almighty “C” and its growing Influence on B2B
By John Mansour Blackberry is probably the most visible example of an organization whose strength in corporate IT departments was about as ironclad as you could get until the past [ … ]
One day at Product Camp (Silicon Valley)
By Saeed Khan First off, thanks to Rich Mironov for inspiring the title of this post. He was wearing a t-shirt from the first ProductCamp Silicon Valley with a very [ … ]
Heading to ProductCamp Silicon Valley…?
Hi Are you going to ProductCamp Silicon Valley this year? It’s March 23rd at Ebay in San Jose. I plan on attending and I’ve proposed a couple of talks as [ … ]
The New RIM – Relaunching a Former Industry Juggernaut
by Saeed Khan Back in May 2011, I wrote the following post: Addressing Market Shifts or Why RIM is not down and out just yet. As the news of RIM’s [ … ]
The Case Against The Traditional Business Case
By Shardul Mehta Note: This post was originally published on Shardul’s Blog, the Street Smart Product Manager. It is reprinted here with permission. Shardul also published a follow up post [ … ]