By Saeed Khan I had the pleasure of meeting with a number of international region sales managers recently. They covered geographic regions including Western Europe, the Nordic countries, Eastern Europe, [ … ]
Category: Product Management
Releases, Roadmaps and Visions
By Saeed Khan Roadmaps are always a popular topic when discussing products. I can’t tell you how many times people ask whether something is “on the product roadmap”. One of [ … ]
Build vs. Think – The Need for Thought Experiments in Product Development
Note: This is a guest post by Fred Engel. If you want to submit your own guest post, click here for more information. I was attending a feature set [ … ]
How to Structure an Effective Go-To-Market Process
Note: This is a guest post by Mike Smart. If you want to submit your own guest post, click here for more information. During a recent conversation with a [ … ]
Apparent value vs. Discoverable value
By Saeed Khan Not all features are created equal. Not all features are useful or evident upfront. The value we derive from products can be multi-layered or multi-faceted. In [ … ]
Product Portfolio Management – Maximizing return with a complex product mix
NOTE: The following is a guest post by Veronica Figarella. If you want to submit your own guest post, click here for more information. Have you ever been in [ … ]
Open Question: Product Management Challenges at a Startup
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 [ … ]