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 — [ … ]
Category: Research
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 [ … ]
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 [ … ]
5 Pitfalls to Avoid When Performing Market Validation
Tweet this: 5 Pitfalls to Avoid When Performing Market Validation http://wp.me/pXBON-2Ui #prodmgmt #research #startup By Saeed Khan Travis Jensen, over at the Software Maven blog has a post covering 5 [ … ]
Strategy, Innovation and the Need for Experiments
By Prabhakar Gopalan Something very fundamental is broken in large corporations. The ability and spirit to experiment as a corporate function. Managers are: chasing short term results that improve existing [ … ]
Worth Repeating: Do Product Managers need Domain Knowledge?
Here’s an oldie, but a real goody. Back in 2007, I posted this piece about the problems that occur when Product Managers (and thus companies) don’t have proper domain knowledge. [ … ]
Guest Post: Making Solid Decisions in the Absence of All the Information
NOTE: The following is a guest post by Christine Midwood. If you want to submit your own guest post, click here for more information. Recently, I’ve been mentoring an engineer [ … ]
Guest Post: Voice of the Market vs. Voice of the Customer
NOTE: The following is a guest post by Jennifer Doctor. If you want to submit your own guest post, click here for more information. During a recent whirlwind #prodmgmttalk discussion [ … ]
Worth Repeating: Devil’s Dictionary for High Tech
by Saeed Khan 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. [ … ]