By Rivi Aspler A few months ago, I linked the type of product manager that you want to hire, to the product life cycle stage that your product is at, [ … ]
Category: Startups
The UX Responsibilities of a Product Manager – Part 1
by Gary Schroeder “Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.” – Steve Jobs (1955-2011) When defining new products, one of key [ … ]
How to increase your chances of getting your product idea funded
By Rivi Aspler There are many product-oriented checklists that one can find over the web. Product groups can easily check their readiness to various types of targets, whether its design, development, [ … ]
7 Lessons Product Managers can Learn from Lean Startup Machine
By Shardul Mehta Recently, I participated in the Lean Startup Machine workshop held in Washington DC. For some time now, I’ve been thinking about how Lean Startup principles can be [ … ]
The Role of Product Marketing in Your Startup
By Saeed Khan A real short post today. The kind folks at Openview Partners have published an article I wrote on establishing Product Marketing in a starup. It’s a 2 [ … ]
“Product Editor”? You’ve got to be kidding!
By Saeed Khan I came across a post on Andrew Chen’s blog entitled “Why companies should have Product Editors, not Product Managers“. Obviously I had to respond. 🙂 Yes, Product [ … ]
You are a Startup Marketing Failure, So Now What?
Note: This is a guest post by Josh Duncan. This was originally posted on Josh’s blog A Random Jog, and has been reposted here with his permission. If you want [ … ]
Walking the Talk – Prabhakar Gopalan and kanban2go
As some of you may know, Prabhakar Gopalan is a contributor on this blog. And while he’s not been as frequent in his contributions this year as he was last [ … ]
4 Mistakes to Avoid in your Product Management Career
Late last year, we had a group post on Lessons Learned in 2011. It was well received so we decided to post another one. This one is also about lessons [ … ]
Introducing Product Management Into an Organization – Part 2
NOTE: The following is a guest post by Shardul Mehta. If you want to submit your own guest post, click here for more information. In my previous post, I talked [ … ]