by Saeed Khan There’s an adage that states, you can’t manage what you can’t measure. And if that is the case, then you have to wonder how much actual management [ … ]
Category: Startups
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. [ … ]
ProductCamp Boston & Building Product Management Organizations
by Saeed Khan This was a very eventful weekend for us product folks. On Saturday, there were 3 ProductCamps held in Boston, Chicago and Silicon Valley. I’m not sure if [ … ]
The Most Important Characteristic of Innovative Companies
by Saeed Khan Over the years I’ve working in a number of companies, and I’ve had good working relationships with people in many more. And when looking at those companies [ … ]
Product Management lies at the heart of Innovation
By Saeed Khan Ask 10 people for a definition of the word “innovation”, and you’re likely to get 10 different answers; maybe more depending on who you ask. Don’t believe [ … ]
Product Management is spreading…technologists take note!
By Saeed Khan Back in 2000, before the tech bubble burst, I saw an interview with Steve Jurvetson – now a Managing Director at venture firm Draper Fischer Jurvetson. Steve [ … ]
Guest Post: The need for Empathy in Product Management
NOTE: The following is a guest post from Prabhakar Gopalan. If you want to submit your own guest post, click here for more information. ———– I was recently re-reading Paul [ … ]
Book Review: Take Charge Product Management
It’s been a while since I reviewed a book on this blog. BTW, if anyone wants to review books for this blog, contact me. OK, enough with the housekeeping, on [ … ]
In Defence of the Big Freaking Requirements Document
You’ve all seen them, probably had to read them, and maybe you’ve even written them. Some of them are so bad, you have to wonder what was going through the [ … ]
Usability as a strategic weapon. Lessons from Wesabe’s founder
We often talk (and write) about ease-of-use and creating products that delight users, but its rare to see an actual example, from a company founder, describing how those things made [ … ]