by Prabhakar Gopalan Tweet this: @PGopalan Notes from SXSWi 2011 for ONPM readers http://wp.me/pXBON-2fW #prodmgmt #sxswi It is the penultimate day of SXSWi (South by South West Interactive) and what [ … ]
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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 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 [ … ]
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 [ … ]
Rules and Laws Product Managers Should Understand (part 2)
Continuing from Part 1, here are more Rules and Laws to help Product Managers in their jobs. Thackara’s Laws John Thackara can best be described as a thinker, designer and [ … ]
Canada’s Innovation Gap (part 3)
NOTE: This is a bit of a long post, but it is also long overdue. In it, I present some needed steps to address the innovation issue in Canada. So, [ … ]
Questions for Product Managers
It started with an interview on Red Canary, talking to Product Management leaders in Toronto, including Alan Armstrong, Stephen Pollack, Lee Garrison and Roy Pereira. Interestingly enough, I know all [ … ]
The Origins of Product Management (part 2)
NOTE: Part 1 can be found here. The high technology industry, and in particular, the software industry is much younger than the Consumer Packaged Goods industry. And the role of [ … ]
Bill Campbell says, It all starts with great products!
Here’s a bit more from the Bill Campbell interview. I posted the first excerpt in “Bill Campbell says hire Product Management first!“. Michael Moe is the interviewer. This exchange takes [ … ]
Bill Campbell says, hire Product Management First!
Back in early July, I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Forrester’s Tom Grant for his weekly podcast on the Heretech site. About half way through the podcast, Tom [ … ]