When you're a PM, it's easy to get sucked into the back hole of trying to do everything, trying to please everyone... only to realize that you're not doing your job very well at. Being an effective product manager is no…
Category: Strategy
How Product Managers Can Say No In 4 Easy Steps
Saying “no” is one of the hardest things a product manager must do. And it’s something you, my dear product manager friend, should be saying a lot. James Clear, the author of the bestselling book “Atomic Habits” recently spoke about…
How to be a more strategic product manager
Many product managers feel stuck at a time when they most need to take action. “I just don’t have the time” they proclaim, rather than scheduling customer interviews that will help them decide which features to build. Or they can’t…
Why Products Fail and the One Thing Product Managers Can Do to Avoid It
UPDATED AT 12:15 PM PACIFIC TIME, 2/4/20 I had no idea when I wrote this article that I would wake up to the #IowaCaucusDisaster. What a shame the people who developed the app used didn't have a chance to read…
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Why you should use value-based pricing
Value-based pricing, when done right, can significantly increase your ARPU.
What do Tom Brady and Oprah have in common with product managers?
If you and your team are trying to deliver a monolithic release, you are setting yourself (and your company) up for failure.
Four Steps to Creating a Strategy-Based Roadmap
A vision statement illustrates why the company exists. From the vision statement, product managers can derive specific strategies that cover different areas of the product. Here are four steps to creating a strategy-based roadmap.