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Product Marty Cagan

Lean Thinking

A while ago I posted an article on people that I think have something really valuable to say to product...

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Product Marty Cagan

The Greatest

It may have been Muhammad Ali in the boxing world, but in the product world, it’s hard to argue that...

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Product Marty Cagan

Minimum Viable Product

One of the most important concepts in all of software is the notion of minimum viable product (often referred to...

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Competition

One of the constants in our business is competition.  Very occasionally you find a company that has established a monopoly...

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Product Marty Cagan

Project-based Funding

If your company is one that still allocates product development funds based on approval of projects, then you still have...

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Product Marty Cagan

Product Evangelism

In my last article I wrote about the importance of product passion, and I said that one of the reasons...

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Product Marty Cagan

Product Passion

One topic I’ve never written explicitly about is the need for product passion.  I’ve referenced it at the top of...

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Product Marty Cagan

The Two Core Competencies

Good product teams must be good at product discovery, which means they must get good at learning quickly.  They need...

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Product Marty Cagan

The Most Important Thing V1

There are several skills and activities that are important when coming up with great products.  In my last article, I...

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Product Marty Cagan

Flying Blind

I know this topic is going to sound far-fetched to many of you, but I am finding too many product...

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Product Marty Cagan

Preparing For War

For many years now I have recommended the classic book “The Innovator’s Dilemma” because I think it does such a...

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Product Marty Cagan

The Importance Of Failing

Recently a friend of mine sent me a link to this short video from totally outside of the technology field. ...

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Product Marty Cagan

The VP Product Role

If you take a look at the list of open product positions at the end of my recent newsletter, you’ll...

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Product Martina Lauchengco

Why Traditional Messaging Fails

Back when I was a product manager for Microsoft Office, we spent hundreds of thousands on positioning research. Messaging lived...

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