Products and People
“In the end, there are two things that matter: products and people. What you build, and who you build it...
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Inspiring Product Leaders
Last week Silicon Valley and the Internet industry lost one of its pioneers. For those that knew him, Mike Homer...
read moreProduct Management in Economic Downturns
One consequence of having been around this industry for a while is that I¹ve seen several cycles. Sometimes the downsides...
read moreMoving from an IT to a Product Organization
Quite a few companies that exist today began life as something other than a product or Internet software company. Perhaps...
read moreWhat Makes a Great CTO?
The job of the product manager is to define the products that the product development organization will build. Even with...
read moreProduct Organizational Structure
In earlier articles I have discussed the key roles in the product organization – product managers, product designers, engineers and...
read moreProduct Management Models Part 2
In a recent article (The Best Product Management Model) I discussed the notion that there is no single best product...
read moreThe Best Product Management Model?
One question I get quite frequently is “Google is making boatloads of money, so how can we do product management...
read moreSeed, Feed and Weed to Succeed
By Marty Abbott In my earlier article I used the sports management analogy to make the case for actively managing...
read moreThe Role of the CEO
This article is from an interview I did recently with a long-time friend and serial entrepreneur Danny Shader. We were...
read moreLessons From Apple Part 2
Earlier I wrote about general lessons from Apple, but now that i’ve had my iPhone for a couple of weeks,...
read moreMeasuring Product Managers
Very often I’m asked how product managers should be measured. I have long believed that the only true measure of...
read moreRoles and Ratios
Last week I attended a truly unusual conference (www.gelconference.com). Anyway, as I was walking around I met quite a few...
read moreLessons from Apple
I have to admit to a strong bias up front: I love Apple. I think they’re responsible for some of...
read moreInnovating in Large Companies
In the last article, we discussed techniques for getting stuff done in a large company. Now I’d like to talk...
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