Good Product Manager, Great Product ManagerSome 15 years ago, Ben Horowitz, then at Netscape wrote an essay, Good Product Manager/Bad Product Manager which details his expectations...
Execution Plans for Product ManagersIn my consulting practice, I focus a lot on how product managers can be more effective. There are countless resources available for what...
New product innovationThere are a lot of ways to make money, but you can't make money doing all of them. Innovation can come from many sources, but for your...
Before the MVP, use research to find your customersA market problem worth solving has three components; it is urgent, it is pervasive and there is a willingness to pay. Unfortunately, many...
Empowering Your Product Management TeamAccording to the latest Pragmatic Marketing survey, product managers spend nearly three-quarters of their time on tactical activities....
Six pieces of data for product managers to avoid shiny object syndromeThe challenges of product management are numerous. Product managers often get pulled in multiple directions from sales, support or the...
Balanced Scorecard for Product Managers, Part OneThis is part one of a two-part series that will define a framework for putting strategies into action for product managers. Even...
Balanced Scorecard for Product Managers, Part TwoPart One of this series introduced the balanced scorecard concept and discussed how to product managers can use it to align internal...
Building a business modelI wrote a guest blog post for the KC Startup Lawyer about the differences between a business model and a business plan and which one you...
The Kano Model Applied to the MVPThe Kano model, developed by Noriaki Kano in the 1980s, is an excellent tool for breaking down product features and understanding...