Sachin Rekhi

AUGUST 6, 2015

For years now in the valley we've been shunning the traditional approach to launching a startup: writing a formal business plan, pitching investors, assembling a team, launching a product, and selling it like hell because we've learned the hard way that more than 75% of all startups fail and we needed a more iterative approach that allowed us to learn from our failures and refine along the way.

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Good Product Manager

AUGUST 17, 2015

Product Manager and Product Owner: One Person or Two? As more organizations adopt and look to optimize agile development approaches, one of the questions that is most pressing relates to roles and responsibilities — specifically, about how the role of product owner compares to the role of product manager. The underlying question that many are struggling with is, should the same person play the role of both product manager and product owner, or should these be two roles be filled by two different

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Rahul Abhyankar

AUGUST 18, 2015

Google recently promoted Sundar Pichai to the role of CEO. Naturally, this received a lot of press with many articles talking about Pichai’s journey from a middle class family background in India, his education at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Stanford and Wharton, and working at McKinsey and Google. No doubt, it is a remarkable story of progress.

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Daniel Elizalde IoT Blog

AUGUST 25, 2015

I originally wrote this article as a guest post on MindTheProduct.com A failed launch is a terrible situation in which your product starts breaking or misbehaving as soon as it is launched into production. You and your team have spent the past few months planning and executing the requirements, but the day you launch to production, something goes wrong.

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Traditional PM struggles with the complexities of platform ecosystems. B-MAP framework tackles this challenge. B-MAP goes beyond features, focusing on building, managing, adapting, and partnering to foster a thriving platform ecosystem.

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TSIA

AUGUST 28, 2015

At TSIA, we are dedicated to helping technology services organizations of all sizes stay on top of the latest best practices for growing and advancing their business. Our 30-minute TSIA Pulse webinars are a great way to hear directly from our research team about how emerging industry trends are affecting their respective service discipline, and what you can do to stay current.

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Bruno Bergher's Writing

AUGUST 12, 2015

My work these days (at the time of writing) involves spending a lot of time with early stage companies, where we’re racing against the clock to turn bold new ideas into usable products, and see if they work. It’s a land where you’re knee-deep in ambiguity, and surrounded by a sea of unanswered questions….

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Good Product Manager

AUGUST 17, 2015

Product Manager and Product Owner: One Person or Two? As more organizations adopt and look to optimize agile development approaches, one of the questions that is most pressing relates to roles and responsibilities — specifically, about how the role of product owner compares to the role of product manager. The underlying question that many are struggling with is, should the same person play the role of both product manager and product owner, or should these be two roles be filled by two different

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Innovatemap

AUGUST 20, 2015

It's no secret that tech companies are on a constant hunt for software programmers. But these firms are also clamoring to get product.

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UserTesting

AUGUST 18, 2015

If you’re a product manager, the pressure is on. Whether you’re working on an early product at a young startup or you’re in charge of a well-established product at a more mature company, it’s your job to satisfy the needs … The post 24 Expert Articles and Resources for Product Managers appeared first on UserTesting Blog.

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AUGUST 27, 2015

Last week I attended the CRM Evolution Conference in New York, which is always a good show to hear the latest trends in marketing, sales and service automation. I gave presentations on social support with B2B companies, and the impact of mobility on field service , as well as participating in a panel discussion on launching and managing successful communities.

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DISQO

AUGUST 14, 2015

The rapidly evolving field of product management requires its practitioners to take continuing education seriously. We’ve written before about books , conferences , jargon , guides , and trends for product teams looking to stay ahead of the curve. But if a weekly cadence for learning is your thing, then you’ll want to subscribe to these newsletters that rain expert resources on your inbox frequently.

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Sachin Rekhi

AUGUST 16, 2015

In my previous post I detailed how I typically go about documenting the initial set of product/market fit hypotheses for an early stage startup and each of the key elements that are important to capture as part of it. Once you've done that, then the far more interesting work begins: validating whether there is in fact truth to each of your most uncertain hypotheses and iterating upon them to eventually find product/market fit.

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Pragmatic Marketing

AUGUST 12, 2015

There are plenty of discussions in the agile community about how agile teams work and develop over time. Often neglected or poorly understood is how that work makes its way from the customer to the team. Below is a blueprint for creating an effective and efficient flow of work. I’ve included details but also left it flexible enough to be customized for your company’s specific circumstances.

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 28, 2015

By adopting to jobs-to-be-done theory, the role of marketing can move from passively pushing product information to an active and more integrated part of designing the service experience. The idea behind the jobs-to-be-done theory is that people always choose a solution to get a (often timeless) job done. An example of a job is “get from A to B” and potential solutions in chronological order would be: horse, bike, train, car.

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UserTesting

AUGUST 13, 2015

More and more companies are learning that in order to stay competitive, they need to be investing in user experience, but they don’t necessarily know what it means. The good news is, there’s never been a better time to learn … The post What is User Experience? appeared first on UserTesting Blog.

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TSIA

AUGUST 20, 2015

When it comes to choosing the best method for growing your maintenance and IT support revenue, there are several viable options available to you. In this infographic, we’ve used the data from the 2015 TSIA Service Revenue Generation Benchmark Study to offer up three levers you can pull to increase your revenue.

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DISQO

AUGUST 14, 2015

The rapidly evolving field of product management requires its practitioners to take continuing education seriously. We’ve written before about books , conferences , jargon , guides , and trends for product teams looking to stay ahead of the curve. But if a weekly cadence for learning is your thing, then you’ll want to subscribe to these newsletters that rain expert resources on your inbox frequently.

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Sachin Rekhi

AUGUST 28, 2015

Today's best products not only solve a clear pain point, but do so while understanding, eliciting, and amplifying the emotions of the consumer. The gold standard of this is Apple , whose products are not only useful, but delight us, surprise us, amaze us, and elicit incredible emotional responses. Yet designing such products is no easy task, requiring product designers to bring deep emotional intelligence into their product and product design process.

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TSIA

AUGUST 18, 2015

In our previous blog post , we shared an extraordinary earnings report from GE that highlighted the revenue-generating capability of IoT by combining smart, connected products with smart services. When GE Aviation collects 5,000 data points per second from “tip to tail” sensors , the knowledge gained from analyzing the data can drive condition-based maintenance, fuel savings, and risk reduction, all of which result in greater bottom-line profitability for their customer and increment

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TSIA

AUGUST 17, 2015

When I first began publishing research on customer communities as a self-service channel in 2004, few companies had a community, and most were afraid of the “free-for-all” nature of discussion forums, fearful of what customers might say. Today, communities are a critical channel in supporting customers (and partners), allowing expert customers to answer other users’ questions and weigh in on any issue based on their own unique experiences.

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TSIA

AUGUST 11, 2015

With the industry rapidly evolving and changing, the education services organization of the future is likely to look different than the current model. But what will the education services organization of the future look like, and what is the best strategy for transitioning from current to future state? To help answer these questions, I’m providing a snapshot of my 2015 Education Services Strategy Block.

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Speaker: Shreya Rajpal, Co-Founder and CEO at Guardrails AI & Travis Addair, Co-Founder and CTO at Predibase

Large Language Models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT offer unprecedented potential for complex enterprise applications. However, productionizing LLMs comes with a unique set of challenges such as model brittleness, total cost of ownership, data governance and privacy, and the need for consistent, accurate outputs. Putting the right LLMOps process in place today will pay dividends tomorrow, enabling you to leverage the part of AI that constitutes your IP – your data – to build a defensible AI strategy fo

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TSIA

AUGUST 6, 2015

Each day, I talk to members of TSIA’s Customer Success and Support discipline , and while the topics of those conversations are unique to each member, I have noticed some common struggles. This year alone, I have seen more members set up customer success organizations than ever before, which confirms what we already know: customer success is not just a growing trend, but is here to stay.

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UserTesting

AUGUST 6, 2015

In our recent webinar, Dan Olsen, author of The Lean Product Playbook , walked us through his Lean Product process and how to build great products efficiently. He also shared some of the mistakes companies make along the way when … The post 4 Lean Startup Mistakes That Can Sabotage Your Product appeared first on UserTesting Blog.

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UserTesting

AUGUST 18, 2015

As organizations begin to appreciate the value of user experience research, the need for a dedicated UX team is growing. But if UX is a relatively new concept in your company, building your UX team can be a little intimidating. … The post 4 Steps to Build an Awesome UX Team appeared first on UserTesting Blog.

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UserTesting

AUGUST 27, 2015

The following is an excerpt from our recent eBook, Getting out of the office: Testing mobile app prototypes with users. Testing with users should begin the moment you’ve got an idea or concept in mind. You probably already have a … The post 3 Tips for Testing Sketches and Flows with Users appeared first on UserTesting Blog.

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UserTesting

AUGUST 13, 2015

More and more companies are learning that in order to stay competitive, they need to be investing in user experience, but they don’t necessarily know what it means. The good news is, there’s never been a better time to learn … The post What is User Experience? appeared first on UserTesting Blog.

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UserTesting

AUGUST 24, 2015

You already know that prototyping is essential when designing an app. And you’re probably testing those prototypes internally. But are you testing them with users, too? User feedback, even if all you have to show is a Post-it, can lead … The post New eBook: Getting Out of the Office – Testing Mobile App Prototypes with Users appeared first on UserTesting Blog.

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UserTesting

AUGUST 27, 2015

The following is an excerpt from our recent eBook, Getting out of the office: Testing mobile app prototypes with users. Testing with users should begin the moment you’ve got an idea or concept in mind. You probably already have a … The post 3 Tips for Testing Sketches and Flows with Users appeared first on UserTesting Blog.

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