Tag Archives: product manager

The Value of Insights

Intellectual Property.  The legal jargon definition of this term has come to effectively mean “something I’ve patented, copyrighted, or hold as a trade secret.”  A more general interpretation is “an idea.”  For product managers, the most valuable ideas are insights.

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The One Idea of Your Product

“For what one idea do you want your product to stand in the mind of your customer?”  I heard Roger Cauvin ask that question at the most recent ProductCamp Austin [correction - he said it here - thanks Roger], and the quote has been jumping to the front of my mind almost daily ever since.  Maybe by writing about it I can exorcise the demon and get back to using the idea instead of being haunted by it.

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Great Product Manager Questions

The Laudi Group and Red Canary organized and shared a great set of questions for product managers and answers from a panel of product management leaders.  Steve Johnson, another leader in our space shared his answers to the same questions, and in this article, I share mine.

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Inspired By Your Customers

Should your products be designed by your customers, or inspired by your customers?

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Product Management Certification

Should product managers get certifications? Ask a Good Product Manager asked us to answer.

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Ask A Good Product Manager

Ask A Good Product Manager is a new blog just launched by Jeff Lash, who also authors How To Be A Good Product Manager, one of our favorite blogs.

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Flashback: A Year Ago This Week on Tyner Blain [2006-10-06]

A look back at the best from a year ago.

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A Year Ago This Week on Tyner Blain [2006-09-01]

A look back at the best from a year ago.

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Flashback: A Year Ago This Week on Tyner Blain [2006-07-07]

A look back at the best from a year ago.

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Ten Ways To Be A Better Product Manager

In product management training, we spend a lot of time focusing on what we do. Adrienne reminds us that this isn’t enough, we also have to focus on how we do it, with her tips on how to be a better product manager.