Paddy Barrett in Ireland is preparing his Master’s thesis on Product Management and would like to interview (USA) state-side product managers for his primary research. It would be awesome if you could help him, and help us all.
Administrivia / Slightly off-topic
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Tyner Blain – Five Years and Going Strong!
Hooray! Tyner Blain is well into its fifth year, and I’m thrilled to say, going strong. The Tyner Blain blog turns 5 tomorrow – on Nov 24th 2010! Thanks so much to everyone who comes here to share, learn, teach, critique, and read!
Product Management / Quick Post / Slightly off-topic
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Bad Product or Bad Positioning? Intel’s Unlockable CPU
Intel introduced the G6951 unlockable CPU consumer product this month. Most of the press has been critical. Is this new chip / upgrade process a bad product, or a good product with bad positioning?
Product Management / Slightly off-topic
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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.
Communication / Presentation / Product Management / Slightly off-topic
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First Impressions
We spend a lot of time (rightly) on the capabilities of our products – identifying valuable problems and compelling solutions. This focus is ideal for addressing the needs of our users. But what if people abandon our products before trying them? First impressions matter – both for buyers and users.
Consulting / Slightly off-topic
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Traveling Product Manager
It’s fitting that I’m writing this from the exit row of an MD-80 this evening on the way home from a customer visit. I almost didn’t get the exit row, but I did. I tried for an upgrade to first class, but I was 15th in line – it was […]
Slightly off-topic
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What Impacts Have You Seen From the Financial Crisis?
We all have seen the commentary from economists, speculators, and journalists. The messages vary from gloom-and-doom to best-opportunity-ever. Warren Buffet talks about being afraid when everyone is buying, and buying when everyone panics. Jason Calacanis talks about tightening our belts (but also talks about opportunity). The general message from venture […]
Product Management / Slightly off-topic
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Is the SaaS Market Broken, or Just Efficient?
Is SaaS a broken model, with integral flaws, doomed to failure in the next two years? Lawson Software’s CEO, Harry Debes, thinks it is. Perhaps the structural elements of the SaaS reality just break Debes’ business models.
Business Analysis / Foundation series / Slightly off-topic
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Foundation Series: SaaS Economics (Software as a Service)
There are a bunch of new* ways of selling software these days. SaaS (Software as a Service) has been in the consumer space for a while, and is making significant inroads into the enterprise software space today. If you’re considering purchasing or using software, you should understand what SaaS means […]