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ProductParty Austin

December 1, 2009

By now, many of you have been to ProductCamps in or around your city.  The ProductCamp brand has exploded – there have now been ProductCamps in well over a dozen U.S. cities, at least 3 countries, and 2 continents!  ProductCamp is an exciting, fun event that everyone should participate in, at least once.  As great [...]

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ProductCamp Wrap-up, and Introducing ProductPotluck!

October 12, 2009

ProductCamp has been a great success. Now, to extend that experience between camps, we are introducing a new mini-version of ProductCamp called ProductPotluck.

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ProductCamp Austin Summer 2009

July 16, 2009

ProductCamp, the free unconference for marketing and product management, is teaming with the McCombs School of Business to return to Austin for its Summer edition!  ProductCamp is a must-go event for marketing and product management professionals.  ProductCamp is a free, collaborative,  gathering for interesting, smart people to network and learn from one another.  ProductCamps have [...]

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Becoming a Platform

April 29, 2009

Turning your product into a platform is en vogue. From salesforce.com, to the Apple iTunes App Store, to Valve’s Steam, many companies are attempting to open the architecture of their product to the World in the hopes of building the critical mass that becoming a platform provides. Let’s explore what makes a product succeed or fail as a platform, and the decision criteria you can review with your business as you decide to commit resources to a platform project.

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Have we Entered the Post-Product Management Economy?

January 4, 2009

Is it better to make a good or bad product? It depends on if you are talking to a Marketer or a Product Manager…

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You Might Be a Product Manager If…

January 1, 2009

It’s time for the 2009 edition of Product Beautiful’s semi-annual “You Might Be a Product Manager If…” list.   Please add your own in the comments below.
You might be a Product Manager if:

You’ve created a roadmap through 2015
You can’t remember working less than 70 hours a week
You’ve lost your hair (if you haven’t consider yourself warned!)
At [...]

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ProductCamp Austin Winter 2009

December 10, 2008

I’m proud to announce that we are bringing ProductCamp back to Austin for an encore!  The first ProductCamp Austin had amazing participation from the Austin and Central Texas area, with over 130 people signing up and about 90 participate back in June.  ProductCamp Austin Winter will have more people, more sessions, and be better in [...]

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The Spin Cycle

November 17, 2008

How do you conquer the problem of communications between employees and management? Product Management sits in a unique position to close this gap.

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The Big Company Survival Kit for Startup PM’s

October 16, 2008

There is so much territory to cover on this topic that this is probably the beginning of another series.  This post focuses on differences and expectation setting between small and big companies, and lessons learned making the leap between the two.
I’ve always considered myself a startup kind of guy, and for the past two years [...]

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Using Social Networking in Product Management

October 2, 2008

There are three categories of customers you should be talking to as a Product Manager: Current Customers, Evaluators, and Prospects. If you have an established business, finding Current Customers to talk to should be easy. Evaluators are slightly more problematic, but you can also access them via win/loss analysis, and at least you know who they are. Finding Prospects is always a challenge, but now finding them is easy if you know where to look.

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