Watering Down SaaS ARR
I been doing occasional product due diligence this year for a few PE/VC firms, helping them vet potential investments…
Product Management
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Getting Developers’ Buy-In on Build versus Buy
Topic: Getting Developers’ Buy-In on Build versus Buy
Host: Sendbird [https://sendbird.com/]
When: 22 October 2021
Recording of the…
Exiting Gracefully
Longevity for product executives is pretty short: typically between 2 and 2.5 years. So in the course of a…
The Risks of Replatforming
(Or How Major Platform Migrations Really Happen)
Many companies have replatforming efforts underway. Architectures get old, new
kinds of partners…
Selling Problems (and Then Solutions) Instead of Philosophy
(this builds on my June difficult discussions
[https://www.mironov.com/difficult/] post)
As good product folks, we know that…
Merchandizing Product Management
It’s pretty easy to tell if Sales is hitting its goals. (“Are we on track to
hit this quarter’…
How Weak Analogies About Software Can Lead Us Astray
I often have conversations with CEOs of software companies or software-powered
(ecommerce) companies who aren’t steeped in how software…
Difficult Product Discussions with CEOs
I’m sometimes pulled into difficult discussions with CEOs, where I’m trying to
describe systematic product-side failures that directly…
Coaching With Heart
One of my VP Product coachees raised a topic that comes up often:“I want to
become a much better…
We Can’t Schedule Innovation, But We Can Schedule Discovery
Every week, I talk with CEOs who tell me they want to speed up innovation. In fact, they want to…
Prioritization Beyond Algorithms
The problem of prioritization comes up in many of my coaching discussions with
product leaders, and in almost every product…
My Stories Aren’t Long Enough… (Product Camp Cascadia)
What: ProductCamp Cascadia
When: March 5/6
ProductCamp is a peer-driven conference that brings together passionate Product
Managers and Product…