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TechCrunch+ roundup: Down-funnel growth metrics, RIF planning, is e-commerce aggregation over?

TechCrunch

“It’s comparable to the financial crisis of 2008, when poor financial products were lumped together in order to diversify risk and make them look better than they actually were,” he writes. To wit: Five Flute, an issue-tracking platform for hardware product managers, recently raised a $1.2M

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Three practices of successful product managers

Lead on Purpose

In most companies product managers have a lot of products and significant responsibilities. With all the meetings, floods of email, and requirements to manage, the thought of focusing on a product’s profitability can be illusive. Work with the sales team; understand how they sell your products.

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Time Rich, Time Poor and Apple

SoCal CTO

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Tuesday, March 20, 2007 Time Rich, Time Poor and Apple Jeremy Liew at Lightspeed Venture Partners has an interesting post: Time Rich or Time Poor? In it he separates web consumers into: Time Rich (more time than money) and Time Poor (more money than time).

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Trust

Lead on Purpose

Focus on the ones you consider to be your weaknesses and take the attitude that you will improve. – The Product Management Perspective: Trust is the most important characteristic a product manager can possess. You also need to trust that the team members will do what they have committed to do.

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Finding Good Developers in Los Angeles?

SoCal CTO

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Saturday, February 17, 2007 Finding Good Developers in Los Angeles? About 18 months ago, the entire group began to mention that they were having more difficulty finding good developers. Im part of a CTO group that meets once a month to discuss various topics.

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Product Development Process: How to Bring Innovation to Life

Altexsoft

This article will guide you through all the steps of a new product development (NPD) process and give you some insights into implementing best practices en route from a pure idea to roll-out and selling. What is a new product development process? Put together, these efforts compose a new product development (NPD) process.

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Manager vs. ?

Lead on Purpose

In many cases “manager&# is used as a pejorative. The “manager&# is the person who makes sure people follow the processes (good or bad) that have been put in place. The “manager&# is the person everyone quips about. The owner makes sure his product meets market needs. Leadership is a choice.