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53 Questions Developers Should Ask Innovators

TechEmpower CTO

At TechEmpower, we frequently talk to startup founders, CEOs, product leaders, and other innovators about their next big tech initiative. After all, that’s what tech innovation is all about. After all, that’s what tech innovation is all about. The innovator/developer relationship needs to be a conversation.

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How to hire the right product manager for your IT needs

CIO

These new building blocks of business include both tech and business pros, and they’re generally led by a product manager , who acts as the point person throughout the product’s lifecycle. Almost everyone we spoke to agreed that communications skills are a must when it comes to product management. “I

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14 in-demand cloud roles companies are hiring for

CIO

To tackle that, businesses are turning their budgets toward the cloud, with two out of every three IT decision-makers planning to increase cloud budgets in 2024, and nearly a third (31%) reporting that 31% of their IT budget is earmarked for cloud computing, according to the 2023 Cloud Computing Study from CIO.com parent company Foundry.

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The Strategic Value of Product Management

Mentormate

While it might seem like a complex process, the answer is pretty straightforward: it takes good product management. What is Product Management? Product management is a means to drive the development of products that meet the strategic needs of a company. The Roots of Modern Product Management.

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A PM's Guide to Building a Culture of Product Innovation

Speaker: Bob Webber, VP Product Flow Optimization, Construx

There's a lot of innovation advice out there, but very few companies are recognized for their innovation. Despite the importance of new product development, more than half of all product launches and innovations fail. Innovation advice will not work if your company's culture does not encourage it.

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Xpirit Innovation Day in Antwerp: March 2022

Xebia

Every two months we have an innovation day at Xpirit: spend a full day on something that you feel is ‘innovation’ It does not really matter what it is, as long as it will enable you to learn something from it that can help you in your authority mission. Azure Chaos Studio is a new Azure product that is still in preview.

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With No-Code/Low-Code Solutions, Companies Find Flexibility and Reduce Cost

CIO

In today’s fast-paced business world, where companies must constantly innovate to keep up with competitors,depending on fully customizable software solutions created with programming languages and manual coding is insufficient. Companies may start with low-code solutions and gradually shift toward no-code solutions.

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The Problem with Product Market Fit (and What to Use Instead)

Speaker: Daniel Elizalde - Product Executive and Advisor

Unfortunately, most B2B companies go through the innovation journey using abstract terms and intangible metrics, such as “trying to reach product market fit.” Our role as Product Managers is to eliminate confusion, not add to it. Ask ten people to define PMF and you’ll get ten different answers.

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Design Hacks for Non-Designers: Ask Expert Laura Klein

Speaker: Laura Klein, Principal at Users Know and Author of UX for Lean Startups

Join UX designer and product management expert Laura Klein for a no-holds-barred Ask Me Anything session on UX design. Laura—principal of Users Know and author of Build Better Products and UX for Lean Startups—has over 20 years of experience helping companies innovate responsibly and improve their product development processes.

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Scaling to the Masses - Fit Your Product for a Larger User Base

Speaker: Dustin Smith, Sr. Product Manager, Incubator

In a matter of years, a very small company becomes a global superpower. Romantic notions aside, the story neglects to mention the most essential variable to product success: scalability. If a product can't withstand a growing user base and diverse team, it'll never leave the think tank. Said idea becomes a wildly successful app.