Modular Solutions

Imagine an office furniture manufacturer that needs to deliver functional desks, walls, ceilings and doors suitable for multiple offices. Different companiesÕ have different functional requirements such as space and number of employees to accommodate, as well as non-functional requirements like…

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Making the Transition Between Corporate and Startup

By choosing to work in product management, in either a blue-chip/corporate environment, a fast-moving tech house or a startup, do we brand ourselves with the type or size of company we work with? And, if we do, is it then hard to make the transition from one type of business to the other? Do our prospective employers see the challenge of moving to the “other side” as too much of a jump? And if so, why?

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An Intro to PM Interviewing

Last year* I gave a talk to the Harvard Business School tech club, titled ÒPrepping for PM Interviews, or 16n hours of your life, where n=number of companies you interview with.Ó This is a variation on that talk.

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Building a great customer developer experience for an API platform

Developer Experience is how developers feel when they interact with the products or the services that a platform provides. ItÕs the most important metric to measure the quality of a platform. A great experience will lead to higher adoption, retention,…

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