The importance of continuous learning
Do you believe that college is useless? That expertise is of no value? That experience is just for old people… Experts, thought leaders and social media teachers are exploding. It’s a common misconception that anything you want to learn, you can learn on YouTube. Tell me the names of people who have built a rocket by watching videos. Done breakthrough …
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The advantages of Product-led Growth
Do you remember the first time you used Zoom? Probably a friend or colleague messaged you something like “I’ll send you the link to a Zoom meeting.” That’s how you started using it and before you knew it you had created your own meeting and sent a Zoom link to someone else. This is how Zoom spread like wildfire. Zoom …
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Product managers need to know everything
A few days ago, I was talking to a senior product professional. He said something that struck me. It wasn’t the first time I heard this. A product manager is expected to know “everything”. Indeed! It’s often the case. It’s possibly the biggest boon or curse of product management You have to know tech when you talk to engineering You …
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Oh those chatbots!
“AI is a menace,” she said. “And a nuisance.” This was a fellow product manager who stunned me with the statement I was about to pounce on that statement Good thing, I didn’t She started explaining… “What is the way most people’s life intersects with AI?” It’s chatbots. Whether you are dealing with your bank, phone company, insurance company, food …
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Change takes time
It was the winter of 1999 I was a recent graduate With a masters from MIT, no less Working at one of the hottest companies in the US Just over 25 years old, a year into my first job (Paper $millionaire already!) I was attending a conference on innovation And the future by local business group When called on stage …
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How do PMs get creative ideas?
What is the top challenge facing Product Managers? Last week’s poll of product professionals revealed the following: The top challenge is not what we thought… It is “Ideation and creativity” – nearly 50% of those surveyed find this to be the top challenge. Does seem to make sense? Product Managers often orchestrate innovation. They are required to collaborate between teams, …
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Narrow your focus
FOMO and YAFO can kill. FOMO – you know this one well YAFO – Yet Another F…ing Opportunity, in case you don’t Are you a founder? Are you building a tech product startup? Please read on… One of the ADVANTAGES of tech products is that underlying tools and tech can be often used to solve multiple problems. One of the …
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Making standard PMs turn super
To build great products you need a capable team, product thinking and excellent product managers. Product Manager is now one of the hottest jobs in tech with starting salaries over 10L p.a. More experienced employees are making on average 20-30L. People in product leadership roles can make over 50L or even over 1cr in some cases. In spite of this …
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Why security is critical to product building
Security breaches and data theft headlines dominate global news every few days. The worldwide cost of this to business is estimated in USD trillions. Same holds true for India. In recent times, many large scale data breaches occurred. In some cases companies discovered the theft only after customer data was put up for sale on the dark web. Air India …
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5 common traps to avoid for IT services companies building products
Few years ago services to product became cool when the IT majors launched their efforts. Now it’s seen as an imperative by many including Government of India and NASSCOM. The advantages that product companies enjoy such as higher valuations, stickiness with customers, attracting better talent are the #envy of many services companies. Several small and mid sized IT services companies …
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