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Accelerate your business with regular tips and expert guidance on building better products and what pitfalls to avoid.

Giving your product the edge

10 out of 10 tech CEOs and startup founders say this. When asked what do they want to achieve. They want to grow. They want more customers. They want more revenue. If you ask what will it take to achieve that? 8 out of 10 will say: Better GTM. More leads. More sales people. If you are in a commoditized

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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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Accelerate revenue by looking up

As a B2B startup, are you missing out on revenue boosting opportunities? Maybe you feel you can’t go after the big fish? Or does the role you’re selling to not have a high enough budget? Sound familiar? Have you considered targeting C-suite decision makers? Higher roles have access to larger budgets, are keen on embracing the latest technologies… And can

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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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Never judge a (product) book by its cover

Lot of great books on product thinking and product management continue to come out of the US, especially Silicon Valley. They paint a picture of highly evolved product teams and companies. Capabilities and intent are high and it’s easy to get inspired by the world described in them. Unfortunately for people building products in evolving economies, the benefits are akin

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