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Short term success is not a strategy | An Insider's View on Product Management
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An Insider’s View on Product Management. July 6, 2009. Short term success is not a strategy. Filed under: Business Strategy. 8212; Gregory @ 11:11 am. Don’t succumb to external pressure. However despite external pressures, short term focus is not a business strategy. Good product managers know that valuable and successful products don’t get built in one day; it takes time. A few setbacks or bad quarters along the way are immaterial as long as the product is getting closer to the final vision. Originally,...
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Developers, developers, developers, developers | An Insider's View on Product Management
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An Insider’s View on Product Management. June 14, 2009. Developers, developers, developers, developers. Filed under: Business Strategy. 8212; Gregory @ 12:11 am. It’s all about developers, developers, developers and developers. Steve Balmer put it better than anybody during his memorable performance. Where he was jumping around on stage or recently at MIX08. The demise of NeXT Computer. Powerful, slick and stylish. In 3 words: a dream machine As for marketing, the charismatic Steve Jobs was wowing cr...
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Is your software respectful of users? | An Insider's View on Product Management
https://gregwords.wordpress.com/2009/06/28/is-your-software-respectful-of-users
An Insider’s View on Product Management. June 28, 2009. Is your software respectful of users? Filed under: Product Design. 8212; Gregory @ 8:50 am. It has all the features you requested. You can’t find out how to save a file? Check out page 734 line 24 of the manual. No wonder people get frustrated in using computers and software. They get discouraged, they get angry and sometimes they even get violent. This poor guy cannot take it anymore. Not understanding the audience. Who are they? What do they need?
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Measure this, measure that | An Insider's View on Product Management
https://gregwords.wordpress.com/2009/06/20/measure-this-measure-that
An Insider’s View on Product Management. June 20, 2009. Measure this, measure that. Filed under: Product Management. 8212; Gregory @ 11:02 pm. Making decisions is arguably the most important responsibility for managers and executives. Their decisions are expected to be rational, methodical and are often backed up by a flurry of statistics and other numbers. Statistics can be manufactured. How do they do that? That according to investopedia is:. An indicator based on the belief that a Super Bowl win for a...
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The importance of being first to market | An Insider's View on Product Management
https://gregwords.wordpress.com/2009/07/30/the-importance-of-being-first-to-market
An Insider’s View on Product Management. July 30, 2009. The importance of being first to market. Filed under: Business Strategy. 8212; Gregory @ 12:19 pm. In the wake of the excess of the late ‘90s where in the name of market shares acquisition colossal amount of money were spent, one can seriously doubt it. What happened to the like of pets.com, eToys.com and the infamous Webvan? Position your brand in customers’ minds. Coca-cola. Who has the best car rental services? From a product point of view you ge...