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Inspiration – The Original
Look what we found (courtesy @madmanweb) :
Mine is a SaaS startup. We do…
Scratch that. Delete that title.
Start with “Mine is a <insert product here like, finance, healthcare, etc> startup.” The only time you are a SaaS startup when you are solving a fundamental SaaS need like billing, metering, security, auditing, etc. It has become a fashion to use the latest technology to pitch your business and [...]
The Workshop
Ashish (representing Pluggd.in) and I are doing a workshop this Saturday, the 3rd of October, to try and get across a feel for what holding the the threads of a product from its conception to its maturity involves. Of course you’re unlikely to become a great Product Manager (and I am still learning every single [...]
Who Are You ?
Ashish wrote a post about the importance of recognizing exactly what business you are in.
This cannot be over-emphasized during the early days of a product, or a startup. You cannot be nebulous about exactly what problem it is you’re solving, and for whom. The trick is to tackle this at as fine grained a level [...]
A Few Good Lessons
GigaOm talks about “What went wrong with Joost?” The lessons in there are not only valuable from a startup’s point of view, but even applicable in the context of any product strategy.
The product needs technology. Continuously!
You do the first things first, and release your product out there quick. Getting traction is a big worry, but [...]
Lean, Agile, Cheap Product Development
This book from 37Signals talks about some ways to keep things lightweight, effective and flexible enough to change quickly as you take things to market and garner feedback.
Its a philosophy we subscribe to wholeheartedly at SlicedBread. Its not just something startups need to practice (though indeed, for them its more or less a life-and-death issue). [...]
Announcing SlicedBread
SlicedBread is an effort to bring together a collection of skills related to various aspects of Product Management as practiced in the real industry. These are skills that have been learned the hard way, across various kinds of products, spanning a diverse mix of organizations.
More specifically, technical Product Management requires a deep understanding of the [...]
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