We are in the middle of the biggest red ocean I have ever seen in software development. Thanks to AI coding, it has never been easier to design, develop, and distribute software. A process that once took months - designing in Figma, having developers write and test code, and deploying| I Am Charlie Graham
Don’t waste budget on AI hype. Get expert tips on when to build AI products and how to drive ROI from your investment.| Product-Led Alliance | Product-Led Growth
In this episode hosted by Cassio Sampaio, Kundan Kolhe will be speaking on building effective competitive intelligence strategies. The post Competitive Intelligence Strategies for B2B SaaS Companies: Okta Head of Insights for Growth & Product Marketing appeared first on Products That Count.| Products That Count
In this episode hosted by Renee Niemi, Tiffany Johnson will be speaking on transforming product strategy in the payments industry. The post CPO Rising Series: NMI CPO on Transforming Product Strategy in the Payments Industry appeared first on Products That Count.| Products That Count
Learn how to balance AI with timeless product management principles from a Director of Product at Oracle.| Product-Led Alliance | Product-Led Growth
Meta Connect 2025 (September 17-18) went all out on glasses and AI, outlining an idealistic future –although brought down to earth throughout by bugs and “WIFI troubles” (per TechCrunch ). To align with the public announcements of upgrades, pricing, and new features, Meta has also been pushing... Source| MIDiA Research Blog
AI is presenting an existential threat to the video creator hardware market . Key to the disruption is the ability of AI video generators to enable creators to bypass cameras within the video creation workflow. Source| MIDiA Research Blog
Webinar insights with Sahar Chung on embracing uncertainty, staying nimble, using storytelling in UX, and finding clarity through community and growth. The post What I Learned from Talking with Sahar Chung about Uncertainty in UX appeared first on Useberry.| Useberry
Acknowledging and analyzing the market, industry trends, and competitive landscape to gain a deep understanding of the environment in which your product will be operating.| Product-Led Alliance | Product-Led Growth
A product launch strategy is a comprehensive plan that outlines the steps necessary to introduce a new product to the market. It encompasses everything from market research and competitive analysis to marketing, sales, and distribution tactics.| Product-Led Alliance | Product-Led Growth
We’ve surveyed product professionals from around the world to develop a comprehensive picture of the state of product ops.| Product-Led Alliance | Product-Led Growth
Discover how important customer centricity is in modern product operations with insights from Productboard's CEO and Founder.| Product-Led Alliance | Product-Led Growth
As developers, we’re often asked to implement features that would be slight variations on features that already exist in WordPress core. Since building things is our forte, it can be reflexive to start from scratch, but that isn’t always the best route, and it can cost you precious time and resources. In fact, there’s a… The post Customize or create? Core thoughts on core blocks appeared first on Alley.| Alley
In any industry, the simple bits tend to be the most stable. For every ice cream, there’s the company that makes the sticks; for every book publisher, there’s the company selling the paper. By the same logic, in the midst of the AI boom, Nvidia – which manufactures chips that make the technolo... Source| MIDiA Research Blog
A couple of weeks ago, electronic music artist Karra posted a video on YouTube about why she took her album down from streaming (one that she spent $100,000 making). She is now going to focus her efforts on YouTube (“an incredible platform for [her] artistry”), as well as selling content to musi... Source| MIDiA Research Blog
Today’s most successful movies and television shows are video game adaptations. For those who remember the media landscape of the 1980s and 1990s, this represents a marked shift in the entertainment industry. Source| MIDiA Research Blog
The traditional sales approach is taking a back seat to a more dynamic and customer-centric strategy known as product-led sales. This paradigm shift is not just a buzzword but a fundamental transformation in the way businesses interact with their customers.| Product-Led Alliance | Product-Led Growth
At ProductPlan, we’re constantly striving to improve our products and services to better meet user needs. That’s why we were so excited to release our first-ever customer survey last month. Our customer survey was a pivotal step in our journey to thoroughly understand our customers’ challenges when using our platform. By focusing on these areas, […] The post What We’ve Learned from User Feedback: Enhancing Our Platform appeared first on ProductPlan.| ProductPlan
Calling busy product professionals! We get it–your days are packed with roadmap review meetings, brainstorming sessions, and making (what sometimes feels like) too many PowerPoint presentations. That’s why we’re here to lend a helping hand. At ProductPlan, we’re committed to empowering product leaders and teams with everything they need to navigate the complexities of the […] The post The Busy Product Manager’s Guide to The 2024 State of Product Management Report appeared first on...| ProductPlan
Ongoing product planning can help you stay ahead. The ability to adapt and adjust to changing strategies can position your team for success.| ProductPlan
A product localization strategy allows your product to successfully enter a new market by adapting to your audience's language and culture. Learn more.| Product-Led Alliance | Product-Led Growth
For a long time, I've been asserting that most* B2B revenue-side executives can't hear anything we say unless it includes a currency symbol. Sentences lacking a $ or € or £ are inaudible. That includes explanations about how we build things: roadmaps full of boxes and project names; agile methodologies; analytics that show| Rich Mironov's Product Bytes
When Nintendo announced the Switch 2 would release this year, it had big shoes to fill. Its predecessor has become one of the best-selling consoles in history; surpassed only by the PlayStation 2 and Nintendo DS in total sales. Source| MIDiA Research Blog
I’m Smriti Motwani, VP of Operations, Product & Engineering at Palo Alto Networks, and I want to spend some time focusing on ops and the importance of the product lifecycle framework in product operations.| Product-Led Alliance | Product-Led Growth
Learn how to balance inventory breadth and depth to improve product assortment, meet demand, and grow your retail business.| Thrive
Over the past few weeks, a growing list of indie bands have decided to leave Spotify, the most prominent being Deerhoof and King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard (a partial list has been compiled by Fader ). Source| MIDiA Research Blog
More parties than ever are becoming frustrated with streaming. For evenmany successful artists, streaming is a minority income stream, as fandom-related endeavours like live performances, merchandise, and brand deals prove to be more lucrative. Source| MIDiA Research Blog
Over the past decade, digital sales have become the primary way gamers purchase video games. With this shift comes a series of growing pains that often puts gamers at odds with publishers. One particularly contentious issue is digital ownership and consumer rights; topics gaining renewed attention t... Source| MIDiA Research Blog
A PM can be given all the pieces of the puzzle and resources they need, but it’s up to them to see how they fit together and realize the value in each, to craft something greater than the sum of its parts. That’s where these steps to creating a winning product strategy come in.| Product-Led Alliance | Product-Led Growth
Learn about the key soft skills that make a good product manager, even better; from communication and empathy to decision-making and adaptability.| Chisel
I'm still somewhat of a skeptic about "replace our developers and product managers with AI" discussions (see my AI-washing from 2023), but want to take the other side of the argument for a moment. And to start by thinking about bottlenecks (aka system constraints, longest tent poles, or rate-limiting steps)| Rich Mironov's Product Bytes
My name is Roshni Uppala, Senior PM at Amazon. In this article, I’ll be sharing my thoughts on how to instill a customer-first approach into everything you do. I want you to come away from this knowing how to incentivize customers in a number of key ways.| Product-Led Alliance | Product-Led Growth
Learn how to write a PRD using AI in 2025. Discover tools, tips, and time-saving techniques for smarter, faster product management. The post How To Write A PRD Using AI: Tips and Techniques 2025 appeared first on Chisel.| Chisel
The American Institute for Research (AIR) reports that people with disabilities have a purchasing power of $490 billion. This market controls over $13 trillion in disposable income globally, according to the Return on Disability Organization.| Product-Led Alliance | Product-Led Growth
Key takeaways from this blog: Generative AI is reshaping creative workflows, with MIDiA’s research highlighting how AI-only video production is already achievable The next creative divide will be defined by prompting skill level: those who can expertly translate vision into AI prompts will be ahea...| MIDiA Research
In this guide, we'll dive into the nitty-gritty of AI product management, the challenges it poses, and strategies to thrive in this thrilling field.| Product-Led Alliance | Product-Led Growth
Mark Stiving has been a thought leader on software pricing nearly forever. He generously invited me onto his Impact Pricing podcast for a rollicking discussion about "How to Stop Undervaluing Your Product—And Start Getting Paid What It’s Worth." We talked about how product managers need to (vaguely, roughly)| Rich Mironov's Product Bytes
You want to entice your potential customers by delivering a soundproof demonstration. Your goal is to show the product’s value without giving away its full function. A taster, if you will. This is known as the freemium strategy.| Product-Led Alliance | Product-Led Growth
Unlike traditional approaches that heavily rely on sales and marketing teams, PLG flips the script. In this model, the product itself takes the lead role in converting prospects into loyal customers.| Product-Led Alliance | Product-Led Growth
Shifting to the cloud isn’t just a tech challenge—it’s a business transformation. Learn key lessons from a product leader’s real-world experience.| Product-Led Alliance | Product-Led Growth
PLG marketing is a strategy where the product itself drives user acquisition, retention, and expansion. Instead of relying on traditional outbound marketing tactics like cold outreach or expensive ad campaigns.| Product-Led Alliance | Product-Led Growth
Usually the VP Growth is responsible for self-serve revenue, and that's the key metric that they're held accountable for. It's a good model that works in a number of companies.| Product-Led Alliance | Product-Led Growth
I’m part of many discussions where tech company execs try to apply Return on Investment (ROI) tools to make hard choices about what to build, or where to invest costly-and-scarce development resources. It rarely turns out to be as useful as we hoped. Where ROI is absolutely fundamental to| Rich Mironov's Product Bytes
What is Product Management Software? Effective product management is the linchpin that bridges ideation to successful execution. As organizations navigate the complexities of bringing innovative products to market, the role of product management software has| Productfolio
Let's break down both the product-led growth and freemium strategies, the pros and cons of each, and why you should choose one or the other.| Product-Led Alliance | Product-Led Growth
There’s a funny bit of split thinking that I often run into, and which came up in a recent CPO coaching discussion. It’s when we confuse delivering a new (or re-architected) platform and pushing the very last customer off the old version to free up| Rich Mironov's Product Bytes
There’s a pattern that I’ve seen at most B2B/enterprise software companies – and some B2C/mass consumer companies – that doesn’t seem to have a name or much recognition. It’s a (subtle) trade-off between closing major deals now and| Rich Mironov's Product Bytes
I joined an International all-star group of speakers and workshop leaders for Product at Heart in Hamburg on Sept 11-13. Here's my talk called "Business Cases Are Stories about Money" This was a great 3-day event with a half-day product leadership forum, workshops, and : main conference with speakers including Melissa| Rich Mironov's Product Bytes
(Or How Major Platform Migrations Really Happen) Many companies have replatforming efforts underway. Architectures get old, new kinds of partners or integrations emerge, hard-to-maintain monolithic code gets broken into microservices, acquisitions force integration of dissimilar systems, etc. This is an essential part of the software product business, but fraught with| Rich Mironov's Product Bytes
Discover strategies to align product work with revenue goals, boosting your business's financial success by linking product decisions directly to revenue.| Chisel
This week, Jim Hansen, CPO at Advantive, joins us on the podcast ? to divulge all the ins and outs of successful product management, and everything in between.| Driven
What Is the 5C’s Framework? The 5C’s framework is a strategic management tool that provides a comprehensive analysis of both internal and external factors affecting an organization. This framework assists businesses in understanding their position The post 5 C’s Framework appeared first on Productfolio.| Productfolio
Almost every week, I have a conversation with executives at B2B software companies who don’t see a bright-line distinction between software license revenue and customization/implementation revenue. Or why this distinction is essential to their investors. But when I do product due diligence for SaaS-focused PE/VC firms, it's| Rich Mironov's Product Bytes
Expanding on a recent post (Revenue Goals are Not Company Strategies), I’ve been seeing lots of maker teams (product, engineering, design) struggling to form product strategies without a company strategy to hang them on. This is a recipe for failure: there are no generic product strategies or corporate strategies,| Rich Mironov's Product Bytes
We’re in the Silly Season: companies of all sizes are doing annual planning — intending to lock down 12 months of iron-clad commitments, non-negotiable delivery dates, major organizational changes, and accurate predictions of revenue. In my experience, this is mostly ineffective if it’s done only once a year — especially| Rich Mironov's Product Bytes
Back in October I wrote On Being a Technical Product Strategist, where I discussed the need for someone who focuses on the holistic view of technical product strategy. This person (or more likely group of people) would bring a long history of technical experience, cross-functional work history, and be well connected in the industry - so they can take input from a number of different perspectives and distill it into a product strategy that meets their customer’s needs.| Wes Kennedy
I’ve written a lot about the huge organizational and technical gulf between services companies and product companies. (See this and this and this and this.) At a recent workshop in Christchurch NZ, I spent several hours talking with CEOs about the challenges of changing a company from mostly services| Rich Mironov's Product Bytes
