Product
What Does a Technical Product Manager Do? Job Description and Role
After acting as the technical product manager for Series A software companies and developing my own software company, I’ve learned a lot of what the job entails. I’m also a silent partner of Product HQ, one of the largest product communities (28,000+members). In recent years, the product management role has been evolving and covering more responsibilities than what it traditionally did. That’s expected. After all, the more products evolve, the...
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9 Hottest Product Manager Jobs in 2023
If you’re in the hunt for product manager jobs, you’re not alone. The product management field has been growing rapidly in the last years. As someone’s who works in product management, I’ve learned a lot about the product manager career path. Since 2017, product management roles have grown by more than 32%. However, this doesn’t mean that getting the dream job in PM will be easy. As products become more complex,...
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11 Must-Know Product Manager Interview Questions and Answers
In the world of product management, experience and knowledge always win. Furthermore, hiring the right product manager for your product team can be a challenging task. You need to ask the right product manager interview questions and interviewees need to provide targeted answers. Therefore, whether you’re onboarding or looking for a position in managing a product, this guide will help you out. We’ll go over the top questions and answers...
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IaaS vs. PaaS vs. SaaS: Common Examples of Each
Today, the IaaS vs PaaS vs SaaS debate is more relevant than ever in modern technology companies. With good reason. After all, these services do make up a sector of cloud technology that has gained increased interest among small to global enterprises alike. The stats don’t lie. In a 2019 news report, Gartner Inc stated that a business that doesn’t leverage the power of cloud technology in their operations is...
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How to Become a Product Manager with Zero Experience
More than ever, businesses and incubators are in need of smart product managers. It’s because of the birth of groundbreaking innovations over the past few decades which has now placed more emphasis on product than ever. These solutions include the computer and iPhone. It’s no wonder so many people want to learn how to become a product manager. Because when you think of great product people, you think of people such...
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8 Product Strategies That Will Inspire Your Roadmap
The journey of every great product starts with a strategy. As far as product management is concerned, it’s mostly about creating a winning product strategy, followed by flawless execution. By clearly defining goals and pinpointing where they need to end up, product managers lead their teams toward success. However, that’s easier said than done. Developing an effective product strategy from scratch can be difficult. As a former product manager and...
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Product Manager Resume Examples to Inspire You
You’re excited and ready for the interview. You’re confident that you can answer all the hot interview questions and secure that new job – but is your project manager resume ready to land you an interview? You don’t need years of experience to ace an interview, you just need a good resume. Developing an effective product resume from scratch can be difficult. According to recruiters, most applicants are good with their soft skills. However,...
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15 Common Software as a Service (SaaS) Examples to Inspire You
Software as a Service (SaaS), also known as web-based software, hosted software, and on-demand software, is a business model where a company host its application on the cloud which is available to the consumers. The software or app is accessed via any internet enabled device such as smartphone or a laptop. The software and all the relevant data are stored on the cloud in different data centers which makes it accessible via the internet and...
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What Does An Associate Product Manager Do?
As a product manager, there’s one question that I get asked a lot: “Hey Josh, how do I go about entering the world of product management?” And I always tell them the same thing – while there are many ways, the most stable route for someone who’s just starting out is to become an associate product manager (or “APM” for short). Naturally, they follow up with these questions: What is...
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What is Product Marketing? And How Product Marketers Use It
Many people have been getting into product marketing recently, especially in the SaaS industry. I’m not saying it’s a bad thing. But if you don’t have a clear idea of what product marketing is, you might be cannibalizing your marketing strategy. That is why a lot of companies have been hiring product marketing managers (PMMs). However, it’s hard to gauge your PMM’s skill level when you don’t have a clear...
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Top 37 SaaS Companies and Products to Inspire You in 2023
Over the years, SaaS companies and products have changed the way that businesses operate online. Nowadays, it is next to impossible to find a business that doesn’t leverage the power of SaaS to assist in the management of their daily operations. And this cloud based service is just getting started. Gartner Inc estimates that by 2021, revenue from the global SaaS market will reach $113.1 billion. This represents a growth...
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What Does a Product Manager Do? [Roles & Responsibilities]
My team has been overseeing product managers in technology for years. The truth is product management is nothing new. It has been around for many decades. However, it was only recently that it earned its identity as a formal discipline. Even today, there is no global consensus on a single definition of a product manager. More often than not, people tend to confuse product management with product marketing and project management. Instead of focusing on just one aspect, product managers focus...
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