Tag: Product

A Day in The Life of a Product Manager at MATCHES

Ever wondered what it’s like to be in the team who handles order capture for a brand like MATCHES? Join me for a day in my life as a Product Manager, where we orchestrate the magic that happens behind the scenes of that “Add to Cart” button and beyond. 8.00am I’ve alway...

How much does a Senior Product Designer make? (layoffs edition)

When I wrote part one of this series, design jobs and recruiting outreach were much hotter. Here’s a look at a new set of emails in a Senior Product Designers' inbox from July 2022—2023 during a year of massive layoffs. All salaries are in USD and annualized. Email #1 ...

What to say when negotiating a product design salary

When a company extends an offer, they expect a negotiation. If you do this well, you can receive a lot more money than the original offer. Here are some things to say to make the most of this process. I’ve been asked by almost every company at the beginning of discussions what my “sal...

Four ways to say NO as a Product Manager

“I’m working on getting better at saying no.” Sound familiar? It should: Being a product manager means saying “no” 90% of the time. Between competing stakeholder demands, tight resources, and let’s face it — plenty of terrible ideas — you ...

Moving From a Project to a Product Mindset

The Iron Triangle concept was born in the 50s. I won’t go into it’s long and varied history, but safe to say project folk the world over know it well and live by it. Frequently, it is used in stakeholder meetings to justify extending the timeline, when asking for more money, or to trim s...

‘Doing strategy’ as a product designer

There’s a scene in the first Matrix film where a newly freed Neo progresses through his training, gains confidence, and even one-ups his mentor Morpheus in a sparring contest. Seeing how Neo is ready for the next level, Morpheus leaps a giant gap from rooftop to rooftop and invites Neo to foll...

How senior product managers think differently

I often got asked how a product manager could get promoted to a more senior level. The truth is, getting a promotion is often a complicated game. Yes, your skills and achievements play a role, but so do other factors such as how much your manager cares about developing talents, how good and tenured ...

Raising Prices For Your Product: Should You Do It? If So, How?

Last night, when I went to open Spotify, I was greeted with the news that its prices in the US were increasing from $9.99 to $10.99 per month. Netflix has also raised prices multiple times, most recently in 2022.&zwj; Price is one of the most powerful levers you have in ...

Product Teardown — Airbnb: 5 Product lessons on how to introduce new features

This is Tear Them Down — Product Teardown case study #10. If you are building (or looking to build) great products for your users, you will love our case studies! In the previous teardown, I was talking about my long-drive companion — Spotify. But now that I hav...

Interviewing for Product Manager roles in 2023

I have interviewed 500+ Product Managers (to be honest I lost count) and in this article I will cover how the most successful candidates have changed their interviewing strategy in 2023, how an interviewer can tell immediately that you’re a strong candidate, and how adaptability is now a core ...

The Juggling Act of Product Management

Imagine standing center stage, brightly lit, with the spotlight on you, and balls rotating harmoniously in the air as you juggle. This breathtaking sight isn’t merely about the balls soaring through the air or the juggler but the synchrony between them. Juggling is an intricate art, demanding ...

Four ways to say NO as a Product Manager

From Product Manager to Chief Product Officer: Navigating the Transition

Hey there! I’m Ksenia, and today we’re delving into the realm of the Chief Product Officer (CPO) role. If you’ve recently stepped into this position, you might have realized that it’s a whole new ball game. This article is a guiding light for those aspiring to take on this r...

Defying Apple’s Product Designers: Replacing My Magic Keyboard with a Mechanical One

Why are MacBook Air/Pro keyboards the way they are, flat and tightly packed? What drives these design choices? Could it be because it makes them easier to type on? Do they result in fewer typos? Could it reduce stress on your wrist? Or is there another reason? Well, it’s not abo...

Getting Things Done as a Product Manager

In this article, I will share some tips for remaining organized, ensuring nothing slips through the cracks, and prioritizing the most important work. Product managers are notoriously busy. Between discovery work, delivery work, stakeholder management, and collecting inputs and feedback from acros...

How the Practice of Putting Pen to Paper Can Improve Your Product Leadership

My older brother recently passed away. It was very sudden and unexpected. As I ride the waves of grief over the past several days, I’ve started to think about all the memories and stories from growing up with someone who I consider a remarkable human. (Albeit growing up, I thought of him more ...

Why Your Design System Needs a Product Manager

Does the Design System you engage have a PM? Are you a PM in charge of a Design System? Are you a designer / an engineer on a Design System team but have been playing the role of missing PM? If you search for Design Systems, you’ll find a rabbit hole of amazing articles. Here, we only ...

How to keep optimistic as a Product Manager?

How to keep energetic and optimistic when so many things can go wrong for Product Manager? Those include: 1) Too many stakeholders wanting too much too fast 2) The new release being a disaster 3) Getting sick/needing to take some time off 4) Your team getting sick or needing to take time off ...

Striking a Balance: Navigating the User Needs vs. Business Needs Dilemma in Software Product Development

In the rapidly evolving software product development world, teams often struggle to answer a crucial question: should they prioritize user needs or business goals? This tension and disagreement among product teams stems from the fact that there is no easy answer. The challenge is furthe...

Product development guiding principle: Consent over consensus

Unilateral decisions lead to false progress. When decisions are made unilaterally, it tends to lead to false progress. You’re unlikely to have buy-in and you miss out on any perspective that the broader group might have had. Unilateral decisions tend to lead to false progress Cons...

What I have learned in a month in my first job as a product manager

It has already been a month since I joined my job as a product manager. It is indeed a dream come true. I worked hard and prepared for this role when I was in campus. I started from my city to join my company on my first flight. It was the first time that I went to new city. From being nervous to ge...

Regain meeting time to get work done, Product Manager!

Having too many meetings can leave you with no time to do actual work. Here are 10 ways to regain your time, skip some of the meetings, and optimize your productivity: 1) Realize, that you are the master of your time — as much as people cancel/reschedule their meeting with you, you can do t...

8 Meeting Agenda Templates for Product Teams

Creating a meeting agenda can help level-up your meeting productivity. But you don’t need to start from scratch! A meeting agenda template can provide built-in structure, inspire your team to add content in advance, and reduce the need to type out the same headings over and over a...

Crafting purposeful 1:1s that helped me as a product designer

Picture this: I sat across from my ex-boss during a routine 1:1 session, expecting mundane discussions about project status. Instead, she began by asking about my passions, goals, and aspirations I held for my design career. Suddenly, my curiosity was piqued, and I realized there was untapped potent...

Product Design Process Step 4: Sketching

Introduction 5th Tuesday of this series. Haven’t gone through the first story of this series — Click here. Product Desing is a process, so it is a verb. I would be writing a series regarding product design processes; it would be uploaded every Tuesday at 07:00 IST so make sure yo...

ZTX Product Roadmap Overview

Can you believe it’s already November? 2022 has flown by. But you know what they say — time flies when you’re busy building. And that’s precisely what we’ve been up to. In August, we introduced ZTX and shared our vision to buil...

Ingress Controllers: Basics for Product Managers

Inthe dynamic ecosystem of Kubernetes, understanding the various components is crucial for product managers overseeing containerized applications. One such component that plays a pivotal role in the communication fabric of Kubernetes is the Ingress Controller. This article delves into the basics of ...

When it comes to iPhone, the experience is the product

All of a sudden, the smartphone segment is alive with innovation. We’ve seen some amazing foldable devices come to market in the past 12 months, with the latest being the incredible OnePlus Open. Earlier in the year, Samsung iterated their Z Fold with the 5th generation version, which refined ...

POV: You’re a Product Designer joining a new team! nemi nemi · Follow

Joining a new product design team can be equal parts exciting and terrifying all at once. I think the excitement stems from starting afresh: learning new things, encountering new and unfamiliar problems, working on a new team and collaborating with new teammates. Hell, you get to reinvent yourself i...

Discussing the challenges faced by Product Designers in 2023

As Product Designers, we are adept at facing challenges and navigating ambiguity. But, in 2023, the problem-solving turned to our wider industry. At the outset, there was economic uncertainty. Then artificial intelligence entered the chat. Advancing more rapidly than any of us could have p...

Try selling a product offshore to know what their real agenda is

You will find that for the most part, they only care about billable hours, and getting the cheapest people on the job, while billing the most per hour :) People ask me, why are you trying to sell your product in India? Let me explain… Most people see billable hours when the offshore tea...

The Product Pros 02

I am originally Japanese and I learned English as a second language. I also lived in Netherlands for a year as an exchange student and that culture is quite different to a Japanese culture. For example, communication wise, in Japan, a lot of the communications are indirect. Having that in mind, w...

7 Toronto chefs who have their own food product lines

We all know that the pandemic forever changed the business approach of chefs and restaurants around the world. Over the past few years, new food product line launches have been on the rise…and they still are today. Chefs have turned even more entrepreneurial, many offering culinary solutio...

Zen and The Art of Product Management

Now — several years later, what I have discovered is that product management is a very difficult job. Even product management extraordinaire Marty Cagan says so. Of course, there is plenty of help out there: books, blogs, podcasts, talks, conferences, experienced colleagues, and so on. All pro...

Why diversity is essential to brilliant music… and to good product design

Why are the Beatles, Queen and Radiohead records better than Freddy Mercury’s, Paul McCartney’s and Thom Yorke’s solo work? Is it because they needed Brian May, John Lennon and Johnny Greenwood to unlock their potential? All three musicians are great songwriters on their own, bu...

How to Diversify Your Product Design Team

Don’t just look for candidates from the usual sources, such as job boards and industry events. Reach out to underrepresented groups and organizations, such as women in tech, LGBTQ+ groups, and disability advocacy organizations. There are a number of ways to reach out to underrepresented gro...

Top 10 Promotional Product Ideas for Australian Logistics and Transportation Businesses

1. Branded Vehicle Accessories On the Road Branding: Customised vehicle accessories like branded mud flaps, bumper stickers, or car air fresheners turn each vehicle into a moving advertisement for your brand. Benefits: High visibility, broad reach, and continuous brand promotion. 2....

How to Develop and Integrate Route Optimization Into a Software Product

Every project in the fast-paced arena of software development is a unique adventure full of challenges and victories, learning and growth. At Django Stars, I worked on innovative projects across various industries. However, the realm of logistics holds a special allure. The supply chain industry ...

Natural Product Synthesis in the 21st Century: Beyond the Mountain Top

The review provides a broad perspective on natural product total synthesis and where the field may be headed in the future by Professor Ryan Shenvi. The introductory sections establish some key concepts and terminology around chemical synthesis and natural products. Chemical synthesis joins molecule...

Natural Product Synthesis in the 21st Century: Beyond the Mountain Top

Simulate Large Quantum Circuits With Low Entanglement Using the Matrix Product State Simulator

It’s difficult to answer “how big a quantum computer can a classical computer simulate,” because the answer is, well, it depends. But built into Qiskit, we have a simulator that can tackle certain kinds of quantum circuits with hundreds of qubits with relative ease. Quantum circ...

Is CBD Legal in Taiwan? A short tutorial to help you to get your first CBD product in Taiwan.

Now, I’m going to tell you a secret. If I tell you I can help you to get the documents of point 2.3 & 4, would you like to visit our website to purchase THC free CBD products? I bet you will. I’m the founder and the CEO of an SF based CBD distribution company, Marigen In...

How centralized ATP repositories complicate DSCSA-regulated product verifications

Lately, I have come across a few misconceptions around DSCSA-related Authorized Trading Partner (ATP) checks that I’d like to address here. If you are affected by the impending full-blown DSCSA enforcement by November 2023 and have already looked into compliance solutions, this article is for ...

Product Identity In Every Sip and Bite

According to a recent empirical study, local community products contribute to the growth of agricultural trade and enhance product prices. Nowadays, the Thai GI system has generated market values of more than 51,000 million THB (≈1,423 million USD) per year. Not only does a GI impact positi...

all software is a product of pressure.

I’ve been thinking a lot about how our internet has evolved, and what it means for us day to day. On Twitter, I’ve been hearing comments like, “The internet is terrible”, “where have all of the fun sites gone”, and so on. So, what shapes software? What does the...

INTERNSHIP — Production and Product Development

Lana Unlimited Co., a Chicago-based luxury fashion and jewelry company, is seeking driven, responsible, and outgoing student interns. This exciting internship includes experience in many aspects of the fashion industry. If you are current with pop culture, creative, up to date with the latest fashio...

How 3D Digital Product Creation Streamlines the Design Process

The fashion industry is undergoing a digital transformation as 3D visualization technologies enable designers to create and modify designs more efficiently. Traditional processes are being replaced by innovative solutions, such as those offered by Designhubz, to streamline and revolutionize the desi...

INTERNSHIP — Production and Product Development

Safeguard Your Skin: How to Patch Test Any Skincare Product Like a Pro

Hey, guys, welcome and welcome back to skincare junkies. I hope you all are doing great and having fun in life. Thank you so much for clicking your way into my little corner. I really appreciate it a lot. So, we all know the excitement of purchasing a new skincare product and the urge to immed...

It’s Okay to Admit That Shaving Our Legs Is a Product of Misogyny

Itwas a hot August night. I took off my shirt, ready to collapse into bed after a long day of road travel. As I raised my arms, however, I noticed I wasn’t smelling so fresh, so I walked down the hall toward the bathroom so I could give my underarms a little splash. Brynn, my 8-year-old nie...

Data analysis: ingredients of skincare products not predictive of product price

The skincare industry is extremely profitable — the global market for cosmetic skincare in 2020 was estimated at 145.3 billion USD. However, how skincare companies price their products seems to be a closely-guarded secret. For example, a 16-ounce tub of La Mer cream is priced at 2...