Building Product Teams
Great products come from great product teams. But how do you build a product team that’s set for success? Here you’ll find insights and advice from practicing product people on how to do it right.
LATEST POSTS
Product management for remote teams by Rian van de Merwe
In this ProductTank London talk, Rian van de Merwe, head of product at Wildbit explains how the challenges of working in remote teams can present opportunities and provide principles for how to work better together. Read more »
How I got a job in product: Erika Kramarik
Erika Kramarik is a full-stack marketer for a product agency, here’s how she transitioned from a non-tech career to a job in product. Roles and responsibilities My work entails mostly content creation for my company, early talks with founders, sharing their stories as they progress, and guidance on marketing and positioning for our clients. Read more »
Resilient Management: AMA with Lara Hogan
In this AMA session for MTP Leader members Lara Hogan, author, public speaker, and coach, provided insights on how leaders can manage product teams in the tech industry. Watch the recording in its entirety or read on for the highlights, Read more »
How to motivate a product team
A motivated team is a happy team. A happy team is more creative, provides better solutions, and to top it off, it’s also more productive. In today’s post, I would like to introduce some techniques and ideas that I have been refining over the last 20 years focused on motivating product teams. Read more »
A case study - measuring product manager success at Printify
In this post, Lauri, senior product manager at Printify, shares some insights on how success is measured at Printify, one of the fastest-growing print-on-demand marketplaces in the world. You will learn tips and techniques that you can apply to your daily product management practices. Read more »
Organizing around complex products at the intersection of physical and digital by Matthew Cornford
In this ProductTank London talk, head of product at Ocado, Matthew Cornford, provides some tips on how product managers can get teams organized when dealing with complex physical and digital products. Read more »
Demystification for product managers: The art of building common ground
As Product Managers, we are in the intersection of three worlds: business, technology and user experience. To succeed in such an environment, a common understanding is key, and “Demystification” is the perfect approach to reach it. Keep reading to know why it’s necessary, what it is and how you can start applying it in your Read more »
Lessons learned from managing internal products
Working on an internal product isn’t different from any other publicly available product. You still have to understand the problem, clearly communicate the value, and make sure people get things done. The only difference is that your users also happen to be your teammates. Read more »
Building extraordinary product teams
When I finished watching Episode 4th Season 2nd of “Formula 1 Drive to Survive” on Netflix, I didn’t quite know if I had just watched a great episode about high-performance motorsport or participated in a Product Management keynote in the style of Mind the Product conference. A brief disclaimer: I’m not even a fan of Read more »
How do you build a successful product team?
What does it take to build and maintain a successful product team, one that’s driven, motivated and ultimately successful? In this post, speaking to a range of product experts, we try to answer this question. A combination of factors — like hiring the right people, establishing a vision, defining success in a way that everyone Read more »