Martin Eriksson's Blog, page 4
August 2, 2018
The #1 Answer in Product: It Depends
The internet lends itself to binary positions: you’re either for something or against it, advocating it or decrying it. It’s not just Twitter’s 280 characters that limit us to this black and white thinking, most blog posts and conference talks seem to follow the same trend.
And I’m not even talking about politics. Waterfall vs Agile. Qualitative research vs Quantitative data. Remote vs Colocated. Discovery vs Delivery. Roadmaps with dates vs Roadmaps with no dates. Usability testing vs A/B te...
July 26, 2018
Honing our Craft at #mtpcon SF 2018
Another year, another amazing #mtpcon conference! Last week 1,600 passionate product people from 33 countries and 37 states across the US gathered in San Francisco for two days of learning, sharing, and honing our craft. It started with a day of workshops and product leadership discussions before the main event, a day of 10 incredible keynotes from Christina Wodtke, Cindy Alvarez, Leisa Reichelt, Dan Olsen, C Todd Lombardo, Nir Eyal, Mariah Hay, Brant Cooper, Sarah Tavel, and Tom Coates.
A hu...
July 9, 2018
Product Management Job Titles and Hierarchy
Since it’s still a relatively new role, there’s a lot of confusion around product management job titles, seniority, and hierarchy. This makes it hard to compare jobs, plan your career, and attract the right talent to your team. While there is still no one-size-fits-all solution, a standard is emerging from most successful product teams and organisations that can serve as a template for your own:
Product Management Career Ladder
This is an entry-level position, for s...
June 20, 2018
What we can Learn from Electric Scooter Companies like Lime and Bird
Famously, back in 2001, inventor Dean Kamen was going to change the world. The buzz just before the launch of his Segway personal transporter was astonishing. Tech investor John Doerr posited that it would be more important than the internet. South Park devoted an episode to making fun of the hype before the product was released. Steve Jobs said that it was “as big a deal as the PC”. But when it finally launched it was a commercial flop.
So the technology behind today’s rapidly growing electr...
June 13, 2018
The Incredible Speakers for #mtpcon London 2018
Mind the Product London 2018 on October 18-19 will be better than ever, with more workshops, more networking, and more fun than ever. But most importantly #mtpcon will, as usual, bring you the best minds in product from around the world for a day full of thought-provoking insight, inspiration, and learning. We’re delighted to announce the first six speakers who will share their unique insights with us in October!
Tickets are on sale now! Don’t miss out…
June 6, 2018
#mtpcon San Francisco in Your Words
Last July Mind the Product returned to the epic Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco for yet another day of learning, sharing, and appreciation of the craft of product management. #mtpcon starts with a day of deep-dive pre-con workshops (now sold out), our exclusive Leadership Forum, topped off with fringe events across the city, and culminates in a full day of single-track product talks, followed by our infamous after party.
Last year, as well as 10 impressive speakers we also saw 1,500 p...
May 29, 2018
Don’t Miss These Speakers at #mtpcon San Francisco
Mind the Product returns to Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco on July 16-17 and promises to be one of our best product conferences yet, with a leadership forum, more workshops, more networking events around the conference, and more fun than ever before. As always the core of the conference is our line-up of amazing speakers, and the insights and stories they bring to the conference is what starts all those conversations. So I’m beyond excited to announce our first speakers for #mtpcon SF:...
April 6, 2018
Announcing World Product Day – the World’s Largest Product Management Event
This year we’re celebrating the 8th Anniversary of ProductTank, our global series of product management meetups for product people, by product people, and what better way to do that than to host the world’s largest product management event?
We’re thrilled to announce the first ever World Product Day on May 23, the 8th anniversary of the first ProductTank meetup in London, a day which will feature an incredible 70 local, in-person, events right across the world.
Each city will host their regu...
March 5, 2018
Don’t Miss These Speakers at #mtpcon San Francisco
Mind the Product returns to Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco on July 16-17 and promises to be one of our best product conferences yet, with a leadership forum, more workshops, more networking events around the conference, and more fun than ever before. As always the core of the conference is our line-up of amazing speakers, and the insights and stories they bring to the conference is what starts all those conversations. So I’m beyond excited to announce our first five speakers for #mtpco...
March 1, 2018
8 Years of Growth in the World’s Largest Product Management Community
Eight years ago today I started the ProductTank meetup in London so it’s a great time to look back, take stock of what we’ve built, and celebrate what has become the world’s largest product management community.
In the BeginningAnyone who’s done product management for a while knows that this job can be a little lonely – there’s usually only one of you, the engineers all gang up on you, and there’s no one to learn from, no one to share with, and no one to share your woes with. Eight years ago...
