A recent report by Alix Partners highlighted a surprising number of disconnects between CFOs and their private equity sponsors. The results are interesting, but not too surprising.
The Disconnect Between CFOs and Their Private Equity Sponsors

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By John Mecke in Private Equity, Product Management, Uncategorized No Comments Tags: disconnects, private equity
A recent report by Alix Partners highlighted a surprising number of disconnects between CFOs and their private equity sponsors. The results are interesting, but not too surprising.
By John Mecke in Product Management No Comments Tags: product manager international
Once your company reaches $50 million in revenue it probably has some international customers. As a company grows the relative share of international revenue rises. Product Management for a global product is more complex than one that just serves the United States. To be effective, American product managers should live overseas for a while to develop the necessary perspective, skills, and experience.
By John Mecke in Uncategorized No Comments
Annual product management industry surveys are always fascinating. It is important, however, to put these studies in the context. While they provide many interesting factoids there are often biases that are reported in these surveys It is important to put these biases into perspective. We’ll explore seven popular product management industry surveys from 2018 and 2019 for statistical significance and potential bias.
By John Mecke in Product Management No Comments Tags: google page 1, SEO basics for bloggers
Getting ranked on the first page of Google is a dream for most writers. The reality is that it is virtually impossible for a new piece of content to rank in the top three Google results. Ranking 13th or the third item on the second page doesn’t suck. And it is a lot more attainable than a page one ranking.
By John Mecke in Product Management No Comments Tags: Money Wheel, sales cohort analysis, sales root cause analysis
The Money Wheel is a sales deal analysis tool for product managers. It is basically a combination of root cause analysis and cohort analysis and for sales deals. It helps product managers understand what type of traction their offerings are achieving in the marketplace as well as data to support prioritization decisions
By John Mecke in Corporate Development, Product Management No Comments Tags: SaaS M&A valuations 2019
The Software Equity Group has published their second quarter 2019 SaaS M&A update. It includes information about transaction volume, valuation multiples, and a host of other topics
By John Mecke in Product Management No Comments Tags: google seo, product management
An experiment to see if a post can rank in the top 20 Google search results using various SEO tactics
By John Mecke in Uncategorized No Comments Tags: product manager metrics
Metrics are critical for Product Managers. There is a ton of information on the web about metrics for product managers. Critical Methods every Product Manager Should Track from Product Coalition is a good example. Designing and implementing a Product Management metrics program is a lot harder. We’ll explore the process for developing and implementing a […]
By John Mecke in Product Management No Comments Tags: mary meeker internet trends 2019
Mary Meeker from Bond Capital is the undisputed leader in using big data to describe and analyze the major trends in the tech industry. She has published a renowned annual research report since 2001. Take a look at her analysis from 2019 and her 2002 report. The differences and trends are fascinating.
By John Mecke in Corporate Development, Product Management No Comments Tags: acquisition integration war story, M&A integration war story, merger integration war story, product manager M&A
An insider’s view of the merger integration story of when a $40 million company bought a $165 million software company.
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