Separating the noise from signals in regard to competitors is a challenge product managers face every day. A market map of competitor revenues, headcount, VC funding, and enterprise value can help bring a fact-based perspective to those discussions. A market map can be built quickly using a multitude of free resources.
Accounting is not a core skill for most product managers. Yet, basic financial literacy is critical when presenting the impact a product can have on customer revenues, expenses, profits, and cash flows. It is also important when building business cases for new product investments. Deciphering competitor finances, even privately-held competitors, can lead to more effective decisions about product evolution. Product managers should develop basic financial literacy skills.
The Software Equity Group (SEG) regularly publishes quantitative research on the software and SaaS market M&A activity. The SEG SaaS Index contains dozens of publicly traded SaaS companies. They recently published their February 2022 SEG Saa Index Update. It provides a ton of data on SaaS valuations and financial operating metrics. The impact of the market downturn can be clearly be seen across all categories of SaaS
I belong to a Facebook Group called Product Management Memes. It has over 4,642 members and is simply a meme stash for product managers, marketers, and corporate life. People post amusing stuff every day. There’s no self-promotion or spam, just entertainment. Here are 15 of the most popular posts from February 2022 based on likes and shares.
Do Blog Spam Comments Actually Make Money?
My little website that gets only 50,000 views a year has gotten over 18,963 spam blog comments. I looked into Do Blog Spam Comments Actually Make Money? The answer was surprisingly yes.