Is Your Backlog Too Big? A New Technique for Prioritization
How many items are in your product backlog? 50? 100? 500? A favorite tactic for product managers dealing with stakeholder suggestions is to tell them they ‘will put it in…
Zillow AI Goes Crazy. Causes $8 Billion Drop in Market Cap, a $304 Million Operating Loss, and 2,000+ Jobs
On November 2, 2021, Zillow announced its third quarter results. While total revenues were up 88% in comparison to 2020, Zillow missed its guidance and announced that they were shutting…
Late Majority Product Management: Somebody Has to Do It
2022 is an exciting time to be a product manager. It is a great time to be at the center of new product development. Product managers at firms that IPO’d…
Product Managers: How Can You Estimate Your Competitor’s Product Line Revenues?
Understanding your competitors’ product line revenues is critical. Revenue information helps to put the relative strength or weakness of a competitor into the proper context. It helps product managers to…
Product Management Today MVP Award Winner
I was named a winner in the Product Management Today’s 2021 MVP Awards. My article Product Managers: How Do You Manage Middle Aged Products? was voted the winner in the ‘Other’…
2021 SaaS Metric Trends
Key Bank Capital Markets has recently published its 2021 SaaS Metrics report - its 12th annual installment The study covers over 230 SaaS companies from around the world. It includes…
How a 56 Second TikTok Video Disrupted 4,600 Scientific Research Projects
In July 2021 Sarah Frank, a rising freshman at Brown University, uploaded a 56 second TikTok video and disrupted 4,600 scientific research projects, Crowdsourced research has changed the landscape of…
The Santa Hat Believer’s Club
In 2009 I started a family tradition known as the Santa Hat Believer's Club (SHBC).
Software Equity Group Q3 2019 SaaS M&A Update
The Software Equity Group has published their third quarter 2019 SaaS M&A update. It includes information about transaction volume, valuation multiples, and a host of other topics
Why Product Managers Should Do Customer Interviews at User Conferences
It seems like an obvious thing -- why wouldn’t product managers want to do customer interviews at user conferences? The simple answer is that most teams do not take the…