How a Failed Zoom Due Diligence Call Led to a Disaster for a Firm That Had Raised Over $70 million in VC Funds
On Sunday, September 26th, Ben Smith from the New York Times published an article entitled “Goldman Sachs, Ozy Media and a $40 Million Conference Call Gone Wrong”. What followed was…
Product Managers: Q3 is Ending. Are you Going to Miss Your Bonus Again?
As the third quarter draws to a close, many product managers are asking themselves “Am I going to miss my bonus again?” By the end of the third quarter, most…
Privacy Debt is the New Technical Debt
Product managers deal with technical debt all the time. Privacy debt is the new technical debt. Privacy-related issues have become critical. In the United States in 2020 there were over…
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…
20 Product Management Memes for 2021, Volume 4
I belong to a Facebook Group called Product Management Memes. It has over 3,400 members and is simply a meme stash for product managers, marketers, and corporate life. People post…
Bessemer Ventures Research: Scaling to $100 Million
Bessemer Ventures is one of the leading venture capitalist firms in the country. They recently published a great report Scaling to $100 Million that provinces detailed metrics about ARR, Growth,…
Tacos as a Service: Has XaaS Finally Jumped the Shark?
Has Anything-as-a-Service (XaaS). finally, gone too far? XaaS is clearly a trend that is here to stay. Many companies are jumping on the XaaS bandwagon in an attempt to boost…
Software Equity Group August 2021 SaaS Index Update
The Software Equity Group (SEG) regularly publishes quantitative research on the software and SaaS market M&A activity. In August, median valuations declined to lowest in 2021
Product Manager Intelligence on Steroids: The MoneyWheel & Win/Loss Analysis.
Growing revenues is a challenge every product manager faces. The combination of MoneyWheel Analysis and Win/Loss Analysis can provide product managers with unparalleled intelligence. It can help them make better…
Todd Russell Hill 1967 – 2001
Todd Hill was an account executive with QRS Corporation. He passed away on September 11, 2001, when the Towers fell. Todd was staying on the 17th floor of the Marriott…