Product managers should have basic financial literacy, but the implications of new accounting policies like ASC 606 and ASC 606-340 exceed most product manager’s finance capabilities. Instead product managers should become best friends with the Finance organization who can help them navigate this new, complex world. And they might save their products and jobs in the process.
The pace of mergers and acquisitions is accelerating due to the record valuations in today’s market. The chance that your organization could be acquired is greater than ever. Prudent product management leaders should understand how M&A execs analyze and assess product management organizations. This could not only help maximize the valuation of their company, but help them preserve their own role in a merged enterprise.
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SEG’s Q3 2020 SaaS Index report shows record valuations in spite of Covid-19 crisis
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
Will the impending recession in 2020 prompt another version of the infamous Sequoia 2008 RIP Good Times presentation?
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 time and effort to plan an effective customer interview program at their user conferences. Product managers receive a lot of feedback during user conferences. Unfortunately the feedback is scattered, not well structured, or consistently documented. The usual result is a set of anecdotes collected from a small subset of customers. It is hard to turn feedback can into actionable intelligence. Product managers should do customer interviews in a structured process at user conferences.
Private Equity Dividend Recaps are Rising Again. What product managers should know