90% of all start-ups fail. Of these, 35% fail because of a lack of customer desirability: a lack of market need for their product. Read More

In 2023, a bat is more than a blunt object used to hit a baseball. It can be a highly sophisticated, connected piece of sports technology that collects vital information to help enhance individual swings and perfect the art of hitting. Read More

Knowing why your product exists and how it contributes value to the business is critical for its success. Without this, product managers risk wasting time and resources on products that lack value and struggle to make a lasting impact in the marketplace. The best products are founded on a company's... Read More

So, you’ve defined your user needs, you've turned them into feature and product ideas, you’ve prioritized those ideas, and proved that they're desirable, viable, feasible and aligned with your strategy. The next step to take in the product discovery process is to validate your ideas with real-world... Read More

Before becoming a product person, I studied microbiology and cell science in college (quite a transition, I know). As a result, I’ve always been intrigued by the concept of a catalyst. In science, a catalyst is an object that increases the frequency of successful collisions in a reaction and lowers... Read More

ChatGPT can be a valuable productivity improvement tool for product managers when we understand what it excels at and keep its limitations in mind. Read More

So, you’ve defined your user needs and you've turned them into feature and product ideas. But now you’re struggling to prioritize which to develop — we get that. Read More

Let’s set the scene. You’ve spent the past few weeks chatting with users, doing market research and identifying potential needs. You’ve got sticky notes from floor to ceiling and documents upon documents of notes detailing pain points, problems and goals. Read More

Over the last 30 years, I have held the title of product manager, director of product management, and Chief Product Officer in different software, hardware, and services businesses. About 12 years ago, I began my martial arts journey, learning a style of kung fu called Eagle Claw. Kung fu, also... Read More

In 2012, Google announced Google Glass, its futuristic voice- and motion-controlled smart glasses that display information directly in its user’s field of vision when they need it. With this product, they’d hoped to create the next revolutionary hardware platform. But when the product was released... Read More