Looking for some great reads on product management? Here is a roundup of the top blog posts I read this week. I hope you find them helpful!

1.How to Avoid a Product Manager’s Worst Nightmare: In this article by Daniel Elizalde, Product Managers learn what to do to reduce the risk of a failed product launch.

2.Driving Sales Engagement With Emotionally Compelling Stories – Podcast Episode 8: Nils Davis explains the importance of helping your consumer meet his/her personal goals.

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Looking for some great reads on product management? Here is a roundup of the top blog posts I read this week. I hope you find them helpful!

1. How to Prepare for Your Product Launch: In part two of a blog series, Sami Linnanvuo gives Product Managers the 10 Steps to prepare for a product launch.

2. How to Use Mockups to Get Buy-in and Speed Up Your Releases: Daniel Elizalde stresses the importance of communicating to your team through mockups in order to avoid misunderstanding or miscommunication.

3. Features do not a Product Roadmap Make: In this post, Scott Sehlhorst explains why a detailed and prioritized features list does not make a product roadmap. Read the post to find out why!

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Looking for some great reads on product management? Here is a roundup of the top blog posts I read this week. I hope you find them helpful!

1.Fix Delivery to Make Time for Discovery: Teresa Torres tells Product Managers to balance time between discovery and delivery.  Make delivery more efficient to give more time for much needed discovery.

2.How to Create a Product Timeline that Works: In this post, Dr. Jim Anderson lists the basics and production of a product timeline.

3.Pros, Cons, and Desires in Product Management: The Product Guy’s Jeremy Horn speaks with Ladislav Bartos, “The Best Product Person of 2014,”  about his experience as a product manager.

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Looking for some great reads on product management? Here is a roundup of the top blog posts I read this week. I hope you find them helpful!

1. Stone Soup and Leadership: Rich Mironov uses the folk tale “Stone Soup” to teach important product management and leadership skills.

2. The Most Important Problem: In this post, Nils Davis explains the roadmap to solving your customers problems.

3. 10 Ways to Ruin Your Product: Tom Bond tells you 10 things you may be doing that could make your digital product flop.

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Looking for some great reads on product management? Here is a roundup of the top blog posts I read this week. I hope you find them helpful!

1. Just Say No: Hard Decisions in Product Management: Jason Burke, contributor to “Mind the Product,” offers insight about the importance of prioritizing as a product manager.
2. The Top 5 Benefits of Hosting a Customer Advisory Board: A survey conducted by Rob Jensen for “On Product Management” shows that product direction is one of a customer advisory board’s greatest contributions. Read on to learn more!
3. How to Use a Scorecard to Prioritize Features: Daniel Elizalde explores a better way to create a timeline for your feature release…and it doesn’t involve “gut feelings.”

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Looking for some great reads on product management? Here is a roundup of the top blog posts I read this week. I hope you find them helpful!

1. Why You Need an Internal Innovation Team: In this post author Steve Johnson explains the importance of an internal innovation team for product management in a time when your company may be “attacked from all sides”.
2. The Power of Customer Misbehavior: This post by Marty Cagan explains the importance of letting customers use your product for unintended uses.  Studying these uses can lead to product opportunities.
3. Great Leaders are Made, Not Born: Allen Kors discusses how the characteristics of a leader, such as confidence, responsibility, integrity and innovation, can be taught in product management through experience and a willingness to learn.

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Looking for some great reads on product management? Here is a roundup of the top blog posts I read this week. I hope you find them helpful!

1. A VALUABLE Rubric for Product Requirements:  Nils Davis offers both an infographic and a podcast episode explaining how the VALUABLE rubric offers a more consumer-directed approach to writing good requirements.
2. The Zen of Product Management #1: EQ and Social Capital: Hiring the “smartest” people doesn’t always ensure that a product manager will be successful in the long run. Paul J of Pivot Services says to focus on EQ, or emotional intelligence.
3. The Revenge of the Fat Guy: This post by Ben Horowitz outlines some common myths associated with product market fit.

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Looking for some great reads on product management? Here is a roundup of the top blog posts I read this week. I hope you find them helpful!

1. Outside in View’s Product Management Rules: Jennifer Doctor lists her top 18 rules for product management and product marketing.
2. Do You Run Your Organization By Ideas or Hierarchy?: This infographic and article come from Michael Ray Hopkin, who discusses the importance of teamwork from a product management perspective.
3. Product Management Lesson From Ralph Baer, Father of Console Video Games: According to Christopher Cummings, product management is more than a job; it’s an art.

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Looking for some great reads on product management? Here is a roundup of the top blog posts I read this week. I hope you find them helpful!

1. “Free” Sells (Business Model Required): According to Rich Mironov, free offerings can boost the product you want to sell. Check out this blog post to find out how.
2. The Value and Risk of Competitive Analysis: John Peltier explores the purpose of competitive analysis and how it can boost (or hinder) your product.
3. 3 Ways Gran Turismo Takes Product Management to the Next Level: The creators of the video game Gran Turismo prioritized collaboration to create a truly innovative product. Courtesy of Daniel Elizalde.

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Looking for some great reads on product management? Here is a roundup of the top blog posts I read this week. I hope you find them helpful!

1. All Product Managers Want For Christmas Is…: Still trying to decide what you want for Christmas? Janna Barstow compiled a list of the perfect gifts for product managers!
2. How to Manage a Product with a Global Team: Anders Linsdorf identifies the challenges a PM team may face if its members are spread across the country–or even around the world.
3. If Not You, Who?: While a PM is a great resource for for product knowledge, Steve Johnson says you shouldn’t feel pressured to be the go-to for sales calls and development.

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