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4 Great Things about Independent Consulting

For the last ~6 months I have been doing Product Management Consulting  a small group of clients. An opportunity came up and I took it. The Primer to What I Do: There is a client with some mobile product related need. Sometimes it was inaccurate analytics, sometimes it was issues developing the roadmap, sometimes it was setting up user acquisition, and sometimes it was simply helping instill …

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My Tech Hopes for 2014

Now that 2013 has passed and the new year is rushing in, you will see a lot of tech articles about it. Either it’s the best, worst, or most XXXX of 2013 or it’s predictions, guesses, and hunches for 2014. Well, here’s one more … For the new year, there are a few things I hope happen. Things that would make my life better, would be cool to see, or might improve the entire human existence …

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Re-Learning to Program

I find myself … humbled For the last few years, I have held the belief that learning to program is like riding a bike. Although I have not professionally developed in ~3 years, I still “understand” software (go ahead and ask me what SDK or API stands for). I know all the basic constructs, I know what an array is, recursion, inheritance, and all of those good words you learn in school and don’t …

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How My MBA Made Me A Better Product Manager

I don’t want anyone to think you need to go to business school  to be a good PM (plenty of terrible MBA PMs). Sadly, too many MBA PMs would have you think that MBA PMs are simply the best. BUT … I do think there are a lot of important things I learned which have proven invaluable in my Product Management career. Another caveat, I went to MIT Sloan for my MBA. It’s definitely one of the most …

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Problems So Painful You Look For A Solution

There is a commonly used saying among B2B tech companies that I've heard repeatedly while looking into the space: "Find a Pain Point … Then Solve It!" I’m not saying this doesn’t come up when talking to consumer companies, but … not so much. On the consumer side, novelty and uniqueness are often demanded of any new product or service.  Don’t get me wrong, some great companies and products …

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