For over 15 years, Paul has been building and collaborating on digital products with fast-growing startups and global brands, including AOL and WMS Gaming. Currently, he's a co-founder of Product Collective, a worldwide community of product people. Members collaborate on Slack, meet at INDUSTRY: The Product Conference, listen to Rocketship.fm, learn at Product Interviews and get a weekly brief that includes best practices in product management. In recent years he led business development at DXY, a leading product design firm in the Midwest, and product innovation at MedCity Media, a publishing startup acquired by Breaking Media in 2015.
The following insights are from a fireside chat at INDUSTRY with: Noel Tate, Director of Product Management at FabFitFun@noeltate Product Managers may be responsible for overseeing the creation of technology products — but they aren’t the ones actually creating that…
The following insights are from a presentation at INDUSTRY given by: Tanya Cordrey, Former Chief Digital Officer, Guardian Media @tcordrey Product and engineering teams often try to engage their organizations with well-recognized frameworks and approaches. But different firms often need…
Like many millions around the world yesterday, I awoke to Google experiencing a rare outage. First, my ‘Hey Google’ requests went unanswered. Then I tried checking my email. I tried submitting an online form to my child’s school, who would…
Very few of us went to school to be product managers. It’s no wonder why when most people end up in their first role as a product manager, feelings of “imposter syndrome” can set in. Even as one progresses in…
There are so many fantastic resources now out there for software Product Managers. But where do you look to find the definitive answers to your questions? Soon we will announce the inaugural Product Collective Top Software Product Management Blogs rankings. Each resource will…
We did a quick count and found 437 reasons that product people should join us at the Global edition of INDUSTRY: The Product Conference next month. For the sake of time, though, we wanted to share ten of them… Make new friends from…
The following insights were gleaned from a presentation at INDUSTRY given by Jenny Wanger at Spothero @JennyDove. Download Product Management TACTICS eBook for more. Whether they realize it or not, many product people decide what to build next using the “squeaky wheel” prioritization…
The following insights were gleaned from a presentation at INDUSTRY given by Deborah Clarke of CarTrawler @debclarke. Download Product Management TACTICS eBook for more. Big ideas may be the fuel behind the fire, but aren’t enough to strike a match. In order…
The following insights were gleaned from a presentation at INDUSTRY given by Rohini Pandhi of Square @RohiniP. Download Product Management TACTICS eBook for more. Just like a game of chess, getting to product-market fit takes a series of strategic steps and focused…
The following insights were gleaned from a presentation at INDUSTRY given by Jon Vars of Varo Money @JohnV. Download Product Management TACTICS eBook for more. Early renaissance philosophy has more to do with product management than you might think? John recalls…
