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 were gleaned from a presentation at INDUSTRY given by: Scott Belsky of Adobe @scottbelsky Creating something from nothing is a volatile journey. The first mile births a new idea into existence, and the final mile is all…
Product Collective has grown into a thriving 25,000-strong community of product people. Members from all over the world connect online in our exclusive Slack channel, at INDUSTRY Product Interviews, and in our digital workshops. We also bring people together at…
BY OUR FRIENDS AT PENDO How many tabs do you have open on your browser right now? If you’re a product person, chances are the answer is a lot. There’s probably a roadmap somewhere in there, your analytics dashboard, your…
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This is a guest post by Angel Maldonado, Founder of EmpathyBroker. Why AI has become a cherished part of Digital and how creativity will dictate its future. I am not one of those clever people who claims that “AI” is the future, in…
We’re looking for a new member of our team, working on a contract basis, to create great content with us. Product Collective is an initiative to connect software Product Managers online and in person at INDUSTRY: The Product Conference. The…
Anastasia eloquently sums up the main benefit of Customer Validation as helping you “avoid building a product that no one wants.” This stage is about building and refining a business model and validating assumptions about your customers before too much money is…
Customer Development has four steps — Customer Discovery, Customer Validation, Customer Creation and Company Building. Here we look at step 2, Customer Validation. But remember, step 1 and step 2 are a cyclical process until product-market fit has been found. Understanding Customer Validation. Anastasia eloquently…