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Meet Wayne, The World's Most Rotten VP of Product
June 30, 2015
Meet Wayne, The World's Most Rotten VP of Product

It’s hard to escape FIFA these days. The arrests of several officials on corruption charges have made global headlines for the past few months now. Clearly this is bigger…

Introducing the New Aha! Enterprise+ Plan
June 29, 2015
Introducing the New Aha! Enterprise+ Plan

We have been humbled by the feedback and growth of Aha! We are growing fast, very fast. We feel fortunate to have this opportunity and to work with so many great people…

Using Nested Selects for Performance in Rails
June 26, 2015
Using Nested Selects for Performance in Rails

Databases are fast, even at performing fairly complex operations. This is easy to forget in the age of ORMs and abstraction and many of us haven’t written a line of raw…

The Best Way to Prioritize Customer Ideas on Your Roadmap
June 23, 2015
The Best Way to Prioritize Customer Ideas on Your Roadmap

The dreams of product managers perish in the gap between what customers say and what they actually do. Product ideas gathered from customers are crucial. However, they…

Making Magic with contenteditable="true"
June 19, 2015
Making Magic with contenteditable="true"

I love this team. I love the product and engineering team at Aha! because we believe in objectively prioritizing work. To truly build what matters, you must identify…

We Just Made Your Kanban Board Even Better
June 18, 2015
We Just Made Your Kanban Board Even Better

Last month we launched a new visual Workflow board for Kanban or Scrum work. The response was terrific. Many customers told us immediately how much they loved using it to…

How to Recover From a Horrible Interview
June 16, 2015
How to Recover From a Horrible Interview

There are bad interviews, and then there are BAD interviews. Sometimes the interview just starts off wrong, like you have the wrong address, wrong day, wrong time, and…

The 4 Qualities of Marketing Leaders I Love to Hire
June 12, 2015
The 4 Qualities of Marketing Leaders I Love to Hire

I once worked with a talented Marketing Manager named Nick (name changed) who had a strange habit that may surprise you. At least once a month, he would interview with…

Just Launched! — Create Multiple Release Templates Per Product
June 10, 2015
Just Launched! — Create Multiple Release Templates Per Product

Product teams have awesome product launches when they have clear goals, deliver a release on time, and keep everyone on the same page. This is easy if you work with a…

5 Habits of Hyper-Productive Product Managers
June 9, 2015
5 Habits of Hyper-Productive Product Managers

The most productive product managers are like many other high achievers. They seem to get more done in a month than most do in a year. When you find one you do everything…