Two weeks ago we said goodbye to painful spreadsheets and hello to Aha! Reports for everything product management. It is clear from talking with many of you that Aha! Reports are a…
Power can be a dangerous friend. It’s when we have control — control over others and what they do. Most of us want it, work hard to achieve it, and feel joy when we have it. But…
I have worked with some of Silicon Valley’s best entrepreneurs and unfortunately some dismal ones too. Because we are all part of the Software Revolution, the Valley attracts the…
A Sales VP approached me with a new potential deal with our first national customer. If we could deliver one new feature by the end of the week, he was 90% confident he could make…
Engineers want to build the product. They do not want to manage it. So, you can see why a good product manager is an engineer’s dream come true. They empower the engineers on his…
I have spent 20 years in the software industry and 15 as a product manager — so I have experienced a lot of awesome change. I have worked for companies with less than 15 employees…
Every organization wants better ideas. And they want an easy way to prioritize which ones will have the biggest impact. But there is a problem — right now product ideas are trapped…
The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few or the one —Spock, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. A sales guy stopped me in the men’s room with a new feature idea. A few…
I once managed a guy named Tim (name changed). His work was strong and I considered him a key player on our team. But I noticed shortly after his two-year review that he was losing…
We just gave you the power to report on everything product management. Yes, everything. We are very excited about this launch because you are finally able to rid yourself of…
