What’s it like to be in a company that goes from 13 people to 750 people in 5 years? Why would anyone run a business that loses money on purpose? How do you manage customers who were oversold and are now disappointed in your product?
These are some of the question Tom asks customer success and SaaS veteran Nigel Hammond, co-founder of Foresight, a B2B SaaS application focused on helping SaaS companies deliver on the last mile of customer success.
Read MoreAmin Haidar, Director of Product Management at Asurion, talks about how he mentors and manages project managers and how Asurion decides what software development to prioritize and how to hold teams accountable. This one may be our best yet for practical advice about how to be and lead great product managers.
Read MoreHow many of us have founded a profitable $800k business by the time we’re 26? Not many, but Walter Hindman has, and he’s our guest on this episode of the Fortune’s Path podcast.
Read MoreWhy would you take on investors when you already had a profitable business you had boot strapped yourself? Is the advice you get from investors as important as the money? Are remote software teams as popular post pandemic as they were during COVID? These are some of the questions we ask Teja Yenamandra, CEO and co-founder of Gun.io, a platform for matching tech talent with the best organizations.
Read MoreIn his acceptance speech for the Best Director Oscar, Kwan said, “There is greatness in every single person, it doesn’t matter who they are. If you have a genius that is waiting to erupt, you just need to find the right people to unlock that.”
Read MoreVice President of Product for Thnks, an on-line gratitude platform, Cooper McGoodwin talks about being a boss, pitfalls of agile and scrum, prioritization, and being a dad.
Read MoreBen Kettle, head of growth for Gun.io, a technology company dedicated to helping tech talent love who they work with, talks about what sales and product management have in common, how he finds great talent, and why listening and being good to others gives you power. Ben ran a sales consultancy for tech businesses before joining Gun.io. Ben writes about hiring at his Substack lyingtoourselves.com . Along with being a sales and product leader, Ben is an avid cyclist, ex-senior consultant with Deloitte and BearingPoint, former product manager for Asurion, and ski bum at the Four Seasons Jackson Hole.
Read MoreWriter and actor Mary Frances Noser reflects on trusting ourselves enough to earn the trust of others, no matter our formal experience.
Read MoreNot all monopolies are bad. If your business does not abuse its power, it should strive to build a monopoly because competition kills profits.
Read MoreThe model of the individual genius does not encourage great thinking because thinking is a group activity.
There is no such thing as a completely original thought. Individuals can have insights, but groups of people create works of genius. Our approach to thinking and the manner in which we implement our ideas is what helps genius flourish.
Read MoreWant to become a beloved product? Look past market/fit and to know if you have a healthy product that's ready to grow.
Read MoreKatie Reilly, long-time product management leader, describes how product management is the glue between technology, sales, and go-to-market and how any organization can benefit from product management. Tom asks Katie how she applies product management to her own life. Katie tells how winning is when all boats rise - helping others achieve outcomes and how improving the offering of a business leads to better outcomes for the business.
Read MoreEffective Altruism (EA), a trendy topic among technologists, advocates removing personal passions from giving decisions and relying on pure logic. We thought it would be interesting to look at the benevolent capitalists of the past and present to see how their excess capital shapes the world.
Read MoreRobert Carroll, leader of award winning product and marketing teams and successful entrepreneur, talks about the differences between managing physical products and software, interface design, and why it's important to know what you want to achieve when you start a business. Robert tells about balancing his professional goals with raising his children, including a daughter with special needs. Robert also discusses his version of servant leadership and what he wants out of the final stage of his career.
Read MoreWe use the results of our survey on generational attitudes about the America economic system as a starting point to discuss what to do about American capitalism from a product management point of view.
Read MoreThis summer, Fortune’s Path sent a survey to all of its newsletter subscribers and LinkedIn followers. We had seen reports that Americans are reading more than ever, but reading fewer books. We wondered, what, then, were they reading, and how were they accessing the content?
Read MoreEntrepreneur and marketer John Farkas tells how he created a digital agency built around the power of story telling. John discusses his background in theater and how that shaped his views about communication, business, leadership, and collaboration.
Read MoreEvery major industry – from defense to agriculture to education – receives significant dollars from federal, state, and local governments.
If voters think subsidies are a corrupt and inefficient use of tax dollars, are they right?
Read MoreCorporations and wealthy individuals spend billions to influence local, state, and federal lawmakers. That influence is used, at least in part, to convince lawmakers to subsidize the work in which the influencers are engaged.
Read MoreChris Gann, Vice President of Product for VerityStream, believes it's better to be skeptical than confident, but customers demand confidence. Chris's long history of working in innovation and technology has taught him the core of product management is knowing you don't know, working to get smarter, and always remaining open-minded.
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