What should you build next? This is one of the most important decisions you’ll make as a product manager. If you work in an Agile environment, you’ll make it sprint […]
Why Testing Everything Doesn’t Work
Please stop throwing spaghetti at the wall. It doesn’t work. I know you can launch a landing page in five minutes. I know it’s easy to toss up a quick […]
How We Used Kindling at AfterCollege to Engage Everyone in Idea Generation
It’s easy to talk about idea management. It’s much harder to do it in practice. Including everyone in idea generation in a way that is productive takes effort. Collecting feedback on […]
How To Turn Bad Ideas Into Good Ideas
What’s a good idea look like? Do you think you’ll recognize it when you see it? Are you sure? Most good ideas start out as bad ideas. They are infeasible. […]
That’s Not Brainstorming
Thursday’s post, Stop Brainstorming and Generate Better Ideas, got quite the reaction, particularly on Twitter. I’m not surprised. I also reacted strongly when I first learned about the research against […]
Stop Brainstorming and Generate Better Ideas
On many teams, either a founder decides what to build or the product team does. This makes sense. In early stage companies, founders are often the product leader. The product […]
Improve These 8 Decisions and Build Great Products Faster
What color should this button be? We can only do x and y, but not z, before the deadline. Can we live with that? Sales requested a, b, and c. […]
Is Your Idea a Viable Business?
This post was written for Startup Edition. Almost everyone has at one point in their life thought, someone should make a something or another, or why doesn’t this product exist in […]
