The Accidental Product Manager
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How much would you pay to become a better product manager in a single day? Can you imagine the impact that that kind of new knowledge could have on your career? The challenge has always been that none of us seem to ever have the time that we need in order to become better product … Read more
I was quietly minding my own business the other day when Alicia Dixon reached out to me via email and asked me if I’d be willing to help her to get the word out about some upcoming free Product Management training that’s going to be held in Washington, D.C. I’m always a sucker for free … Read more
Ok, so first off that’s a complete lie — we’re not really talking about 1,000 links. Although, in my own defense I think that the list will eventually get to contain 1,000 links eventually. A title of “Almost 1,000 links” just didn’t seem to have enough zing… At any rate, I do have a ton … Read more
David Radzialowski, one of the organizers of ProductCamp Chicago reached out to me the other day and said “Hey, if you think that you’re such hot stuff, why don’t you come and speak at the ProductCamp that we’re putting in in Chicago?” I’m always a sucker for taking on a challenge and so I said … Read more
If you’ve already subscribed to The Accidental Product Manger Newsletter (Click Here to subscribe), then you know about the “5 Links That You Should Know” section. Forget my clever writing, folks tell me that this is the part of the newsletter that they like the best. Ok, I’ll get over my indignation at being outclassed … Read more
Loyal Readers, It has been brought to my attention that the AccPM blog’s appearance on touch-based smart phones was, shall we say, poor at best. I think that I may have found a way to solve this problem. I’ve installed some new software that should change the AccPM into an iPhone application “looking” site, complete … Read more
So what am I going to have to do in order to get you to subscribe to The Accidental Product Manager newsletter? Is the issue cost? Well it’s free. Is the issue spam? You’ll only get one email from me a week and it will be stuffed with Product Manager information — who wouldn’t want … Read more
[poll id=”10″] The question this past week was “Do You Know Who Your Product’s Competition Is?“ The results were right in line with my view of the world — we all pretty much think that we know who our competition is, but we have this little voice inside our head that keeps telling us that … Read more
[poll id=”9″] The question this past week was “Who gets more respect where you work Product Managers or Project Managers?“ It was a light week and in the end, it ended up being a dead heat. However, there’s something to be learned here: this clearly is not a hot topic. I must confess to being … Read more
[poll id=”8″] The question this past week was “Do people read and take actions based on your emails?“ The take-away from your responses to this week’s question is two-fold: first, people are reading your emails (that’s the good part), secondly it sure looks like it’s a mixed bag as to your emails having the impact … Read more