Software Product Manager by Gopal Shenoy

Month: December 2008

  • 7 questions software product managers must ask during a job interview

    I was asked by Jeff Lash to answer a question for his blog on what questions a product manager could ask during a job interview to better understand the role of product management in the company. Here are my recommendations – 1) Why are you hiring a software product manager?…

  • Two words that will make you and your business better

    THANK YOU! We all are busy, we have all those emails to read, all those meetings to attend, all those conference calls we have to be on. We don’t have time. But, keep in mind that we have the same 24 hours that Albert Einstein had, Madam Curie had, Mahatma…

  • Cross selling to existing customers

    This morning, I had to get an oil change and I drove up to the local Jiffy Lube. They charge $35 for an oil change. When I pulled in, they pulled up my car record and based on the mileage, they told me about the Honda recommended maintenance I have to…

  • Secrets of success in 8 words and 3 minutes

    Wondering about how to be successful – watch this video by Richard St. John delivered at Ted 2007.

  • Twitter 101 – 8 tips to get started on Twitter

    Over the past couple of weeks, I have been asked by many folks how to get started on Twitter. I have had to give them the Twitter 101 to help them get started and hence I think it is worthy of a post. But before I recommend on how to…

  • Yes, it is a piece of cake, but ….

    It is quite common for people to say that doing something is a piece of cake. It is very easy to say this especially if you are not the one doing it. I have personally heard this many times from my upper management – “oh, that should be so simple…

  • Did Mumbai graduate”Twitter” to mainstream?

    Last Wednesday, Mumbai experienced one of the worst terrorist attacks (if not the worst) seen by India since its independence in 1947. 200 people were killed and over 325 were injured in the 60 hour carnage carried out by Islamic terrorists, with nexus to Pakistan’s ISI. The country and the…