Comments for Software Product Manager by Gopal Shenoy

Comment on B2C vs. B2B product management – 16 differences by jecksteve

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Comment on B2C vs. B2B product management – 16 differences by Michael Salerno

Michael Salerno — Wed, 16 May 2012 14:52:56 +0000

Times have changed! SaaS has really changed the way B2B companies will be doing business in the future. For a number of leading SaaS companies delivering B2B today, the only real difference is the ‘Top 2′ on this list – millions of paying customers and multiple buyers. That’s it! For example, the traditional sales cycles are vastly different than a few years ago. Consulting services will be focused on “configuration” or “integration” with enterprise systems and providing services that drive adoption, however no longer hired to “correct” product usability. The majority of this list will fall under responsibility of product marketing and product management roles at B2B vendors. The key question is, how will this change the way you do your job, or the skills required in the future? I say the writing is on the wall.

Comment on Business Card Innovation by Marc Wigan

Marc Wigan — Sun, 13 May 2012 03:40:50 +0000

Yes this came from my cards as Alan ack’d in his own blog post.. check http://www.mwigan.com for pdf downloads of the final well tuned version(s). Thanks Alan, I pass out the principles and the results of many many trials as often as I can- and Im please that you acknowledged it! For those who are interested Im happy to share with them the series of incremental trials I undertook to tune this card design up. I go the handout/callback-response rate up from 1.2% to over 50% eventually… Marc Wigan

Comment on Market Sizing – Quick and Dirty Techniques by Vivek Vijayan

Vivek Vijayan — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 08:23:34 +0000

Very informative post.

Comment on Market Sizing – Quick and Dirty Techniques by Brant Emery

Brant Emery — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 12:58:23 +0000

Nice post – good to see real examples backing up experienced tips.

Comment on B2C vs. B2B product management – 16 differences by jpascalw

jpascalw — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 09:58:37 +0000

Item 2 on your list is the main differentiator. I would add another, related, differentiator: It is not uncommon for personnel working on B2C products to have a natural need to use the product they are building (aka eat-your-own-dog-food). That is a huge advantage over B2B, where the product sometimes can become “loveless”.

Comment on Product Integration – Usability killer? by Usability vs Features – Product Management’s Role - Product Management Insights

Sun, 22 Apr 2012 08:22:14 +0000

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Comment on Product Manager’s friend: Momentum by Anders

Anders — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 06:30:08 +0000

Good point and well summarized! In my experience there are also other factors like internal power struggles and tech. debt that come into play. The longer your software lives the more legacy you accumulate and in the end you will need to start addressing that, which in turn impacts momentum since you cannot go all-in on new features.

Comment on Goto Meeting – Free or not free? – Misleading free trial by Richard Sanders

Richard Sanders — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 13:24:57 +0000

yeah it's a mystery, the gotomeeting free trial could definitely be handled better.

Comment on Twitter 101 – 8 tips to get started on Twitter by Phoenix Media Survey: How Journalists Use Social Media | joeprguy.com

Phoenix Media Survey: How Journalists Use Social Media | joeprguy.com — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 17:26:44 +0000

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Comment on B2C vs. B2B product management – 16 differences by Tamy Lockhart

Tamy Lockhart — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 14:01:25 +0000

I think something that is not mentioned is that women do 75 to 85% of the buying for households and they currently feel that they are not really understood in advertising. I also agree that much of what is listed for b to c is valid for b to b. A bad reputation spreads in either environment.
To understand online consumerism you should plug into demand by women. They are a great source for testing your UI. Men and women process differently.

Comment on What to look for in a product manager? by ana

ana — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 22:30:57 +0000

Your description rings my name That’s it!, my new career. After 9 years working as Java open source developer, I finally have realized where to go in my career. Thank you so much. I am looking forward to wearing multiple hats, influancing (my personality type is ‘I’), and I am certainly optimistic, passionate when I believe in something pesron that can be very persistant. I might have some problems with communication as I am originally foreigner, and don’t know all busness talk at times.This is something I ll have to improve

Comment on Airtel’s Opportunistic innovation by Alok

Alok — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 03:22:28 +0000

This february, I actually travelled in UK, Switzerland and Germany and brought these cards on the station shops in less than five minutes. I changed SIM in every country I travelled to have a local 3G plan and used it do my office work. Specifically I brought close to heathrow, on Zurich station and on Munich station. Zurich and Munich required a passport copy which is equivalent to what I need to do in India.

Comment on Airtel’s Opportunistic innovation by Kaustav Bose (@neugn)

Kaustav Bose (@neugn) — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 03:08:26 +0000

@Alok I haven’t seen any wireless cell phone providers at Frankfurt in Germany or the London Heathrow airport sitting with a desk selling SIM cards. I don’t think they would because getting a SIM card is not a very big hassle in those countries and hence not a opportunity or a problem to solve and be profitable.

In India it is a problem and there is money to be made. What Airtel is doing is innovation because it is a novel way to solve a “problem” which seem to have not occurred to its competitors. What is doing is a very cost-effective way to solve a problem and be profitable.

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iOS Pain Points: Autocomplete in Xcode | App Per Month — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 14:32:51 +0000

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Comment on Started new gig at Care.com by Sarela Bliman-Cohen

Sarela Bliman-Cohen — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 22:01:32 +0000

Gopal,
Knowing you, you will do great!
Congratulations and best of luck!
Sarela

Comment on Started new gig at Care.com by SheshPai

SheshPai — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 06:14:21 +0000

Wish you all the best.

Comment on Apple is all about sales – customer service sucks by Ted

Ted — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 00:03:55 +0000

Apple – Absolutely. Worst. Service. Ever.

Comment on B2C vs. B2B product management – 16 differences by Ronnie Lapidus

Ronnie Lapidus — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 14:27:04 +0000

Awesome post! Key messages:
Build and Protect your brand.
Deliver and excellent experience. This means the online and the service experience. If you have negative reviews on service, new consumers won’t take a chance on you and you lose your repeat business.
Make it easy! To find you in the marketplace, to understand why you should buy (what’s the VALUE for my hard earned money!), to understand how it works, to resolve issues through service when they arise (as they always do).

Comment on Started new gig at Care.com by Erez HS (@erezson)

Erez HS (@erezson) — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 08:16:46 +0000

You don’t know me, but I read your blog for a long time. Anyway, I wish you all the best and good luck