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Product Managers' character traits

Product Managers' character traits

Success in product management is a lot like success in enterprise sales. It depends as much on character as on hard skills. I have had the good fortune to hire, work for, work with, or simply meet, many awesome PMs - and wanted to list down a few common "soft" traits I have seen.

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    Prashanth Mahadeva
3 min read
Building prototypes: first steps
Product

Building prototypes: first steps

In this post, I wanted to concentrate on one specific aspect of greenfield and redesign projects: how to begin designing the initial prototypes. No matter how many architects and product designers work on the project, I believe the PM is central to this stage.

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    Prashanth Mahadeva
4 min read
Customer interview basics
Product

Customer interview basics

We all understand that customer interviews are solid gold for PMs. And yet, many of us don’t know/use some of the basic techniques for these meetings.

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    Prashanth Mahadeva
5 min read
Sell long term.
Product

Sell long term.

If you are a B2B product manager, you have probably played salesperson, solution consultant, and key account manager, at some point in your product’s journey. Don’t worry, you’re not alone! And, particularly in the large-ticket B2B product space, this is an essential part of your role.

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    Prashanth Mahadeva
3 min read
Filling forms on mobile
Product

Filling forms on mobile

Some insight from our experience on one of the most frustrating areas in mobile UX.

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    Prashanth Mahadeva
3 min read
Keeping up with customers
Product

Keeping up with customers

It's not that hard to keep in constant touch with your customers.

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    Prashanth Mahadeva
5 min read
The Trust Call
Product

The Trust Call

When customers are spending money, particularly for the first time — as long as there is a number to call, expect calls. Lots of calls. The only problem: phone calls are expensive.

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    Prashanth Mahadeva
4 min read
Challenges in building mobile apps for India
Product

Challenges in building mobile apps for India

We have spent the last 18 months building multiple mobile apps for India. We have built subscription-based, work-related apps for mass-market consumers as well as large businesses. This has taken us through 9 complete product/design cycles, and countless incremental changes.

  • Prashanth Mahadeva
    Prashanth Mahadeva
5 min read
Advice for the non-founder
Startups

Advice for the non-founder

If you started a business, the internet is full of places you can turn to for advice, inspiration, and experiences. But what if you are a non-founder, an employee, in a startup?

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    Prashanth Mahadeva
5 min read
The good ones
Startups

The good ones

From January 2016 through October 2017 and onwards, we built a team of 12 all-star engineers and designers. But to find and develop 12 great people, we had to sift through many, many more. So what set out these people, from all the rest? Did we just get lucky, or is there more to it?

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    Prashanth Mahadeva
4 min read
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