Bet you're dying to know what the formerly Cranky Product Manager thinks of this whole Google memo [https://techcrunch.com/2017/08/05/theres-an-anti-diversity-manifesto-circulating-around-google/] situation [https://medium.com/@yonatanzunger/so-about-this-googlers-manifesto-1e3773ed1788] , right? No? Well, the whole situation has made…
Sue Raisty
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The New Assholes of the Tech Industry
I feel like the tech industry has gotten increasingly nasty since 2010 or so. Where there was once a community feel and a sense that we were all in this together, trying to do the right thing for our customers…
QUORA: Why is having biological children usually a couple's first choice, rather than adopting a newborn?
My answer to a question about adoption on Quora [https://www.quora.com/Why-is-having-biological-children-usually-a-couples-first-choice-rather-than-adopting-a-newborn/answer/Sue-Raisty] : Q: Why is having biological children usually a couple's first choice, rather than adopting a newborn? My Answer: Because the adoption process…
Yes, Product Manager, you too can (help) acquire companies
Let's say that you're a junior-ish Product Manager. Your product is NOT killing it (not yet, anyway). You have stiff competition. Your product is missing key capabilities that the market demands -- perhaps because this technology…
The (ahem) "Art" of Pricing
Originally published in 2010. Updated and republished in May, 2015. A reader asks: "Can you please enlighten me on the art of pricing?" At the risk of misinterpreting, I believe the reader is asking specifically about enterprise software,…