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Google, diversity, and sexist memos: the Crankypm's perspective

Google, diversity, and sexist memos: the Crankypm's perspective

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 me so…

People Management Product Management Big Issues Women In Tech

May 24, 2015

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 looks to fundamentally disrupt…

Product Management Work Product Strategy

May 14, 2015

The (ahem) "Art" of Pricing

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, where price…

Product Management Product Marketing Pricing Work

May 06, 2015

A Dangerous Combination: Sales People and the External Product Roadmap

A Dangerous Combination: Sales People and the External Product Roadmap

This is my youngest son. He's 4 years old and is a total goober. Let's call him "J". J is probably going to be a sales person when he grows up. He is extroverted, charming, funny, naturally positive, and when…

Product Management Personal Work Sales

April 17, 2015

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Sinister Sales Engineer

Ah, the Sinister Sales Engineer. Many companies have one. Early in my career, when I was not even a "Senior" Product Manager yet, this guy scared the bejeezus out of me. Let's just say that this guy was from the…

Product Management Work Sales

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Thoughts of a born-again software engineer, former product management consultant, adoptive mother of boys, trail runner, tinkerer, no-bull communicator, wannabe writer, room mother.

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    Google, diversity, and sexist memos: the Crankypm's perspective

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