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My Product Management Toolkit (10): Jobs-To-Be-Done
How does one combat what I call ‘featuritis’? This innate need among most of us to come up with new features or projects all the time without taking a step back to figure out the customer problem worth solving. I recently came across a company where they’d created so many features and products that they’d lost track of what constituted…
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Midpoint: peer-to-peer foreign exchange
I’m increasingly getting the sense that everything is possible in FinTech, at least from a peer-to-peer (‘P2P’) perspective. For example, marketplace lenders like Funding Circle and Zopa are all based on a P2P model whereby borrowers and lenders can transact directly. I recently learned more about P2P foreign exchange services by listening to an episode…
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My Product Management Toolkit (9): Playing Devil’s Advocate
How often do you get agitated when someone starts challenging your product idea? What’s your typical reaction when people ask critical questions about your assumptions or an idea that you’ve come up with? I have to admit that I’ve learned – and will continue to learn – to not take challenges or criticism personally. I…
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“ValueWeb” (Book Review)
Chris Skinner – author of the bestselling book Digital Bank – recently published ValueWeb: How FinTech firms are using mobile and blockchain technologies to create the Internet of Value. The ‘”ValueWeb” covers the rise and importance of blockchain technology, describing it as a key technology for authentication and transactions. Skinner positions blockchain technology as a means to an…
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Azimo (Product Review)
Money remittance is big. Think Transferwise, WeSwap and World Remit; services that simplify the way in which to transfer money, offering attractive rates and a great user experience. Another good example is Azimo which I used to transfer some money to my motherland, The Netherlands: Fig. 1 – Screenshot of Azimo’s welcome screen on iOS Fig. 2…
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