Tag: strategy
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Learning more about constructing business cases at Mobile Academy
I’ve just started attending classes by the Mobile Academy, a great joint initiative by University College London (UCL) and Mobile Monday London. The first class that I attended was run by Ian Merricks, a seasoned investor and Managing Partner at White Horse Capital. It was interesting to hear Ian’s thoughts on the importance of proving…
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Using data to inform product decisions
A few months ago, I delivered a talk to an audience of product managers about the importance of having a data informed approach (see Fig. 1 below). As a product person, using data optimally to help make product decisions is critical. It’s something that I try to work on every day. I’m constantly learning about things…
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What to expect from iOS 8?
Last week, Apple spent a large part of its keynote at WWDC 2014 talking about iOS 8, its new operating system for its handheld devices. These are the main features that we can look forward to as part of iOS 8: Main learning point: Apple has introduced some interesting features as part of it’s new iOS…
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Why ‘single purpose’ apps are en vogue
As I’m currently investigating how to best simplify the ways in which user discover new content – as part of my day job as a product manager at Beamly – I have been thinking more about so-called ‘simple purpose apps’. The words ‘single purpose’ indicate that the apps focus on a singular user ‘job’ (I’ve written about ‘jobs’…
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“Inspired: How To Create Products Customers Love” (Book Review)
Marty Cagan is a legend. Period. He’s a legend in the world of product management anyway. I’ve been to a number of events over the past few years where Marty either was a keynote speaker or acted as a ‘judge’, reviewing the product pitches of fellow product people who nervously presented to this ‘product guru’. What…
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