How have you been able to successfully impact the product roadmap when you disagreed with a product leader and were able to persuade them?
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Boxford Capital Managing Partner | Formerly Barracuda, SilverSky, Digital Guardian, OpenPages, Cybertrust • 8y
I always fall back on the first rule of product management - "your opinion, while interesting, is irrelevant." Back your idea up with solid, detailed customer research. A...
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BrainKraft Founder • 8y
Only with market facts. Opinions don't count unless you are the CEO or founder. The facts will speak louder than your emotions. *** I like short, pithy answers. Had to ...
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Fmr Product Marketing Leader, Cisco | Formerly Twilio, Cisco, Gartner • 3y
Story time! I once worked at a small company where two stakeholders disagreed on the product roadmap. The CTO disagreed with the CPO. In that scenario, the CTO had the ex...
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fmr VP of Marketing, Qualia | Formerly Worldpay, Coupa Software, EMC/VMware, McKinsey • 2y
Most disagreements come from people having different sets of assumptions or information. I've found that if you lay out the reasons why you believe the product roadmap sh...
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As the CEO of Product School, I’ve seen how Product Marketers are responsible for more than they used to be in the past. Especially in terms of being aware of development...
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