CMS Critic: Localization
Check out Laura Stringer's article on Localization over at CMS Critic!
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Jan 152 min
Solving the Deeper Question
I once worked with a company that relied on brick-and-mortar sales offices. Any customer coming into an office was asked to fill out a...
Jan 91 min
TPG Live: Product-Led Strategies & Breaking Through
Ninth Fourth principal consultant Laura Stringer joined Jeremy Horn, Raheel Ishtiaq, and Mark Lucido on the January edition of TPG Live....
Nov 7, 20231 min
Short-term vs. Long-term Stakeholders
Product managers may work with shorter term stakeholders on more fleeting initiatives, and they can also have longer term stakeholders....
Oct 2, 20232 min
Using word puzzles to replace an application
A friend and colleague called my attention to an article describing the Strangler Fig: a plant that starts its life in the branches of...
Sep 25, 20232 min
Incident Response: Who does what?
Who does what when something goes wrong? Who owns the actual service and operation of a product: Product, Engineering, or someone else?...
Sep 25, 20231 min
Office Hours Success!
Office hours was a success! I was able to meet so many wonderful founders and product managers. We talked about: * How to get a true...
Aug 29, 20232 min
Learning to fly
I'd like to talk about personal growth for a minute. My family and I just got back from a much-needed vacation to the Outer Banks. It was...
Aug 1, 20231 min
Getting access to your B2B customers
One question that keeps coming up in my Office Hours is around testing new product ideas with customers, in a B2B context. Sometimes in...
Aug 1, 20236 min
Localization: 4 things to consider
Localization can drive up costs pretty steeply. So it’s important to think about some key things up front.
Jul 21, 202322 min
Product Management Consulting Q&A with Women in Product
On July 7, I had the pleasure of talking product management consulting with several folks from the Women in Product group. This is a...
Jun 26, 20232 min
Remember the Viable in MVP
We product types talk a lot about MVP - Minimum Viable Product. The concept is simple: your first pass at a new product should be the...
Jun 6, 20235 min
Why getting the data right is so important
Many products rely on data to function correctly and to show information that’s useful. Getting that data right is so incredibly vital....
May 3, 20231 min
We built a thing!
Last week, I visited a client I always love to see. This trip was bittersweet though, because I spent it transitioning off the product I...
Apr 6, 20222 min
Problems and Solutions Belong Together
When I got my first Business Analyst job, a lot of what I did was meet with users and potential users to understand their needs. Whether...
Jul 20, 20215 min
Wrangling a portfolio of software products
Product management is one thing. But what if you have an entire portfolio of products to manage?
Jul 19, 20211 min
Our product philosophy
Products should be useful, and they should be high quality. Read more about Ninth Fourth's product philosophy.
Jun 14, 20217 min
Product Management at Traditional Corporations vs. Startups
When someone asked me to explain the difference in products at software startups vs. big, traditional enterprise, it got me thinking.
Apr 20, 20212 min
What's in a name?
When looking at your experience or your degree, don't just look at what it was called. Look at what you actually did!
Apr 13, 20211 min
Missed our risk webinar? Watch the replay!
Watch the replay of "Preventing Disaster: How to get ahead - and stay ahead - of business and product risk".
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