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Bad User Experience is Costly

[column width=”1/1″ last=”true” title=”” title_type=”single” animation=”none” implicit=”true”] I just got through with a very aggravating experience trying to book a rental car from Hertz. I’m joining a few fellow Beechcraft Bonanza pilots in Florida in a few weeks to practice formation flying. Every year we practice taking off, flying, and landing in close formation, in […]

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Equifax – A Cascade of Management Failures

[column width=”1/1″ last=”true” title=”” title_type=”single” animation=”none” implicit=”true”] It is amazing that a company the size of Equifax (EFX) can do so many things wrong in a row. This is a well established, global company that is headquartered right here in Atlanta with approximately 9,900 employees worldwide. Since the breach, their market cap as plummeted from […]

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Open Source and Product Management

[column width=”1/1″ last=”true” title=”” title_type=”single” animation=”none” implicit=”true”] I was surprised to find out that open-source software goes back all the way to the 1950s and 1960s. I think most people think of Linux when they think of open-source. Linus Torvalds made a big splash when he released Linux in 1991, and in my opinion marks […]

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How to dramatically reduce risk in your product organization

[column width=”1/1″ last=”true” title=”” title_type=”single” animation=”none” implicit=”true”] I’ve always thought of product management and product market management as as superset of project management. I believe it is one of the foundational skills of a competent product manager. There is a direct correlation of risk reduction to the organization by the increased project management skill level of […]

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Some of the best solutions are Open Source

If you are looking for a good technology platform for your business, it makes good sense to research the open source market in addition to the paid market. Many times, you will find projects that fill a specific niche much better than any paid product. And, many times, you will find a paid support offering […]

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Book Review: Strategic Entrepreneurism

This is an awesome book, and I wish I had read it long ago before I co-founded a couple of technology companies. This book is equally valuable to product marketing managers and marketing managers as they assess their markets, and seek to fill the gaps in their offerings. The biggest premise, and perhaps the best […]