As a product leader at Mixpanel, I can go on and on about the value of using product analytics in my work. (And I have.) But that doesn’t mean I don’t understand how important user interviews can be for learning …
Imagine you run a lemonade stand. You meticulously track how many people purchase from your stand each week, because that’s …
Teams are praised whenever they release a new feature (or product) to their customers. Imagine the internal 'pat on the …
Gokul Rajaram has spent the last few decades leading product teams at world-class companies like Google, Facebook, and Square. We sat …
In August, one of our favorite innovators, Beth Toland, Asana's Head of Experience Research joined us for an exclusive live …
As Mixpanel's VP of Product and Design, and our former Head of Engineering, Neil Rahilly brings a blend of strategy, …
Leading a product team in a startup—where it’s basically you, or maybe you and one other person—is far different from …
When presented with dozens of options to serve the needs of users and stakeholders, product managers are uniquely empowered to …
Have you ever told someone what they wanted to hear because it was the path of least resistance? “Yes, let's totally …
Congratulations! You’ve used a detailed spec and careful interview process to make a really solid hire to your product management …
You’ve done all the end-of-year analyses; celebrated your successes and learned from your failures; and eaten the last of the …
Hi, I’m Mike and I'm a product manager. The product I manage? Product managers. As Director of Product Management at Mixpanel, …
In the age of data and analytics, we’ve come to believe that, with enough data, we can make smart decisions …
Every product or service has a core purpose it serves for its customers. For a ride-sharing app, it may be …
One of the best things I learned at Amazon was that customers are always “beautifully, wonderfully dissatisfied,” and no matter …
One of the hardest things about using metrics to guide and strengthen your product and your team is that there …
At Mixpanel, we relentlessly monitor customer feedback and take customer requests very seriously. So in the middle of last year, …
By 2015, Matthew Black was a veteran of the startup world. He’d founded two companies; one exited successfully (“a cool …
User adoption, sometimes called onboarding, is the process by which new users become acclimated to a product or service and …
