Your product briefing
Skills - How to disagree remotely
Here's an example. If I were to write in Slack, "Hey, I really don't like the way that this thing is going, and I have a question about it," that sounds pretty serious. But imagine someone walking up to you and saying, "Hey, I really don't like the way that this thing is going, and I have a question about it." With the right tone of voice and facial expressions, it's a totally different message. (Zapier blog)
New product features - Facebooks adds a ‘hug’ emoji
The reaction shows an animated emoji hugging a heart, meant to help you “show your support” to friends and family during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Presumably most people used the ‘Love’ reaction for similar purposes, but the hug reaction shows a bit more directly that you care about the person rather than the post. (The Next Web)
Productivity - How to transition between work time and personal time
To increase your productivity and clarity both for work and life outside of work, have a plan for the day. That includes knowing the time of your meetings, deciding what projects you will work on, and being clear on when you will do tasks like answering email. You’ll also want to have some plan for your evenings in terms of what you would like to get done or simply do to relax. Knowing that everything has a “place,” such as a time during your work day when you will work on a presentation or a time in the evening when you can research activities for your kids, helps you to not feel like you have to do work during personal time or vice versa. (Harvard Business Review)
UX - Service design explained
In user experience design multiple components must be designed: visuals, features and commands, copywriting, information architecture, and more. Not only should each component must be designed correctly, but they also be integrated to create a total user experience. Service design follows the same basic idea. There are several components, each one should be designed correctly, and all of them should be integrated. (NN Group)
Product strategy - 13 examples of customer re-engagement emails
When done well, re-engagement emails can reduce list churn rates and boost incremental engagement. In terms of deliverability, re-engaging your inactive subscribers can enhance or at least help you maintain inbox placement rates for your emails. Often, if your overall engagement levels drop significantly, ISPs are more likely to consider you a low-quality sender, block, and make your engagement problems even worse. (Hubspot)
Startups - The Q1 2020 global VC report
By our counts 5,000 to 7,000 startups per quarter dependent on venture funding to grow are immediately impacted. Startups in last-mile mobility, travel, hospitality and other sectors have seen their markets wiped out overnight. Reports are circulating of crisis fundraising to stave off bankruptcy by unicorn startups with business models geared for growth. (CrunchBase)
Process - How to lead a PM meeting
I decided to tackle this question this week because during these turbulent times it’s especially important to strengthen the bonds between you and your teammates. PM team meetings can be one of your most fun and valuable meetings, getting everyone aligned and energized, but they can also easily be your most painful. I’ve heard stories of a PM team meeting (at a company that will go unnamed) where each week a PM presented her plans to the PM team, who then competed for how much they could tear that plan apart. Let’s avoid that. (Lenny Ratichsky blog)
New product launch - Microsoft is launching a spotlight-like search tool
Microsoft is currently building a new Spotlight-like launcher app for Windows 10. Designed to replace the existing Win + R shortcut, the new launcher will include options to quickly search apps and files across Windows and support for plugins like calculators, dictionaries, and search engines. (The Verge)
Interview - Figma’s CEO Dylan Field on the growth of Figma
Figma CEO and Co-Founder Dylan Field shares insights on crucial moments in Figma's creation, overcoming SaaS burnout, active vs. passive user-pricing, getting Greylock and Sequoia to invest after they initially passed and more. (This Week in Startups)
Product strategy - What’s sustainable product strategy?
There is something assuring, if not falsely assuring, in seeing a yearly feature-focused roadmap. A plan is the first step on the path to delivery. You can align on direction. You can sell to the future of where the product is headed. You can provide confidence to current customers that their expressed needs are prioritized. You can create sales training and prepare go-to-market plans for upcoming feature launches months in advance. You can hire and staff teams around needs and skill sets by having foresight into future needs and areas of investment. (Amplitude Blog)
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