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What It Takes to Become a Great Product Manager

Harvard Business Review

Because I teach a course on Product Management at Harvard Business School, I am routinely asked “what is the role of a Product Manager?” ” The role of a Product Manager (PM) is often referred to as the “CEO of the Product.” Pricing and revenue modeling. Aron Vellekoop Len/Getty Images.

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To Spur Growth, Target Profitable "Prosumers"

Harvard Business Review

A prosumer camera is one that is borderline professional grade but a price point in between a consumer camera (few hundred dollars) and a professional camera (few thousand dollars). In my teacher's mind, it was an investment in a future career. Prosumers can be the guide to finding unmet demand on the price/value curve.

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Design Can Drive Exceptional Returns for Shareholders

Harvard Business Review

Virtually everything the company makes, and is thinking about making, is highly influenced by this huge team of footwear, product, fashion, store, graphic, interaction, and brand designers. This ultimately pushes their stock prices higher than their industry peers. The returns in our Design Value Index were 2.28

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More Universities Need to Teach Sales

Harvard Business Review

So a school could legitimately prepare a student for a business career while omitting training in sales. Buyers now have easy-click access to information about products, prices, and other buyers’ opinions and usage experiences. ”In other words, why serve hamburger when you can teach people to cook steak?

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What If Companies Managed People as Carefully as They Manage Money?

Harvard Business Review

Time, whether measured by hours in a day or days in a career, is finite. Based on our research , inspired employees are three times more productive than dissatisfied employees, but they are rare. Consider the case of one B2B supplier that wanted to figure out what made some salespeople top performers. There you have it.