Welcome to Product Management Meets Pop Culture, or PMMPC for short. This is my blog where we use movies, comics, and other pop culture ephemera to illustrate product management lessons that anyone can start using immediately.
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The NBC sitcom Friends debuted in 1994 and followed the lives of six twenty-somethings living in New York City. Chandler (played by Matthew Perry) often struggles with relationships, and goes to his friends for help. Hilarity ensues. And so does a lesson in executive meetings for product managers. <spoiler warning> […]
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It’s that time of year when we look back at the top product management insights from the last 12 months, and pair them up with a cavalcade of highs and lows from pop culture. Allons-y! January Low: We kick off the year with Hulu’s Fyre Fraud and Netflix’s Fyre — […]
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I’ve loved Roxette for a long time – everything from their sound to their look to the fun they always seemed to be having on stage. I loved the story of their accidental breakthrough into the US market. But the thing I love most, now, is Marie’s tenacity.
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Today’s product management haiku was inspired by HBR IdeaCast’s podcast with Tom Steenburgh on why successful companies often struggle to sell new products to existing clients.
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“Today’s my first day as a product manager,” Grant whispered to himself. “Whatever I do in these next few hours is going to cement the kind of PM people expect me to be.” As he sat at his desk, staring at his silent desk phone. He knew he didn’t want […]
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Today we interview Jeremy Horn (a.k.a., The Product Guy) – an award-winning product management veteran with two decades of experience leading and managing product teams. He’s founded several start-ups and created the largest product management meetup in the world. Listen here. New Around Here?
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