For many pursuing an MBA, the role of Product Manager has become a sought-after prize. As tech companies grow and Product teams multiply, Product Management has gained an idealised status, positioned as a role of both strategic significance and creative leadership. MBAs, freshly versed in competitive analysis, market sizing, strategy, operations, seem like perfect candidates …
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Every few years, tech throws up a question that makes Product Managers shift uneasily in their seats. This is one of those you may have heard recently: will agentic AI—those autonomous, decision-making digital workhorses—render SaaS platforms obsolete? And if that happens, what happens to the Product Managers who build them? Doomsayers have been suggesting for …
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Picture this: You’re juggling a packed calendar—meetings with stakeholders, sprint planning sessions, and just enough time to eat (hopefully). Somewhere in between, you need to respond to that question on Slack: Should this bug fix make the next release? It’s a small decision, right? But this tiny moment might nudge your entire product’s trajectory, even …
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“You’re the voice of the customer.” If you’re a Product Manager, you’ve heard this line a hundred times. It’s on the first page of the handbook, scrawled on whiteboards in team meetings, and a favorite refrain of seasoned executives. It sounds noble, doesn’t it? Championing the user’s needs, making sure the product solves real problems, …
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