Expert guides, frameworks, and best practices to help Product Managers ship better products faster.
Whether you're framing your first product concept or refining a portfolio strategy, our guides distill decades of innovation consulting into actionable insights. Built on The Innovation Mode methodology—the same framework trusted by Fortune 500 companies and ambitious startups alike.
Learn how to define, build, and validate Minimum Viable Products. From identifying core features to testing assumptions with real users—master the art of shipping early and iterating fast.
Navigate innovation within large organizations. Strategies for building innovation programs, managing stakeholders, securing buy-in, and transforming ideas into funded initiatives.
Comprehensive glossary of innovation and product development terminology. Covers core concepts (innovation types, MVP, PMF), methodologies (Agile, Lean, Design Thinking), organizational models (centralized/decentralized innovation), experimentation practices (hackathons, rapid prototyping), and business analysis terms (TAM, business experiments).
Comprehensive guide to designing and running successful corporate hackathons. Covers hackathon definition and types, objective setting, success criteria and KPIs, event structure (design time, run time, assessment time), awards strategies, and business value analysis. Extended with AI-enhanced hackathon practices, tools for acceleration, and concerns about AI's impact on traditional hackathon dynamics.
Comprehensive survival guide for hackathon participants covering preparation strategies, team formation, idea validation, rapid prototyping techniques, and pitch preparation. Extended with AI-era practices including tool selection, AI-assisted development workflows, prompt engineering for hackathons, common mistakes to avoid, and strategies for standing out when everyone has AI superpowers.
Bridge product strategy and engineering execution. Best practices for sprint planning, backlog management, cross-functional collaboration, and delivering value continuously.
Design experiments that deliver actionable insights. From hypothesis formation to A/B testing, learn how to validate ideas, reduce risk, and make data-driven product decisions.
Define winning product strategies. Market positioning, competitive analysis, roadmap planning, and frameworks for aligning product vision with business objectives.
Create documentation that drives alignment. PRDs, pitch decks, one-pagers, and strategic briefs—learn what to include, how to structure, and when to use each format.
Understand your users deeply. Interview techniques, persona development, journey mapping, and methods for turning user insights into product opportunities.
Launch products that gain traction. Positioning, pricing strategy, channel selection, and launch planning—everything you need to bring products to market successfully.
Build products that matter. Prototyping, validation, MVP development, and product-market fit—the frameworks and techniques that transform ideas into successful products.
Comprehensive guide to software prototyping covering definitions (clickable vs functional prototypes), when to prototype, how to extract value from prototypes, best practices for rapid development, tool selection, and the emerging role of AI in accelerating prototype creation and validation.
Comprehensive guide to setting up and leading high-performing product development teams. Covers the 'one team' mentality, vision communication, avoiding team fragmentation, entrepreneurial culture, effective communication practices, avoiding micromanagement, optimizing meetings, information sharing, and eliminating bureaucracy. Based on 20+ years of experience leading software engineering teams in project and product setups.
Understand AI without the PhD. Models, tools, and processes for building AI-powered products—from LLMs and prompt engineering to MLOps and responsible deployment.
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