Take A Chance On People Making Changes

Take A Chance On People Making Changes

Changing from one industry to another. Changing from one discipline to another. Changing from small company to big company. By Cindy Alvarez (Director of User Experience, Yammer) It takes a lot of energy and courage to make a change away from something you know to...

Product Manager Cindy Alvarez Gives Advice For Startups

“Validate your assumptions about how you’re going to make money now.” By Heather McGough (Associate Producer, FailCon) I interviewed Cindy Alvarez, a talented product manager who turns understanding the customer into competitive advantage. She is a regular...
The Product Managers: Women Who Have Shipped Products

The Product Managers: Women Who Have Shipped Products

By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) At A Field Guide To Female Founders, Influencers & Deal Makers is a list of product managers: “Behind every good product is a good product manager. It has been said that there are no exceptions....
How Customer Development, Product Management Fit Together

How Customer Development, Product Management Fit Together

By Cindy Alvarez (Head of Products and Customer Development, KISSmetrics) “Isn’t customer development just product management?” “You don’t really need product management if you do customer development right.” “Customer development is fine for startups with no process,...
How Customer Development, Product Management Fit Together

10 Things I’ve Learned About Customer Development

By Cindy Alvarez (Head of Products and Customer Development, KISSmetrics)   Whatever people say they will pay for it is wrong. If someone says, “I wouldn’t personally use it, but I bet other people would”, no one will use it. The answer to any question that...