Product Managers: Get Used To Good Enough
I’ve been a Product Manager (by role or by title) off and on for the last 20 years. In all…
Author: Dan Naden (page 6)
Technology Companies: Don’t Neglect the Senior Market
It’s true that Amazon, Apple, and Google have introduced products over the past 5 years that are simple, intuitive, elegant,…
Stop telling me your greatness; Start showing me how you can help me.
The press release boldly claims that the latest product release will revolutionize the software industry. The commercial shouts that…
5 Things to NOT do at your company’s next trade show – Part 3
In our first part and second part of this three-part series, we introduced the first two crucial mistakes that companies routinely make…
5 Things to NOT do at your company’s next trade show – Part 2
In our first part of this three-part series, we introduced the first two crucial mistakes that companies routinely make at…
5 Things to NOT do at your company’s next trade show — Part 1
We’ve all worked trade shows at one point or another in our careers. It’s an easy gig, right? Stand there, talk…
Are you ready for your most important go-to-market strategy?
I remember that nervous, yet exciting first drive home from the hospital with our tiny, precious daughter. Every turn was…
Why I like Marketing
As I little boy, I dreamt of on stepping onto the soccer field as a professional player in front of…
When searching @Yahoo, the search box is always half-empty.
When I search, I expect immediate, accurate results. The search engine’s algorithm is so finely tuned that it almost knows…
EnduraCool: A towel that sells itself
Infomercials have a bad reputation. The products sometimes look cheap, almost too good to be true. The lessons that you…
Words that kill: I am just a sales guy
I was on a product demonstration yesterday when I heard a salesperson say, “I am just a sales guy.” In…
5 Days of Fearless Living: Day 5 – Eliminate Passivity
Our final day of the living fearlessly series may be the most difficult concept to grasp, especially for men. Eliminate…
5 Days of Fearless Living: Day 4 – Be Responsible
Yesterday, we talked about stretching beyond the familiar, taking a small step to ‘change it up’. This modification could be…
5 Days of Fearless Living: Day 3 – Stretching Beyond
It’s Day 3 of living fearlessly. Do you sense something changing within you? If not, don’t despair, change isn’t easy…
5 Days of Fearless Living: Day 2 – Love Someone
In Day 1 of living fearlessly, we talked about publishing something. My hope is that you took this advice to…
5 Days of Fearless Living: Day 1 – Publish something
What would life be like if you lived without fear? How would your days and nights be different? I ‘think’…
COMIC: Local News You Can Lose
Unfortunately, local news has lost its way. As ratings for local television news has plummeted, the news directors and executives…
The Journey of a Team
Apprehension. Confusion. Doubt. A glimmer of hope. Progress. Encouragement. A setback. Learning. Lessons. Unity. Transformation. One. Team. Clarity. Growth. A…
COMIC: Kanban in the Prehistoric Days
The simple, tactile, powerful act of moving a card along a wall to improve and maintain a high level of…
COMIC: A bumper sticker you’ll never see
In a world filled and overly obsessed with ‘best of’, ‘world’s finest’, ‘champion-level’, wouldn’t it be refreshing to see a…