Melissa Perri
Product management teacher and consultant; wrote Escaping the Build Trap and teaches product at Harvard Business School.
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Product management is merging with the GM role as more companies become software companies, not disappearing.
As more and more companies become predominately software companies, I believe the Product Management role and GM roles are going to merge.
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Product management is merging with the GM role as more companies become software companies, not disappearing.
As more and more companies become predominately software companies, I believe the Product Management role and GM roles are going to merge.
Are We Getting Rid of Product Managers? Said 7 Jul 2023
Product management is not going away, but hiring product owners who just feed developers tasks should stop.
I don’t think Product Management is going anywhere, but I do hope the days of hiring Product Owners who just feed developers tasks are done.
Are We Getting Rid of Product Managers? Said 7 Jul 2023
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Liked The Lean Startup
When I happened upon the book and Eric’s method, I thought, “YES! This is what I’ve been searching for. This makes so much sense.”
melissaperri.com 5 May 2016
Recommends Toyota Kata
This is a very quick overview, but If you want to learn more about Kata you should visit Mike Rother's page or read his book (which I highly recommend).
melissaperri.com 22 Jul 2015
Liked Crazy Egg
Other than that, I think it’s a great tool to get customer insight.
melissaperri.com 24 Jan 2013
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Recommends Optimizely
Optimizely provides a way to change the look of your website without a release of code. You can enter buttons to see if someone will click, change text, or implement a whole new section. It’s very versatile.
melissaperri.com 24 Jan 2013
Recommends Mailchimp
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Blog melissaperri.com Her blog on product strategy and management. Has a feed.
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- Best UX tweet in a while lol 7 Dec 2025
- Was excited to buy a gift from @rarecarat and it's impossible to get it delivered. They won't let @FedEx deliver it even if I sign the paper when I had to take my sick dog to the vet. They just rerouted it to be picked up... an hour away from me. I just give up on things today. 7 Nov 2025
- Most teams make the mistake of waiting for data to magically appear before building their AI product. They get stuck in the classic chicken-and-egg problem: you need data to build good AI, but you need users to generate that data. So they wait. And wait. And wait some more. /1 5 Nov 2025
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- What happened to @loom? It used to be such a great tool, and now it is ridiculously buggy. Over one hour spent today trying to record a 2 minute overview of a new feature. 27 Oct 2025
- Watching @taylorswift13 talk about her owning her masters hits hard as an author. The same happens when you sign with a publisher. You no longer own your work. Distribution, pricing, derivatives -it’s all out of your control. This is why I advise new authors to self publish. 14 Aug 2025
- Cool, left off my partner’s middle name by accident on his ticket for @Delta today and they want to charge me to add it. 5 Jul 2025
- Wow @AmericanAir is the worst. My sister was delayed for 5 hours in Rome airport, they finally let them off the plane, the pilot said it is canceled but they won't cancel it officially. She has a severe gluten allergy, can't get anyone to accomodate it from the airlines. 3 Jul 2025
- Love when @AmericanAir schedules two flights to the same place within an hour of each other, delays them for mechanical issues, and then lets the later scheduled one go first. 3 hours in the Charlotte airport. 12 Mar 2025
- 🎄 Wrapping up 2024 with a Product Thinking Christmas Special! Steve Portigal on user research, Quincy Hunte on decision-making at AWS, Jeff Gothelf & Josh Seiden on OKRs, Kate Leto on coaching, and Leah Tharin on product-led growth. Listen now: 24 Dec 2024
- Progress comes from embracing uncertainty, capping investments, and learning quickly. This week, Fabrice des Mazery, former CPO at TheFork, shares why PMs need to focus on speed and impact, not perfection. 🎧 Listen now: 22 Dec 2024
- ‘The CPO Accelerator provided a quick foundation for taking on new product executive responsibilities.’ – Derek Zumsteg, Head of Product at Sila Ready to step into executive product leadership? Applications for the Feb 2025 cohort are now open. 🔗 20 Dec 2024
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