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Living in the Age of Immediate Answers
It’s easy to assume that since information is so query-able, so immediate, and so accessible that the answers we provide to the questions in our personal and professional lives must be immediate as well. This assumption is wrong.
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The 10 YC Companies (S17) I’d Invest In
The 10 YC Companies (S17) I’d Invest In. Author: Alex Mitchell.
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Episode #017 : Alex Mitchell | George Washington University MBA (Part-Time) | Product Director & Author - The MBA Jam
Alex describes himself to be passionate about creating and growing powerful web and mobile products that make a significant impact in millions of people’s lives. I first came across Alex when I read his Medium post, where he breaks down his experience and insights from doing his MBA and asks the million dollar question: is this degree worth it?
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An Open (Financial) Letter to Millennials
An Open (Financial) Letter to Millennials. CNBC. Author: Alex Mitchell.
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Building Digital Products
Building Digital Products is designed for the new product owner who feels in way over their head, the experienced product owner looking to step up his or her game, and the expert product owner who understands that there is always more to learn.
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Ask Me Anything: Vista Print's Alex Mitchell - MVP Conf 2015
Ask Me Anything: Vista Print's Alex Mitchell. Ballroom. Alex Mitchell ... Print's Alex Mitchell. An open Q&A with Webs/Vista Print Product Manager, Alex Mitchell.
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Top 10 African Startups to Watch in 2020 - Alex Mitchell - Medium
By popular demand, I’m releasing another edition of my “Top 10 [Location] Startups to Watch in 2020”. This time I’ll be focusing on African Startups. Each of these posts explores the unique…
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4-Step Guide To Personal Branding for Business Owners | Marketing Mojo for Small Business
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Top 10 Podcasts for Product Managers in 2021 | by Alex Mitchell | Feb, 2021 | Medium
For the past 4 years, I’ve written about my favorite Product podcasts and it’s already that magical time of year again! For a quick throwback, here are my past posts: While I’m not commuting…
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Disrupting Yourself: How to Succeed in the New Economy - Kindle edition by Alex Mitchell, Melissa Marin, Craig Zingerline, Avinash Bajaj. Self-Help Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.
Disrupting Yourself: How to Succeed in the New Economy - Kindle edition by Alex Mitchell, Melissa Marin, Craig Zingerline, Avinash Bajaj. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking a...
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10 Minority-Founded Startups You Should Know, Watch, and Celebrate
Over the past few years, I’ve written many, many, many lists of the top startups around the world to watch. But, regrettably, I haven’t yet written a post about the incredible startups founded by…
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Product Manager as Designer - Alex Mitchell - Medium
Many startups I’ve worked for had a designer on every or every-other product engineering team and the relationship between those two team members was critical to successful development. Designers and…
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Here’s How to Find Time For Your Side Hustle - Alex Mitchell - Medium
There are so many reasons I’ve heard people say to explain why they don’t have time to start working on a side hustle. I think I may have heard them all. And many of them are very, very valid. While…
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The Modern Product Manager • A podcast on Anchor
With The Modern Product Manager, you'll learn from Alex Mitchell's insider startup perspective and get smarter each and every week on Product Management, working remotely, investing, startups, and tech.
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Building Digital Products: Kindle Edition on Amazon
The Ultimate Handbook for Product Owners - Author: Alex Mitchell. Kindle Edition.
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Courses for Aspiring, New & Leveling-Up PMs
Alex Mitchell is currently the Director of Product at Kin Insurance, a 4x Product Leader and 1x Founder. Alex is also the Author of Building Digital ...
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6 Years Later… “10 Bold Technology Predictions for the Next 10 Years” | by Alex Mitchell | May, 2022 | Medium
6 Years Later… “10 Bold Technology Predictions for the Next 10 Years”. 4 years is (still) a long time horizon for technology. How have my predictions fared? Author: Alex Mitchell.
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Reports of This Tech #Fail Have Been Greatly Exaggerated
Most users hate change and rebel against it. How can major tech players redesign their products without losing loyalists?
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Top 10 Podcasts for Product Managers in 2022 | by Alex Mitchell | Jan, 2022 | Medium
For the past 5 years, I’ve written about my favorite Product podcasts and it’s that magical time of year again! For a quick throwback, here are my past posts:
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Top 10 Latin American Startups to Watch in 2022 | by Alex Mitchell | Jan, 2022 | Medium
2022 is going to be a very exciting year for LATAM startups. The region has rapidly grown and matured so much over the past decade that we’re on the cusp of the “year of the IPO” for the continent…
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Building Digital Products - Amazon
The Ultimate Handbook for Product Owners - Author: Alex Mitchell
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The Top 10 Videos to Watch for Product Managers of All Levels
Recently, I launched a new YouTube channel called Go Tech Yourself. The channel features content for Product Managers, startup people, and anyone interested in Tech. I’ve started my channel by…
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Alex Mitchell - Productized Conference 2017 Productized Conference ...
Alex is passionate about creating and growing powerful web and mobile products, which make a significant impact in millions of people's lives. He also enjoys ...
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An Uber Journey in 3 Parts
In the Spring of 2017, we added Uber as a travel option to the Upside product. Previous to this launch, we had sold only flight + hotel packages. It was a big step for us, but, like many ideas at Upside it began with a small test.
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Disrupting Yourself: How to Succeed in the New Economy: Alex Mitchell, Melissa Marin, Craig Zingerline, Avinash Bajaj: 9781712469224: Amazon.com: Books
Disrupting Yourself: How to Succeed in the New Economy [Alex Mitchell, Melissa Marin, Craig Zingerline, Avinash Bajaj] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. We are living in a time of massive, unbelievable, and relentless change. To put it ...
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10 Tips for Hosting a Successful A/B Testing Hackathon
You’ve probably heard of large scale hackathons like TechCrunch’s Disrupt NY or even seen company-wide hackathons promoted on blogs before. The gist of a hackathon is simple: put a lot of people in a big room together for two days with very few rules and see what they’re able to produce. The results are usually incredible. Author: Alex Mitchell
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Hackathons are better than [insert your favorite holiday]
Hackathons are better than [insert your favorite holiday]. Upside Engineering Blog. Author: Alex Mitchell.
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Want To Know What Your Customers Want? Ask Them. | Marketing Mojo for Small Business
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Don’t be Digital-Only.
Don’t be Digital-Only. When and How you Should Go Physical. Author: Alex Mitchell
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Small Business Success Story: Majestic Wonders Photography
Small Business Success Story: Majestic Wonders Photography. Every few weeks, we feature Webs users here on the blog and highlight many of the interesting ways that they are using Webs to create truly stunning websites. Author: Alex Mitchell
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Do You Know The Right Way To Raise Prices? | Marketing Mojo for Small Business
Alex provides simple advice on the right and wrong ways to raise prices. Author: Alex Mitchell
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Top 10 Israeli Startups to Watch in 2021 | by Alex Mitchell | Jan, 2021 | Medium
2020 was a year of many, many, many ups and downs (2021 has proven to be full of changes so far as well). A LOT changed around the world. I’m excited to write about many of the incredibly impressive…
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Alex Mitchell – Upside Engineering Blog
Nov 8, 2017 - Read writing from Alex Mitchell in Upside Engineering Blog. CPO @ICXMedia. Previously Product @UpsideTravel. Love Digital Products + ...
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Meetup | Alex Mitchell
Helps groups of people with shared interests plan meetings and form offline clubs in local communities around the world
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The 14 Most (And Least) Accurate Quotes about Product Management
There are SO. MANY. QUOTES. about Product Management. Just Google “Product Management Quotes” and you’ll be bombarded by pages and pages of pithy one-liners that will make you a better PM (or so you…
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Top 10 Chrome Extensions for Small Businesses
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Top 10 European Startups to Watch in 2020 - Alex Mitchell - Medium
By popular demand, I’m releasing another edition of my “Top 10 [Location] Startups to Watch in 2020”. This time I’ll be focusing on European Startups. Each of these posts explores the unique…
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Top 10 Pakistani Startups to Watch in 2022 | by Alex Mitchell | Oct, 2021 | Medium
When I began writing my “Startups to Watch” posts several years ago, I started with China and India, uncovering many startups that have now gone on to become unicorns (and, in the near future, some…
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What’s a Rolling Fund and Why Are They So HOT Right Now?🔥🔥🔥 | by Alex Mitchell | Sep, 2020 | Medium
A “Rolling Fund” is a new type of investment vehicle that allows its managers to invest at their discretion in opportunities on behalf of investors (often referred to as “limited partners”). Rolling…
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Never Stop (Side) Hustling
Never Stop (Side) Hustling
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Alex Mitchell - MVP Conf 2015
Alex is Product Manager at Webs, the digital services business of Vistaprint, and currently manages the Local Listings and Social Media Management products.
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Mobile Messaging is Exploding – 5 Incredible Facts | Marketing Mojo for Small Business
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The 10 YC Companies (W21) I’d Invest In | by Alex Mitchell | Mar, 2021 | Medium
But first, here are my past YC posts if you want to check how my older picks have done. If you want to skip to the bottom, you can also see my own evaluation of my past picks for S20, W20, S19, W19…
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My Most Challenging Product Launch: My First Book
My Most Challenging Product Launch: My First Book. Author: Alex Mitchell
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Black Friday and Cyber Monday Deals for Product Managers — 2020 | by Alex Mitchell | Nov, 2020 | Medium
It’s been a long year, to say the least. But the holidays are close and everyone’s favorite shopping holiday, Black Friday, is even closer! Earlier this year, I shared a list of 25 Perfect Gifts for…
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16 Essential Tools for Your Social Media Marketing Toolkit
16 Essential Tools for Your Social Media Marketing Toolkit. A list of 16 social media marketing tools that will keep you sane AND reduce the amount of time you spend managing a successful social media presence for yourself or your clients. Author: Alex Mitchell
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LookupPage | Alex Mitchell
Alex Mitchell has taken control of his online presence by opening a LookUpPage . Join Alex Mitchell on LookUpPage - it’s quick, free and easy to use.
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The 9 Different Types of Product Management Interview Questions and How to Answer Them | by Alex Mitchell | Jul, 2020 | Medium
Preparing for a Product Management Interview? You’ll probably find my post on “The One Thing I Look For” helpful too! Over the course of my career at Vistaprint, Upside Business Travel, ICX Media…
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So You’re Returning to the Office… The Do’s and Don’ts of a Hybrid World | by Alex Mitchell | Apr, 2021 | Medium
More than 1 year ago, I wrote: “How to Be a Great Remote Product Manager.” Little did I know that we’d be living in a remote-only world for more than a year! As of 4/24/21, more than 53% of the adult…
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The Top 25 Videos for Product Managers | by Alex Mitchell | Jul, 2020 | Medium
Recently, I launched a new YouTube channel called The Modern Product Manager. The channel features content for Product Managers, startup people, and anyone interested in Tech. I’ve started my channel…
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Build vs. Buy: The Ultimate Product Owner Decision
Each and every week, I make at least one build vs. buy decision for the digital products I manage. Author: Alex Mitchell
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Alex Mitchell, Internet
Alex Mitchell, Director of Product at Kin Insurance. eCommerce, SaaS, Mobile Development, and Optimization specialist. The authoritative source of Alex ...
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Testing and Learning: How to Build Stakeholder Support + Create Evangelists - ProductLed Summit by ProductLed
Experimentation is a critical part of the transition to product-led growth. It helps lower the "burden of change" to stakeholders, helps them see...
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How to Be a Great *Remote* Product Manager - Alex Mitchell - Medium
One of the main reasons I write is because it forces me to research, it forces me to learn, and it forces me to coalesce and refine my ideas down to their simplest, most crisp form before sharing…
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If the Avengers Were Product Managers | by Alex Mitchell | Jul, 2020 | Medium
It’s impossible to dispute how successful the Avengers series of movies has been. The 4 Avengers movies top the list of the most successful superhero films of all time. Each has made over $1B in…
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Create a Meetup Account
Find Meetups and meet people in your local community who share your interests.
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Top 10 Middle East Startups to Watch in 2022 | by Alex Mitchell | Dec, 2021 | Medium
Over the past several weeks, I’ve written about two of the fastest-growing startup ecosystems: Pakistan and Africa. In this post, I cover the equally exciting and rapidly maturing MENA (Middle East…
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Alex Mitchell | Optimizely Blog
Alex is Product Manager at Webs, the digital services business of Vistaprint and manages the Local Listings and Social Media Management products. When he's ...
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5 Things I Learned on the Vistaprint RV
5 Things I Learned on the Vistaprint RV
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Alex Mitchell - Product Portfolio
A portfolio of Alex Mitchell's Product projects.
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Top 10 Chinese Startups to Watch in 2020 - Alex Mitchell - Medium
2019 was a very interesting year for Chinese startups, to say the least. Author: Alex Mitchell
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10 Things to Include in Your Small Business Local Listings
10 Things to Include in Your Small Business Local Listings. To help you cover all your bases, we’ve put together these 10 best practices to help ensure that not only will you show up in local searches, you’ll show up first! Author: Alex Mitchell
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Why Product Managers Hate Vacations
Why Product Managers Hate Vacations - Author: Alex Mitchell
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Top 10 Corona-Economy Startups to Watch in 2020 - Alex Mitchell - Medium
By popular demand, I’m releasing another edition of my “Top 10 Startups to Watch in 2020”. This time I’ll be focusing on Corona-Economy Startups. This list is of startups that are poised to succeed…
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Products I Can’t Live Without #4: Play.ht - Alex Mitchell - Medium
Recently, I’ve written about Fullstory, Calendly, and Figma as 3 of my favorite products and 3 products I would be very sad to live without. Today, I wanted to write about a product I love because…
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The 7 Habits of a Highly Effective Product Owner
What are the 7 habits of the most successful product owners? Author: Alex Mitchell
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Top 10 Israeli Startups to Watch in 2020 - Alex Mitchell - Medium
By popular demand, I’m releasing another edition of my “Top 10 [Location] Startups to Watch in 2020”. This time I’ll be focusing on Israeli Startups. Each of these posts explores the unique…
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Top 10 Crowdfunding Campaigns | EMPOWRR
Author: Alex Mitchell
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Product + Growth: Better Together - Noteworthy - The Journal Blog
However, I’m writing about something a bit different today: How Product Managers and Growth Marketers can best work together. Surprisingly, this topic is not something that a lot of Product books…
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2014 Crowdfunding Landscape | EMPOWRR
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Alex Mitchell - ProductHunt
Alex Mitchell on ProductHunt
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Building Digital Products
ProductHunt: The Ultimate Handbook for Digital Product Owners.
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Products I Can’t Live Without #2: Calendly - Alex Mitchell - Medium
Calendly is a simply a product I can’t live without as a Product Manager. Author: Alex Mitchell
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Top 10 Latin American Startups to Watch in 2021 - GrowthHackers
Despite the pandemic, many companies in the LatAm startup community are thriving - here is who to watch in 2021!
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6 Reasons Why All Product Managers Should Play Intramural Sports
6 Reasons Why All Product Managers Should Play Intramural Sports. Author: Alex Mitchell
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Alex Mitchell's profile on Product Hunt
See what kind of products Alex Mitchell (Product Manager, Pagemodo/Vistaprint) likes.
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Top 10 Audiobooks for Product Managers of All Levels in 2020
Actually, they’ve had a great decade, recording double-digit revenue growth each year over the last 7 years (Audio Publishers Association) and reaching nearly $1B in revenue in 2018. One in five…
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Go and Build Something (Physical)!
Go and Build Something (Physical)! Author: Alex Mitchell
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A Product Manager’s Guide to Experimentation | by Alex Mitchell | Oct, 2020 | Medium
They develop hypotheses about new features, changes to UX, even the specific copy that best conveys to a customer what the customer should do next. Many times, however, especially at smaller…
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41 Ways to Get Feedback on Your Idea or Product in 2018
As 2017 comes to a close and 2018 looms on horizon, it’s (finally) time to start moving on the Idea or Product you want to build!
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Top 10 Indian Startups to Watch in 2021 | by Alex Mitchell | Dec, 2020 | Medium
As I’m writing this, it’s almost the end of 2020. There were certainly a lot of ups and downs this year to stay the least. A LOT of things changed around the world. I’m excited to write about many of…
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The Future of Product Management - Alex Mitchell - Medium
The Product Manager of the Future will, in many ways, look very different than the Product Manager of Today. Let’s harken back to one of the most well-known blog posts ever written about Product…