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A Historical Take on the AI Boom

“History doesn’t repeat itself, but it rhymes.” — possibly Mark Twain

Oct 24

A Historical Take on the AI Boom

Oct 24

I Believe in Interim CPO Roles, But Not in Fractional CPO Roles

I’ve been an interim CPO 15 times, more than almost anyone else, and have mentored scores of CPOs over the last 25 years. Those who have…

Sep 13

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Sep 13

Finishing Our (Money) Sentences

For a long time, I’ve been asserting that most* B2B revenue-side executives can´t hear anything we say unless it includes a currency…

Aug 20

Finishing Our (Money) Sentences

Aug 20

How to Stop Undervaluing Your Product-And Start Getting Paid What It’s Worth (Podcast)

I joined Mark Stiving’s pricing podcast for an episode on estimating customer-side value and turning that into prices (and then revenue).

Aug 15

Aug 15

“Politics”

In most of my CPO coaching engagements, we eventually come around to the problem of “politics,” usually framed as frustration with C-level…

May 6

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May 6

ROI: Seductive but of Limited Value in Product Planning

I’m part of many discussions where tech company execs try to apply Return on Investment (ROI) tools to make hard choices about what to…

Jan 31

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Jan 31

Reading the Room / Knowing Your Audience

I’ve written a lot about how we (as product folks) love to talk about how our teams build things: releases and sprints and backlog ranking…

Dec 14, 2024

Reading the Room / Knowing Your Audience

Dec 14, 2024

“When Will We Finish This Migration So R&D Teams Can Work On Innovation?”

There’s a funny bit of split thinking that I often run into, and which came up in a recent CPO coaching discussion. It’s when we confuse…

Nov 15, 2024

birds in migration formation

Nov 15, 2024

Customization Debt

There’s a pattern that I’ve seen at most B2B/enterprise software companies — and some B2C/mass consumer companies — that doesn’t seem to…

Oct 18, 2024

Customization Debt

Oct 18, 2024

Where Do We Find Joy?

I’ve coached scores of product leaders over the last few decades, and mentored hundreds of product managers… initial conversations are…

Sep 23, 2024

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Sep 23, 2024

Rich Mironov

Rich Mironov

Tech start-up veteran, smokejumper CPO/product management VP, writer, coach for product leaders, analogy wrangler, product camp founder.

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