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Product Management All-Star: 6 Questions With Katie Saindon
March 23, 2021
Product Management All-Star: 6 Questions With Katie Saindon

Katie Saindon is passionate about solving customer problems. She currently leads the team building the core components and services that enable GE Healthcare's digital…

Product Management All-Star: 6 Questions With Jessica Groff
March 2, 2021
Product Management All-Star: 6 Questions With Jessica Groff

We have the best job in the world — Aha! builds software for software builders. And we are connected with people you should know. These are the folks who are building…

Wanted: Product Manager With Superb Listening Skills
February 23, 2021
Wanted: Product Manager With Superb Listening Skills

Product managers can learn a lot from rats. Let me explain. In a recent study, researchers delivered a mild shock to rats while another group of rodents watched.…

The "Full-Stack" Product Manager
February 22, 2021
The "Full-Stack" Product Manager

What is a full-stack product manager? Although the term is not new, I have seen it in a few LinkedIn profiles recently. And it made me wonder how people are actually…

What To Do In Your First 30 Days as a Product Manager
January 25, 2021
What To Do In Your First 30 Days as a Product Manager

Just starting out as a product manager? Or maybe you have moved into a new role at a new company. You are excited about the opportunity to build something that will make…

6 Things You Should Never Say to a Product Manager
January 15, 2021
6 Things You Should Never Say to a Product Manager

Did you really just say that? Learn the top 6 things you should never say to a product manager.

Why Kindergartners Are More Empathetic Than Product Managers
October 22, 2020
Why Kindergartners Are More Empathetic Than Product Managers

"I think we all have empathy. We may not have enough courage to display it." Maya Angelou said this in an interview, the same year that Aha! was founded. I still find the…

Meet the First Class of Aha! Fellows
October 5, 2020
Meet the First Class of Aha! Fellows

"To make a difference as a product manager and a member in my community." This is how one applicant to the Aha! fellowship program described their career goal. This…

How Well Do You Really Know Your Customers?
September 22, 2020
How Well Do You Really Know Your Customers?

Have you ever worked with a "Believable Brad?" This type of product manager sounds convincing — they know all the right things to say about customers and share impressive…

Hey Product Manager: Stop Building Before Asking
August 18, 2020
Hey Product Manager: Stop Building Before Asking

Building is in your DNA. It is your nature to constantly think about what is next on your roadmap. You are on a perpetual search for opportunities to create something…

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