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• Top 10 African Startups to Watch in 2021 | by Alex Mitchell | Nov, 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…

• The 5 P’s of Product Management - Alex Mitchell - Medium

  It takes an insane amount of hard work and effort to become a Great Product Manager (I’m very much still on the journey myself). And once you get there, it takes more consistent work to stay at the…

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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!

• 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…

• Travel to See Your Team(s)

  The 5 key reasons you need to visit your remote teams in person.

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• You Are Now a “Wartime” Product Manager - Alex Mitchell - Medium

  It goes without saying, but these are unprecedented times. Welcome to your biggest challenge and your biggest opportunity as a Product Manager. The last few weeks have likely been extremely trying…

• 6 Reasons Why All Product Managers Should Play Intramural Sports

  6 Reasons Why All Product Managers Should Play Intramural Sports. Author: Alex Mitchell

• The Top 10 FREE + Paid Courses for Aspiring, New, and Leveling Up Product Managers

  It’s certainly an overused expression to say “there is no better time than now,” but there literally is no. better. time. than. now. to start learning more about Product Management. As I searched for…

• Top 10 Podcasts for Product Managers in 2017

  Top 10 Podcasts for Product Managers in 2017

• Make Your Top Influencers Your Top Priority! | Marketing Mojo for Small Business

  Your top influencers on social media can make or break your business. Figure out how to engage them! Author: Alex Mitchell

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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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• The Modern Product Manager

  With The Modern Product Manager, you'll learn from Alex Mitchell's insider startup and product perspective and get smarter each and every week on Product Man...

• 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…

• Alex's Blog Posts - Medium

  A collection of thoughts from Alex Mitchell.

• Alex Mitchell – Audio Books, Best Sellers, Author Bio

  Learn more about Alex Mitchell. Browse Alex Mitchell's best-selling audiobooks and newest titles. Discover more authors you'll love listening to on Audible.

• The One Thing I Look For In Every Product Manager Candidate

  The One Thing I Look For In Every Product Manager Candidate: Healthy Side Hustles. Author: Alex Mitchell

• You’re a Workaholic. It’s Time To Focus. - Alex Mitchell - Medium

  However, I’ve recently recognized that I’ve gone far, far too wide with testing new channels, new distribution, new content creation ideas, and it’s now time to focus. I’m writing this post to share…

• My Most Challenging Product Launch: My First Book

  My Most Challenging Product Launch: My First Book. Author: Alex Mitchell

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• Top 10 Chinese Startups to Watch in 2021 | by Alex Mitchell | Jan, 2021 | Medium

  As I’m writing this, it’s the beginning of 2021. There were certainly a lot of ups and downs last year to stay the least. Many things changed dramatically around the world. I’m excited to write about…

• 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 Crowdfunding Campaigns | EMPOWRR

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• Building Digital Products - Amazon

  The Ultimate Handbook for Product Owners - Author: Alex Mitchell

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• Top 10 Chrome Extensions for Small Businesses

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• The 10 YC Companies (S22) I’d Invest In | by Alex Mitchell | Sep, 2022 | 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 S17 — W22 (I’ve been…

• The Top 10 YouTube Channels for Product Managers | The Modern Product Manager

  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…

• 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.

• Alex Mitchell - Product Portfolio

  A portfolio of Alex Mitchell's Product projects.

• Top 10 Podcasts for Product Managers in 2020 - Alex Mitchell - Medium

  Subscribe to these podcasts and you’ll stay entertained all year long (and learn a thing or two!) Author: Alex Mitchell

• How to Succeed as a Product Manager | The Modern Product Manager

  Everything You Need to Know to Succeed as a New (Or Not-So-New) Product Manager ($999 Value)

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• Will The Real Product Manager Please Stand Up? - Alex Mitchell - Medium

  The Product Management career has exploded over the past few years. Without a doubt, Product Managers are working in one of the most exciting and fast-growing careers today. Over the past decade…

• Values Matter Even When You're Growing Fast

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  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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• 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…

• Snapchat: Should Your Small Business Care? | Marketing Mojo for Small Business

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• How to Incubate, Accelerate, or Just Plain Grow Your Startup | Marketing Mojo for Small Business

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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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• Go and Build Something (Physical)!

  Go and Build Something (Physical)! Author: Alex Mitchell

• 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

• 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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  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.

• Top 10 Indian Startups to Watch in 2022 | by Alex Mitchell | Mar, 2022 | Medium

  With the explosion of funding and the 11 public market exits for Indian startups in 2021, 2022 is poised to be one of the most exciting years to date for the ecosystem! I’ve dug deep to pull together…

• The Top 10 Newsletters for Product Managers | by Alex Mitchell | Aug, 2020 | Medium

  Over the past 16 editions, we’ve seen more than a 5x growth in subscribers and have covered topics ranging from Interviewing During a Pandemic to Activating Your Creativity to Creating Optionality…

• Building Digital Products: Kindle Edition on Amazon

  The Ultimate Handbook for Product Owners - Author: Alex Mitchell. Kindle Edition.

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• Top 10 Middle East 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 Middle East (MENA) Startups. Each of these posts explores the…

• How to Get Product Experience Without Being a Product Manager | by Alex Mitchell | Sep, 2020 | Medium

  Over the past decade, the Product Management career has grown incredibly quickly and has become very, very popular. But, it’s also becoming harder than ever for aspiring Product Managers to break in…

• Top 10 European Startups to Watch in 2021 | by Alex Mitchell | Nov, 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…

• 4 Years Later… “10 Bold Technology Predictions for the Next 10 Years”

  Nearly 4 years ago, I made 10 Bold Tech predictions for the next 10 years. Let’s check-in and see how I’m doing so far! Original Theory: There are over 118 million WiFi hotspots in the world today…

• 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…

• 10 Bold Technology Predictions for the Next 10 Years

  10 Bold Technology Predictions for the Next 10 Years. Author: Alex Mitchell

• 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…

• 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…

• 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!

• Disrupting Yourself (Book) - How to Succeed in the New Economy | Product Hunt

  We are living in a time of massive, unbelievable, and relentless change. Disrupting Yourself will help you advance in your career, gain control over your life, master continuous learning, build a recognizable brand, and diversify your skills and income.

• 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…

• The 5 Commandments of New User Onboarding

  Onboarding is the most ignored part of web and mobile app development. Author: Alex Mitchell

• Top 10 Podcasts for Product Managers in 2018

  The top 10 podcasts for Product Managers and everyone else in Tech looking to grow in 2018.

• The 10 YC Companies (W20) I’d Invest In - Alex Mitchell - Medium

  But first, here are my past YC posts if you want to check how my picks have done. If you want to skip to the bottom, you can also see my own evaluation of my past picks for S19, W19, S18, W18, and…

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• My Millennial MBA: A Retrospective

  MBA’s aren’t for everyone. Learn what you will (and won’t) get from the degree from a recent graduate.

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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…

• 5 Ways to Improve Customer Experience

  5 Ways to Improve Customer Experience (and Keep Customers Coming Back). Author: Alex Mitchell

• Building Digital Products - Growth Hackers

  Building Digital Products - Growth Hackers - Author: Alex Mitchell

• How To Be A Great Remote Product Manager with Alex Mitchell - Chief Product Officer at ICX Media by Prodcast • A podcast on Anchor

  On today's episode, I sit down with Alex Mitchell, Chief Product Officer at ICX Media Alex is an avid blogger on Medium and over the last year, Alex's posts have gotten over one million views.  Before COVID-19, Alex had worked in several compan...

• Top 10 African Startups to Watch in 2022 | by Alex Mitchell | Nov, 2021 | Medium

  As we near the end of 2021, it’s absolutely incredible to me how quickly some startup ecosystems have grown over the past 3 years. And, even more incredible to me is how much these ecosystems have…

• Meetup | Alex Mitchell

  Helps groups of people with shared interests plan meetings and form offline clubs in local communities around the world

• Alex Mitchell - Director of Product @ Kin Insurance - Crunchbase

  Alex Mitchell · Overview · Jobs · Board and Advisor Roles · Related Hubs · Education · Recent News and Activity · Choose the right Crunchbase solution for you · Privacy ...

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• Alex Mitchell - Product Mentor on MentorCruise

  Alex Mitchell is a Product & Marketing mentor who provides personalized mentorship in Product, Product Manager, Interview and more.

• 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.

• 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.

• How I Reached 1 Million Views Per Year on Medium - Alex Mitchell - Medium

  This past week, I had 25k views of my stories on Medium. If you do the quick math, the annualized run-rate of 25k views per week is 25k * 52 weeks= 1.3M views (!) If you told me several years ago…

• 7 Ways to Stand Out in a Crowded Product Management Job Market | by Alex Mitchell | Oct, 2020 | Medium

  Most weeks during the pandemic, I’ve spent between 5 and 10 hours coaching and mentoring aspiring Product Managers and Product Managers seeking their next challenge. P.S. If you’re looking for…

• Spring Cleaning for Your Product

  Spring Cleaning for Your Product. Author: Alex Mitchell

• Top 10 Latin American 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 Latin American Startups. Each of these posts explores the unique…

• 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...

• Good Product Manager / Great Product Manager | by Alex Mitchell | Aug, 2020 | Medium

  Although there are certainly parts of the blog post that are out-of-date today, much of the spirit of the post holds up. In fact, I often still recommend it when I put together lists of top blog…

• An Open (Financial) Letter to Millennials

  An Open (Financial) Letter to Millennials. CNBC. Author: Alex Mitchell.

• Our Team | Upside

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• The Top 5 Ways to Accept Payments From Online and Offline Customers | Marketing Mojo for Small Business

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