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Cortney Jacobsen

Cortney Jacobsen

How to Write a Product Management Resume that Resonates in a Competitive Market

Resilience is Required! You have a 2% chance of being hired

Dec 17, 2023

How to Write a Product Management Resume that Resonates in a Competitive Market

Dec 17, 2023

Cortney Jacobsen

New Year, New Roadmap! Why You Need to Love Roadmapping This Year (and every year)

One of the first things that I fell in love with when I learned about the profession of Product Management was Roadmaps. At first, Roadmaps…

Jan 19, 2023

New Year, New Roadmap! Why You Need to Love Roadmapping This Year (and every year)

Jan 19, 2023

Cortney Jacobsen

Is Persona Development Dead?

The purpose of persona development is to deeply understand your product’s users so that you can empathize with them in a variety of…

Dec 7, 2022

Is Persona Development Dead?

Dec 7, 2022

Cortney Jacobsen

How Product Leaders Can Create a Personal Strategy to Influence Without Authority

Soft skills are the bedrock of great Product Management. There are no specialized degrees, certificates, or even professional experience…

Nov 12, 2022

How Product Leaders Can Create a Personal Strategy to Influence Without Authority

Nov 12, 2022

Cortney Jacobsen

5 Leadership Lessons from a New Product Leader

A few years ago, I moved from a 20-year career as an Individual Contributor Product Manager, to a team leader with seven direct reports…

Oct 22, 2022

business meeting with 5 people sitting around a table, led by a young woman

Oct 22, 2022

Cortney Jacobsen

How to Use the Art of Mashups to Design Your Next Product Feature

No matter where your preferences lie on the music spectrum, I am willing to wager that the Barden Bella’s finale performance in Pitch…

Oct 3, 2022

How to Use the Art of Mashups to Design Your Next Product Feature

Oct 3, 2022

Cortney Jacobsen

The Only Product Strategy Framework You Will Ever Need

Every article you read, every trail you hike, every song you strum, and every product you manage has a beginning, a middle, and an end. The…

Sep 27, 2022

The Only Product Strategy Framework You Will Ever Need

Sep 27, 2022

Cortney Jacobsen

Building a Whole Product is a Whole Company Effort: A 0-to-1 Product Story

As career Product Managers, there is a lot of focus and emphasis on the inner workings and relationship between Product and Engineering…

Sep 2, 2022

Building a Whole Product is a Whole Company Effort: A 0-to-1 Product Story

Sep 2, 2022

Cortney Jacobsen

Workplace Social Media Confessions of a GenXer

I am not a user of social media. Let me re-state: I am no longer a user of social media. During the first wave of the pandemic, in the…

Jul 31, 2022

Workplace Social Media Confessions of a GenXer

Jul 31, 2022

Cortney Jacobsen

10 Women Doing Their Thing and Kicking Ass in Endurance Sports

Imagine a world where a young boy meets a celebrated sports hero — like a Shalane Flanagan or Megan Rapinoe — and walks away with a…

Mar 5, 2020

10 Women Doing Their Thing and Kicking Ass in Endurance Sports

Mar 5, 2020

Cortney Jacobsen

Cortney Jacobsen

Cortney is a product leader, coach, and entrepreneur. She geeks out on bikes, word games, furry friends, whiskey, vegan delights, and classic rock.

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