Trent MankelowinTrade Me Blog8 tips for running a great product management guildBack in 2012, Spotify released a whitepaper talking about how they scaled their company. One of the ideas that they introduced was a…Jun 27, 2017Jun 27, 2017
Trent MankelowinTrade Me Blog23 tips for writing great one-pagersLast week, I introduced the Trade Me one-pagers, our ‘business case on a page’. The template and idea is pretty simple, but there is a lot…Jun 20, 20171Jun 20, 20171
Trent MankelowinTrade Me BlogAn introduction to Trade Me’s ‘one-pagers’Back in 2014, Trade Me introduced the concept of a one-pager, a business-plan-on-a-page that briefly outlines a new piece of work or…Jun 13, 20171Jun 13, 20171
Trent MankelowinTrade Me BlogHEARRRT — Trade Me’s metrics frameworkIn my first month at Trade Me, one of my first tasks was to come up with a high-level, easy-to-understand, easy-to-apply metrics framework…Jun 7, 20171Jun 7, 20171
Trent MankelowinTrade Me BlogThe MVP is dead, long live the MVE!We talk a lot about MVPs (Minimum Viable Products) at Trade Me. I think that most of the time we are wrong — what we call MVPs aren’t MVPs…May 23, 2017May 23, 2017
Trent MankelowinTrade Me BlogGreat product leaders have great visionToday, Trade Me is hosting its first-ever offsite for the newly minted People Leaders Group, made up of the 130-odd people who manage staff…May 16, 2017May 16, 2017
Trent MankelowinTrade Me BlogThe History of Trade Me’s Product CouncilIn January 2014, Trade Me’s CEO invited me to lunch. Jon and I first met in 2009, when I was asked to be part of the Trade Me Revolution…May 9, 2017May 9, 2017
Trent MankelowinTrade Me BlogProduct prioritization is simple, but not easyAt its heart, prioritizing product ideas is pretty simple — all you are doing is weighing up the benefits versus costs, which you can do in…May 2, 2017May 2, 2017
Trent MankelowinTrade Me BlogRunning great meetingsMeetings have a bad name. It’s fair enough, we’ve all sat through poorly run meetings where time seems to stand still, where you aren’t…Apr 25, 2017Apr 25, 2017
Trent MankelowinTrade Me BlogPresenting is storytellingIn January, I asked all of Trade Me’s product managers to self-rate their experience and skill on 21 different product management-related…Apr 18, 2017Apr 18, 2017