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Harvester Research and Analyst 2.0

by The Cranky Product Manager on August 13, 2010

in Analysts

Oh goodness.  The Cranky Product Manager realizes that this April Fool's send-up of technology analysts has been creeping around the Internet for well over a year.  But, alas, this is the first time she saw it.

Please read.  Very funny stuff. It's about Harvester Research's launch of ForceSales.com, the industry's first Analyst-as-a-Service (Aaas) offering.

The Cranky Product Manager especially likes the Harvester frameworks: the Harvester Fave, the Harvester Magic Kingdom , and the Harvester Market Dream Cycle.  

 

 

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Video – You Chose Product Marketing, Deal With It!

by The Cranky Product Manager on February 18, 2009

in The PM Profession

One of the Crankerati (that’s what the CPM is now calling all you readers) sent this in, so the Cranky Product Manager might share it with you.  FREAKIN’ HILARIOUS STUFF. And still oh so true.

Enjoy.

Summary:

Back in the 1990s, some creative marketing people at Sun made this video. Though Sun is the setting, it is widely applicable to high tech companies in the valley. Intended to be funny, it has aged pretty well.

“You Chose Product Marketing – Deal With It!” is now available on YouTube.

Quality is not 1080p (source was an old VCR tape), and had to be split into two parts since YouTube will only allow 10 minute videos, and it was about 11 minutes long.

Part One:

Part Two:

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