Coaching Product Teams to Test Ideas with Customers
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Accelerate your progress with a Product Discovery Coach
Jim coaches Product Management organizations in startups, growth companies, and Fortune 100s.
He's a successful Silicon Valley founder with over two decades of experience including an IPO ($450 million) and a buyout ($168 million). These days, he coaches Product leaders and teams to find product-market fit and accelerate growth across a variety of industries and business models.
Jim graduated from Stanford University with a BS in Computer Science and currently lectures at UC Berkeley in Product Management.
Accelerate Your Change
Jim Morris, founder of the Product Discovery Group, is an agent of change. He personally works with every team to make and execute a plan to Discover insights from customers.
Previous Success
Jim has real-world success turning raw ideas into commercial successes. He co-founded and sold PowerReviews for $168 million at a 13x multiple. Before that, he product managed and architected one of the Internet’s first ecommerce system at online retailer Fogdog.com that had a $450 million IPO on the Nasdaq exchange.
Only the Best
His curriculum and advice derive from 25+ years of experience and the best minds in Product Management. His computer science background enables him to close the Product and Engineering gap. He graduated from Stanford University in Computer Science and currently lectures in Product Management at the University of California, Berkeley.
Adapts To Any Org
Jim lives in Silicon Valley and has worked with over 100 teams all over the world in a variety of industries and business models. Previous clients include Kaiser Permanente, PagerDuty, Dictionary.com, and Hallmark. He’s also worked with startups in machine learning, API development, computer vision, payments and digital health.
How It Works
We assess areas for improvement and coach the most relevant techniques to make an immediate difference. All methods are customized and adapted to your company’s business model and product lines. Sessions can be remote or in person.
Product Team Coaching
Coach cross-functional teams
Some teams cannot teach themselves to do Product Discovery. Others encounter insurmountable barriers. Doing regular Product Discovery is not always a knowledge problem. Jim coaches teams to break through barriers and learn the right skills to use at the right moments. Teams learn to be self-sufficient and empowered in finding and incorporating customer feedback.
Product Leaders
Use a product specific coach for a product leader
It’s not enough for a Product organization to hit deadlines. Product Leaders must also create an environment for innovation and growth. They have to remove barriers and set a strategic direction. Jim coaches leaders to craft effective strategy, hire the best, retain the best and move the company forward with confidence, not salesmanship.
Product Workshops
Jumpstart Discovery for the Entire Org
Converting an organization to Product Discovery requires an intentional and coordinated change. A Product Manager can’t do it herself. She needs buy-in from designers, engineers, analysts, marketing and others. Jim leads a multi-day, interactive workshop to bring different disciplines together to understand how, when, and why Product Discovery benefits an organization. Teams can start using these techniques right away. Each workshop is customized to the company’s product lines.
