Article List
Product
The Concept and Process of Feature Closing
This article focuses on the discontinuation of a product or feature and outlines the process and key decision-making points to consider.
Product
Product Manager Diversity: Key to Realizing Product Strategy
This article reviews product strategy and explores the importance and benefits of product manager diversity in realizing that strategy, focusing on the growth phase and beyond.
Product
Security in Cloud Services
This article provides an overview of the security measures cloud service providers should implement and outlines various security certifications.
Product
Freemium in SaaS: Three Key Strategies
In this article, we will review what freemium means in SaaS, compare it with the similar concept of free trial, and confirm what it means in terms of product strategy.
Product
The Evolution of Pricing in SaaS
This article reviews how businesses and products have evolved with the rise of XaaS and identifies the necessary changes in pricing to support this evolution.
Product
Career Paths to Becoming a Product Manager
While knowledge about product management is growing, there's no well-organized guide on how to become a product manager. At the same time, the gateway to becoming a product manager with no experience is still quite limited. In light of this situation, this article challenges you to categorize the career path to product manager based on the backgrounds of the product managers I have worked with and the backgrounds of the product managers who became product managers.
Product
The Evolving Role of Product Leaders in Business Growth
This article explores the evolving roles, skills, and mindset of product leaders, with a focus on the organization, company structure, and the business phase in which they operate.
Transformation
Organizational Operating Systems: The Key to Success or Failure in Digital Transformation
Japan's once-thriving AV equipment and mobile internet industries were upended by the arrival of iOS and Android in 2007, completely reshaping the landscape.
Product
Creating an Environment for Product Evolution: The Hard Factors
In the previous article, we covered the soft aspects, highlighting the importance of shared goals, user focus, and agility. In this article, we will introduce the hard aspects, including the tools that support the soft aspects.
Spotlight
Accelerating Digital Transformation in Large Enterprises through a Long-Term Perspective: Insights from JAFCO Group's Shozo Isaka
In this installment of our series on the transformation of major corporations from a VC's perspective, we explore what is essential for corporate transformation, including digital transformation (DX). In this fourth installment, we interview Mr. Shozo Isaka, a Partner at JAFCO Group. Mr. Isaka emphasizes the importance of a long-term perspective. We will discuss key points for advancing DX in large companies and considerations for startups collaborating with them, based on Mr. Isaka's insights.
Product
Creating an Environment for Product Evolution: The Soft Factors
What kind of environment supports the products that form the basis of your business, and what kind of environment do the product development personnel who drive its operation seek?
Spotlight
Nissan and Shiseido's Reformer: Lessons from the ‘Professional Manager’ for Young Leaders — Insights from Mitsuru Kameyama
Mitsuru Kameyama worked on global projects at Nissan Motor (hereafter Nissan) during the period of change led by Carlos Ghosn, and together with Masahiko Uotani, known as a professional manager, he transformed Shiseido into a global company capable of speedy decision making. He also spearheaded digital transformation (DX) at Mitsubishi Materials Corporation, a major manufacturing firm with a long history, during the COVID-19 pandemic. Mitsuru Kameyama, Senior Executive Advisor at Gloving and President of Conepositive, has supported numerous essential reforms in Japan's leading enterprise companies from an IT perspective.