Author Archives: Blaine Mathieu

About Blaine Mathieu

Blaine Mathieu is an experienced high technology executive with deep experience in both product and marketing strategy. He is an accomplished consultant, speaker and panelist at numerous marketing and technology industry events and relevant webinars, and has held successful executive positions in recognized high technology brands such as Gartner, Adobe, Corel, and Lyris. Currently he is Chief Products Officer at Mindjet. Learn more about Blaine at LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/bmathieu

A Compound Approach to Great Leadership

What makes a great leader? That is truly one of the most written-about topics in business today.  Even the Wikipedia entry on Leadership would take a fast reader the better part of a day to work through. And no wonder. … Continue reading

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Quickie: New Experian Report on Integrated Marketing

I just finished reading The 2012 Digital Marketer: Benchmark and Trend Report. 150 pages and a lot of solid content – worth the read – and so I thought I would do a “quickie” blog post about it. You do … Continue reading

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A Compound Approach to Bringing Combined B2B Solutions to Market

As a business-person involved in running a successful multi-product business, at one point or another you might have found yourself in the following situation: Companies that sell to other companies (B2B marketers) develop products to meet the needs of individual … Continue reading

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Everything I Know About Marketing I Learned From Tony Horton

If you have ever watched any late-night TV (and that’s probably the only time successful marketers have to watch TV) you have certainly seen fitness guru Tony Horton promoting his P90X video series. For those of you that miss it … Continue reading

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IF (Agile NOT Compound) THEN Fail

According to Wikipedia, agile software development is “a group of software development methodologies based on iterative and incremental development, where requirements and solutions evolve through collaboration between self-organizing, cross-functional teams. It… encourages rapid and flexible response to change. [Emphasis mine.] … Continue reading

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Compound Product Strategy in Action

My first year as Chief Products Officer at Mindjet has been an incredible whirlwind. Mindjet has long been known for its great products – especially on the desktop – but my mandate was to help take the company to a … Continue reading

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Apple – the Compound Marketing Expert

Apple’s success in the market in undeniable. In 2001, revenues were just over $5b with a net loss of $25m. Fast-forward to 2010 and revenues exceeded $65b with a net income of $14b. Wow. Tech historians and Apple experts have … Continue reading

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Compound Market Research – Alive and Well

Since I recently moved to a new company, in charge of product strategy, I have found myself involved in a lot of market research over the past few months. “Understanding the customer” has to be the foundation of any product … Continue reading

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Whatever Happened to Compound Marketing?

A funny thing has happened in the time since my last blog post. Absolutely nothing. What I mean by that is, over the period of just the past few months, I have noticed a marked shift in the sentiment and … Continue reading

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Executing a Successful Compound Job Search

Okay, so I have an admission to make. It was more than just my desire to give back to the Marketing community that caused me to start the Compound Marketing Group blog. It was also a cornerstone of my compound … Continue reading

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