All signs are pointing to some form of recovery in the US economy. Product managers need to be hard at work right now preparing for the upturn in sales and planning the product roadmap for future releases. It is a great time for investment in time and internal resources. It is absolutely critical to understand how the market has changed given our new economic realities and to understand the new market problems that your products can solve. These investments are magnified by competitors who are retrenching rather than investing.