The Product Guy

OCTOBER 25, 2016

In 2004, Adrienne Tan co-founded Brainmates with Nick Coster. Amanda lives in Melbourne with her family and in her spare time likes to explore all things cooking related (with a dose of the gym thrown in to try and work it all off!). Adrienne Tan CEO, Brainmates.

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Mind the Product

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Netflix’s Friends (Born 2004, died 2010). Netflix launched Friends in 2004, the year that Facebook grew from one million to six million members. I write a lot about product strategy, and use Netflix as an example so that others can learn from the company’s success and failure. A Brief History of Netflix’s Friends.

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Intercom, Inc.

MARCH 27, 2018

I studied artificial intelligence in college in 2004. We’ll share a lot more soon, but we think you’ll love it for the new use cases it will unlock, uniquely for you. Investing in machine learning to make automation personal at scale. It was overhyped then, and it’s overhyped now.

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Roman Pichler

MARCH 9, 2021

Background Story : Readers familiar with the history of Scrum—sometimes lovingly referred to as Scrumtorians—will undoubtedly know that it has contained sprint goals at least since 2002 and a (product) vision since 2004 , even though the latter is not mentioned in the Scrum Guide.

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Product Innovation Educators

DECEMBER 17, 2018

In 2004, we observed a trend in transit systems that wanted to bring contactless payments to avoid lines and move people through the system quickly. In 2004, we observed a trend in transit systems that wanted to bring contactless payments to avoid lines and move people through the system quickly.

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Sachin Rekhi

SEPTEMBER 2, 2013

Only in 2004 did they eventually launch Basecamp , their flagship project management app to a welcome audience of blog readers, including designers, software enthusiasts, small businesses, and more. Rand Fishkin launched SEOmoz.org in 2004 to share his thoughts as he learned about SEO.

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Lenny Rachitsky

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

Starting as a snowboard shop in 2004, Shopify has become the leading commerce platform by consistently approaching problems differently. e-commerce. Tobi remains deeply technical, frequently coding alongside his team, and is known for his unique approach to leadership, product development, and company building.

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The Product Guy

JANUARY 5, 2017

In 2004, Adrienne Tan co-founded Brainmates with Nick Coster. Amanda lives in Melbourne with her family and in her spare time likes to explore all things cooking related (with a dose of the gym thrown in to try and work it all off!). Adrienne Tan CEO, Brainmates.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 29, 2020

2004: The video game industry’s profits officially overtook those of the movie industry ?? Without agile, there would be no MVPs, no product-led growth, and the overall landscape of the tech industry would look very different. People started using the word Google as a verb ??

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 9, 2020

Since 2004, the company has delivered services for startups and already world-famous brands. $99 / hr Headquarter: Gliwice Boldare is another trusted software development company based in Poland. They provide high-quality web and mobile app development for SMBs and enterprises all over the globe.

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The Product Guy

FEBRUARY 18, 2017

In 2004, Adrienne Tan co-founded Brainmates with Nick Coster. Amanda lives in Melbourne with her family and in her spare time likes to explore all things cooking related (with a dose of the gym thrown in to try and work it all off!). Adrienne Tan CEO, Brainmates.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Blue Ocean Strategy Published in 2004, the ideas of professors W. Joan Magretta summarizes the most important concepts Porter developed over his career: Competitive advantage, The value chain, Five forces, Industry structure, Differentiation, Relative cost. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne quickly gained popularity.

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Mind the Product

APRIL 11, 2017

Published in March 2004, Inmates was one of the first books published that strongly called out the the insane usability problems with most software tools at the time. With chapters titled What Do You Get When you Cross a Computer with an Airplane? and Techno Rage , you can be assured that Cooper’s book will not bore you.

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BrainMates

MARCH 24, 2025

The Biggest Bet of My Career In 2004, I left a stable product role at a subscription TV company to start Brainmates. But making bets isnt just about the products we manage; its about how we approach leadership. I know this firsthand because my entire career has been shaped by bets. It wasnt an impulsive decision.

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Product Innovation Educators

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

In 2004, we started thinking about how we could build an ebook service. We start with the customer needs and work backwards from there. Most companies take a skills-forward approach, meaning they develop new products based on what they’re good at. Instead, we start with our customers’ needs.

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Nulab

JUNE 29, 2022

Founded in 2004 in Japan, Nulab creates productivity software used by over 4 million people in over 190 countries. For more information on the listing, please visit the Japan Exchange Group. For investor relations information, please refer to our Nulab Japan investor relations webpage. About Nulab.

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Product Talk

DECEMBER 18, 2024

I think that was in 2004. The first big change that we’ve seen is that our delivery cadence has changed. I remember working at a startup where we were striving to get to nightly builds so that we could ship software every day. We’ve come a long way.

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Mind the Product

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Formed in 2004, THG (The Hut Group) has grown from a start-up business to a global digital commerce group, fast becoming one of the world’s leading beauty and well-being online retail organisations. And with that, we’re thrilled to announce the MTP Engage Manchester speakers: Garry Prior – The Hut Group.

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Userpilot

MAY 30, 2024

His most significant career milestone came when he co-founded IMVU, an online social networking and virtual world startup, in 2004. After studying at Yale University, Eric began his career as a Senior Software Engineer at There.com.

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Mind the Product

MARCH 7, 2017

Belonging, identity and Third Culture Kids: Life histories of former international school students ; Helen Fail, Jeff Thompson and George Walker / Journal of Research in International Education, 2004 3: 319. Peterson, Laila T. Plamondon / Journal of Research in Personality, 2009.

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freshtrax

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Social Media Platforms (2004-Present) It’s hard to imagine a world before social media. Platforms like Facebook (since 2004), X (formerly Twitter) (since 2006), and Instagram (since 2010) have changed the way we communicate.

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The Product Coalition

MAY 18, 2022

As stated on their website, “Originally founded in 2004 as Facebook, Meta’s mission is to give people the power to build community and bring the world closer together” This goes hand in hand with the mission of Instagram stories.

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NextBigWhat

JULY 5, 2021

The practice began in 2004 when Jeff Bezos noticed nothing was being decided after 60-minute long meetings with his inner circle (AKA S-Team). The practice began in 2004 when Jeff Bezos noticed nothing was being decided after 60-minute long meetings with his inner circle (AKA S-Team). Why memos over Powerpoint?

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Andrew Chen

JULY 23, 2018

I found this from a Facebook 2004 media kit showing crazy high numbers even with a small base of 70k users: Assessing product/market fit with DAU/MAU. This metric was always impressive for Facebook because it’s always been high. It’s historically been >50%. And it has!

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Userzoom

JANUARY 5, 2018

just accelerated to its best year since 2004 and Amazon could be eyeing Target as its next major retail acquisition, according to one influential tech analyst. Just Accelerated to its Best Year Since 2004. Two-day Shipping Has Helped Double Warehouse Land Prices. Manufacturing in the U.S. the best in 13 years.

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UX Studio: Product Management

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

The company was founded by three enthusiasts who met at Howard Dean’s Presidential campaign in 2004. Ustvo started as a small company founded by 2 best friends in the UK in 2004. These people work together to create digital products and services that inspire and help others succeed. Later on, they moved to Washington, D.C,

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Ben Foster, who was the company’s PM of Findings between 2001–2004, was in charge of that effort. Search The problem At first glance, both eBay and Amazon offered a similar search experience: the buyer would go on the platform’s website, enter a set of keywords and receive a bunch of items for sale relative to those keywords.

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Alan Cooper’s prescient book, The Inmates are Running the Asylum , was a wake-up call back in 2004. This approach defines the product from an engineering perspective and not from a customer perspective. Consequently, the doctor becomes the patient and the patient becoming the doctor.

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Mind the Product

DECEMBER 2, 2016

In 2003 Lego lost $300 million – even though Lego has the highest profit margin of any toy brand – and predicted a loss of $400 million in 2004. In 2004 Lego’s new CEO Jorgen Vig Knudstorp stated that customers would have a say in all new Lego designs going forward. In 2010 Lego was profitable with sales of $2.3 billion.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 20, 2020

Untitled, 2020 (by me) In 2004, Chris Anderson wrote “ The Long Tail ” , an article that motivates the need for recommender systems. A Collection of News Articles by Popular Media that Explain Recommender Systems in a Way Everyone Can Understand.

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freshtrax

JUNE 11, 2019

We at btrax have been helping global companies expand their business into the Japanese market since 2004. Make sure to define your value proposition in the market first before jumping into this lucrative market. Contact us to discuss how we can make your vision come to life in Japan. #######.

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The Product Guy

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

In 2004, Adrienne Tan co-founded Brainmates with Nick Coster. Amanda lives in Melbourne with her family and in her spare time likes to explore all things cooking related (with a dose of the gym thrown in to try and work it all off!). Adrienne Tan CEO, Brainmates.

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The Product Guy

JANUARY 31, 2017

In 2004, Adrienne Tan co-founded Brainmates with Nick Coster. Amanda lives in Melbourne with her family and in her spare time likes to explore all things cooking related (with a dose of the gym thrown in to try and work it all off!). Adrienne Tan CEO, Brainmates.

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The Product Guy

JANUARY 27, 2017

In 2004, Adrienne Tan co-founded Brainmates with Nick Coster. Amanda lives in Melbourne with her family and in her spare time likes to explore all things cooking related (with a dose of the gym thrown in to try and work it all off!). Adrienne Tan CEO, Brainmates.

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ProductCraft

AUGUST 28, 2018

2004 feels like a century ago. But 2004 was the year that a mentor took. Think about it. We didn’t have Airbnb and Uber. It would be three more years before the first iPhone would make its appearance, two years before the launch of AWS, and almost a full decade before the emergence of Slack.

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UX Studio: Product Management

MARCH 5, 2021

World of Warcraft (2004). Modern narrative-driven games primarily present clutter and unclear hierarchy in the upgrade section. If you landed in the upgrade-system of God of War for the first time, you’d feel a bit disoriented by the number of stat-bars, numbers, and unnecessary abbreviations.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 30, 2021

The video-on-demand platform, since its inception in 2004, has catered to many in the creative market. Vimeo OTT Review & Alternatives Have you been generating video content for a long time? If yes, you’ve definitely heard of Vimeo at some point.

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