Andrew Chen

JANUARY 3, 2017

January 2007. It was 2007, and the iPhone hadn’t been released yet, YCombinator was just getting started, and MySpace was still bigger than Facebook. I barely knew anyone when I first arrived here, so I had a simple goal in 2007: Meet 5 new people per day, every day. People are the secret sauce. Think long-term.

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Mind the Product

AUGUST 24, 2018

The term Product/Market Fit was coined by Marc Andreesen back in 2007 and it’s been a key goal for any new product or startup ever since. But like any buzzword, it is often oversimplified and misunderstood.

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Mind the Product

AUGUST 22, 2017

Then in 2007, Netflix launched their streaming platform. In 2007, Netflix started to look into partnering with hardware manufacturers to get Netflix content streaming on people’s televisions. In 2002, Netflix went public. While they had around 600,000 subscribers at launch, they had a challenge to face.

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Product Management Unpacked

APRIL 27, 2020

The Great Recession (December 2007- June 2009). The Iran/Energy Crisis Recession: (July 1981 – November 1982). The Gulf War Recession: (July 1990 – March 1991). The 9/11 Recession: (March 2001 – November 2001). The Great Lockdown (March 2020-?). It’s not a question of if , but when.

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 1, 2023

The first iPhone (2007) differentiated this way: 3. Elimination: factors of the industry have long competed ⬇️ Reduction: factors to reduce below the industry standards ⬆️ Raise: factors to raise above all industry’s standards ⭐️ Creation: factors the industry never offered This map is called the Blue Ocean matrix. Apple used it too.

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The Secret PM Handbook

MAY 12, 2017

Copyright (c) 2007 Joan M. Let me know via the comments if you think this can help you and your organization to be more effective. Image Credit: “Communication” by Joan M. Mas, Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC 2.0) .

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Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 31, 2019

Steve Jobs’s claim that “ People want to own their music ” rather than rent it might have been right when he said it around the time of the iPhone launch in 2007, but the very fabric of our culture has shifted entirely since then. From movies and TV to music, we now live in a cloud-enabled, subscription-based streaming wonderland.

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Mind the Product

JUNE 18, 2019

Tech billionaire Marc Andreessen has been credited with bringing the term “product/market fit” into the mainstream lexicon in 2007. During my dealings with investors and product veterans, I’ve often heard that you can always feel when product/market fit is happening.

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The Secret PM Handbook

MAY 12, 2017

Copyright (c) 2007 Joan M. Let me know via the comments if you think this can help you and your organization to be more effective. Image Credit: “Communication” by Joan M. Mas, Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC 2.0) .

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Sachin Rekhi

AUGUST 23, 2022

In 2007 I founded my first startup, Anywhere.FM, which developed a web music player that allowed you to upload your entire music collection to the web and then stream it from anywhere. I've dedicated my entire career to five such hunts across the three startups I co-founded as well as the new products I built at LinkedIn and Microsoft.

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Product Innovation Educators

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

While it has since been updated many times, this is the body of knowledge I discovered in 2007 that led to many ah-ha moments for me as a product manager. While it has since been updated many times, this is the body of knowledge I discovered in 2007 that led to many ah-ha moments for me as a product manager.

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Intercom, Inc.

JUNE 28, 2018

When I moved to Silicon Valley in 2007, self-serve software was all the rage. When software and service aren’t equal priorities, it’s impossible to build a successful company. The people you hire provide just as much value as your product. Everyone wanted to create products that sold themselves.

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Melissa Perri

MAY 13, 2016

In 2007 I joined an innovation swat team at Cornell in the Johnson Graduate School of Business. To understand these needs, you have to also understand the timing of 2007. It was called the Business, Science, and Technology Initiative (known to the cool kids as BSTI). I want to know what people expect from me.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

In 2007, the company launched its streaming service, allowing subscribers to instantly watch a vast library of movies and TV shows online. However, with the rise of streaming technology, Netflix introduced its streaming service in 2007, initially bundled with DVD rental subscriptions at no extra cost.

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Analytic Tools Entertainment Customer Experience Data Visualization 105

The Product Coalition

AUGUST 9, 2020

Established in 2007, it has already shipped 300+ projects for clients from 27 countries. El Passion Min. project size: $5,000+ Hourly rates: $50?—?$99 99 / hr Headquarter: Warsaw El Passion is a Warsaw-based software development company with exceptional skillset and extensive experience.

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Sachin Rekhi

SEPTEMBER 2, 2013

And then in 2007 he launched the SEOMoz Pro Membership subscription product to an existing audience of 10,000 marketers specifically interested in SEO. Rand Fishkin launched SEOmoz.org in 2004 to share his thoughts as he learned about SEO.

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Mind the Product

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

At Google in 2007, the same thing was happening. As everyone knows, this situation didn’t end well for Encarta – and somewhat galling – the first Google search result for Encarta is a Wikipedia article!

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Intercom, Inc.

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

She joined the company in 2007 back when it was just 30 people and has been instrumental in helping the company scale both its team and its market share over the years. That’s exactly how Yelp approached its growth journey, under the leadership of Senior Vice President and General Manager of Local Revenue Kayti Sullivan.

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Roman Pichler

JANUARY 12, 2017

The dark one represents the value curve of the smartphone industry in 2007; the light one the first iPhone. By assessing the degree to which the iPhone and the competitor products fulfil the twelve factors, two lines are created. When comparing the two lines, we see that the they diverge.

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Product Talk

MARCH 30, 2016

Back in 2007, I worked on a product that helped big company recruiters recruit candidates. Or you load up on vegetables at the grocery store, only to toss them out a week later when they go bad. You’ll suffer an even worse fate if you build a product based on a coherent story that simply isn’t true in reality. I learned this the hard way.

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Mind the Product

APRIL 27, 2018

A Twitter user used it in 2007 as a way to track conversations when he tweeted at some of his friends. Josh shows a clip from a skit from The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon that emphasizes the cultural significance of the hashtag in social media. Josh points out that the first hashtag wasn’t something that Twitter planned to use.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Marc Andreessen describes PMF in his 2007 blog post : “You can always feel when product/market fit is not happening. Even when I search for “how to find product market fit,” I find vague articles describing how you should understand your target persona, test prototypes, etc., but nothing around how to measure it.

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Intercom, Inc.

MAY 1, 2018

I’ve been working with my co-founders since 2007-2008. You can check out the slides and video below. Would you prefer a written account? What follows is a lightly edited transcript of the presentation. The nature of traction itself has changed quite a bit in that period.

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Andrew Chen

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

I moved to the Bay Area in 2007, as a first time founder with a lot of energy and a lot of questions. I’ll be focused on consumer startups, bottoms up SaaS, marketplaces, and more – utilizing my expertise in growth to launch and scale new companies. Incredibly excited.

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Mind the Product

JUNE 22, 2018

Mobile-phone based payment system M-Pesa first launched in Kenya in 2007. He speaks about his experiences of engineering innovative Kenyan payment systems such as M-Pesa and M-Shwari, and of reinventing how we manage asthma conditions using simple computing tools. The Story of M-Pesa and M-Shwari.

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TurnKey Labs

JANUARY 8, 2024

Perhaps on June 29, 2007, when the first iPhone was introduced, few people in the world realized what a huge billion-dollar industry mobile apps were turning into. Nowadays, there is no doubt that mobile app development is a thriving industry. Even when I earned my first $100 from selling primitive applications for the Nokia Ovi […]

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UX Planet

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

345–358, 2007. FORRESTER, Jay Wright. System dynamics — a personal view of the first fifty years. System Dynamics Review: The Journal of the System Dynamics Society, v. MEADOWS, Donella H. Thinking in systems: A primer. chelsea green publishing, 2008.

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Centercode

JUNE 24, 2020

Research from McKinsey & Company highlights the role that focusing on customer experience played during the 2007-09 recession. While the devastation of COVID-19 is unprecedented, past recessions shed some light on how to survive its economic effects.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 27, 2024

Data centers, a vital component of our digital ecosystem, consume about 2% of global electricity. Alarming projections suggest this could rise to 8% by 2030 and 14% by 2040, a substantial leap from just 1.5%

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freshtrax

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Smartphones & Touch Screen (2007-Present) Apple’s iPhone launch in 2007 marked a turning point in technology and design. From the rise of the smartphone to recent breakthroughs in generative AI, these innovations have had a profound global impact, changing industries and human behavior.

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Andrew Chen

JULY 31, 2022

I started writing it in 2007 upon arriving to SF as a mid-20s noob aspiring founder, and over a decade later, it taught me that writing is one of my favorite activities. to define the next generation of consumer tech. More on that soon. And I’ve met so many great people from doing it, too.

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Events Startups Books Blog 98

Product Innovation Educators

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

In 2007 I sat in a small conference room with 12 other people. I’ve been in product management my entire career, in many roles, but I didn’t even know much about PDMA until around 2007. In 2007 I sat in a small conference room with 12 other people. 7:05] Alan’s story of his involvement with PDMA.

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 21, 2024

Yes, do start with the pirate metrics (from Dave McClure's 2007 talk ) so you can focus on the value you can provide. Integrate Agility Everywhere If you've been an agile coach or a Scrum Master, ask yourself how you can integrate agility into your work. And use the flow metrics so you can see progress.

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Street Smart Product Manager

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

In 2007, ProductRepair (name changed), a market leader in its industry, was facing some serious threats: A rapidly maturing business. New “digitally native” entrants with greatly enhanced data collection abilities. A 100% call center based customer service model, with an escalating cost per interaction.

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Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 7, 2022

. “As cloud and SaaS companies were starting to erupt and take off and get funding, we started to see this dilemma of customers churning” It was in 2007, which is not that long ago, but when we think about technology, that was eons ago. 2007 was when the iPhone was launched and when LinkedIn finally became profitable.

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TurnKey Labs

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Perhaps on June 29, 2007, when the first iPhone was introduced, few people in the world realized what a huge billion-dollar industry mobile apps were turning into. Nowadays, there is no doubt that mobile app development is a thriving industry. Even when I earned my first $100 from selling primitive applications for the Nokia Ovi […]

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Lenny Rachitsky

JULY 7, 2024

[link] • Patrick Collison on LinkedIn: [link] • Drew Houston on LinkedIn: [link] • William Gibson’s quote: [link] • Maddie Hall on LinkedIn: [link] • Living Carbon: [link] • Zenefits (now Trinet): [link] • Sam Altman on X: [link] • Steve Wozniak on LinkedIn: [link] • Horsley Bridge Partners: (..)

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