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Peter Thiel's Anti-Lean Manifesto

Sachin Rekhi

The Lean Startup methodology, first described in 2008 by Eric Ries, has taken the startup world by storm. His 2011 book, The Lean Startup , has become a New York Times best seller, selling millions of copies to aspirational entrepreneurs. A bad plan is better than no plan." Origin of Lean Thinking. Plans Matter.

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Little Otter’s Rebecca Egger on making mental health care accessible to all

Intercom, Inc.

In a heartfelt testimony, Rebecca recalls how her little brother came down with a rare autoimmune brain disorder back in 2008. How can you develop the technology while making sure it really gets to the people who need it the most and has an actual impact on their lives? Helen Egger — launched Little Otter. Liam: For sure.

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Customer retention is the new conversion

Intercom, Inc.

I’ve been working with my co-founders since 2007-2008. We developed all these tips and tricks that would help us optimize what happens when they land. We realized early that you can have all the tactics in the world but if they hit your homepage and your homepage is bad, it’ll go to s**t. This was around 2010.

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How Compare and Contrast Decisions Lead to Better Product Outcomes

Product Talk

As usual, the Mind the Product team hosted a phenomenal event. Teresa Torres presented ‘Critical Thinking for Product Teams’ at Mind the Product London on September 8, 2017. I’ve been developing a visual critical thinking tool that I want to share with you today. I looked to the rest of the team for help.

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Beyond the hype: Practical advice on building a platform

Intercom, Inc.

And it’s not without good reason: nearly all software products with dominant market share started as apps but grew to the point where third-party developers began building valuable integrations on top of what these companies had already created. New Relic’s General Manager, Mark Weitzel, weighs in on how you can support your developers.

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Behind Every Great Product

svpg

When I first decided to start The Silicon Valley Product Group, I had just left eBay and had some very strong opinions about what makes great product teams, and great product cultures, and while there were more than a few important thinkers and leaders on these topics, one area that I felt was under-represented was the role of product management.

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Top App Development Agencies 2018–2019

The Product Coalition

to find this year’s top app development agencies. After reading a bunch of content from other app development professionals, journalists, tech bloggers and the like, we realized that there are many good companies out there, and that everyone has a different favorite. It develops for Android and iOS, but also for the web.