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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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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.

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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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Learning from Failure: Product Manager Style

The Product Coalition

Many product people know that rushed development can kill the final release. In this case, negotiations between Atari and Universal Pictures/Steven Spielberg over the rights to the film were only completed in July 1982, leaving only 5 and a half weeks for development in the push to release the game in time for Christmas.

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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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Planning and Execution in a Time of Change

The Product Coalition

For most companies it’s bad news?—?the Facebook emerged stronger from the 2008 recession. They develop new business opportunities by making significantly greater investments than their rivals do in R&D and marketing, and they invest in assets such as plants and machinery.” These teams work towards business goals?

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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.