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A Decade of Product Management

Melissa Perri

Founders realizing they can't do it all on their own, that Product Management is a career, and an important skill for the executive team. -- 2011: "You are crazy for joining a startup, Melissa. Product, and especially product in startups, is now the hot job. -- 2014: "We don't need Product Management help, we need design help.

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Startup marketing: strategies for year one

Intercom, Inc.

The most important tasks for any early stage startup are to write code and talk to users. Founding a startup is a lot like this. In the very early days of Intercom the marketing hat fell on my head, but I’d be doing marketing a disservice (and 2011 Des a disservice) if I said that’s what I thought I was doing.

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The decade software ate the world

Intercom, Inc.

It was in August 2011 that Marc Andreessen coined the famous phrase “ Software is eating the world ” in a Wall Street Journal op-ed. Apple survived the death of Steve Jobs in October 2011 under the thoughtful stewardship of Tim Cook, and continued to essentially be the iPhone company, while branching into wearables and services.

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Top 10 Japanese Startups

freshtrax

This makes it a hot spot for startups in Japan because of how much potential there is to grow there. These investments stimulate entrepreneurship in Japan causing the Japanese startup scene to be hotter than ever before. Curious to know which innovative startups are successful in Japan? Related article? Market Capitalization.

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The Best 2D Animation Production Companies

The Product Coalition

Today, businesses starting from small startups to large enterprises create 2D animated commercials and explainer videos to boost their marketing campaigns. Since 2009, the company has served many SMBs, startups, and big businesses with a single purpose?—?to This studio was founded as a creative video production house in 2011.

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A decade in the making: An oral history of Intercom’s first 10 years

Intercom, Inc.

Join us as we recall the initial aha moment, the early startup missteps, and the major milestones that have marked our first 10 years. But in 2011, Intercom was only a small group of friends, Eoghan McCabe, Ciaran Lee, David Barrett, and Des Traynor. “I just remember the intensity of actually trying to deliver a startup.

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From marketplace to SaaS business: How Udemy acquired 80% of the Fortune 100

Intercom, Inc.

This is Season Two of Scale , Intercom’s podcast series on moving from startup to scale-up. Just look at the world of marketing: there are now more than 7,000 tools , up from a mere 150 in 2011. Yvonne has taken a data-driven approach to international expansion, successfully avoiding the traps that have ensnared other startups.