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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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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. In recent years, venture capitalist (VC) investments for domestic businesses have grown 8 times larger than it was in 2013. Curious to know which innovative startups are successful in Japan? Related article? Established year.

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

Intercom, Inc.

And so in 2013, the marketplace launched Udemy for Business with an eye on acquiring corporations alongside the nearly two million learners they had at the time. Since then, she’s helped grow the Udemy’s B2B SaaS arm to more than 5,000 enterprise customers, which include the likes of Pinterest, Adidas, and General Mills.

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The Best Custom Software Development Companies in Poland

The Product Coalition

It goes without saying that to survive in the current market, small businesses and large enterprises may need a helping hand of a reliable software developer. They provide high-quality web and mobile app development for SMBs and enterprises all over the globe.

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Baremetrics’ Josh Pigford on launching – and pivoting – quickly

Intercom, Inc.

When you see a company pull $10 million in funding and hiring like crazy, it’s easy to want the same for your startup without understanding the stress that comes with it. Or you had to go to the other extreme of spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on some massive analytics software with this enterprise-y sales thing.

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Consumer startups are awesome, and here’s what I’m looking for at a16z (70 slide deck)

Andrew Chen

Dear readers, I’m often asked- so what kind of startups are you investing in at Andreessen Horowitz? The most exciting new technologies coming around the corner, and how to evaluate them for producing new startups. Today, startups use awesome mobile apps to create demand and to solve the same problem. My investing thesis.

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Why So Many Products Fail to Create Value

The Product Guy

We had no clue about what “Lean” or “Agile” or even “Startup” essentially meant, but we spent most of our time out in the streets talking to our customers. Originally from Tajikistan, Sherzod moved to Germany back in 2013 to pursue his MBA. We started off as a platform for restaurants and cafes – think of a local version of Yelp.