Product Innovation Educators

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

12 lessons corporate innovators can learn from startups – aka, how to innovate like a startup. (1) No product should continue in the market forever. I’ll also be leading a workshop with Sudhi Gulur from Boeing, applying the Lean Canvas as a minimum viable business case. Learn more at [link]. Read the interview at [link].

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The Review by First Round

APRIL 21, 2022

After being early at 3 startups that achieved over $1 million in run-rate in their first six months of going live, Gagan has learned some valuable lessons and seen a wide range of outcomes — from Udemy going on to IPO in 2021, to Sprig shutting down in 2017. In our conversation, we dive deeper into the process of starting a startup.

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The Review by First Round

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Prior to starting Faire in 2017, Max spent several years at Square, where he was a founding member of Square Capital, the first product manager on Square Cash, and a Director of Consumer Product for Caviar. In today’s conversation, we dive deep into how startups can get international expansion right. After launching in the U.K.

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Mind the Product

APRIL 11, 2017

Mind the Product London 2017 on September 8 will be better than ever, with more workshops, more networking, and more fun than ever. He spent 10 years at Google, where he created the Design Sprint process, and he has worked with over 100 startups including Nest, Slack, 23andMe, and Uber.

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Mind the Product

OCTOBER 3, 2019

And since 2017, if a better match becomes available after you book a ride, Uber will automatically swap your trip — a feature internally branded as Trip Swap. In reality, fungibility is not black and white, and whether a supplier is interchangeable with another can depend hugely on market expectations.

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Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Known as the Martech 5000 — nicknamed after the 5,000 companies that were competing in the global marketing technology space in 2017, it’s said to be the most frequently shared slide of all time. – lie beyond the realms of this article but one thing is clear: this market is HUGE. What is a marketing technology stack?

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Innovatemap

AUGUST 12, 2021

The bar investors have is rising as more startups are being developed daily. There are two optimal scenarios for digital product startups seeking pre-seed and early seed funding. When I started collaborating with investors in 2017, one of the most common pains I heard was about increasing deal flow. In 2021, it’s the opposite.

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The Accidental Product Manager

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

New beauty brands have shown up in the market being driven by millennial buyers who buy more cosmetics and skin care than any other demographic. These brands have seen huge growth over the past few years, grabbing market share from the big, established names. billion in 2017. part of a company purchased by Estée Lauder in 2017.

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Intercom, Inc.

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

In August of 2016, Rachel Hepworth embarked on a unique challenge: start a growth marketing team at one of the most successful startups of this generation – one that had long relied heavily on word of mouth. Adam: Rachel, you’re leading growth marketing at one of the fastest growing software companies of this generation.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Better yet, since 2017, if a better match becomes available after you book a ride, Uber will automatically swap your trip, a feature internally branded as Trip Swap. In reality, fungibility is not black and white, and whether a supplier is interchangeable with another can depend hugely on market expectations. But I’m just a startup!

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Amplitude

MARCH 1, 2018

Startup founders and product leaders are building the future. Building startups is hard and getting harder. Finding Product Market Fit. The most important goal at the seed stage of a company is to find product market fit. We hope that this helps developers and seed stage startups build better products in 2018.

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freshtrax

AUGUST 3, 2021

Gender gap in various industries has been a topic of discussion with there being a huge gap in the percentage of women who are startup entrepreneurs. This is especially true in Japan, where the gender gap in the startup community is even wider than the U.S. The startup world is completely male dominated. DelightedMariko.

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freshtrax

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

That is until BASE FOOD , a nutritionally balanced food Japan-based startup, successfully created a product that popularized the industries. BASE FOOD officially launched in April of 2016 in Japan and became Amazon Japan’s top seller of the year in the food category for 2017. million USD) to boost its growth in a global market.

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Mind the Product

MAY 11, 2020

However, we do have a small but vibrant product community, mostly comprising by startup founders, UX and Agile practitioners, digital product and digital marketing team members of big conglomerates and local firms etc. What is product management? by Rebecca Watkin, Senior Product Manager at World First.

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DISQO

MARCH 27, 2019

Bird, an electric scooter startup that launched in sunny Santa Monica in 2017 with just 10 scooters, has since gained “unicorn status” faster than any other startup before its time. Most people believe that these options have strong benefits, but our findings show that gaining more market share will be a bumpy and winding road.

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Lenny Rachitsky

MARCH 3, 2024

While Boz celebrates startup culture, he also acknowledges its challenges. While it’s crucial to value customer feedback, startups should avoid being held hostage by the preferences of their early user base if it deviates from the broader market. Ask your leaders or managers for help when facing difficulties.

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Product Innovation Educators

AUGUST 25, 2017

Tips for conducting consumer and market research for new products. Each week I scour articles, wading through the dogs, and bringing you the best insights to help product managers and innovators be heroes. You have to identify the right target segment, understand a real problem they have, and learn what action to take. What would you add?

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Andrew Chen

DECEMBER 10, 2018

Dear readers, I’m often asked- so what kind of startups are you investing in at Andreessen Horowitz? Content marketing. The origin of the Michelin Guide and why content marketing still works. The most exciting new technologies coming around the corner, and how to evaluate them for producing new startups.

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Dear Strategy

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

Dear Strategy: “Do startups or small businesses really have the time to develop formal strategies like you talk about on the show? Analyze your customers and market. All of this is to say – yes, small businesses and startups should (and normally do) go through the same strategic thought process that large companies do.

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Product Warrior

JANUARY 2, 2017

Many publishing and media firms look back 20 something years (depending on market) and remember the “ print era ” with fondness. Those publishers that are brave and reinvent their digital cultures will be among the most exciting companies to work for and with in 2017.

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Mind the Product

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, the company operates the JobStreet and JobsDB brands helping hundreds of millions of job seekers in seven markets across Asia to find employment and pursue their passion. He is a published O’Reilly Media author with two titles: Design Sprint (2015) and Product Roadmaps Relaunched (2017).

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Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 29, 2019

As Intercom’s business grew rapidly in 2017, we found ourselves at this exact crossroads. For a growing business, segmentation is necessary to know your customers and your market, and share this understanding across teams. Informing our approach to the market. Beyond a certain size, it’s impossible to do without.

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 24, 2021

Startup funding was relatively easy to raise. venture capital investments, 1995–2017: [link] The burst of the bubble (also known as the dot-com crash ), took place in the early 2000s and was a critical turning point for the technology industry. Quarterly U.S. The period was also known for unsuccessful acquisitions.

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ProductBoard

DECEMBER 20, 2017

Read on for our top posts from 2017! ?? Here’s why that should scare you… In recent years the pace of the market has accelerated dramatically. from sales to marketing, product, to ops and finance?—?centers In the meantime, we’ll continue publishing thoughts and ideas we’ve learned from great product managers here. Read more… ??

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Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 8, 2020

For every company that’s executing the freemium model successfully, there are hundreds more that struggle and the tension it can create between sales, marketing, and product teams. Kristen joined Atlassian when it acquired Trello in 2017, where she is now Global Head of EDR Sales. Aligning sales, marketing, and product teams.

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The Accidental Product Manager

MAY 23, 2022

Their calculated gamble: the move will help the maker of Marlboro cigarettes keep up with a quickly changing market. a controversial startup whose sleek, nicotine-packed vaporizers have fueled a surge in the e-cigarette market. market that for years has been shrinking by 3% or 4% a year. An Uncertain Future.

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Andrew Chen

JUNE 26, 2017

One of the best essays written last year was Elad Gil’s End of Cycle? – referencing our most recent 2007-2017 run on mobile and web software, and the implications for investing, startups, and entrepreneurs. The end of the cycle. For example, following the core internet boom of the late 90s (Google, Yahoo!

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Mind the Product

JUNE 13, 2018

In 2017, she and her team launched a family of consumer hardware products ranging from smartphones to smart speakers, earning 26 different design awards. Her clients and employers have included everything from one-man startups to the world’s largest companies, as well as universities and government agencies. More speakers to come!

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Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 12, 2018

Most notably he led growth strategy at Creative Market (a global marketplace for design content that was acquired by Autodesk) and Hired.com. Dribbble was bootstrapped for nearly a decade before being acquired in early 2017, when Zack joined, and it was already profitable too. There’s never been a focus on marketing or growth.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Whenever I talk to startup CEOs, especially first-timers, the discussion on product goes immediately to UX and wireframes. In the evolution of a startup, the founders initially do whatever they can themselves. considering all relevant points of view including the customers, the market, and the company itself.

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The Accidental Product Manager

MARCH 14, 2022

Drinks are easy to make but hard to market Image Credit: Photo by Kal Loftus on Unsplash. This market is littered with the remains of companies that showed up and then just faded away. Why It’s Hard To Market New Drink Products. They tend to invest a lot of money in new drink startups. They created an antioxidant drink.

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DISQO

JULY 5, 2018

Look no further than Amazon – in a 2017 letter to shareholders , CEO Jeff Bezos, credited a decision-making model for the company’s ability to deliver value to the market faster: “Most decisions should probably be made with somewhere around 70% of the information you wish you had. It’s not a rigorous practice by any means.

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Bogdan Coman Says

JUNE 27, 2019

I started this series from a discussion around few beers with a fellow product friend… Is there any true market potential for consumer IoT devices today? ? TL;TR from the first two parts: Market adoption ?—?it Or the market value. It maps the emotional value, not the market adoption. For a startup it could be a bit late.

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The Product Guy

OCTOBER 9, 2018

First, I did not know how to frame, develop and present product strategy in a systematic way, and second, as a startup, my company has not historically had a good track record of strategy being developed outside of senior management (read: founder). I became a product manager because I wanted to take a more strategic role at my company.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 28, 2018

If you’ve been following tech news in 2017, chances are you’ve heard quite a bit about the ICO phenomenon. According to a December report by PwC , at least 438 ICOs took place in 2017, raising over $4.6 And the majority of those were done by startups that did not have a product yet. Sounds good right?

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Userpilot

JUNE 19, 2024

Books : Learn about value-driven product ownership (The Professional Product Owner), navigate startup challenges (The Lean Startup), and master Scrum (Product Mastery). Prioritize features and enhancements based on user feedback, market research , and business value. The Lean Startup : “Most startups fail.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 3, 2022

A growing profession A study done by Neal Ilyer found that the number of Product Management roles in the US grew by an astounding 32% between August 2017 to June 2019. This has created a new market for skilled product professionals to help companies make this shift. This is a monumental shift. But, Why Coaching?

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