The Review by First Round

JANUARY 13, 2022

For the past 7 years, she’s helped hundreds of companies build their positioning and brands from the ground up, both as our Marketing Expert in Residence here at First Round and in her own consulting work. She then headed up marketing & communications at Cover, an Android app that was acquired by Twitter. Read This First.

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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. New Arrivals In The Business Of Beauty. billion in 2017.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 22, 2022

The reasons why Saas startups are recently making a huge wave to become the next trillion-dollar industry. Over the past years, investment in SaaS startups has been increasing steadily. Saas startups that provide software as a service have a good delivery model. The SaaS market has increased from $31.5 billion since 2015.

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First Round Review

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Should you hire a brand, product or growth marketer, and how do you know when you've found the right candidate? Maya Spivak, former marketing leader at Segment and Wealthfront, unpacks her frameworks for identifying the type of marketer your startup needs, interviewing and closing candidates.

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freshtrax

JANUARY 11, 2022

Rather, several prominent foreign brands are redesigning their logos to make them more symbolic or iconic. Or, conversely, in many cases, startups such as Twitter and Slack are becoming more recognizable with just an icon rather than a full-scale logo that includes a company name. Brand Logo Trends by Country [US, Japan, China].

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Lenny Rachitsky

MARCH 5, 2024

It’s free, available to everyone, and if you can pull off a great launch, Product Hunt can change your startup’s growth trajectory. However, the little-known truth is that of the thousands of startup founders who try their hand at Product Hunt each week, very few see any impact. One name kept coming up: Leo Bosuener.

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The Product Coalition

MAY 16, 2021

Here we provide a brief overview of the best app developers for startups for 2021. From day one, most startups are concerned with the question “How to find the best technology partner.” To make things easier for you, we have compiled a list of the best app development companies with immense expertise in working with startups.

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Intercom, Inc.

JUNE 13, 2018

To do that, it’s not enough to replicate textbook marketing strategies. Product positioning, knowledge and brand awareness are your first ports of call in the early days. Staging events might be a lot harder than some other tactics, but nobody said marketing was easy. When resources are low, impact is key.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 24, 2022

Case Category: Market sizing & Estimation, Goals & Measures Case Type: Investor pitch by a startup planning to launch smartwatches in India ?? Apart from bringing TAM, SAM, SOM, also get the growth projection for 2–4 years and demonstrate the strategic roadmap while covering the marketing strategy.

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Mixpanel

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Table of Contents The problem with defining product-market fit In search of quantitative indicators of product-market fit 6 things about measuring product-market fit 1. With that in mind, product-market fit is a spectrum 4. Once you find product-market fit, it’s not static 6. It makes sense intuitively.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Startups also have a silent killer. Still, because startup life is so hectic — it might feel like business as usual. The reason I’m talking here primarily about startups is that they are much more volatile than larger companies. For startups, this can be the end. We are a startup, after all. And guess what?

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NextBigWhat

DECEMBER 24, 2021

22 startup principles to scale your company in 2022: 1) The obstacle is the way Every hard problem you solve is a moat that others will shrink from. 8) Fail quickly Marketing campaigns bomb. Startups chase ambitious growth goals, which leads to short-term focus. 20) Your customer is always the hero No one cares about your brand.

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Userpilot

MAY 13, 2024

Is your team struggling to determine the return on investment (ROI) of product marketing strategies? Or are you looking for ways to improve the performance of your marketing campaigns? In either case, marketing analytics tools can come to your rescue. That, in turn, helps optimize your marketing strategies and budget allocation.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 9, 2023

Everyone knows educating the market is hard to nearly impossible, but people always bring up examples like Facebook or the iPhone whenever I discuss it in my lectures. So what can and cannot work when you want to educate the market? Photo by Oleg Magni from Pexels Educating the market has a bad reputation, and rightfully so.

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Pragmatic Marketing

MAY 23, 2017

The old adage that good marketing can’t sell a bad product is true. I’ve seen brands throw millions of marketing dollars at products that ultimately flopped. And that bad marketing or branding could sabotage the success of your products? Getting to product/market fit is only half the battle.

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Userpilot

OCTOBER 15, 2023

Marketing your SaaS is a complex task involving many roles, one being a growth marketer. But you may be thinking, what exactly is the role of a growth marketer, and how do they help grow your product ? In contrast, traditional marketing managers primarily concentrate on classic marketing campaigns for customer acquisition.

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Intercom, Inc.

MAY 22, 2018

Today we’re launching our latest print and audiobook – Intercom on Marketing. Published in a digital format back in January, more than 35,000 people have already enjoyed our no-nonsense, actionable advice covering the entire spectrum of marketing, from messaging to monetization. Head this way to get your copy of the book.

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Intercom, Inc.

MAY 14, 2018

There are few functions where the phrase “the more things change, the more they stay the same” rings truer than in marketing. For instance, the fundamentals of good marketing haven’t changed: crisp writing, a compelling story, strong brand, and of course, a great product to market. Content marketing. Conversion.

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

A Top Influencer Marketing Trend You Don’t Want To Miss Are you sure you understand what “the old” means? This is one of the most exciting influencer marketing trends that have been around for the past few years, and it’s on the rise in 2021 too. Marie Clare, Google, and many other brands worked with her to promote their products.

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Mind the Product

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

By choosing to work in product management, in either a blue-chip/corporate environment, a fast-moving tech house or a startup, do we brand ourselves with the type or size of company we work with? Do senior product management specialists have what it takes to move from a startup to a blue chip or vice versa ? Who Discriminates?

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Startups User Testing Technical Review Customer Experience 99

TechEmpower - Product Management

JULY 24, 2023

At TechEmpower, we frequently talk to startup founders, CEOs, product leaders, and other innovators about their next big tech initiative. How will you be taking this to market? What are your key Startup Metrics ? Where do you stand on your brand? Do you have a name, a logo, and have you thought about brand positioning?

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 27, 2020

Co-branded Card Issuance, Explained?—?I Program Design According to a recent TechCrunch report , technology giant Google seems to be working on rolling out its own co-branded payment card. Globally, co-branded cards are increasingly getting traction with many major brands and fin-tech firms coming out with their own co-branded cards.

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Intercom, Inc.

MAY 7, 2020

And it seems like every upstart fashion brand in existence has pivoted to making face masks. Kyum Kim , Co-founder and Head of US Operations for Blind, on what impact we’ll see in the jobs market. Market – when this little piggy stayed home appeared first on Inside Intercom. The post H.O.M.E:

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Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 29, 2021

Just ask any content marketer – they would rather have the resources and the time to focus on both, because to build a strong marketing brand, you need an approach that covers both the awareness and the acquisition. That’s why, if you want to build a brand that stands out from the crowd, you need to be open to experimentation.

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Marketing Onboarding KPIs B2B Feedback Software 118

Mind the Product

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

By choosing to work in product management, in either a blue-chip/corporate environment, a fast-moving tech house or a startup, do we brand ourselves with the type or size of company we work with? Do senior product management specialists have what it takes to move from a startup to a blue chip or vice versa ? Who Discriminates?

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Startups User Testing Technical Review Customer Experience 93

freshtrax

APRIL 11, 2019

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics , 20% of startups fail within their first year, 50% fail by their fifth year, and 70% are done by year 10. With so many pressing matters at the forefront of an entrepreneur’s mind, there are many reasons why a startup may fail. Branding: Visualize Your Business with ZeBrand.

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The Product Coalition

JULY 28, 2020

The role of a Product Owner/Manager/Strategist is to help startups capture and transform customer insights into full product experiences that in turn increase customer satisfaction, loyalty, retention, and the business values.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 4, 2021

Everyone knows educating the market is hard to nearly impossible, but people always bring up examples like Facebook or the iPhone whenever I discuss it in my lectures. So what can and cannot work when you want to educate the market? Photo by Oleg Magni from Pexels Educating the market has a bad reputation.

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Intercom, Inc.

MARCH 2, 2018

In the very early days of any SaaS business, you will employ numerous marketing tactics to acquire your first customers: blog posts, paid advertising, landing pages, hero videos, webinars, everything but the kitchen sink. Simply put, we market our product to our current customers. If you’re lucky, the signups will start pouring in.

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freshtrax

MARCH 7, 2019

Starting a new business can be an exciting new venture, but many times startups tend to overlook one of the most foundational steps for success : branding. Branding plays a crucial role in establishing your company’s identity and ensuring consistent messaging, which is especially important when introducing a new company to the world.

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Intercom, Inc.

MAY 16, 2018

First, most founders don’t have a background in either sales or marketing, and even though they’re told to “ start marketing the day you start coding ”, they just don’t know where to begin, or they’re incredibly overconfident. In this article, you’ll learn how to: Understand the role of product marketing.

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freshtrax

JULY 16, 2019

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? Market Capitalization. SanBio Ltd.

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The Product Coalition

MAY 3, 2020

A Freshly-Minted Startup Here to Redefine Social Media Management More than three decades ago, becoming an entrepreneur was not for everyone. As the founder and manager of a personal brand myself, I can’t emphasize the need for these tools enough. Meet Ubercircle?—?A Fast forward to 2020?—?a I have learned one thing.

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The Review by First Round

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Today’s episode is with Maya Spivak, the Head of Marketing at Mux, which is ​​an API for developers to build video experiences. Maya recently joined Mux after five years at Segment, where she was the company’s second marketer and its Head of Global Brand Marketing and Communications, as well as a stint at Wealthfront as a marketing director.

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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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Intercom, Inc.

JUNE 19, 2019

And as the Group Product Marketing Manager for Platform here at Intercom, I’ve loved seeing all the creative apps our partners have built. So we’re delighted to host Slack’s Director of Platform Marketing, Ceci Stallsmith, on the show. I joined to run platform marketing. We launched the Intercom App Store more than a year ago.

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 19, 2019

Brand Facebook Inc. Though it might seem that Facebook as a brand is at its all-time low, their strongest asset Instagram is branded as its own entity without the stigma of its parent. Most big brands tend to do this, look at how many beers are named Miller?—?Miller Brand Apple Inc. Brand Alphabet Inc.

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