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Startups need dual theories on distribution and product/market fit. One is not enough

Andrew Chen

It’s hard to be a product without a strong theory of distribution Here’s a common startup situation. A team busts their ass for months building the first version of their product. Now a big question emerges — how do you get the first people to use your product? It’s almost done.

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The Startup Brand Fallacy: Why brand marketing is mostly useless for consumer startups

Andrew Chen

Brand marketing is mostly useless for consumer startups. Startups build a great brand by being successful, finding product market fit and scaling traction, etc. Early startups should opt out of all of this. and think that’s what caused their success: Great brand. The basics.

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An Organic Farm Startup Onboarding Strategy

The Product Coalition

I recently led a workshop for an organic tech farm startup that wanted to set its foot online for selling organic food to B2B customers. What are those 8 dimensions for startup onboarding strategy? it is the same as a car manufacture ally with software startup working on AI tech to develop autonomous eclectic car AI-based apps.

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10 Product Differentiation Examples From Famous Brands For Inspiration

Userpilot

In this article, we’ll explore the types of product differentiation strategies and go over cases of real-world brands that have used these strategies to drive product growth. TL;DR Product differentiation is the process of making your products stand out by leveraging their unique qualities.

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What 14 startup investors and advisors taught us about chasing (and finding) product-market fit

Mixpanel

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.

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Small Cosmetic Brand Product Managers Are Changing The Business

The Accidental Product Manager

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. The Challenge Ahead For Cosmetic Product Managers.

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After building hundreds of startup brands, Arielle Jackson shares 6 early marketing missteps to avoid

The Review by First Round

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. The course runs in February and applications close on Jan 28th – find out more and apply here. Read This First.