Product Talk

APRIL 20, 2022

“I get that the continuous discovery habits framework works well for mature products, but does it work for early-stage startups?”. I spent all of my full-time employee experience at early-stage startups (many of them pre-product) and I relied on these same habits to figure out what to build.

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Lenny Rachitsky

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

Wiz hit $100 million ARR within 18 months (the fastest growth in startup history) and, five years in, is generating over $500 million ARR. Raaz was one of the first five employees at Wiz, joining as the first product manager, and helped the team pivot to what may be the most intense PMF in history.

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Piyanka Jain

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Brikker (anonymized), a children’s toy manufacturing startup, was like a hamster on a wheel. Their primary product, these adorable little building blocks, had gained some traction but had yet to achieve the explosive growth they’d anticipated. In discussions about their marketing strategy, product quality, etc.,

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Product Innovation Educators

JULY 6, 2020

How product managers can boost innovation in companies large and small. In 2012 I read a book titled, Startup Owner’s Manual: The Step-by-Step Guide for Building a Great Company. It tied together many of my experiences and I helped me put them into a framework. Summary of some concepts discussed for product managers. [6:13]

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The Product Guy

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Better Products. Better Product People. Each Session of the program runs for 6 months with paired individuals… Conducting regular 1-on-1 mentor-mentee chats Sharing experiences with the larger Product community Participating in live-streamed product management lessons and Q&A. Signup to be a Mentor Today!

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Intercom, Inc.

MAY 16, 2018

In this article, you’ll learn how to: Understand the role of product marketing. Start creating your product marketing plan. Create alignment between product and marketing. Walk into any product-first company and you’ll notice the common misconception that “marketing” is a dirty word.

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Mind the Product

AUGUST 24, 2018

The term Product/Market Fit was coined by Marc Andreesen back in 2007 and it’s been a key goal for any new product or startup ever since. In this talk from Mind the Product San Francisco, Dan Olsen, the author of The Lean Product Playbook , tackles the key components of product/market fit and how to achieve it.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Many startups with an ordinary product make the way to growth and scalability whereas others with great products fail to survive. What is wrong with these startups? Both product and product strategy should fall in place to make the startup sustainable and help them to grow.

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Many companies invest heavily in acquiring new customers, yet still struggle with growth. According to product expert Dan Olsen , it’s because their “bucket” — the product itself — is leaky. Customers leave as fast as new ones come in. Most new products never find their product-market fit.

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Mind the Product

JUNE 18, 2019

Tech billionaire Marc Andreessen has been credited with bringing the term “product/market fit” into the mainstream lexicon in 2007. During my dealings with investors and product veterans, I’ve often heard that you can always feel when product/market fit is happening. Usual Benchmarks to Measure Product/Market Fit.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 18, 2023

touches on what startups should and shouldn’t do when striving for product-market fit. Perhaps that’s why Enzo Avigo, CEO of June , reportedly recommends several “dos” and “don’ts” on LinkedIn on how startups can navigate their journey towards product-market fit. Your product changes too fast.

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Mind the Product

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Did you know that 42% of startups fail because no one wants to buy their product? For corporations, nearly 80% of new products fail each year for the exact same reason. So why are we still developing products no one wants? Who owns Product/Market fit – Marketing, Sales, or Business?

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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.

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The Product Guy

JANUARY 5, 2017

Better Products. Better Product People. Each Session of the program runs for 6 months with paired individuals… Conducting regular 1-on-1 mentor-mentee chats Sharing experiences with the larger Product community Participating in live-streamed product management lessons and Q&A. Signup to be a Mentor Today!

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Sachin Rekhi

AUGUST 23, 2022

The hardest part of bringing a new product to market is always the elusive hunt for product/market fit. Marc Andreessen describes product/market fit as "being in a good market with a product that can satisfy that market". The experience of failing on Anywhere.FM

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The Product Guy

JANUARY 27, 2017

In our a recent live stream from one of our mentors of The Product Mentor , Krishna Madhuvarsu, lead a conversation around “Product Management in Startups vs. Enterprises”. We are always looking for more product mentors from all around the world. About The Product Mentor. Better Products.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

The Lean Product Playbook Summary?—?How How to Find Product-Market Fit “Main reason why most of the products fail is due to lack of product-market fit.” ~Dan Dan Olsen Product-Market Fit is inarguably one of the main factors deciding on product success or failure. And how to achieve it?

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Product-market fit (PMF) is a tricky thing for startups. It’s that sweet spot where the needs of your target market perfectly align with what your product is offering, and if you’re a product manager at an early startup, it’s your job to help your product find that fit.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

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. Problem: We clearly defined the problem that co-founders were facing in order to set up the online and digital experience. What are those 8 dimensions for startup onboarding strategy?

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Mind the Product

JULY 9, 2019

After leaving the Navy and working on nuclear submarines, Dan Olsen embarked on a career that has spanned enterprises and start-ups, consulting, speaking, writing, and running the Lean Product & Lean UX meetup. He joined us to talk about product/market fit: what it is, how to know when you have it, and how to achieve it.

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Mind the Product

JUNE 25, 2019

Egyptian-born Abdelrahman (Abdo) Wahba co-founded popular Arabic audiobook site Iqraaly – but it wouldn’t have seen its current success unless Abdo had taken the time to analyse deeply what made customers stay loyal. The Product Experience is hosted by Lily Smith and Randy Silver. Quote of the Episode.

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Arkenea

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

You’ve got your product out in the market. Now’s the time to iterate. But, it’s usually challenging to assess what’s the right way to go about it – how much of iteration should be that from user feedback versus founder’s vision for the product?

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The Product Guy

FEBRUARY 18, 2017

Better Products. Better Product People. Each Session of the program runs for 6 months with paired individuals… Conducting regular 1-on-1 mentor-mentee chats Sharing experiences with the larger Product community Participating in live-streamed product management lessons and Q&A. Signup to be a Mentor Today!

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Intercom, Inc.

MAY 22, 2019

If you wanted to know your customers’ gripes and praises in the past, you had to assemble a series of questions anticipating their possible answer. It’s all part of a customer-centric philosophy that emphasizes empathy and self-awareness over a staid corporate vision. Short on time? But there’s a better way now.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 12, 2020

At the time, we weren’t sure if we needed to move away from our product, on which revenues were growing very slowly, or not. In the end, a pre-product-market fit startup’s only job is to find product-market fit (PMF), and therefore to explore different solutions as smartly and efficiently as possible.

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Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 30, 2022

The right tech stack can help you to 10x your headcount by removing time-consuming tasks and admin, improving efficiency, and empowering your team to focus on areas where they can have the most impact. Ready to take your startup to the next level? Best practices for choosing the right tools for your startup tech stack.

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The Product Coalition

JULY 6, 2022

In fact, the biggest advantage that you can leverage from a startup perspective is Lean product management (‘Lean’ or ‘LPM’). In this article, we will look at what Lean product management is, how it can help you and how it can help your startup build great products that your customers love.

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Intercom, Inc.

MARCH 25, 2019

We’ve all signed up for a product only to realize a few months later that it didn’t quite fit our needs. Think about that gym membership you bought in January you’re still paying for even though the last time you went to the gym was in early February.

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Intercom, Inc.

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

That experience led to his bestselling book, The Sales Acceleration Formula. Yet in Mark’s experience working with and mentoring startups, he’s found that many entrepreneurs go with intuition over information. The framework consists of three elements: product-market fit, go-to-market fit, and growth and moat.

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Andrew Chen

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

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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Alchemer Mobile

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

You might already have a Voice of the Customer (VoC) program in place that you’re looking to improve, or perhaps you’re just trying to get started. But in truth, there’s never been a better time. Now, more than ever, your customers want to be heard. mParticle is the customer data platform for brands leading the CX revolution.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Credit: Austin Distel Startups reading the wrong resources waste months with the wrong methods. Time goes by, runway decreases. If only books on product management had labels that say “pre-PMF” or “post-PMF”. Here are 10 great product books on pre-product market fit (pre-PMF)! ?? Rosie is the best. ??

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 17, 2022

Product Can you tell if your product is on the right track? It’s easy to answer whether you have a product/market fit: can the revenue your customers pay for your product sustain (or even grow) your business? If the answer is yes, then congrats, you’ve likely successfully solved and monetized a problem!

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The Product Coalition

JULY 31, 2022

If you are on the journey toward product-market fit, you know it’s not easy. Every new product has its own fit to find. One of the hardest challenges of any product and any startup is of course reaching product-market fit. product-market fit under the hood. So here it is?—?product-market

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Lenny Rachitsky

JUNE 9, 2024

” Uri is dedicated to creating impactful startups that solve real-world problems and has seen everything from failure to moderate success to big success. This is the biggest driver of startup success. It will help you deliver value to users, tell a more inspiring story about your company, and recruit a team.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 27, 2022

How can you tell if it’s time to push harder, or should you let things move at their own pace? It adds color to my kitchen, it made me clear the table from other stuff so that it stands out, and every time I look at it I’m filled with joy. These rounds take time. We all want results, and the sooner the better. But some things?—?especially

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The Product Guy

OCTOBER 9, 2018

I became a product manager because I wanted to take a more strategic role at my company. 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).

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