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. This question always surprises me.

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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 took on the CMO role despite having no marketing experience. Unlike product management, where a misstep could haunt you forever, marketing allows for rapid experimentation.

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Intercom, Inc.

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

You used to obsess about innovation and being at the front of the market, and now you’re feeling bogged down shipping table-stakes features. “You grow into the big, bloated company once you stop being a startup” This talk I gave at Web Summit 2021 is about pushing back against that. . The key takeaway?

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Product Innovation Educators

OCTOBER 21, 2024

How product managers can foster a culture of innovation Watch on YouTube [link] TLDR In this episode of Product Mastery Now, I’m interviewing Chris Elmore, a tech entrepreneur and college professor who helped found Avid Exchange, a unicorn startup that went public in 2021.

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Product Innovation Educators

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Today we are talking about how Lean Startup can be used at large organizations. He has helped many large companies implement innovation practices including Lean Startup and has written the book on the topic, titled Lean Startup in Large Organizations. 1:13] What are the key principles of Lean Startup?

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Piyanka Jain

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Brikker (anonymized), a children’s toy manufacturing startup, was like a hamster on a wheel. So here’s how Brikker would use the BADIR data analysis framework to overcome all the reasons startup pivots fail. In discussions about their marketing strategy, product quality, etc., Going nowhere fast. Result : There wasn’t much.

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Product Innovation Educators

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Using a custom ChatGPT model combined with collaborative team workshops, product teams can rapidly move from initial customer insights to validated prototypes while incorporating strategic foresight and market analysis. By the time we launch, the market may have moved on from the problem we originally set out to solve.

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Best customer success software for startups and small companies. Top customer success management platforms for mid-market and enterprise companies. Zapscale Best for : Early-stage startups. out of 5 stars Pricing : Startup plan at $500/month, Growth plan at $2000/month, and Enterprise plan available upon request.

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Userpilot

DECEMBER 8, 2024

Well, I reviewed 40 session recording options in the market and handpicked the top 10 for startups, mid-market companies, and enterprises to review. Free plan available for startups and small teams. Smartlook Best for : Startups and small businesses seeking comprehensive behavior analytics. PostHog Open-source.

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Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 12, 2021

If you’ve been paying attention to any loud marketing efforts over the last few years, you have definitely heard about multi-cloud. Even thinking about implementing a multi-cloud architecture is prematurely optimizing for practically all businesses – especially startups – and not a trap you want to fall into. Multi-cloud architectures.

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Sachin Rekhi

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

The most important journey any new product goes through is finding product/market fit. Marc Andreessen, who popularized the term, defined it as: Product/market fit means being in a good market with a product that can satisfy that market. From Viddy to Quibi to Google Wave, we can all name famous product failures.

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The Product Guy

DECEMBER 6, 2024

He reflects on how getting feedback early can prevent costly mistakes and save precious time and resources, especially for startups with limited runway. Drew explains how, early in his career, he spent too much time making assumptions and building features before validating them with users.

Customer Experience 243

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Productside

MARCH 18, 2025

The biggest showdown in product management is BACK and this time, its all about the most promising startups. Welcome to Product PickEm 2025 , where the best emerging product tool startups go head-to-head in a bracket-style competition, and YOU decide which ones rise to the top via our LinkedIn polls on the Productside page.

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Lenny Rachitsky

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Raiza previously worked on AI Test Kitchen and has a background in startups, payments, and ads. This allows them to move faster and iterate quickly, much like a startup. ”: [link] • AI Podcast Hosts Discover They’re AI, Not Human — NotebookLM: [link] Production and marketing by [link].

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The Product Guy

DECEMBER 15, 2019

Initially joining Vydia in 2016, Gaudio played a pivotal role in building and leading the company’s marketing division, which helped earn Vydia recognition for its innovative product, fast-growing business, and attractive culture. and Automata Robotics over the last decade.

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Productside

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Did you know that over 90% of startups fail, and a significant portion of failures stem from poor product-market fit?

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The Product Guy

JANUARY 12, 2025

Harpal discusses how founding his own startup and building an e-commerce recommendation engine helped him transition into product management. Lessons from a Startup : Insights from launching and closing a tech venture. Lessons from a Startup : Insights from launching and closing a tech venture.

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Productside

APRIL 2, 2025

Example: Sarah is a support manager at a fast-growing startup. Whats been your biggest challenge in refining product-market fit? Not a persona. Ask yourself: Who is this for? Whats frustrating them? What triggers their search for something better? Her team is buried in tickets, and customer satisfaction is slipping.

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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. but nothing around how to measure it.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Horizontal SaaS has been around considerably longer than Vertical SaaS, has a larger market, and is more difficult to saturate. A guide to vertical strategy implementation for SaaS startups: Tips included 1. The education industry has a sizable market, but expansion is constrained by intense competition and fewer opportunities.

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The Product Guy

MAY 7, 2019

When I first joined, the startup I work at had often been stuck with a backlog of products and services to create. Our startup’s sales team is incredibly talented and sells successfully – but does not necessarily sell products that have already been developed. It takes all of the fun out of product management!

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Product Innovation Educators

JANUARY 20, 2025

For example, if a key result depends on both marketing and IT, assign two names to that key result. John Doerr’s startup companies would even write their OKRs in the bathroom for everyone to see. How could you align OKR cycles with major product milestones or market events?

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

However, with the growing need for innovation and agility, many of these companies are looking at methodologies like Lean Startup to help them adapt and thrive in turbulent waters. In this scenario, trying to implement the Lean Startup methodology might be like suggesting that “shortcut” to the ocean liner. The consequence?

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Melissa Perri

JANUARY 4, 2020

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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Product Innovation Educators

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Real-world examples like McDonald’s morning milkshakes, Snickers vs. Milky Way marketing strategy, and Bosch’s entry into the circular saw market demonstrate how understanding what customers are trying to accomplish (their “job-to-be-done”) leads to better product decisions and innovation.

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Product Innovation Educators

DECEMBER 18, 2023

In 2011, he founded Flashpoint, a first-of-its-kind deliberate innovation studio, to develop formative leaders and exceptional technology startups. He has also personally founded eight startups. In the context of doing pure startups, we were unencumbered by being part of a large corporation.

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UX Planet

MARCH 15, 2025

After over four years of working freelance/contract, I entered the full-time job market for the first time this year. When I say niche down, I mean finding the narrow slice of the market where you can beat out all of the competition. How to navigate this terrible job market? I braced myself for a painful, prolonged process.

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Lenny Rachitsky

JULY 23, 2024

With ongoing news of layoffs, shutdowns, and product roles being replaced by AI, it’s easy to get discouraged about the state of the job market, especially if you’re having a hard time finding a job. Is the market particularly rough for your role right now or is it just you? VCs, private equity), startups (e.g.

Marketing 125

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Product Innovation Educators

APRIL 18, 2022

Integrating the advantages of large organizations and startups – for product managers. He is also the founder of GrowthX, a corporate startup accelerator. In the past, we saw many amazing innovations created across China, but we couldn’t get those innovations to land in the market and get commercialized.

Certifications 249

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Lenny Rachitsky

APRIL 11, 2024

Prior to Dropbox, Todd led product management for Twitter’s Content and Discovery teams after selling his startup, Cover, to Twitter in 2014. examples: Vanta, Lattice, Persona] Level two: Developing product-market fit. examples: Looker, Ironclad] Level three: Strong product-market fit, where the fish are jumping into the boat.

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Lenny Rachitsky

DECEMBER 29, 2024

Spend 80% of your time focusing on the external factors—customers, competitors, and market conditions—rather than internal processes. How does the market view this problem? The next time you’re working on a project, ask yourself: What are the external forces shaping this?

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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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Product Innovation Educators

DECEMBER 27, 2021

She has been an entrepreneur for over 20 years and mentored several hundred startups. Eric Ries coined the term innovation accounting in his book Lean Startup. My background is in startups, where innovation accounting is the metrics and accountability of the team to make data-driven decisions.

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Product Innovation Educators

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Janice built her career in Silicon Valley as a startup founder, product manager, and confidante for entrepreneurs and enterprise executives alike. She also guides several venture-funded startup companies, federal government entities, and non-profit organizations. It was the hottest startup in history.

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The Product Guy

JULY 4, 2019

When the stock market would close at a high there would be a 50% increase in calls to request fund transfers. As Product Manager for a scrappy startup, I led agile sprints, collaborated with leadership and engineers, created user stories, and managed Jira. Once the project was complete, my team and I discussed the lessons learned.

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