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The Evolution of Netflix

The Product Coalition

In 2007, the company launched its streaming service, allowing subscribers to instantly watch a vast library of movies and TV shows online. However, with the rise of streaming technology, Netflix introduced its streaming service in 2007, initially bundled with DVD rental subscriptions at no extra cost.

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Stellar Product Strategies for Early-stage Startups

The Product Coalition

The first iPhone (2007) differentiated this way: 3. Elimination: factors of the industry have long competed ⬇️ Reduction: factors to reduce below the industry standards ⬆️ Raise: factors to raise above all industry’s standards ⭐️ Creation: factors the industry never offered This map is called the Blue Ocean matrix. Apple used it too.

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How to be a great product manager during a recession

Product Management Unpacked

The Great Recession (December 2007- June 2009). We are no longer in growth mode, it’s not about competitive differentiation to win new deals; it is about customer retention to keep subscriptions and renewals coming in. The Iran/Energy Crisis Recession: (July 1981 – November 1982). The Great Lockdown (March 2020-?).

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Make Your Product Stand Out with the Strategy Canvas

Roman Pichler

The dark one represents the value curve of the smartphone industry in 2007; the light one the first iPhone. This means that the first iPhone was clearly differentiated. If the value curve of your product is too close to the curve of the competition, then you haven’t differentiated your product sufficiently. Take the iPhone.

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Mastering the Problem Space for Product/Market Fit by Dan Olsen

Mind the Product

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. But like any buzzword, it is often oversimplified and misunderstood. Mastering the Problem Space. As product managers it is our job to answer the question “how will our product be the best?

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The decade software ate the world

Intercom, Inc.

Steve Jobs’s claim that “ People want to own their music ” rather than rent it might have been right when he said it around the time of the iPhone launch in 2007, but the very fabric of our culture has shifted entirely since then. From movies and TV to music, we now live in a cloud-enabled, subscription-based streaming wonderland.

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Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Help Companies Move Faster

TIBCO - Thought Leadership

Borrowing from the 2007 John McCarthy paper What is Artificial Intelligence? , Helping humans get to the root of the problem or to the “ah ha” moment in a quicker, easier fashion is critical for all companies that use analytics to drive differentiation and create competitive advantage.